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Meta teams with Hollywood filmmakers to test its AI video generator

Movie Gen creates realistic video and audio clips, says Meta. The Purge maker Blumhouse Productions, Casey Affleck and others will test it.

18 Oct 2024 - 8:12PM

Australia plans teen social media ban, raising concerns about isolation

17 Oct 2024 - 4:35AM

Hongkongers look to the skies for ‘once-in-80,000-year’ sighting of passing comet

16 Oct 2024 - 12:35AM

Singapore’s Lee Hsien Yang to apply to demolish Oxley Road home

Lee Hsien Yang and sister Lee Wei Ling had accused older brother, then-PM Lee Hsien Loong, of attempting to keep home for political capital.

15 Oct 2024 - 11:18PM

Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s Oxley Road residence in Singapore. Photo: EPA

TikTok owner ByteDance launches US$170 AI earbuds in China

The Ola Friend earphones are linked to ByteDance’s self-developed chatbot, Doubao, currently China’s most popular GenAI app.

10 Oct 2024 - 2:11PM

2 undercover Hong Kong security guards fired after Mannings shopper manhandled

Mannings says two plain-clothes store detectives were employed by security company, which has now had its contract terminated.

10 Oct 2024 - 5:52PM

Malaysia’s Johor state reverting to Saturday-Sunday weekend after 11 years

The move had received the ‘consent and blessing’ of Malaysia’s king Sultan Ibrahim, his son Johor Regent Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim said.

7 Oct 2024 - 2:00PM

Johor Bahru, capital of the Malaysian state of Johor. The change to the state’s weekend will take effect from January 1, 2025. Photo: Bloomberg

Malaysia arrests, deports maid for criticising Cambodia leaders on social media

Nuon Toeun, 36, who had worked in Malaysia for several years, was arrested on a request from the Cambodian government.

4 Oct 2024 - 1:59AMvideocam

CIA seeks informants in China, North Korea and Iran, recruiting online

The US spy agency posts instructions for interested applicants in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on several social media platforms.

3 Oct 2024 - 6:22AM

Hong Kong lawmakers call for contingency plans after mega drone show cancelled

Ionospheric interference, mainly caused by solar storms, forces cancellation of two drone shows for National Day celebrations.

2 Oct 2024 - 12:14AM

Thousands of people had converged on the cultural hub to wait for the National Day-themed performances. Photo: Sam Tsang

Meta’s chatbot will speak in voices of celebrities like Awkwafina

Meta’s new feature comes after rival OpenAI introduced a ChatGPT voice that sounded like actress Scarlett Johansson, without her consent.

24 Sep 2024 - 12:00PM

Asian-American actress Awkwafina at the Emmy Awards on September 8. Photo: AP

Singapore school charging US$47,000 a year gets millions from Facebook co-founder

The Singapore American School said it would use Eduardo Saverin’s donation to fund key projects, such as building new laboratories.

23 Sep 2024 - 5:54PM

Second missing dog from Hong Kong’s Po Lin Monastery found and returned home

Po Lin Monastery says Dai Mui has now ‘returned to her original habitat’ and will continue to be observed and receive treatment.

22 Sep 2024 - 11:52PM

Google, Facebook meetings rumoured for Vietnam party chief’s US agenda

To Lam’s trip to the United States has not been formally announced, but officials said he would travel there on Saturday to speak at the UN.

18 Sep 2024 - 4:30PMvideocam

Vietnam’s President To Lam is scheduled to meet representatives of Google and Meta in his first trip to the United States since he was became president in early August. Photo: EPA-EFE

Explainer | From Facebook intern to TikTok CEO: a closer look at Singapore’s Shou Zi Chew

TikTok’s 41-year-old Singaporean CEO is facing an uphill battle to keep the platform alive in the US, while also maintaining a public profile.

17 Sep 2024 - 12:31PMvideocam

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew prepares to testify before the US Congress in March last year. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

Smart glasses, AI features to boost AR and VR headsets growth

VR and AR headset makers are expected to ship over three times more devices in 2028 than this year, says research firm IDC.

17 Sep 2024 - 11:00AM

US woman behind pet-eating rumours spread by Trump admits claims are false

Republicans have parroted Erika Lee’s accusations, prompting bomb threats in Springfield and causing Haitian migrants to become targets.

15 Sep 2024 - 1:39PM

Wikipedia user banned for ‘alleged trolling, doxxing’ of Hong Kong reporters

Police chief Raymond Siu says force has received two reports related to claims that dozens of reporters, their family members and employers have been harassed.

16 Sep 2024 - 10:56PM

Wikipedia says the global ban is an “extremely rare action”. Photo: Shutterstock

Australia to ban children as old as 16 from TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, others

The minimum age for children to log into social media sites has not been decided, but is expected to be between 14 and 16, the PM said.

10 Sep 2024 - 12:33PMvideocam

Smiling selfies of fugitive Alice Guo with Philippine officials spark outrage

President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has sought to play down the controversy, insisting his country is just the ‘selfie capital of the world’.

9 Sep 2024 - 5:13PMvideocam

US and Chinese tech giants team up on AI supply chain standard

The new standard, introduced under a UN framework, is meant to guard against risks such as data leaks, model tampering and supplier non-compliance.

6 Sep 2024 - 1:40PM

The latest generative AI standard is a collaborative effort from some of the biggest tech firms in the world. Photo: Shutterstock

Meet Tim Walz’s estranged older brother, Jeff – a Trump-supporting Republican

Tim Walz’s older brother Jeff has revealed he doesn’t agree with Kamala Harris and his brother’s politics, according to a series of damning Facebook comments made last week: here’s what we know

3 Sep 2024 - 6:00AM

Jeff and Tim Walz may look alike, but the Nebraska siblings’ political views couldn’t be more different. Photos: Jeff Walz/Facebook; @mngovernor/Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg’s evolving style: from ‘tech bro’ hoodies to 90s rapper swagger

The Meta CEO was once known for a uniform of T-shirts, hoodies and jeans; now, he’s wearing shearling coats in Japan and bedazzled suits to an extravagant wedding in India

2 Sep 2024 - 4:00AM

How Tedy Teow, the fraudster dubbed ‘Jho Low 2’, allegedly swindled millions

Teow’s MBI Group duped thousands with fake high-return investments, leading to his extradition to China on massive fraud charges.

30 Aug 2024 - 12:58AMvideocam

Viral TikTok ‘Temple Run’ videos put Cambodia’s Angkor Wat at risk

Conservationists are aghast at viral videos of tourists running around Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex on TikTok, Facebook, YouTube – but could they boost the country’s tourism?

27 Aug 2024 - 7:07PM

A Facebook user’s post on a temple run at Angkor Wat. Credit Facebook

Malaysia urged by tech giants to pause ‘unworkable’ social media licensing plan

The Asia Internet Coalition, which includes Google, Meta and X, urged Malaysia to halt its social media licensing plan, citing unclear regulations and potential innovation hindrance.

27 Aug 2024 - 12:33AM

Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France

Investigators allege the Russian-born billionaire’s platform has been used for money laundering and drug trafficking, among other offences.

26 Aug 2024 - 5:21AM

Pakistan charges man with cyberterrorism over misinformation that led to UK riots

The man is accused of spreading misinformation from YouTube and Facebook about the British teenage suspect in a stabbing attack that killed three girls and injured 10 others on July 29 at a dance class.

23 Aug 2024 - 4:05PMvideocam

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