Google has said it will introduce AI-generated answers to online queries, in one of the biggest changes to its world leading search engine in 25 years. "I'm excited to announce that we will begin launching this fully revamped experience, 'AI overviews,' to everyone in

US President Joe Biden has ordered a Chinese-owned cryptocurrency miner and its partners to sell land they own near a US nuclear missile base, citing spying concerns. MineOne Partners, which the White House says is majority-owned by Chinese citizens, has been given 120 days to sell the

A bid by Australia's online watchdog to impose a ban on dozens of violent-considered X posts has stumbled, as a top judge ruled in favour of the social media firm. Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett refused on Monday to extend a temporary order to take down posts that show the

Microsoft on Sunday announced four billion euros in investment for developing data centres in France, joining fellow US giant Amazon in committing to the country's tech infrastructure. The announcements came on the eve of the seventh Choose France Summit, the aim of which is to

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test firing of a "technically updated" multiple rocket launcher system which the country will deploy later this year, state media reported on Saturday. The test on Friday was part of Pyongyang's efforts to bolster its

Technology has progressed significantly as internet connectivity improved worldwide. It enables our devices and apps to become more efficient for practical use. If we want to take digitalization to the next level, we must elevate global connectivity first. Nowadays, we have 5G internet

Australia announced on Friday that it would hold a parliamentary inquiry to look into the negative impacts of social media platforms, saying they have significant reach and control over what Australians see online, with almost no scrutiny. The government has criticized social media

China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, in what is being billed a world first. An uncrewed rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center at about 17:27 local time (10:27 BST). The 53-day mission aims to

The founder of the world's largest crypto exchange has been sentenced to four months in prison for allowing criminals to launder money on his platform. Changpeng Zhao resigned from Binance in November and pleaded guilty to violating US money laundering laws. Binance was ordered

Samsung Electronics has reported a nearly 10-fold jump in first-quarter operating profit amid the recovery of its key memory chip business. The tech giant, the flagship subsidiary of Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest family-controlled conglomerate, said that operating profit

Elon Musk is visiting Beijing to discuss enabling autonomous driving mode on Tesla cars in China, according to media reports. Mr Musk wants to enable Full Self Driving (FSD) in China and transfer data collected in the country abroad to train its algorithms. FSD is available in

Russia has vetoed a resolution at the UN Security Council calling on all countries to prevent an arms race in outer space. The draft resolution, put forward by the US and Japan, sought to reaffirm a principle already set out in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. The US has warned that

Facebook-owner Meta on Wednesday said its quarterly profits soared last quarter as the company continues to see stellar ad growth across its family of world-leading social media apps. The company founded by Mark Zuckerberg said that net profit in the January to March period rose to

Google has fired more than 50 staffers in the wake of in-office protests over the company's cloud computing deals with Israel, according to an activist group representing the former employees. No Tech for Apartheid has protested the cloud computing contracts Google and Amazon have

The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It gives TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, nine months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the United States. The bill will now be handed over to US President Joe

The US House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday that would force the wildly popular social media app TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market. US and other Western officials have voiced alarm over the popularity of TikTok

Internet services across the country are disrupted due to the suspension of the connection of the second submarine cable (SIMUI-5) of the country. According to tot the authorities, The outage began early Saturday as the disruption was caused by the damaged submarine cable in Singapore.

Internet users will face partial interruptions for an hour from around 3am-4am on Friday due to maintenance work on the second submarine cable. Maintenance work will be performed on the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable installed in Kuakata,

Google employees staged sit-ins at two of the tech giant's offices in California and New York City, protesting the company's ties with Israel. Led by a group called "No Tech For Apartheid," the protests demanded that Google and Amazon terminate their Nimbus contract

Electric carmaker Tesla plans to lay off more than 10 percent of its global workforce, according to a memo sent to employees by CEO Elon Musk. Musk told staff in an email on Monday that the cuts were necessary due to the “duplication of roles and job functions in certain