European Union member states have agreed a common position on draft online child protection legislation.

The Pentagon has concluded that Alibaba Group Holding, Baidu Inc, and BYD Co should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. This conclusion was reported to lawmakers. Credit: Defense Department Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg informed lawmakers of the conclusion in a letter on October 7, three weeks before Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a broad trade truce, according to the Bloomberg News

Singapore's police have directed Apple and Google to implement measures preventing the spoofing of government agencies on their respective messaging platforms. This order comes as part of ongoing efforts to combat online criminal harms.

HP Inc. expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by fiscal 2028. This initiative forms part of a plan to streamline operations and adopt artificial intelligence. The company aims to speed up product development, improve customer satisfaction, and boost productivity through this AI integration. Credit: HP Shares of the Palo Alto, California-based company fell 5.5% in extended trading. Chief Executive Officer Enrique Lores stated that HP’s teams focused on product d

German manufacturer Agile Robots has developed Agile One, a humanoid robot capable of handling tools with human-like precision. The robot is designed for safe collaborative tasks on the factory floor.

Alibaba Group Holding’s new multipurpose artificial intelligence app, Qwen, recorded more than 10 million downloads in the first week of its public beta launch. The company said Qwen achieved this milestone faster than OpenAI’s ChatGPT or DeepSeek.

A United States non-profit organisation has released "fully open" artificial intelligence models, aiming to challenge Chinese dominance in the open-source AI sector. The Allen Institute for AI, known as Ai2, disclosed its models with full training data, and pipelines available for public inspection.

Organisations will soon see every employee become a "boss" managing personalised teams of artificial intelligence agents, according to OpenText, an information management company. This vision suggests AI agents will automate processes, significantly boosting human accomplishment and efficiency. OpenText reports that 99 of the 100 largest global companies are its customers. "There will be hundreds and perhaps thousands of bots being created by everybody in this audience," Open

From November 22nd to 23rd November 2025, Meta will host its first-ever public AI showcase in Singapore, titled “The Place of Impossible Things.” The event is designed to demonstrate how Meta AI is transforming learning, creativity, and connection across its applications, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Chinese technology powerhouses, including Kuaishou and Tencent, are beginning to reap early returns from their significant investments in artificial intelligence (AI). This impact is evident across various businesses, from short video platforms to social media giants. Credit: TENCENT Kuaishou, China’s second-largest short video application, attributed its third-quarter revenue growth to the integration of AI technology. This included upgrades to marketing solutions and its Kl

Uber is partnering with Starship Technologies to introduce autonomous robot deliveries in the United Kingdom starting in Dec. 2025. The ride-hailing company plans to expand these services to additional European markets next year and the U.S. in 2027. Credit: UBER Initially, Uber Eats customers will receive Starship robot deliveries in the Leeds, and Sheffield areas. This partnership represents the latest collaboration for Uber with autonomous vehicle, and technology companies

Foxconn, a Taiwanese organisation, announced a partnership with U.S.-based OpenAI to design and engineer data centre racks, components, and other artificial intelligence hardware. This collaboration aims to meet the increasing demand for AI infrastructure.