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The minister charged with an overhaul of Japan's digitized system to assign a number to everyone living in the country has apologized, as doctors protested glitches with health insurance and local governments begged Thursday for clarity on how to handle the problems. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-glitches-japan-unpopular-mynumber-digital.html Other Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:40:33 EDT news607851628 The history of television began long before millions of people gathered in front of their black-and-white sets and fiddled with the antenna and horizontal hold to watch Lucy, Uncle Miltie and Howdy Doodie. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ohio-museum-tv-older.html Consumer & Gadgets Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:50:34 EDT news607603795 When Edward Cassano and his colleagues arrived in the remote stretch of ocean where the Titan submersible had gone missing, they quickly learned that they would have to do what other deep-sea experts had already tried unsuccessfully: to find the lost sub in some of the most forbidding depths of the North Atlantic. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-recovering-titan-odysseus-underwater-robot.html Other Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:42:48 EDT news607365763 At Denmark's police headquarters, officers have been glued to their computers playing the popular video game Counter-Strike. But they weren't kicking back on a break—they were tracking crimes on the internet. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-online-police-patrol-internet-denmark.html Other Fri, 30 Jun 2023 04:39:54 EDT news607318791 Experts have recovered presumed human remains from what is left of the Titan sub that imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, with the death of five people, the US Coast Guard said Wednesday. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-presumed-human-titan-wreckage.html Other Thu, 29 Jun 2023 05:30:01 EDT news607234809 Mangled debris recovered from the small submersible that was destroyed when it imploded during a recent dive to the Titanic wreck was offloaded Wednesday in eastern Canada, bringing to an end a difficult search-and-recovery operation. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-titanic-debris-hauled-ashore-canada.html Other Wed, 28 Jun 2023 16:29:37 EDT news607188575 Recent advancements using artificial intelligence to extract meaningful thoughts from brain waves have concerned human rights and privacy advocates, who say technology is developing at a rate faster than the law. It is the first paper that considers whether Australia is prepared for the potential applications of neurotechnologies. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-legal-expert-human-rights-implications.html Other Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:05:03 EDT news607086301 The loss of the OceanGate submersible Titan appears to be an example of warnings ignored. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-tragedies-titan-disaster-leaders-red.html Other Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:12:21 EDT news607083126 As an international group of agencies investigates why the Titan submersible imploded while carrying five people to the Titanic wreckage, U.S. maritime officials say they'll issue a report aimed at improving the safety of submersibles worldwide. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-titan-implosion-coast-safety-submersibles.html Other Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:14:14 EDT news607058049 The warnings are coming from all angles: artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to humanity and must be shackled before it is too late. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-ai-destroy-humanity.html Other Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:09:32 EDT news607057763 John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the lithium-ion battery that transformed technology with rechargeable power for devices ranging from cellphones, computers, and pacemakers to electric cars, has died at 100, the University of Texas announced Monday. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-john-goodenough-nobel-prize-winning-co-creator.html Other Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:55:20 EDT news607013714 The loss of OceanGate's Titan submersible has triggered questions about how underwater craft navigate and how these vehicles can improve their geolocation abilities. Electrical and computer engineering professor Viktor Gruev spoke with News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian about the current state of the science behind underwater geolocation, and some advances his team is working on now. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-qa-state-underwater-geolocation-technology.html Engineering Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:57:03 EDT news606999421 The deadly implosion of the Titan submersible raises questions about whether the vessel exploring the Titanic wreckage was destined for disaster because of its unconventional design and its creator's refusal to submit to independent checks that are standard in the industry. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-unconventional-titan-destined-disaster.html Other Sat, 24 Jun 2023 02:32:51 EDT news606792763 Authorities turned their focus to determining why a submersible carrying people to the wreck of the Titanic imploded deep in the North Atlantic, as tributes poured in for the five aboard who were killed. