Taipei: The Taiwan Stock Exchange’s main index opened down 77.72 points at 27,447.45 Thursday on turnover of NT$9 billion (US$285.26 million). According to Focus Taiwan, the market experienced a decline as trading commenced for the day. The turnover reflects the initial trading activity and investor sentiment at the start of

Taipei: A Taiwanese research team has developed a machine-learning model that analyzes electroencephalography (EEG) brain-wave patterns to distinguish individuals with internet addiction from healthy subjects with 86 percent accuracy, researchers announced Thursday. The method’s accuracy is significantly higher than that of self-report measures, Huang Hsu-wen, an assistant investigator at the

Taipei: Taiwanese film “Left-Handed Girl” has been selected as one of the 15 films shortlisted for the Oscar for the best international feature film by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy released the list early Tuesday morning (Taipei time), selecting from films submitted by 86 countries

Tainan: A 48-year-old man was ordered detained Tuesday after allegedly driving drunk and rear-ending a garbage truck in Tainan’s Anping District, killing a 23-year-old sanitation worker who was standing behind the truck at the time, prosecutors said. Video of the accident, which occurred around 8 a.m. Tuesday, showed a passenger

Taipei: Taiwan Sugar Corp. (Taisugar), the National Atomic Research Institute (NARI), and Nice Enterprise Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a project focused on recycling carbon generated during the sugar-making process. The initiative aims to integrate carbon-capture technologies and equipment developed by NARI into the

Taipei: All QR codes at Taiwan’s airports are safe and the Taiwan Arrival Card (TWAC) filing process is free, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) stated Tuesday amid reports that a Japanese tourist was scammed by an unidentified QR code. Some media outlets reported that the visitor was scammed after arriving