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Chinese AI developer punishes staff who took long lunch breaks
A top Chinese AI developer punished scores of staff who took a longer lunch break than allowed, reviving memories of the relentless work culture that plagued the country’s tech sector years ago.
IFlytek Co this week fired off a companywide…
Exclusive-Mitsubishi Corp considering bid for Fujitsu’s chip unit Shinko Electric -sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Corp is considering bidding for Fujitsu's chip packaging unit Shinko Electric Industries, two sources said, as Japan's top trading house weighs an entry into semiconductor manufacturing.
Mitsubishi, owned 8.3%…
Minecraft passes 300 million copies sold
Video game Minecraft, owned by US tech giant Microsoft, where players build virtual worlds, has passed 300 million copies sold, it announced Sunday, cementing its status as the best selling game ever.
In a post to its website, the game's…
Hackers target official Facebook page of Perak Publix Service Commission
IPOH: The official Facebook page of the Perak Public Service Commission (SPA) has been hacked by an irresponsible party since Monda (Oct 16) afternoon.
The notice was uploaded on the Perak SPA’s official website at…
TikTok fights back over €345mil teen privacy fine in EU
TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform, is fighting back in the courts after regulators in Europe slapped it with a €345mil (US$363mil/RM1.7bil) data privacy fine and a compliance order for failing to take care of the private data…
UK-hosted AI summit to weigh election disruption, security risks
Politicians and business leaders will discuss the threat of humans losing control of artificial intelligence, potential election disruption and national-security concerns posed by the technology at a UK-hosted global summit next month.
The…
IOC to explore Olympic eSports Games
MUMBAI: The International Olympic Committee is looking at creating an Olympic eSports Games, IOC president Thomas Bach announced on Saturday (Oct 14).
"I have asked our new IOC eSports Commission to study the creation of Olympic eSports…
Where am I? Gaming whizzes put geography on the map
STOCKHOLM: The world's best gamers who can identify a location anywhere in the world after seeing an image in less than a second face off Saturday (Oct 14) in a world championship in Stockholm.
A picture of a sunny paved road appears on a…
UK antitrust regulator clears Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision
Britain's antitrust regulator on Friday cleared Microsoft's acquisition of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard after the restructured deal substantially addressed its earlier concerns.
Activision had in August agreed to sell its…
Google warns the EU that it will fight attempts to break up ad business
Alphabet Inc’s Google has vowed to fight the European Union’s threat to break up its ad business, setting the scene for an antitrust battle that could eventually rival its ongoing clash with the US Justice Department and state attorneys…