21+ min ago   (582+ words) With the theme “Into New Worlds,” it will highlight how emerging technologies are reshaping the way people live and work. Past editions have also served as platforms for major investment announcements. More than 1,000 speakers, 1,800 technology companies, 600 startups and 1,900 investors are…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (194+ words) TOKYO: Japan’s meteorological agency said Wednesday it plans to start issuing two-week forecasts to better prepare for extreme weather events, up from seven days at present. Like elsewhere, human-induced climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of dangerous weather…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (272+ words) TOKYO: Medium-strength Typhoon Saudel moved ‌towards southern Japan and northern Taiwan on Tuesday where it is expected to bring heavy rain, as Taiwan reported ​one dead and four missing from a separate weather system over its south and east. Japan’s…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (781+ words) ALKHOBAR: Three years after Saudi Arabia identified generative artificial intelligence as a major opportunity for cooperation with France, the relationship is expanding into large language models, advanced research, robotics, and data governance. At the French-Saudi Investment Forum in Paris in…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (329+ words) TOKYO: Col. John Patrick, the commander of U.S. Space Forces Japan, has declared that space is no longer a sanctuary but has become a critical warfighting domain. In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun daily, Patrick outlined plans to significantly expand…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (569+ words) Over the long sweep of history, three forces have driven humanity’s greatest transformations, for good and ill: disease, war and economic growth. By reducing costs and increasing the availability and productivity of a vast array of goods and services, artificial…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (944+ words) She is not in a coding boot camp or computer lab. She is in a museum — an unexpected setting for young people to learn about artificial intelligence. The program, titled “Tac-Tech: Your Game,” held its fourth edition from July 11 to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (241+ words) TOKYO: Japan’s ambitious mission to collect and bring back samples from one of Mars’s moons will lift off on October 20, the space agency announced Thursday. The unmanned Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe, a collaboration with US and European space agencies…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (480+ words) CAIRO: Karen Morad went blind five years ago, yet on holiday in Kenya in June, the 16-year-old Cairo schoolgirl felt like she could suddenly see again thanks to an app developed by her brother that described the safari in audiovisual....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (250+ words) TOKYO: Heavy rain that battered eastern Japan has left nine people dead, public broadcaster NHK said Sunday, after an “unprecedented” deluge that flooded over a thousand homes and snarled up roads and rail services. Torrential downpours starting late Thursday triggered…...