カテゴリー: Technology
Beijing set the goal of being the global AI leader by 2030, but that was before the emergence of ChatGPTOf the many events that stand out as noteworthy in online discussions across Chinese social media in 2023, it’s perhaps the rise of ChatGPT that wil…
Zomato rider resorts to horsepower in Hyderabad after truckers’ strike causes fuel shortage and traffic jamsAn Indian food delivery driver frustrated by long queues for petrol has resorted to horsepower to make his deliveries.A video clip shows the man…
Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capitalConcerns have been raised that academic publishers may not be doing enough to vet the ethical standards of research they publis…
PTI party uses ‘voice clone’ of imprisoned opposition leader to give impassioned speech in ‘virtual rally’Artificial intelligence allowed Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan to campaign from behind bars on Monday, with a voice clone of the oppo…
Foxconn and Pegatron temporarily shut factories near Chennai because of torrential rains that have claimed at least four livesTaiwan’s Foxconn and Pegatron have halted production of Apple iPhones at their factories near Chennai in southern India becaus…
Minister for communications and information technology says the popular video-sharing platform ‘disrupts family structures’Nepal has said it will ban TikTok, citing negative effects on the country’s “social harmony”.The popular video-sharing platform, …
Questions over honesty and legality as livestreamers, particularly in online shopping, use avatars to boost their earningsIn September, Chen Yiru, a Taiwanese influencer with nearly nine million fans on Weibo, livestreamed footage of himself eating chi…
A 17-year-old with a passion for robotics has produced a cheaper utensil that uses sensors to cancel out hand tremorsThe motivation for his invention came to Aarrav Anil last year when he saw his uncle Arjun, who has Parkinson’s disease, struggle to ea…
Police confiscate ‘illegal income’ of developer deemed to have used ‘unauthorised channels’ to connect to international networksA programmer in northern China has been ordered to pay more than 1m yuan to the authorities for using a virtual private netw…
Temu’s meteoric growth – and its astronomical marketing budget – has experts asking whether its business model is sustainableA chicken-shaped lamp. A toilet paper holder in the shape of a smiling velociraptor. An apron that catches beard hair during sh…
Censorship, data harvesting and purchases of foreign news outlets could lead to ‘sharp contraction’ of freedom of expressionChina is manipulating global media through censorship, data harvesting and covert purchases of foreign news outlets, according t…
Government says regulation aimed at protecting small businesses from competition Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms as it aims to protect small businesses from e-commerce competition.Calls had grown in recent months for a…
A lesson from India | Superficial self-care | On yer bike | Sunak SunkRe commemorating slave traders (Letters, 22 September), wandering out the back of the Government Museum in Chennai, India, I chanced on a couple of abandoned statues of imperial maje…
Egypt, Vietnam and Indonesia among countries sending delegations to four-day DSEI at ExCeLEurope’s biggest ever arms fair got under way in London on Tuesday with record numbers expected to attend, boosted by interest from countries with controversial h…