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May222025 by BusmanNo Comments

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Mar152025 by TechmanNo Comments

UN: Iran using drones to enforce hijab law

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A Friday report by the United Nations says Iran is using advanced technology, including drones, facial recognition and a citizen-reporting app to crack down on violations of its mandatory hijab laws. A key element of the effort is the government-backed Nazer app, which enables the…

Mar132025 by TechmanNo Comments

Belgium makes arrests in corruption probe linked to EU

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BRUSSELS — Belgian federal prosecutors announced Thursday the arrests of several people as part of a corruption probe linked to the European Parliament amid reports in local media that Chinese company Huawei bribed EU lawmakers. The arrests came as an investigation by Le Soir newspaper and…

Mar132025 by TechmanNo Comments

Meta tests ‘Community Notes’ to replace fact-checkers

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SAN FRANCISCO — Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced it would begin testing its new "Community Notes" feature across its platforms on March 18, as it shifts away from third-party fact-checking toward a crowd-sourced approach to content moderation. Meta's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the…

Mar132025 by TechmanNo Comments

Launch pad problem delays SpaceX flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA's two stuck astronauts. The new crew needs to get to the station so that Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can head home…

Mar122025 by TechmanNo Comments

Dirt-powered sensors help farmers optimize their fields

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An innovative solution to remotely power devices using natural biological processes could help farmers get the most from their fields. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh has more. ...

Mar122025 by TechmanNo Comments

China boosting development of AI for use in trade war with US

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NEW DELHI — Encouraged by the enthusiastic reception to its DeepSeek artificial intelligence platform in January, China's leaders are going all out to encourage AI companies to harness the power of this technology to compete with the United States and other countries in business and military…

Mar82025 by TechmanNo Comments

Greenland and Afghanistan: Frontiers in race for critical minerals

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Just as discoveries of fossil fuel reserves helped to shape the 20th century, the race for critical minerals is shaping the 21st. These minerals are seen as strategically crucial for modern economies, including those used in construction, energy and manufacturing — particularly for semiconductors and…

Mar82025 by TechmanNo Comments

US drops antitrust case against Google over AI, not Chrome

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The U.S. Department of Justice dropped a proposal Friday to force Alphabet's Google to sell its investments in artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI competitor Anthropic, to boost competition in online search. The DOJ and a coalition of 38 state attorneys general still seek a court…

Mar72025 by TechmanNo Comments

Trump to host White House crypto summit

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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday hosts top cryptocurrency players at the White House, a political boost for an industry that has struggled to gain legitimacy -- and where the Republican president faces conflict of interest concerns. The president's "crypto czar," Silicon Valley investor…

Mar72025 by TechmanNo Comments

Trump calls to end US government’s semiconductor subsidy program

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President Donald Trump is signaling a major change in how the U.S. will support growth in key domestic industries such as semiconductors. Michelle Quinn reports. ...

Mar52025 by TechmanNo Comments

Musk fails in bid to block OpenAI becoming for-profit business

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied Elon Musk's request to prevent OpenAI from becoming a for-profit business in a loss for the Tesla tycoon amid his feud with Sam Altman. U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Musk and his…

Mar42025 by TechmanNo Comments

VOA Mandarin: Who has better humanoid robots, US or China?

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Chinese tech firms and state media have spotlighted humanoid robots, which have grown in popularity since the Unitree G1 appeared to run, jump, dance and perform martial arts-like movements in a recent demonstration. Both the United States and China are leaders in humanoid robot technology.…

Mar42025 by TechmanNo Comments

China uses DeepSeek AI for surveillance and information attacks on US

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The United States may become the second country after Australia to ban China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence on government devices. U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Darin LaHood introduced a bipartisan bill proposing the ban. In their letter to 47 U.S. governors and the mayor of Washington,…

Mar32025 by TechmanNo Comments

Trump, Taiwanese chipmaker announce new $100 billion plan to build five new US factories

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WASHINGTON — Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced on Monday plans to make an additional $100 billion investment in the United States and build five additional chips factories in the coming years. TSMC CEO C.C. Wei announced the plan in a meeting at the White…

