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Top Glove Q4 profit surges 352.6% to RM157.6 million as demand-supply balance improves
Stronger global demand for gloves and tightened supply from the Middle East crisis boost margins[SINGAPORE] Top Glove reported a 352.6 per cent surge in net profit to RM157.6 million...
Huawei agrees to a multi-year patent licensing deal with Qualcomm
Published Mon, Oct 5, 2026 · 03:21 PMCHINA’S Huawei Technologies said on Monday (Oct 5) it had agreed a broad multi-year patent licence deal with Qualcomm covering artificial intelligence,...
A grand display for Xi reveals the limits of Trump’s summitry
WASHINGTON — Expectations were low entering President Trump’s meetings with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, this week, after officials on both sides tempered hopes for a breakthrough. Yet the summit’s stark lack...
Xi, in lavish Trump summit, urges ‘human control’ over AI
WASHINGTON — China’s president issued a call from the White House on Thursday for artificial intelligence to remain “under human control” as the world’s two superpowers race for technological supremacy.Xi Jinping’s...
After a record year, YouTube extends its Coachella livestream deal to 2030
YouTube is holding onto its exclusive livestream deal with Coachella. The tech giant in San Bruno, Calif., has renewed its partnership with festival promoter Goldenvoice, keeping exclusive livestream rights...
How iPhone users can file to get up to $95 from a $250-million settlement
People who bought certain iPhone models can start submitting claims to get paid as part of a $250-million settlement resolving legal claims that Apple misled consumers about the capabilities...
A rainbow of iMac G3s? This ‘old tech’ party in L.A. is a balm for our isolated times
What happened to the future we were promised? The vision that grew out of the 1990s techno-utopianism, when the internet was still a place of freedom and experimentation. Where...
Why some musicians aren’t happy about labels signing AI deals with platforms
Two years ago, the biggest record labels took artificial intelligence music generators to court for copyright infringement. Now several of them are licensing their catalogs to those same companies,...
Meta glasses captured and shared intimate images without users’ consent, lawsuit claims
As Meta prepares to release new wearables, privacy fears surrounding its artificial intelligence glasses have triggered fresh lawsuits against the social media giant.More than 70 people who bought, used...
AI crisis heightens the stakes of Xi’s visit to Washington
WASHINGTON — A growing sense of urgency over the risks posed by artificial intelligence is adding pressure on the Trump administration to secure a diplomatic breakthrough with China when Chinese President...
California lawmakers urge criminal penalties, emergency legislation to rein in unchecked AI
California lawmakers are calling for emergency legislation and criminal penalties for creators of rogue AI systems after top AI executives publicly claimed that their technology poses existential threats to...
‘It’s going to be fine’: Trump rebuffs rising alarm over AI dangers, sparking outcry
WASHINGTON — President Trump is brushing aside growing concern among leading scientists and bipartisan lawmakers that artificial intelligence could soon pose an existential threat to humanity, fueling anxiety in Washington and...