The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has taken Courts and Prism+ to task over unfair practices. The consumer watchdog stated the electronics and home appliance retailers used misleading website design features. Credit: Courts Singapore (left), Facebook/Prism+ (right) CCS found that Courts automatically added unsolicited items to consumer shopping carts. Separately, Prism+ used fake countdown timers and misleading stock indicators to pressure consumers into purchases.

A pale-grey, nearly one-metre-tall, four-legged robot drew crowds at Tokyo’s International Robot Exhibition, lowering itself down some steps before lifting its right foreleg as if to greet onlookers, and then rolled around one of the exhibition halls on wheels while avoiding obstacles. The quadruped, dubbed the D5, is the latest model unveiled on Wednesday by Chinese robot maker Pudu Robotics at IREX. IREX is a biennial industry showcase held at Tokyo Big Sight from Dec. 3 to

Netflix has agreed to acquire Warner Bros Discovery's television, film studios, and streaming division for USD 72 billion. This significant deal grants the streaming pioneer control of one of Hollywood's most prized and established assets. Credit: NETFLIX The agreement marks a dramatic turn for Netflix, which previously redefined how consumers watch movies and television shows. The company, known for disrupting the industry, will now operate as a mainstream studio itself. Net

Taiwan's Interior Ministry will suspend access to the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu for one year, citing security risks and its alleged involvement in over 1,700 fraud cases since 2024. The Instagram-like app, known in English as Rednote, has been linked to over 1,700 alleged fraud cases since 2024. Credit: GOOGLE The fraud cases on the app, which has 3 million users in Taiwan, have resulted in losses totalling TWD 247.68 million, or USD 7.91 million, since last y

Artificial intelligence (AI) represents the most significant technological upheaval to the world economy since the internet's rise a quarter-century ago. Panellists at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York focused on AI's transformative effects and its potential to disrupt work and job growth.

European Union regulators have launched an antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms regarding its plans to block rival artificial intelligence providers from its WhatsApp messenger. This action could potentially halt the rollout of Meta's AI features within WhatsApp.

Scientists have developed a microrobot that can deliver medicine precisely where it is needed, using magnets. This new technology, from ETH Zurich, a Swiss university, could enable doctors to dissolve blockages causing strokes, treat infections with antibiotics, and deliver anti-cancer medication directly to tumours, without side effects elsewhere in the body.

Concerns about artificial intelligence’s growing environmental impact are widespread, yet an hour of Netflix viewing can generate 500 times more carbon dioxide than sending two text prompts to AI models like Gemini or ChatGPT. A new report by TRG Datacenters indicates that many other digital activities contribute significantly more to carbon emissions.

The Jizhi G-X100 chip features a photon-to-photon latency of 9 milliseconds, making it faster than Apple’s Vision Pro, which has a 12-millisecond latency. Credit: HANDOUT GravityXR, a Chinese start-up, developed the chip for powering headsets and artificial intelligence glasses. Its founder previously worked for Apple’s extended reality, or XR, unit. Mr. Wang Chaohao, a Stanford University graduate, founded GravityXR. The company showcased the Jizhi G-X100, described as China

Amazon.com is rolling out a dedicated news tab on its Prime Video streaming service. This feature will become available to all U.S. customers for free by the end of the year.

Major artificial intelligence companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, and Meta, have safety practices that fall "far short of emerging global standards," according to a new edition of the Future of Life Institute's AI safety index. An independent panel of experts conducted the safety evaluation. The institute noted that companies were racing to develop superintelligence, yet none possessed a robust strategy for controlling such advanced systems. This evaluation emerges a

Samsung Electronics has unveiled its first multi-folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold. This launch aims to strengthen the company's position in a segment of the phone market where competition is expected to intensify. Credit: SAMSUNG The Galaxy Z TriFold costs approximately USD 2,440.17. It unfolds to reveal a 253.1 millimetres display, utilising three panels. This display is nearly 25% larger than Samsung's latest foldable Galaxy Z Fold 7 model. Alex Lim, Samsung Electro