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Iran's internet shutdown: Can Starlink reconnect countries cut off from the world?

In light of Iran’s internet blackout, Starlink has allowed some citizens to stay connected. How could its Direct to Cell service help mitigate future communications shutdowns and what role might the U...

14hEuronewsPoliticsImpact

US and Taiwan strike trade deal tied to $250bn chip investment

Agreement will reduce tariffs on goods from the island to 15% and will ease tensions between the two countries...

5dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

China Telecom develops country’s first MoE models trained entirely on Huawei’s AI chips

State-owned China Telecom has developed the country’s first artificial intelligence models with the innovative Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture that are trained entirely on advanced chips from Hu...

12hSouth China Morning PostTechnologyImpact

China’s commercial space sector soars with 50 launches in 2025

China’s commercial space sector logged 50 launches last year – more than half of the country’s total – underscoring the growing role of private players alongside the state-led space programme, with Be...

13hSouth China Morning PostTechnologyImpact

Musk’s Grok barred from undressing AI images after global backlash

Elon Musk’s platform X on Wednesday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised photos of women...

6dSouth China Morning PostTechnologyImpact

UK launches investigation into Musk's Grok amidst global backlash

Grok - the AI chatbot developed my Elon Musk's company - is facing growing international backlash for being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. Malaysia and Indonesia have ...

Jan 13France 24TechnologyImpact

Academic innovation can help budding entrepreneurs overcome future challenges

As globalisation and technological advancements continue to reshape the way we live and work, educational institutions must also evolve to help equip students with the right mindset and skills to tack...

21hSouth China Morning PosteducationImpact

Hackers target Iran state TV's satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince

Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,”...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

OpenAI releases a cheaper ChatGPT subscription

OpenAI is expanding a low-cost subscription tier called ChatGPT Go to the US and the rest of the world. Go was released in India in August and later became available in another 170 countries prior to ...

4dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Xreal sues Viture over AR glasses patent

Xreal is filing against competitor Viture, which also makes AR glasses. You know a gadget category is starting to go mainstream when patent lawsuits start cropping up. Today, Xreal filed a lawsuit in ...

5dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

DeepSeek stays mum on next AI model release as technical papers show frontier innovation

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek continues to keep the world guessing on when its next major release – the much-anticipated updates to its V3 and R1 models – will be launched, according t...

Jan 14South China Morning PostTechnologyImpact

China ‘dead or alive’ app allows solo users check in daily, alerts contacts if they miss it

A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...

Jan 13South China Morning PostTechnology

A new Ukrainian way of intercepting drones midair looks like a fishing rod in the sky

The 46th Separate Air Mobile Brigade showcased a clip of a drone with a fishing rod-style device trying to take down enemy quadcopters. Red annotation by Business Insider. 46th Separate Air Mobile Bri...

Jan 13Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

Arms makers say that the fast-moving war in Ukraine is changing how they design and upgrade weapons

Milrem Robotics is among the companies making its weapons so they can be upgraded as easily as possible. Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images The battlefield in Ukraine is changing constantly, and weapon...

5dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

A new American missile-mounted buggy has already scored over 20 kills against Russian Shaheds in Ukraine, crew says

The Tempest fires into the night sky in this video provided by Ukraine's Air Command Central. Screenshot via Facebook/Ukraine Air Command Central Ukraine has deployed an off-road buggy mounted with gu...

6dBusiness Insiderworld_news

The author of 'Sapiens' says AI is about to create 2 crises for every country

Yuval Noah Harari was a speaker at the 2026 World Economic Forum Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images The author of "Sapiens" Yuval Noah Harari said AI is going to cause two crises for every c...

9hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

Quick background: I used to code. Studied it in school, wrote some projects, but eventually convinced myself I wasn't cut out for it. Too slow, too many bugs, imposter syndrome — the usual story. So I...

2dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

I founded a wellness startup after leaving McKinsey. Hustle culture is a liability, not an asset.

Cesar Carvalho worked at McKinsey from 2010 to 2012. Pascal Perich/© Pascal Perich Cesar Carvalho left a consulting job at McKinsey to launch Wellhub, a wellness startup. 14 years later, Wellhub is ch...

2dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Bosses don't think AI is paying off yet, a PwC survey of 4,500 CEOs found

FG Trade/Getty Images CEOs are struggling to turn AI investments into returns, according to a new PwC survey. Having a strong AI foundation is more likely to boost returns, the results showed. But onl...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Martin Luther King Jr. was talking about a universal basic income before it was cool

Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality during his life. He argued f...

1dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact
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