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Hackers disable scores of Canon-made security cameras across Japan
More than 60 security cameras made by Canon Inc. have been hacked and rendered unusable at places including key waterways, a fish market and a care facility for people with disabilities.
5G is here: Super speed makes worldwide debut at Winter Olympics
The first to experience the future of wireless technology, well before most humans, will be South Korea's wild boars. That's because 5G, the fifth-generation wireless network, is making its worldwide debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The technology will be used to ward off ...
Japan doctors tap health-monitoring app to help diabetics keep dialysis at bay
In September 2016, freelance journalist Yutaka Hasegawa touched off a firestorm of criticism after writing in his blog that diabetes patients receiving dialysis should pay for the treatment themselves instead of using public health insurance. He argued that it was their "corrupt" lifestyles that ...
Shizuoka firm debuts birdlike robot Charpy to talk back to English learners
Japanese education software developer CAI Media Co. recently developed a bird-shaped robot for English learners to practice conversation, using artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technologies. Making use of a cloud service with massive data collected online, the robot Charpy can respond to learners in ...
Mayor Soichiro Takashima envisions Fukuoka as a living lab for internet of things
Assessing damage caused by natural disasters with just a glance at a monitor screen. Controlling water levels and knowing the best time to fertilize crops without actually visiting your farm. Checking the whereabouts of your son or daughter who is returning from school by ...
Daily cyberattacks more than doubled to all-time high in 2016: NPA
The daily average number of cyberattacks or suspected threats swelled to a record 1,692 in 2016, more than double the previous year's rate, the National Police Agency said Thursday. In 2015, the daily average of attacks or threats detected by censors installed at internet access ...
New technology has display designers thinking outside the rectangle
From smartphones, computers, TV sets to car navigation systems, almost every device's display shape is rectangular. But this stereotype is likely to change soon, as display-makers work to come up with unique designs, such as circular, curved, ultrathin and flexible. Such displays, they say, are expected ...
Cyberattacks targeting Japan networks hit a record 128.1 billion in 2016
A record 128.1 billion cyberattacks against networks in Japan were detected in 2016, more than double the previous year, according to a recent survey by a public research institute. Many of the attacks appear to have been launched from China and the United States, the ...
Financial institutions unsure how to realize digital transformation
More than half of the business leaders in the global financial services industry agree that digital transformation determines the development of their business, realizes efficient business processes and brings more profits, but they have yet to find effective ways of doing so, according to ...
1.3 million connected devices around world infected with viruses: study
More than 1.3 million internet-connected devices around the world, including personal video recorders and security cameras, have been infected with computer viruses, according to a recent study by a group of Japanese researchers. The devices concerned, which form part of the so-called internet of things, ...
Hitachi Ltd. says it has developed camera technology that can capture video images without a lens and adjust its focal position afterwards, becoming the first Japanese firm to do so. The technology using a special thin film will allow cameras to be lighter and thinner ...
After cyberattacks, internet of things wrestles with making smart devices safer
Recent cyberattacks harnessing everyday devices such as cameras, video recorders, printers, routers and speakers are a wake-up call to the hidden dangers of the "internet of things (IoT)." The problem for the device makers, though, is that few are well equipped to tackle the unfamiliar ...
