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Tokyo diary: the heat is truly on – and a basketball-playing robot holds court
Toyota’s giant AI robot is halftime’s hottest attraction … and the weather gods are having a ballSpectators ar…
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BBC Olympics coverage misses events after loss of TV rights
Viewers complain after rights-holder Discovery puts majority of events behind paywallThe BBC has received a la…
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Japanese fax fans rally to defence of much-maligned machine
Ministers back down after hundreds of government offices insist banishing fax would be impossibleMost bureaucr…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX delivers new crew to International Space Station
Tech boss ‘proud’ to be working with space agencies as astronauts begin six-month missionFour astronauts on bo…
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Why Japan’s carmaking heavyweights could be facing an electric shock
Analysis: The rapid development of battery-only cars is eclipsing petrol vehicles and even hybrids, leaving Ja…
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UK’s Octopus Energy valued at $2bn after Japan supply deal
British startup in joint venture with Tokyo Gas, which buys 9.7% stake for $200mThe one-time owner of a London…
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‘I’m pleased it is being used for people’s safety’: QR code inventor relishes its role in tackling Covid
Masahiro Hara came up with black and white pattern to optimise inventory in automotive industryThe eureka mome…
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Boyfriends for rent, robots, camming: how the business of loneliness is booming
Even before the Covid pandemic, loneliness had been deemed an official epidemic in several countries – and som…
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Big in Japan: giant Gundam robot makes its first moves in Yokohama
Humanoid robot can take a knee, no mean feat when you are 18 metres tallIt stands just over 18 metres tall and…
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Cambridge staff ‘fobbed off’ at meeting over Arm sale to Nvidia, says union
UK government urged to intervene in SoftBank’s $40bn deal with US tech firmOpposition to the $40bn (£31bn) sal…
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Diary of a socially distanced director: how I staged a play in Tokyo – from London
When Lindsay Posner was asked to direct a production of Twelve Angry Men from his home in the UK, with a Japan…
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UK tech giant Arm Holdings to be sold to US company Nvidia in $40bn deal
Chip designer’s co-founder says deal is ‘absolute disaster’ that will lead to UK job lossesOne of Britain’s mo…
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Softbank’s $4bn profit on US tech bets hasn’t impressed investors | Nils Pratley
Masayoshi Son looks like a gambler on a lucky streak so it’s no wonder shares in his firm were down 7%Would yo…
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Loo with a view: transparent public toilets installed in Tokyo parks
Amenities designed so prospective users can inspect their cleanliness from the outsideIt sounds like the worst…
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Owner of UK chip firm Arm reportedly in talks about sale to Nvidia
Japan’s SoftBank could offload semiconductor maker within weeks for at least $32bnThe UK-based microchip desig…
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Fugaku, world’s fastest supercomputer, searches for coronavirus treatment
Japanese machine can perform more than 415 quadrillion computations a second and has already worked out how br…
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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa seeks ‘special woman’ for trip around moon
The 44-year-old is taking applications from women who want to join him on Elon Musk’s voyage Japanese billiona…
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Hatsune Miku review – hologram star fires up crowdsourced power pop
O2 Academy, Brixton, LondonThe virtual Vocaloid singer gives online devotees a non-stop real-world rave and a …
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Richard Sykes obituary
My friend and colleague Richard Sykes, who has died aged 73, always had his eye on the future. Described by ob…
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Japanese researchers build robotic tail – video
A team of researchers at Japan’s Keio university have built a robotic tail. Dubbed ‘Arque’, the grey one-metre…