If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chernobyl ever happens again, the world would know almost straight away, thanks to an array of government and DIY radiation-monitoring programs running globally.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams--who truly believes that God put him in that job--was indicted this week on five federal charges related to bribery, wire fraud, and accepting straw donations from foreign officials. The acts detailed in the nearly 60-page indictment from the Southern District of New York span a full decade of Adams' political career, dating back to his tenure as Brooklyn borough president and extending up through his current mayoral reelection campaign. Despite being the only mayor in NYC history to be charged during his tenure, Adams is still doing what he does best: refusing to budge an inch and clumsily making his case before a city that's long tired of his shenanigans. "From here, my attorneys will take care of the case so I can take care of the city," he declared during a rainy Thursday morning press conference, sheltering under a pavilion with members of the city's Black clergy. "My day-to-day will not change. I will continue to do the job for 8.3 million New ...

Young Chinese entrepreneurs and others with family roots in China are becoming increasingly active participants in Japan's startup sector, leveraging Japanese manufacturing skills alongside their social connections in the greater China region to start new businesses and drive innovation. The trend is being fueled by increased support for entrepreneurs through the hosting of startup business contests amid a rise in Chinese people deciding to launch companies in Japan, where they have developed strong relationships and gained experience from studying while avoiding stiff competition back in China. Sun Xiaojun, the 35-year-old president of BionicM, is one such entrepreneur. His Tokyo-based company manufactures high-tech prosthetic legs that enable power-generated movement and control through humanoid robotics technology. This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software.

TOKYO--Toyota Motor Corp. and Sony Group Corp., together with six other Japanese companies, are creating a new business to design and make next-generation semiconductors by the late 2020s. The venture, called Rapidus, Latin for "rapid," comes amid rising competition among major economies for advanced chips to support applications such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Toyota, Sony and chip companies Kioxia Holdings Corp. and Tokyo Electron Ltd., as well as SoftBank Group Corp., have each contributed about one billion yen, around $7 million, to create the venture, the Japanese government said Friday. A research center for the new business will be set up this year, the government said. "As the struggle for control of technology between the U.S. and China intensifies, the importance of semiconductors is increasing from the perspective of economic security," Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues its march toward becoming the backbone of digital transformation, it's creating a new class of entrepreneurs. This new class is being empowered by the ability to use AI to generate ideas for and launch new businesses, and it's quickly changing the landscape of business innovation. According to a new report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), AI is unleashing a new wave of entrepreneurs who are using it to generate new business ideas, create and launch new products and services, and build new businesses. So, I didn't write the above paragraph--the Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) model did. The AI so advanced that it even cited a credible source to support its argument.

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has become an increasingly hot topic in the marketing world. AI technology can automate tasks, simplify complex processes, and organize complicated datasets just as a real marketing professional would -- only faster and more accurately. In the early days of artificial intelligence, this idea of automation seemed threatening to the human workforce. But we're of the mindset that AI simply enables humans to do better, more informed work. As it turns out, most businesses agree.

Ford CEO Jim Farley has made quite a few changes to the way the automaker does things since his arrival. Now, Ford is doing something similar with its autonomous technology divisions. Autonomous Tech Gets A New Home According to a report by Bloomberg, Ford is looking to accelerate the development of its autonomous technology by forming a new division called Ford Next. Apparently, Farley formed Ford Next last year and put Franck Louis-Victor, a specialist in new businesses from Renault SA, at the head. The division includes the automaker's stake in Argo Ai, an autonomous startup, as well as Ford's self-driving unit that's called Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC.

Fidelity Investments has a new business providing financial institutions with technology to create compliant public communications material. Called Saifr, the new business will offer tools powered by Natural Language Processing (NLP) models trained on tens of millions of compliance-reviewed data records. The goal is to foster greater collaboration between a firm's marketing and compliance teams creating, reviewing and approving client communications, said Vall Herard, managing director of Saifr. "Ensuring that marketing materials are compliant with various regulatory rules requires multiple touchpoints inside and outside an organization, including content creation, compliance feedback, revisions, email, and workflow hand-offs," Herard said in a statement. "As a result, the process can be inefficient and create the opportunity for friction and risk."

Six months after the Trump administration dealt a crushing blow to Huawei Technologies Co.'s smartphone business, the Chinese telecommunications giant is turning to less glamorous alternatives that may eventually offset the decline of its biggest revenue contributor. Among its newest customers is a fish farm in eastern China that's twice the size of New York's Central Park. The farm is covered with tens of thousands of solar panels outfitted with Huawei's inverters to shield its fish from excessive sunlight while generating power. About 370 miles to the west in coal-rich Shanxi province, wireless sensors and cameras deep beneath the earth monitor oxygen levels and potential machine malfunctions in mine pit -- all supplied by the tech titan. And next month, a shiny new electric car featuring its lidar sensor will debut at China's largest auto show.

Running for the 11th time, the Startups 100 is an annual campaign designed to find the UK's most exciting new businesses. Having highlighted a huge number of fast-growing companies in its tenure thus far, this year rings another exciting cohort of successful startups to the fore. In 2019, AI and future tech startups stand out as a significant trend in British business. With other Startups 100 themes this year including disruptive fintech apps and the rise of health-related technologies, AI and future tech are in good company in the UK business market. AI startups – considered by many to sit under the umbrella of'future tech' – are at the cutting edge of both the business and technology worlds.