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21/11 8:05 am
Reddit deploys fix for outage affecting thousands in US

(Reuters) - Reddit said on Wednesday it has rolled out a fix for a software bug that prevented tens of thousands of people from accessing the social media platform in the U.S. Read full story





Can online games lead to better job performance? A study says gamers can .. - 21/11 8:00 am

MMO gamers may actually develop problem solving, leadership and conflict resolution skills that make them better-suited for the workplace than their non-gaming counterparts. Read full story



Snowflake raises annual product revenue forecast, announces AI deal with .. - 21/11 7:56 am

(Reuters) -Data cloud and analytics provider Snowflake on Wednesday raised its annual product revenue forecast and announced a multi-year partnership with AI firm Anthropic, sending its shares surging around 15% in extended trading. Read full story





Nvidia fourth-quarter revenue estimate fails to impress Wall Street - 21/11 7:53 am

(Reuters) - Nvidia forecast fourth-quarter revenue slightly above estimates on Wednesday, but still failed to meet lofty expectations of some investors who have made it the world's most valuable firm.?? Read full story





US charges five in 'Scattered Spider' hacking scheme - 21/11 7:45 am

(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Wednesday against five alleged members of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into dozens of U.S. companies to steal confidential information and cryptocurrency. Read full story





US finalizes $1.5 billion chips award for GlobalFoundries to expand .. - 20/11 10:25 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday it has finalized a $1.5 billion government subsidy for GlobalFoundries to expand semiconductor production in Malta, New York and Vermont. Read full story





KPMG to spend $100 million on AI partnership with Google Cloud - 20/11 10:16 pm

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - - KPMG said on Wednesday it would spend $100 million over the next four years to bolster its enterprise artificial intelligence services through a partnership with Alphabet's Google Cloud. Read full story





Comcast to spin off some cable TV networks as streaming dominates - 20/11 9:41 pm

(Reuters) -Comcast said on Wednesday that it plans to spin-off the bulk of its fading NBCUniversal cable TV networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, as the company said it is repositioning itself for growth in the streaming era. Read full story





Google faces call from DuckDuckGo for new EU probes into tech rule .. - 20/11 9:12 pm

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google faced a call on Wednesday for additional investigations into its compliance with landmark European Union rules aimed at reining in Big Tech. Read full story





Northvolt appoints restructuring expert to oversee main battery plant - 20/11 8:43 pm

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Northvolt has appointed restructuring expert Paul O'Donnell to oversee the lithium-ion battery maker's main facility in northern Sweden, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. Read full story





AI photos showing girl students with nude bodies roil US private school - 20/11 4:00 pm

It's the latest example of how the use of artificial intelligence to create or manipulate images with sexual content has become a concern, including within school settings. Read full story





Google???s Chrome worth up to US$20bil if judge orders sale - 20/11 3:00 pm

Alphabet Inc.???s Chrome browser could go for as much as US$20bil (RM89bil)??if a judge agrees to a Justice Department proposal to sell the business, in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world???s biggest tech companies. Read full story





STMicroelectronics delays long-term targets to 2030 - 20/11 2:26 pm

(Reuters) - STMicroelectronics (ST) pushed back its long-term financial forecasts on Wednesday, following three outlook cuts this year amid a slump in markets for the industrial and automotive chips it makes. Read full story





Vivo launches X200 series with 200-megapixel Zeiss camera, starts at .. - 20/11 2:02 pm

Vivo Malaysia has launched its X200 series of smartphones in Malaysia, with the X200 and X200 Pro now available for pre-order until Nov 22. Read full story





Taiwanese banks curtail Facebook ads over scam concerns - 20/11 2:00 pm

Major Taiwanese banks are suspending their advertising on Meta Platforms Inc???s Facebook due to concerns over rampant financial scams on the site. Read full story





Entrepreneurs at start-up show hopeful funding bottlenecks ease in 2025 - 20/11 1:09 pm

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Tech entrepreneurs and investors meet in Finland on Wednesday at Slush, one of Europe's largest start-up events, with a focus on whether funding conditions will ease, the impact of Donald Trump's election victory and the prospects for AI-driven growth. Read full story



'Minecraft' to come to life in UK and US under theme park deal - 20/11 1:00 pm

The best-selling video game 'Minecraft' is to become a real-life destination, as part of a multi-million-pound deal between theme park operator Merlin Entertainments and video game developer Mojang Studios. Read full story





Instagram will let users reset their content recommendations - 20/11 12:00 am

The change, which is just a test but will soon roll out globally, is designed to give people more control if they find the content in their Instagram feed no longer matches their interests. Read full story





All Touch 'n Go eWallet users must complete eKYC verification from Dec 20 .. - 20/11 11:35 am

Users who do not comply will face increasing limitations and eventually lose access to their eWallet entirely. Read full story





Microsoft unveils software to ease AI app development, model switching - 20/11 11:00 am

Microsoft Corp. announced new tools to help cloud customers build and deploy artificial intelligence applications, the company???s latest effort to get more revenue from generative AI. Read full story





