Yangon, Myanmar (AFP) Sept 14, 2023 - Air force chiefs from several countries around Southeast Asia did not attend a conference in Myanmar this week after the ASEAN regional bloc accused the ruling junta of targeting civilians in its post-coup crackdown.
Geneva (AFP) Sept 2, 2019 - Top players in global tech companies kicked off work Monday to draw up global ethical standards related to data and artificial intelligence, with Microsoft's president voicing a sense of urgency.
New York (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 - Semiconductor giant Micron announced Thursday it will invest $15 billion over the next decade to expand its operations in the US state of Idaho to build memory capacity for automotive and other sectors.
London (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 - UK department store Selfridges said Friday that it wants almost half of its sales to be products given a new lease of life as part of the upmarket retailer's efforts to improve sustainability.
Munich, Germany (AFP) Sept 7, 2023 - In Munich, where this week's IAA motor show is taking place, an interactive street survey elicits an overwhelming yes when asking passers-by if they would take a self-driving taxi from the station to the Oktoberfest beer festival.
Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2016 - The move to self-driving cars is coming faster than most people think, says the head of ridesharing giant Lyft.
New York (AFP) Sept 30, 2020 - Data analytics firm Palantir, which has drawn fire over its law enforcement and national security work, made a low-key debut Wednesday on Wall Street at a hefty valuation of more than $20 billion.
Sydney (AFP) Sept 29, 2014 - The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 enters a new underwater phase this week almost seven months after the jet went missing, with two specialist ships to join the hunt.
New York (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 - Technology veterans, politicians and Nobel Prize winners called on nations around the world Monday to quickly establish red lines too dangerous for artificial intelligence to cross.
Petit-Saguenay, Canada (AFP) Sept 20, 2024 - Old tires, discarded cups, and cigarette butts litter the magnificent Saguenay Fjord, a marine protected area in eastern Canada that attracts belugas and other whales seeking respite.
Riyadh (AFP) Sept 3, 2017 - Fizzing with boyish exuberance, Saudi programmer Zainalabdin Tawfiq could be mistaken for a college freshman, but the popularity of his honesty app has shone a spotlight on the conservative kingdom's nascent tech scene.
San Francisco (AFP) Sept 21, 2010 - US computer buyers are happy as ever, with Apple machines yielding top satisfaction and Windows 7 operating system making amends for a loathed prior generation of the Microsoft software.
Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2011 - A decommissioned NASA satellite, the biggest piece of US space junk to fall in 30 years, has crash-landed but the precise location is not yet known, the US space agency said early Saturday.
New York (AFP) Sept 4, 2012 - Samsung forces employees at its Chinese factories to work up to five times the legal overtime limit, bans them from sitting down and denies basic labor rights, according to a US-based watchdog.
Seoul (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 - Tech giant Samsung has said it will launch its hotly anticipated first foldable smartphone on Friday, months after faulty screens forced an embarrassing delay of its release.
Seoul (AFP) Sept 20, 2011 - South Korea's Samsung Electronics will file lawsuits to try to block the sale of Apple's iPhone 5 as part of its global legal tussle with the US technology giant, a report said Tuesday.
