Hanoi – Typhoon Bualoi tore through Vietnam’s central coast on Monday, resulting in the deaths of at least 13 people and injuries to 46, the government reported. The accompanying strong winds and torrential rains severely damaged tens of thousands of homes, severed power links, and flooded major roads, causing widespread chaos. The national weather agency stated that Bualoi weakened into a depression as it headed for Laos after making landfall early Monday. Before weakening, it whipped up waves as high as eight metres (26 ft) as it moved along the northern central coast. The government’s disaster management agency confirmed that…
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New Delhi – Social media platform X announced Monday that it was “deeply concerned” by an Indian court’s ruling that dismissed its challenge to New Delhi’s content removal mechanisms. The Elon Musk-owned company declared it would appeal the decision, framing the legal battle as a necessary step to defend freedom of expression in the country. The confrontation between X and Indian authorities has escalated over recent months, with the platform consistently equating the government’s new content removal system with censorship. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has countered by arguing that the new framework is essential to tackle the proliferation of…
Washington, DC – US President Donald Trump on Friday publicly demanded that Microsoft immediately dismiss Lisa Monaco, the company’s recently appointed President of Global Affairs. The demand targets a key executive whose portfolio includes oversight of Microsoft’s cybersecurity policy and its engagement with governments worldwide. Writing on his platform, Truth Social, President Trump argued that Monaco’s role provides access to “Highly Sensitive Information,” which he described as “unacceptable,” according to a report by TechCrunch. He launched a scathing personal attack, referring to Monaco as “a senior National Security aide under Barack Hussein Obama, and a Lawfare and Weaponization obsessed Deputy…
Doha – Ever walked into a corner of your home only to find your phone or laptop abruptly refuses to connect to Wi-Fi? This frustrating signal void is technically known as a Wi-Fi dead spot. These “no-signal zones” are more than just an inconvenience; they directly impact productivity and leisure in the very areas of your house where you need reliable connectivity most. With rising internet costs making every dollar count, ensuring you get full value from your service is essential. The good news, according to experts, is that most dead spots are fixable with a few strategic adjustments. “Dead…
San Francisco – Apple’s highly anticipated Apple Intelligence rollout is facing fresh turbulence as a segment of iPhone 17 users report that the core AI features are simply non-functional. The glitch leaves them unable to access the cornerstone of Apple’s evolving digital strategy. Early adopters across the new lineup say the software appears to be installed on their devices but refuses to launch, leaving them stuck in a loop where the phone repeatedly prompts the user to download the Apple Intelligence package without ever completing the activation process. The Details of the User Frustration Reports indicate that the…
San Francisco – OpenAI is grappling with mounting criticism from its paying ChatGPT subscribers following reports that users are being covertly switched to more conservative models without explicit consent during sensitive conversations. Subscribers argue that this practice undermines the premium service they are paying for. Over the past week, online forums like Reddit have been flooded with complaints from ChatGPT users. The frustration stems from new safety guardrails introduced this month, which automatically reroute conversations away from the chosen model—such as GPT-4o or GPT-5—whenever emotionally charged or legally sensitive topics are introduced. Paying subscribers argue that this lack of transparency…
Seoul – A fire at South Korea’s National Information Resources Service (NIRS) data centre in Daejeon has knocked hundreds of government services offline, starkly highlighting critical gaps in the country’s digital backup systems. The widespread service disruption has raised fresh concerns about infrastructure resilience in one of the world’s most hyper-connected nations. The blaze, which erupted during routine maintenance on Friday, immediately disrupted approximately 647 government services, including those managed by essential agencies such as Korea Customs, the National Police Agency, and the National Fire Agency. By Monday, authorities confirmed only 62 systems had been restored, with many key portals,…
Hangzhou – Chinese AI developer DeepSeek has released its latest “experimental” model, asserting that the new iteration is significantly more efficient to train and better at processing long sequences of text than its previous large language models. The announcement underscores the global race to develop highly capable AI at a fraction of the current massive computing costs. The Hangzhou-based company designated the model, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, as an “intermediate step toward our next-generation architecture,” in a post shared on the developer forum Hugging Face. That forthcoming architecture is expected to be DeepSeek’s most critical product release since its V3 and R1 models…
New Delhi – Social media platform X announced Monday its plan to appeal an Indian court order that would empower over two million police officers nationwide to issue arbitrary content takedown requests via a secretive online portal known as Sahyog. The ruling by the High Court of Karnataka last week dismissed X’s legal challenge to India’s content removal mechanisms, intensifying the global debate over digital free expression and state surveillance in the world’s most populous nation. In its first statement since the ruling, X posted on the platform: “We will appeal this order to defend free expression.” The company raised…
Karachi – Mazik Global officially unveiled Resource Cloud during the ITCN Asia 2025 Expo, launching the region’s first AI-powered, human-managed talent cloud platform. The platform is designed to fundamentally change how skilled professionals in the region connect with and secure global work opportunities. Moving beyond the model of a simple marketplace, Resource Cloud is being positioned as a managed, trusted ecosystem that critically combines the intelligence of Artificial Intelligence with the indispensable oversight of human expertise. By leveraging AI-driven evaluation processes and intelligent project matching, the platform aims to significantly strengthen the region’s standing in global IT services, enabling scale…
