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Supermarket and minimart chain Hao Mart faces fifth High Court lawsuit
[SINGAPORE] Supermarket and minimart chain Hao Mart is facing a fifth High Court lawsuit, with hair and scalp care company Bio Organicare Scalp suing the retailer in what court...
Xbox cuts 3,200 jobs as gaming business struggles
Xbox is hitting the reset button.Microsoft’s video game division plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff over the next year, as part of a sweeping...
AI actor Tilly Norwood to star in first movie
Controversial AI creation Tilly Norwood will star in her first movie, a comedy drama called “Misaligned.” The AI film portrays Norwood as an artificial intelligence being with “no real...
SK Hynix seeks access to AI investors in US$29 billion Nasdaq listing
THIS week’s US$29 billion US stock-market listing for SK Hynix may be the biggest-ever first-time share sale by a foreign company, but it is not just about raising cash....
SK Hynix is said to weigh 0.5% fee payout in mega ADR offering
Published Sat, Jul 4, 2026 · 04:15 PM[SEOUL] SK Hynix is considering paying about 0.5 per cent of the proceeds from its US listing – one of the largest...
Bytedance’s TikTok took over social media. Now, its AI is taking over Hollywood
Earlier this year, a widely circulated 15-second AI-generated video of Brad Pitt fighting Tom Cruise on a rooftop sparked outrage across Hollywood. One screenwriter called the cinematic clip “terrifying.”...
As Trump reports $2.2 billion in 2025 income, ethics experts raise alarms
Ethics experts sounded the alarm Wednesday after new financial disclosure reports revealed that President Trump’s income ballooned to $2.2 billion in 2025, with $1.4 billion coming from various new...
After Amazon drops OpenAI movie ‘Artificial,’ film finds new home at Neon
A Hollywood portrayal of OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman portrayed by actor Andrew Garfield will be released later this year, after Amazon MGM Studios dropped the movie.“Artificial,” which chronicles...
Anthropic partners with California to expand AI use by government workers
Anthropic teamed up with California to get more state workers to use its artificial intelligence assistant Claude as part of an effort to leverage technology to make the government...
Sovereign investors with US$29 trillion pivot to energy assets, flag dollar fears
Published Mon, Jun 29, 2026 · 07:27 AM[LONDON] Sovereign wealth funds and central banks managing US$29 trillion in assets are turning to energy assets, and raising concerns about the...
OpenAI defers public rollout of GPT‑5.6 as US seeks early access to frontier AI models
The decision underscores growing concern in Washington over the national security risks posed by powerful AI systemsPublished Sat, Jun 27, 2026 · 02:58 PM[BENGALURU] OpenAI said on Friday (Jun...
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr help erase $550 million in medical debt for Californians
Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel and his wife, supermodel Miranda Kerr, have helped pay off $550 million in medical debt for more than 261,000 Californians.The couple made a multimillion-dollar...