SoftBank has taken a stake in Roomba-maker iRobot, people familiar with the matter said, as the Japanese company builds its holdings in robotics firms.
Three foreign members of the Fukuoka tech entrepreneur community discuss whether the city's efforts to style itself as an international startup hub are paying off.
WikiLeaks will work with technology companies to help defend them against the CIA's hacking tools, founder Julian Assange said Thursday. The move sets up a potential conflict between Silicon Valley firms eager to protect their products and an intelligence agency stung by the radical ...
Under pressure to stymie the spread of fake news, Facebook changed its system for showing trending topics on Wednesday. The leading social network said that instead of simply showing a topic, it will include headlines from articles about the trending subjects along with sources publishing ...
It's often said that in Japan you may live right next door to a millionaire and not know it, because his house looks just like yours.
We are so used to technology that I wondered if I could live without it. But I did it, disconnecting during a month on the St. James Way, an ancient pilgrimage route in Spain. The journey along the 760 km trail allowed me to experience ...
Automakers and researchers say a new simulated city at the University of Michigan could help speed the development of driverless and connected cars. The 32-acre site on the university's campus officially opened Monday. The $10 million testing ground will be run by the Mobility Transformation ...
Google says one of its self-driving cars has been involved in an injury accident for the first time. The tech giant disclosed Thursday that one of its SUVs was rear-ended in its home city of Mountain View, and the three people on board complained of ...
The latest models of Google's self-driving cars are now cruising the streets near the Internet company's Silicon Valley headquarters in a test of how they work around other vehicles driven by people. It's the first time that the pod-like, two-seat vehicles have been allowed on ...
Luddites and tech fans are interrogated on the wide streets of Yokohama.
President Barack Obama plans to make life a little easier for some foreign tech workers, but Silicon Valley representatives are disappointed that his immigration rule changes will not satisfy long-standing demands for more visas and faster green cards. In a speech Thursday, Obama outlined plans ...
The lights dimmed inside the theater at the Tokyo International Film Festival and the audience quieted down. As Masayuki Suo's film "Maiko wa Lady (Lady Maiko)" began, the viewers were ready — with glasses-shaped head-mounted displays and earpieces designed to make cinema accessible to ...
