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The Tokyo Government Is Launching Its Own Sex App
Vice· 7 days agoThe hope is to give a “gentle push” to the nearly “70 percent of people who want to get married” but aren’t “actively joining events or apps to look for...
Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI
Ars Technica· 11 hours agoThe project aims to reduce the psychological burden on operators suffering from harassment and has...
New AI converts customers' abusive phone rants into calming tones
Boing Boing· 6 days agoWell, SoftBank believes it has a solution, and it sounds like something out of a dystopian sci-fi...
‘Flesh-eating’ bacteria spreads at record rate in Japan
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe majority of cases are in adults over 30, while the death rate has hovered at around 30 per cent,...
This part of the US is at highest risk for a devastating tsunami
CNN.com· 3 days agoA catastrophic earthquake and tsunami are inevitable for the coast of the Pacific Northwest,...
SoftBank's New AI Makes Angry Customers Sound Calm On Phone - Slashdot
Slashdot· 7 days agoSoftBank has developed AI voice-conversion technology aimed at reducing the psychological stress on call center operators by altering the voices of angry customers to sound calmer. Japan's & ...
Inside the quiet fishing village where cats outnumber humans
Daily Express· 6 days agoThe island is a peaceful fishing village with a circumference of just 1.6km. The most recent...
Japan passes new law allowing third-party app stores on Android and iOS
TechSpot· 6 days agoIn a nutshell: Japan's parliament has passed new legislation aimed at increasing competition in the...
The Best Dressed People in Hollywood Are Not the Actors
New York Times· 7 days agoCinephiles can’t seem to help obsessing over their favorite filmmakers’ personal style. Last month,...
Kagaku Manga Survival TV Anime Reveals Staff, October Premiere
Anime News Network· 6 days agoMasahiro Hosoda directs educational entertainment anime at Gallop