Asian stock markets mostly closed higher on Tuesday, with South Korea and Japan recovering some of the losses suffered in recent sessions due to heavy selling of artificial intelligence (AI)-related shares. U.S. stock futures moved slightly higher, while oil prices fell. South Korea's Kospi index rose 4.7% to 6,821.41
The Cyber Security (amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) aiming to enable the swift removal of harmful and defamatory AI-generated content from social media platforms. Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam moved the bill which was unanimously passed by vo
A hidden iPhone setting is turning heads and saving stomachs. But does relief just mean more time staring at your screen? I try not to look at other people's phones, but you get unintentional glances jammed in the crowds on the New York subway, bodies lurching around as the train blasts through tunnels. Lately I've not
UNESCO on Sunday added Greece’s Mount Olympus, Japan’s ancient capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara, and South Sudan’s Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape to its prestigious World Heritage List during the World Heritage Committee session in South Korea. History The committee, meeting in the southeastern city of Busan through
Chinese artificial intelligence models are gaining increasing attention in the United States and other markets as users turn to cheaper, open-source and efficient alternatives to leading American AI systems. History Raffi Krikorian, chief technology officer at Mozilla, said he switched to Chinese AI startup Moonshot’s
Stardust is a period tracking app that combines users' menstrual cycles with astrology and horoscopes. It also makes bold privacy promises. "Your data is private," Stardust says on its website. "Period." The problem, according to a new report shared exclusively with the BBC, is you and Stardust may have different defin
A Chinese manufacturer of optical components for AI data centres on Wednesday started taking orders for a listing that could be Hong Kong's biggest in nearly seven years. The Shenzhen-listed Zhongji InnoLight said in a market filing that it was seeking to raise up to HK$55 billion (US$7 billion) on the Hong Kong stock
rtificial intelligence is reshaping how wars are fought. From autonomous drones to AI-powered command-and-control, machines are paving the way for fewer decision-makers in the war room and boots on the ground. That transformation is already reshaping conflicts by introducing new technologies in Kyiv, Gaza and Tehran. A
Meta has disabled a feature in its newly launched AI image-generation tool, Muse Image, following criticism that it automatically used photos from public Instagram accounts as references for creating AI-generated images. MusicEducation & Instruction The decision, announced on Friday, came less than a week after Meta, t
India on Friday launched its first domestically built hydrogen-powered train, marking a major step in the country's efforts to promote clean energy across its railway network. The new train, consisting of two hydrogen-powered driving cars and eight passenger coaches, will operate in the northern state of Haryana. Railw
Scientists say they have detected evidence of cosmic-scale wind coming from a super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, potentially solving one of the longest-standing mysteries in astronomy. Sagittarius A ,a gigantic black hole with the mass of about 4 million suns, has puzzled the scientific community for
Cambodia ’s largely unexplored limestone caves stretch for thousands of miles, are home to countless undiscovered species and host unique ecosystems, with creatures found nowhere else on Earth. Now, a new survey of caves in the northwestern province of Battambang has uncovered a range of species that are new to science