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No firm is immune if AI bubble bursts, Google CEO tells BBC
Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in an interview with...
Cloudflare outage hits X and several digital platforms globally, including India
Cloudflare confirmed in its initial update that it was “aware of,...
AI unlikely to destroy most jobs, but clerical workers at risk, ILO says
An explosion of interest in generative AI and its chatbot applications has sparked fears over job destruction, similar to those that emerged when the moving assembly line was introduced in the early 1900s and after mainframe computers in the 1950s. However, the study...
The FAA orders quick inspections of some Pratt & Whitney turbofan engines on Airbus jets
U.S. regulators are requiring immediate inspections and possible repairs to Pratt & Whitney engines on some Airbus passenger jets because of a manufacturing problem that could cause parts to wear out sooner than expected WASHINGTON: U.S. regulators are requiring...
COVID-19 still a global health threat, new variant under scanner: WHO chief
Although COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, it remains a global health threat. WHO has recently classified a new variant with a large number of mutations. BA.2.86 variant is under monitoring at present, highlighting once again the need for all countries...
UK PM Sunak commits to triple-lock pension policy despite inflation
Last November, with inflation in double-digits, finance minister Jeremy Hunt decided to raise state retirement and welfare benefits payments in line with price growth at a cost of about 11 billion pounds London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was committed...
AI with 95% accuracy can steal passwords by ‘listening’ to keystrokes: Study
"The ubiquity of keyboard acoustic emanations makes them not only a readily available attack vector but also prompts victims to underestimate (and therefore not try to hide) their output," the study said "For example, when typing a password, people will regularly hide...
Countries should invest in primary health care, it can detect pandemics at an early stage: WHO chief
"So on new variants, not only EG.5, we would expect more variants. What's important is to really, you know, continue to be vigilant. Many countries are not testing enough, and we wouldn't know whether the virus is changing or not," said WHO's Director-General Tedros...
Ships backed up in Black Sea lanes as Russia warning shots raise tensions
Insurance industry sources said rates for additional war risk premiums remained stable on Monday, although there was a possibility of a rise if a ship was damaged or sunk The cost of a Black Sea war risk premium, which is typically renewed every seven days and is in...
Tokio Marine Southeast Asia asset sale draws Japan rivals
Tokio Marine has been gauging interest in the assets, which could be valued at about US$1 billion (RM4.61 billion) Japanese financial services firms have been eyeing assets in Southeast Asia as a way to expand and diversify outside of Japan. Japanese insurers Dai-ichi...
Maui wildfire is deadliest for US in 105 yrs, with 89 killed
“This is the largest natural disaster we’ve ever experienced,” Hawaii Governor Josh Green said The death toll makes the wildfire the deadliest since 1918, when 453 people were killed in Minnesota and Wisconsin by the Cloquet & Moose Lake Fires, according to the...
Shippers warned to stay away from Iranian waters over seizure threat as US-Iran tensions high
A U.S.-backed maritime group called the International Maritime Security Construct “is notifying regional mariners of appropriate precautions to minimize the risk of seizure based on current regional tensions, which we seek to de- escalate. Vessels are being advised to...