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Apple builds a ChatGPT-like app to help test the revamped Siri
The software, code-named Veritas, Latin for “truth”, is meant for internal use, at least for now[LOS ANGELES] Apple has developed a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to help test and prepare...
Spotify says it removed millions of ‘spammy’ AI-generated music tracks
Spotify has removed more than 75 million AI-generated “spammy” music tracks from its platform over the past 12 months, the company said Thursday, stepping up its crackdown on unauthorized...
Billionaire Xiaomi founder Lei Jun debuts a US$630 answer to iPhone 17
Lei challenges Apple directly, shifting Xiaomi’s branding and timing to rival the US company’s best[BEIJING] Xiaomi’s billionaire co-founder unveiled a US$630 smartphone designed to take on the just-released iPhone...
Seatrium unit inks MOU with India shipbuilder to strengthen offshore cooperation
The partnership will focus on maintenance, repair and overhaul projects for clients with operations in Asia[SINGAPORE] Seatrium will expand its offshore sector collaboration with Indian shipbuilder and ship repairer...
Nvidia to invest $100 billion in OpenAI to build data centers
Nvidia plans to invest $100 billion in OpenAI, giving the ChatGPT maker a huge war chest to build data centers with the chip maker’s chips.OpenAI will gain access to...
‘Extremely chaotic.’ Tech industry rattled by Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee
President Trump’s new sky-high visa fees have shaken Silicon Valley’s tech giants as they contemplate a surge in the cost of hiring global talent and a new tactic the...
US: Wall Street opens lower after rally, Trump’s visa crackdown weighs
WALL Street’s main indices opened lower on Monday (Sep 22) after rallying to record highs in the previous session, while uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s visa policies also dimmed...
AliExpress tries to draw brands on Amazon: sources
[SHANGHAI] Alibaba Group Holding is trying to attract established brand names on Amazon.com to its global e-commerce site AliExpress, stepping up efforts to expand its footprint on the Seattle-based...
Amazon introduces Whole Foods 365 line to Singapore in brand test
[SINGAPORE] Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market is taking its house brands to Singapore, a test of how the private-label goods will fare in a market where the grocer has no...
Contributor: The internet made us stupid. AI promises to make it worse
Floating along on my bicycle on a daydream of a country road, up behind me came a man on a hissing e-bike, going fast, headed somewhere important. I thought...
European airports race to fix check-in glitch after cyberattack
The disruption is the latest in a string of hacks to hit sectors from healthcare to autos[BERLIN] Some of Europe’s biggest airports, including the region’s busiest, London’s Heathrow, raced...
Singtel’s Optus blames departure from ‘established processes’ for emergency calls outage
[SYDNEY] Optus, Australia’s No 2 telecom carrier, said on Sunday (Sep 21) that a departure from regular processes on a network upgrade sparked a technical failure that disrupted emergency...