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-titanic-bound-submersible-authorities-figure-imploded.html Other Fri, 23 Jun 2023 07:42:18 EDT news606724934 The search for a missing Titanic-bound submersible has become an investigation and salvage mission that will take an indefinite amount of time, officials said, as tributes from around the world poured in for the five people killed when the vessel imploded deep in the North Atlantic. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-fate-titanic-bound-submersible-focus-fatal.html Other Fri, 23 Jun 2023 03:32:11 EDT news606709923 Eight hours. And within them, many unanswered questions. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-delays-communication-hamper-tourist.html Other Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:57:25 EDT news606671842 The world remains riveted by the story of the lost vessel carrying five people to see the remains of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. A massive search operation continues for the submersible, named Titan, which lost communication with its mother ship soon after diving toward the famous wreck on Sunday. Scheduled to resurface later the same day, it has not been heard from since. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-qa-underwater-habitat-director-worst-case.html Other Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:49:58 EDT news606664195 The desperate search for a submersible that disappeared while taking five people to view the Titanic wreckage has drawn attention to other deep-sea rescues. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-deep-sea-board.html Other Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:51:02 EDT news606660658 A submersible carrying five people to the Titanic imploded near the site of the shipwreck and killed everyone on board, authorities said Thursday, bringing a tragic end to a saga that included an urgent around-the-clock search and a worldwide vigil for the missing vessel. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-debris-titanic-submersible-coast.html Other Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:50:30 EDT news606660604 As the hunt continues for a missing submersible with five people on board in the North Atlantic, experts from Northeastern University described a challenging search-and-rescue operation that would likely bring heartbreak. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-search-and-rescue-submersible-coast-officer.html Engineering Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:23:04 EDT news606651781 The journey to the ocean floor to reach the wreck of the Titanic is one that gets relentlessly colder and darker, says one of the handful of people who have ever visited the luxury liner's watery grave. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-journey-bottom-sea-titanic.html Other Thu, 22 Jun 2023 05:10:01 EDT news606627686 At the very last second, the Lagos professional gamer wins his battle of "Street Fighter", sending the crowd into roars of joy, a scene unimaginable a few years ago in Nigeria, where the eSports is now in full bloom. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-nigeria-struggles-africa-esports.html Other Thu, 22 Jun 2023 05:00:01 EDT news606627642 The race against time to find a submersible that disappeared on its way to the Titanic wreckage site entered a new phase of desperation on Thursday morning as the final hours of oxygen possibly left on board the tiny vessel ticked off the clock. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-rescuers-desperate-hours-oxygen-titanic.html Other Thu, 22 Jun 2023 04:34:52 EDT news606627287 Search teams racing to find the missing Titanic submersible have detected underwater noises in the area. But it won't be easy to find the source of that sound in the ocean. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-teams-titan-suband.html Other Thu, 22 Jun 2023 04:30:20 EDT news606627015 A British man who spent more than three days trapped in a vessel on the seabed said Wednesday he was "very frightened" for those on board a submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-uk-deepest-titanic-crew.html Other Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:12:11 EDT news606571927 Rescuers trying to find the orca-sized submersible that vanished on its way to visit the wreck of the Titanic are facing a gargantuan task that will test the limits of technical know-how—with only a very slight chance of success, experts say. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-titanic-space.html Other Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:05:41 EDT news606542738 In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday for a submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-clock-fleet-ships-submersible-lost.html Other Wed, 21 Jun 2023 04:50:23 EDT news606541816 The artificial intelligence chatbot asked the believers in the fully packed St. Paul's church in the Bavarian town of Fuerth to rise from the pews and praise the Lord. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-chatbot-good-sermon-hundreds-church.html Other Sun, 11 Jun 2023 07:01:30 EDT news605685684 In the past, it was a challenge to make machines play music on the grid. Today, the challenge is the opposite. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-grid-ideals-machine-rhythm.html Other Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:12:04 EDT news605463120 This week a group of well-known and reputable AI researchers signed a statement consisting of 22 words: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-ai-extinction.html Other Wed, 31 May 2023 11:10:01 EDT news604749389