UN: Iran using drones to enforce hijab law
A Friday report by the United Nations says Iran is using advanced technology, including drones, facial recognition and a citizen-reporting a...
Meta tests 'Community Notes' to replace fact-checkers
SAN FRANCISCO — Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced it would begin testing its new "Community Notes" feature across its ...
Launch pad problem delays SpaceX flight to replace NASA's stuck astronauts
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace ...
Dirt-powered sensors help farmers optimize their fields
An innovative solution to remotely power devices using natural biological processes could help farmers get the most from their fields. VOA’s...
China boosting development of AI for use in trade war with US
NEW DELHI — Encouraged by the enthusiastic reception to its DeepSeek artificial intelligence platform in January, China's leaders are go...
US drops antitrust case against Google over AI, not Chrome
The U.S. Department of Justice dropped a proposal Friday to force Alphabet's Google to sell its investments in artificial intelligence c...
Greenland and Afghanistan: Frontiers in race for critical minerals
Just as discoveries of fossil fuel reserves helped to shape the 20th century, the race for critical minerals is shaping the 21st. These mine...
Trump to host White House crypto summit
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday hosts top cryptocurrency players at the White House, a political boost for an industry th...
Trump calls to end US government's semiconductor subsidy program
President Donald Trump is signaling a major change in how the U.S. will support growth in key domestic industries such as semiconductors. Mi...
Musk fails in bid to block OpenAI becoming for-profit business
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied Elon Musk's request to prevent OpenAI from becoming a for-profit business in ...
VOA Mandarin: Who has better humanoid robots, US or China?
Chinese tech firms and state media have spotlighted humanoid robots, which have grown in popularity since the Unitree G1 appeared to run, ju...
China uses DeepSeek AI for surveillance and information attacks on US
The United States may become the second country after Australia to ban China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence on government devices. U.S. ...
Trump, Taiwanese chipmaker announce new $100 billion plan to build five new US factories
WASHINGTON — Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced on Monday plans to make an additional $100 billion investment in th...
2 lunar landings in a week for NASA's private moon fleet
WASHINGTON — More than 50 years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to the lunar surface, when the firs...
With $500B US investment, Apple pulling away from China, analysts say
Apple announced this week it would spend $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years and create 20,000 jobs, signaling its pro-U.S. jo...
Private company's craft rockets toward moon in latest rush of lunar landing attempts
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon's south pole this ...
Musicians release silent album to protest UK's AI copyright changes
LONDON — More than 1,000 musicians including Kate Bush and Cat Stevens on Tuesday released a silent album to protest proposed changes to Bri...
Apple to build 23,200-square meter facility in Texas
U.S. tech giant Apple has announced plans to create some 20,000 jobs and invest $500 billion over the next four years in the United States. ...
Australia fines Telegram for delay in answering child abuse, terror questions
Sydney — Australia's online safety regulator fined messaging platform Telegram about $640,000 on Monday for its delay in answering quest...
Rich in cash, Japan automaker Toyota builds city to test futuristic mobility
SUSONO — Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial intelligence ...
VOA Mandarin: How will China help developing countries promote AI?
After China’s DeepSeek gained global recognition, some argue that the U.S.-China rivalry in AI may be upended. In addition, the Chinese Comm...
EU approves $960 million in German aid for Infineon chips plant
BRUSSELS — The European Commission said Thursday it had approved 920 million-euro of German state aid, or $960 million, to Infineon Technolo...
VOA Mandarin: Chinese netizens prefer DeepSeek to Musk's Grok 3
WASHINGTON — Chinese social media users are not impressed by the newly released AI model Grok 3 by Elon Musk's xAI, retaining their pref...
Solar refrigerators in Kenya reduce food waste
NAIROBI, KENYA — Milk and egg vendor Caroline Mukundi has lost a lot of her stock in her years of selling fresh food at a Nairobi market. Mu...
Philippines reports intrusions targeting intelligence data
Manila, Philippines — The Philippines has detected foreign attempts to access intelligence data, but its cyber minister said on Tuesday no b...
New downloads of DeepSeek suspended in South Korea, data protection agency says
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea's data protection authority on Monday said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspen...
No need for one country to control chip industry, Taiwan official says
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — There is no need for one country to control the semiconductor industry, which is complex and needs a division of labor, Tai...
Taiwan pledges chip talks and investment in bid to ease Trump’s concerns
TAIPEI — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te pledged on Friday to talk with the United States about President Donald Trump’s concerns over the chi...
Google drops pledge against AI for weapons, surveillance
Technology company Google recently broke with its long-standing policy against developing AI weapons. VOA's Matt Dibble has more from Si...
Global AI race is on, world leaders say at Paris summit
At this week’s Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, world leaders and technologists gathered to discuss the rapidly evolving fiel...
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