Immigrant visa application from 75 countries to the United States will be suspended effective from Jan 21. It will not impact US visitor visas but comes as an extension to the previously financial self sufficient requirement imposed in November. Three Southeast Asian countries were listed: – Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Even Russia is listed. The…
Elon Musk’s platform X yesterday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised images of women and children. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such…
The planet experienced its third-warmest year on record in 2025, and average temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming over three years, the longest period since records began, EU scientists said on Wednesday. The data from the European Union’s European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) found that the last three years were…
US president Donald Trump announced that the US is imposing a 25% tariff on any country that is trading with Iran even as Tehran has embarked on a violent crackdown against the wave of protests. “Effective immediately, any country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25 per cent…
Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil has confirmed that the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission is mulling over legal action against X for its failure in ensuring user safety in Malaysia. “The government is weighing legal action against X for failing to guarantee the safety of users in Malaysia and other countries,” he said. Fahmi added…
Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Chan Foong Hin has called for close ties between the federal and state governments in jointly developing the agriculture industry in Malaysia. “Joint development in the agriculture industry begins with close ties between the federal and state governments that is supported by strong relations between the leadership and…
UK’s media regulator launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X on Monday over concerns its Grok AI chatbot was creating sexually intimate deepfake images in violation of its duty to protect people in the UK from illegal content. The British government said a new law making it an offence to create sexual deepfakes would come…
Erich von Daeniken, the Swiss author famed for his controversial ancient – alien theories, has passed away at the age of 90. Von Daeniken rose to global prominence with his 1968 publication, ‘Chariots of the Gods?’, which claimed that extraterrestrials had a profound impact on early human civilizations. The book posited that advanced aliens visited…
The move by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to temporarily restrict access for Grok is due to monetisation of AI abuse, said Deputy Communication Minister Teo Nie Ching. She pointed out that AI driven nudification is also a violation of human rights. A paywall is not a safeguard; it is a confession that…
MIC would decide its destiny – to remain in or to depart from BN in February, post – Thaipusam. Thaipusam falls on Feb 1. “We will decide after Thaipusam, maybe early or mid – February. The Umno general assembly is in January… let’s settle that first,” said MIC’s deputy president Datuk Seri M Saravanan, Berita…
