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Wikipedia, the largest in history encyclopedia,...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has made remarkable...

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In recent years in Kazakhstan, Kaspi Bank has...

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In August 2023, a cargo ship named Pyxis Ocean...

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For many years, space development was...

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Disinformation (Note 1) is by no means new, but...

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In 2021, a mobile money startup based in Senegal...

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With globalization, businesses have become able...

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Emails, chats, call histories, notes,...

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Google declares it won’t develop AI for the oil and gas industry

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by Kimberly White | 2020年09月23日 | Agriculture/resources, Environment, Global View, Technology, World

《A translated The Planetary Press article (※1)》...

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In June 2020, MSN News (a news distribution...

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In Southeast Asian countries, the number of...

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In the morning, a newspaper placed on the dining...

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If solar power were generated over approximately...

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U.S. tech giant Google bowed to pressure. It was...

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by Shiori Tomohara | 2018年06月14日 | Global View, Health/medicine, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Technology

The “Africa” portrayed in the media may be...

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About 1.4 billion people use it every day...

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Climate change threatens the survival of the...

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LINE NEWS International Coverage

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In recent years, with digitization and young...

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by Yosuke Tomino | 2018年01月18日 | Agriculture/resources, Environment, Global View, Technology

When you hear the word “agriculture,” what kind...

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There are countless threats to human health and...

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From the era of landlines to the advent of...

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by Saeka Inaka | 2017年10月5日 | Journalism/speech, News View, Technology

How do you find out what is happening in the...

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by Yosuke Tomino | 2017年09月21日 | Global View, Technology, World

On June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab...

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Our lives are built on and intertwined with...

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