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A TV programme in South Korea brought back the voice of deceased singer Kim Kwang-seok with the help of artificial intelligence technology. The sound system can perform in Kim’s voice after analysing and learning 20 of the legendary singer’s songs.
A father continues to make toys for his daughter, Nini. He turns video games such as Tetris and Flappy Bird into real-life toys for the girl, hoping to give her a unique childhood in a hi-tech world. That, and more trending videos from China this week.
A father from central China’s Henan province continues to make toys for his daughter, Nini. He turns video games such as Tetris and Flappy Bird into real-life toys for the girl, hoping to give her a unique childhood in a hi-tech world.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on January 11, 2021, accused Voice of America (VOA) of “censorship” in a speech broadcast by the US government-funded international news organisation. Pompeo also criticised Twitter, Facebook and Apple for censoring content and “political correctness”.
Scores of former opposition lawmakers and activists were arrested by Hong Kong police in the early morning of January 6, 2021. They are accused of subversion under the city’s national security law in relation to their roles in a primary election run-off in July 2020. Police also served court orders to the offices of…
Scotland is bidding farewell to 2020 with one of UK’s largest-ever drone shows. A swarm of 150 LED drones, choreographed by artificial intelligence software, lit up the skies over Scotland. The event is part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay festival to celebrate the New Year. The annual celebration went online this year due …
Standing about 8.5 metres tall and weighing in at more than 6 tonnes, “Mononofu” captured a Guinness World Records title as the world’s “largest humanoid vehicle”. It is the latest creation of Japanese machinery manufacturer Sakakibara Kikai, which wants to bring robots from anime into reality.
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was denied bail on December 3, 2020, on a charge of fraud related to the lease of a building that houses the tabloid-style Apple Daily newspaper he founded. Lai and two senior executives of his company Next Digital, were charged on suspicion of defrauding a government-owned …
Mahmoud el-Komy, a 26-year-old mechatronics engineer from Egypt, has invented a robot health care worker to reduce the chance of infection among frontline hospital workers. The robot named Cira-03 can be remote-controlled and can reportedly take blood tests, perform cardiac ultrasounds and take X-rays.
Three-month-old Yemeni twins, Al-Hasan and AI-Hussein, are suffering from acute malnutrition and are among the more than 20 such cases admitted each day to the hospital where they are now being treated. Yemen is in “imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades”, United Nations Secretary General…
The Apple HomePod mini is marketed as having Chinese language recognition ability that sets it apart from other smart speakers. But while the device is said to be able to support Mandarin and Cantonese dialects, we wanted to put the HomePod mini to the test to see if Siri can understand different Chinese accents as …
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Britain's National Health Services is doing trial flights with drones in hopes of improving the efficiency of transporting samples from patients who need to be tested for Covid-19 infections. The drones developed by tech company Apian help minimise human contact with potentially infectious material as they avoid bus…
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China has started a census to collect information about the nation’s estimated 1.4 billion population, including data such as the identity number, gender, marital status, education and profession of each individual. The survey officially starting on November 1, 2020, is China’s seventh national census since the firs…
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The new iPhone 12 Pro has impressive camera technology that is designed for photographers, but it comes at a premium price which costs as much as a professional camera. The Post invited a pro photographer to test the iPhone 12 Pro for shooting portraits and cityscapes in Hong Kong.
From monitoring vital signs to filtering air and even translating speech into other languages, developers across Asia have upgraded face masks into something more than just a protection from coronavirus.
A robot is used to collect air samples at a hospital in Wuhan to test for the presence of coronavirus particles.
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A company that has made robotic animals for roles in Hollywood blockbusters including Free Willy, Deep Blue Sea and The Abyss is now hoping to apply its technology to the real-life task of transforming marine parks. In September 2020, Edge Innovations showcased a convincing robotic dolphin as a possible alternative …
Pakistan has blocked the popular social media app TikTok which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said on October 9, 2020, that it was receiving complaints against “immoral and indecent” content on the video-sharing platform. India has already blocked TikTok, which fac…
EU climate policy rollback highlights challenge of green transition, with early movers facing uncertainty. Plus: AI promises efficiency gains, but at a cost; and the annual FT-Statista list of companies making progress in cutting carbon emissions
The hi-tech string instrument featuring a fretboard fitted with LED lights and companion app promises to get even people who are new to the instrument moving their fingers enough to make music within just a few minutes. South China Morning Post reporter Celia Chen tried out the “smart ukulele” called Populele, devel…
