Samsung to add real-time translation to smartphone model

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain South Korean smartphone giant Samsung Electronics will roll out a real-time translation service on calls using AI technology next year, a company representative told AFP on…

Five things to know about the blockbuster GTA games

The next title in the GTA series is widely expected to be the biggest game of the decade. Rockstar Games, the studio behind the blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series, has…

Disney+ adds subscribers amid cost-cutting campaign

Fans are reflected in Disney+ logo during the Walt Disney D23 Expo in Anaheim, California in September 2022. Disney’s streaming service has attracted nearly seven million new subscribers, the company…

Tech giants pool efforts to fight online child sex abuse

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Big tech companies, including Facebook-owner Meta and Google, said Tuesday they would team up in a new program to fight online child sexual abuse or exploitation.…

Fake Bollywood video highlights AI worries in India

Credit: Tara Winstead from Pexels A fake video of a Bollywood actor purporting to show her wearing a low-cut top has triggered calls for AI regulation in India, where past…

Musk teases AI chatbot ‘Grok,’ with real-time access to X

Tech tycoon Elon Musk says his new AI chatbot Grok will be initially released to the top tier of subscribers on X. Elon Musk on Saturday unveiled details of his…

How Canadian companies can use tech to identify forced labor in their supply chains

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Levi Strauss Canada is yet another company facing allegations of forced labor in its supply chain. The allegations, which Levi Strauss denies, center on whether the…

Relief in crypto world over Bankman-Fried conviction

Sam Bankman-Fried is facing more than 100 years behind bars. Cryptocurrency backers on Friday celebrated the fraud conviction of the industry’s one-time golden boy Sam Bankman-Fried, hoping the embattled sector…

Angry Qantas investors block executives’ pay plan

Qantas enjoyed a record profit last year but it also enraged once-loyal Australians through astronomical ticket prices and allegedly selling seats for already cancelled flights. Jeering Qantas shareholders voted down…

Disney to complete takeover of Hulu with $8.6 bn deal

Disney has completed its takeover of the Hulu streaming service. The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday announced it will buy Comcast’s $8.6 billion stake in Hulu, completing its takeover of…