Mar12025 by TechmanNo Comments

2 lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private moon fleet

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WASHINGTON — More than 50 years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to the lunar surface, when the first private lander touched down last February 2024. Now, starting Sunday, two more missions are set to follow within a single week, marking…

Feb282025 by TechmanNo Comments

With $500B US investment, Apple pulling away from China, analysts say

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Apple announced this week it would spend $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years and create 20,000 jobs, signaling its pro-U.S. jobs and investment policy. U.S. President Donald Trump also announced he would double tariffs on China, where most Apple products are…

Feb272025 by TechmanNo Comments

Private company’s craft rockets toward moon in latest rush of lunar landing attempts

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon's south pole this time with a drone that will hop into a black crater where the sun never shines. Intuitive Machines' lander, named Athena, caught a lift…

Feb252025 by TechmanNo Comments

Musicians release silent album to protest UK’s AI copyright changes

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LONDON — More than 1,000 musicians including Kate Bush and Cat Stevens on Tuesday released a silent album to protest proposed changes to Britain's copyright laws which could allow tech firms to train artificial intelligence models using their work. Creative industries globally are grappling with the…

Feb242025 by TechmanNo Comments

Apple to build 23,200-square meter facility in Texas

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U.S. tech giant Apple has announced plans to create some 20,000 jobs and invest $500 billion over the next four years in the United States. Apple says it will expand teams and facilities in nine states across the country and that it aims to open…

Feb242025 by TechmanNo Comments

Australia fines Telegram for delay in answering child abuse, terror questions

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Sydney — Australia's online safety regulator fined messaging platform Telegram about $640,000 on Monday for its delay in answering questions about measures the app took to prevent the spread of child abuse and violent extremist material. The eSafety Commission in March 2024 sought responses from social…

Feb232025 by TechmanNo Comments

Rich in cash, Japan automaker Toyota builds city to test futuristic mobility

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SUSONO — Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous zero-emissions transportation. Daisuke Toyoda, an executive in charge of the project from the automaker's founding family, stressed it's not "a smart city." "We're…

Feb202025 by TechmanNo Comments

VOA Mandarin: How will China help developing countries promote AI?

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After China’s DeepSeek gained global recognition, some argue that the U.S.-China rivalry in AI may be upended. In addition, the Chinese Communist Party is actively offering to help developing countries strengthen their AI capacity building. Observers said that China is selling its AI software to…

Feb202025 by TechmanNo Comments

EU approves $960 million in German aid for Infineon chips plant

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BRUSSELS — The European Commission said Thursday it had approved 920 million-euro of German state aid, or $960 million, to Infineon Technologies for the construction of a new semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dresden. The measure will allow Infineon to complete the MEGAFAB-DD project, which will be…

Feb192025 by TechmanNo Comments

VOA Mandarin: Chinese netizens prefer DeepSeek to Musk’s Grok 3

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WASHINGTON — Chinese social media users are not impressed by the newly released AI model Grok 3 by Elon Musk's xAI, retaining their preference and support for DeepSeek, the free China-made AI model that rivals leading Western competitors while costing significantly less to train. Click here…

Feb192025 by TechmanNo Comments

Does AI detect breast cancer better than doctors can?

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A recent study found doctors were able to detect breast cancer more often when they used artificial intelligence to help read mammogram results. As VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports, AI helped boost the breast cancer detection rate by more than 17%. ...

Feb192025 by TechmanNo Comments

Solar refrigerators in Kenya reduce food waste

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NAIROBI, KENYA — Milk and egg vendor Caroline Mukundi has lost a lot of her stock in her years of selling fresh food at a Nairobi market. Mukundi said she had no way to keep food fresh, and the cost of refrigerating was out of reach.…

Feb182025 by TechmanNo Comments

Philippines reports intrusions targeting intelligence data

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Manila, Philippines — The Philippines has detected foreign attempts to access intelligence data, but its cyber minister said on Tuesday no breaches have been recorded so far. Attempts to steal data are wide-ranging, said minister for information and communications Ivan Uy. Advanced Persistent Threats or APTs…