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Hack of supposedly safe bitcoin tool tests faith of the devoted
BUSINESS / Tech
Hack of supposedly safe bitcoin tool tests faith of the devoted
Bad actors fleeced investors of an estimated $130 million by exploiting a software flaw in an offline hardware wallet called Coldcard.
BUSINESS / Tech
AI¡¯s volatile power demand is damaging its own data centers
Power increments equivalent to the consumption of cities can appear and disappear within seconds, creating repeated shocks that connected equipment struggles to absorb.
BUSINESS / Tech
OpenAI models joined forces months ahead of Hugging Face hack
The episode has underscored growing global concerns that cutting-edge AI systems could be used to carry out crippling cyber attacks.
Demis Hassabis, chief executive officer of Google DeepMind, attends a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony in Seoul on April 27.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 6, 2026
Google AI veterans depart during seismic leadership shift
The split casts doubt over leadership of a critical area in growth right as competition intensifies.
Semiconductor powerhouse Taiwan has stepped ?up a campaign against what it sees as underhand ?methods being ?used by Chinese companies to poach Taiwanese tech ?workers.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2026
Taiwan investigates 17 Chinese firms for suspected poaching of high-tech talent
The Taiwan justice ministry¡¯s investigation bureau said Chinese companies commonly concealed their identities in their bid to illegally recruit ?Taiwanese ?talent.
Pedestrians walk past the SK Hynix headquarters in Icheon on July 29. SK Hynix has facilities in Dalian and Wuxi in China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2026
Samsung and SK Hynix test Chinese chip tools as hedge against U.S. risks
They are wary that future ?restrictions could extend beyond new equipment ?to the servicing, repair or replacement of Western tools already installed at their Chinese plants.
U.S. solar manufacturing has expanded since Congress created tax incentives in 2022.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2026
U.S. weighs polysilicon tariffs to counter China in solar and chips
By Nichola Groom
The decision, expected to come later this month, aims to protect U.S. polysilicon factories from growing Chinese ambitions in the chip supply chain.
A live feed shows SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX's initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York on June 12.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2026
SpaceX¡¯s AI splurge puts a damper on debut earnings after IPO
Shares tumbled as much as 8.8% in U.S. post-market trading after it said capital spending jumped to about $18.4 billion in the second quarter.
Chinese artificial intelligence models are rapidly narrowing the gap with Silicon Valley and creating a "death zone" for anyone without frontier-pushing technology or market-breaking pricing.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2026
China¡¯s AI blitz creates ¡®death zone¡¯ for rival U.S. model makers
The debut of five models in eight weeks shows Chinese developers approaching or in some cases surpassing the U.S. pioneers that are commonly held up as frontier AI leaders.
Software developer and major military vendor Palantir now expects $4.89 billion to $4.91 billion in adjusted income from operations this year, up from $4.45 billion at the top end of the range previously.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2026
Palantir lifts outlook after ¡®otherworldly¡¯ commercial sales
By Lizette Chapman
Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp said U.S. commercial sales in the second quarter rose 149% from a year earlier to $764 million, well above the average analyst estimate.

America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
TCC Therapy Park is supported financially by racing organizations as well as donations from members of the public.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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