Is AI's meteoric rise beginning to slow? - 18/11 1:00 pm

Industry insiders are beginning to acknowledge that large language models (LLMs) aren't scaling endlessly higher at breakneck speed when pumped with more power and data. Read full story





Jake Paul: multi-millionaire YouTuber-turned-boxer - 18/11 12:00 am

YouTuber, content creator, entrepreneur, self-proclaimed face of boxing: Jake Paul has become a master of re-invention during his meteoric rise to fame and fortune. Read full story





Swipe-transmitted infections? Dating apps linked to spread of STIs - 18/11 11:00 am

Other researchers and commentators have complained that an unhealthy but pervasive combination of apps, pornography and deceptive photo editing ??? sometimes even using AI ??? has distorted dating habits. Read full story





AI tool that wastes phone scammers??? time launched in the UK - 18/11 10:00 am

Do we need this in Malaysia? Read full story



Alibaba aims to raise $5 billion in dual currency bond deal, sources say - 18/11 9:36 am

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group is aiming to raise $5 billion in multi-tranche dollar and offshore Chinese yuan bonds, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Read full story





ICYMI, using chat abbreviations makes you look insincere, tests show - 18/11 9:00 am

The experiments showed texters who used abbreviations were also perceived as lazy. Read full story





From swiping to socialising: Single M???sians are logging off in search of .. - 18/11 7:00 am

In a world where digital connections are often a swipe away, some are rediscovering the magic of real-world interactions to find love and companionship. Read full story





Opinion: Think before you trust advice sourced from social media - 18/11 7:00 am

Malaysians increasingly turn to social media for advice, but the Board of Counsellors warns that unregulated opinions can overwhelm and mislead users. Read full story





New Nvidia AI chips overheating in servers, the Information reports - 17/11 10:15 pm

(Reuters) -Nvidia's new Blackwell AI chips, which have already faced delays, have encountered problems with accompanying servers that overheat, causing some customers to worry they will not have enough time to get new data centers up and running, the Information reported on Sunday. Read full story





How to escape your doomscroll hellhole - 17/11 12:00 am

News websites and social media make it next to impossible to avoid the steady drumbeat of political earthquakes and gruesome images of war. Read full story





Google Translate rival DeepL launches live translation feature - 17/11 11:00 am

The German AI start-up DeepL is launching a feature for translating spoken language in real time, DeepL Voice, the company's chief executive and founder, Jaroslaw Kutylowski, has announced. Read full story





'Mario & Luigi: Brothership' review: Mario & Luigi energise an .. - 17/11 10:00 am

Mario, Nintendo???s famously high-voiced plumber, is known to most fans for his action platformers. Less celebrated are the 'Mario & Luigi' role-playing games, which inspire imagination but require a precise sense of rhythm, at least for your right thumb. Read full story





TikTok parent ByteDance???s valuation hits $300 billion amid US ban .. - 17/11 12:53 am

(Reuters) - TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300 billion after a recent buyback offer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, even as the tech giant's popular TikTok app faces the prospect of a looming ban in the U.S. Read full story





Turkey fines Amazon's Twitch 2 million lira for data breach - 16/11 6:39 pm

(Reuters) - Turkey's Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) has fined Amazon.com's gaming platform Twitch 2 million lira ($58,000) over a data breach, the official Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday. Read full story





What to know about Elon Musk???s contracts with the US federal government - 16/11 12:00 am

???It???s going to be a golden era for Musk with Trump in the White House.??? Read full story





What is DOGE? Houston experts say Trump's new 'department' is not actually .. - 16/11 11:00 am

By attaching the Musk name to the advisory panel, Trump could also be sending something of a dog whistle to supporters, said Jones. Read full story





Netflix down for thousands of users in United States, Downdetector says - 16/11 10:32 am

(Reuters) -Netflix was down for thousands of users in the United States late on Friday, with more than 12,000 incidents reported, outage tracking website Downdetector.com said. Read full story





From a US$1mil DoorDash scam to a massive crypto heist, Gen Z linked to .. - 16/11 10:00 am

Younger people who grew up in the post-Internet age are more likely to be involved in digital crimes than those committed in-person, experts say. Read full story





Uncle: US teen had met man responsible for her death playing games online - 16/11 9:00 am

Several years ago, Gabriella Morgan was living with her family in Mount Joy Borough when she met Ricky Shannon playing esports and Fortnite video games online. Both are dead now, after Shannon went on a violent rampage that ended in a police shootout. Read full story





T-Mobile hacked in massive Chinese breach of telecom networks, WSJ reports - 16/11 8:32 am

(Reuters) - T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that successfully gained entry into multiple U.S. and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter. Read full story




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Court acquits the late Daim Zainuddin - Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The late Tun Daim Zainuddin, who passed away a week ago, has been acquitted by the Sessions Court.Judge Azura Alwi made the order of acquittal under Section 254(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), as applied by the pro??se??cution. Read full story
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Nvidia says its Blackwell AI chip is ??????full .. - Theverge
The Blackwell B200 GPU. Image: Nvidia Nvidia has become the world??????s most valuable company on the back of AI chips, passing Microsoft and Apple along the way, and in today??????s Q3 2025 earnings, the company suggested its record AI revenue and profits are only the beginning. While The ..
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