"Robot, stand up" - Oscar Constanza, 16, gives the order and, slowly but surely, a large frame strapped to his body lifts him up and he starts walking.

Iran launches the first phase of its light source facility, which is a national accelerator, as the largest technological project in the country’s history.

Iran’s cenbank says lenders have offered over $510 million in cheap loans to startups in quarter to June.

At Tokyo’s busy shopping and business area of Shinjuku, a giant 3D cat is displayed on a 4K billboard to greet people.

Asian stocks fell to a six-week low on Thursday as an extended selloff in tech shares in Hong Kong and rising virus cases added to a broad risk-averse mood, pressuring oil prices and lending support to bonds and the dollar.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged political parties worldwide to oppose any country that engages in "technology blockades".

Iran opens its National Observatory, a project described by authorities as one of the best in the world.

China has strongly condemned the US for approving a bill aimed at countering what Washington sees as the Chinese technology threat.

The US Senate has overwhelmingly approved an expansive bill to boost the country’s ability to compete with Chinese technology.

Secretive Israeli cyber firm Quadream has reportedly sold phone-hacking technology to Saudi Arabia to spy on the communications of dissidents and political opponents.