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Malaysia’s social media ban for under 16’s will require eKYC verification by 2026. Platforms expected to use MyKad, passports, or MyDigital ID for age checks. Gov still determining implementation framework and enforcement mechanisms. Malaysia will implement a social media ban for users under 16 starting next year, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil announced on Sunday, requiring ...
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Progressives have long argued that Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is a fundamentally fascistic enterprise. In their telling, the president’s goal is not merely to enforce America’s borders but to purify its blood — and unleash state violence against anyone who resists his campaign of ethnic cleansing. Of course, there’s nothing new about the left deriding […] Read more ›
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A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted. Read more ›
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Up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed every month, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said this week. Read more ›
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Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat. Read more ›
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Officials ultimately banned fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending a November match, a decision that has sparked immense criticism. Read more ›
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Verizon is experiencing a major outage across the U.S. today, with hundreds of thousands of customers reporting issues with the network on the website Downdetector. There are also complaints across Reddit and other social media platforms. iPhone users and others with Verizon service are generally unable to make phone calls, send text messages, or use data over 5G or LTE due to the outage. iPhone users may see "SOS" in... Read more ›
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The U.S. may allow shipments of rather powerful AI processors to China on a case-by-case basis, but with the U.S. supply priority, do not expect AMD or Nvidia ship a ton of AI GPUs to the People's Republic. Read more ›
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The company quietly changed the fine print for Galaxy AI to shut the door on charging for basic features. Read more ›
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Saks Global's Chapter 11 bankruptcy reveals hundreds of millions in debt to a slew of luxury brands. See who is owed what. Read more ›
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AI models are getting so good at finding vulnerabilities that some experts say the tech industry might need to rethink how software is built. Read more ›
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Generative AI, we are repeatedly told, is a transformative and complicated technology. So complicated that its own creators are unable to explain why it acts the way it does, and so transformative that we'd be fools to stand in the way of progress. Even when progress resembles a machine for undressing strangers without their consent on an unprecedented scale, as has been the case of late with Elon Musk's Grok... Read more ›
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In a world where ICE agents are shooting US citizens on the street, the need for militias and extremist groups like the Proud Boys to support far-right interests has evaporated. Read more ›
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Citi's CEO pledged to save billions by cutting jobs. A new memo and statements by the bank's top brass shed light on how that will play out in 2026. Read more ›
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Protests across Minnesota—and around the country—are ongoing, as residents demonstrate against their federal government. Read more ›
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Panther Lake’s iGPU gains are reshaping Intel’s handheld gaming PC plans. Core G3 chips put AMD’s handheld lead under pressure. Intel’s integrated graphics used to be a compromise. That is no longer the case. With Panther Lake, Intel is pushing iGPU performance far beyond what handheld gaming PCs have seen so far. The gains are ... Read more ›
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Author: Aaron Crowe, Head of Revenue, APAC, Eagle Eye Discussions with retail leaders in Bangkok and Taipei reveal how AI-driven loyalty programmes are reshaping the competitive landscape. Years of Netflix recommendations and Amazon’s “customers who bought this” suggestions have trained shoppers to expect personal recognition from every business they interact with. What started as a ... Read more ›
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OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Health as a separate space for health data. Health data is kept separate, not used for training, and is rolling out gradually. Health questions are one of the most common reasons people turn to AI tools. Many are not looking for a diagnosis, but for help understanding test results, tracking changes ... Read more ›
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Charging infrastructure gaps push Southeast Asian automakers to hybrids—pure EVs remain under 10% despite government promises Xpeng’s 1,704km hybrid isn’t a feature—it’s a hedge against infrastructure uncertainty Xpeng Motors just launched an SUV that can drive from Singapore to Bangkok without stopping. The company calls it innovation. But look closer, and it’s something else entirely: ... Read more ›
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Indonesia and Malaysia blocked Grok over deepfake, non-consensual sexualised images. Officials cite human rights violations and user harm. Access to Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot run by Elon Musk, has been blocked in Indonesia and Malaysia after the tool was used to generate sexualised images of real people. The move comes after days of growing ... Read more ›
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India weighs smartphone rules that would require source code access. Tech firms say the plan has no global precedent, could expose sensitive data. India is weighing a set of new security rules that could change how smartphones are built, tested, and updated before they reach users. At the centre of the debate is a proposal ... Read more ›
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