IN 2022, the world changed with the rise of the artificial intelligence (AI) tool, ChatGPT. Later, other AI tools like Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and DeepSeek followed suit. These powerful tools are now being used everywhere, from classrooms and offices to startups and global corporations. For students fresh out of SPM, ChatGPT is more than just a chatbot —...
KUALA LUMPUR: A 19-year-old man fell to his death from the 39th floor of a residential condominium at Jalan Razak Mansion in Sungai Besi. Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Aidil Bolhassan said the incident occurred at about 10.53pm on Tuesday (April 29). "We believe the victim fell from the 39th floor of the condominium and onto the roof...
PETALING JAYA: The government has agreed to end the price control on chicken eggs and reduce the egg subsidy rate from RM0.10 to RM0.05 per egg, effective May 1, 2025. Subsequently, the egg subsidy will be completely abolished on August 1, 2025. From February 2022 to December 2024, the government spent nearly RM2.5bil on egg subsidies to...
Jennifer Lopez is finding her footing since her disastrous marriage to Ben Affleck. I’m told she pocketed US$8mil (RM34.7mil) for performing at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix for Formula One racers. “She sang many crowd favourites, and made sure to flirt with Lewis Hamilton,” said my source. J. Lo will be performing internationally on her Up All Night Tour...
PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) Foreign Taxpayer Branch (CPCA) counters will officially operate at Level 9, Block 10, Government Building Complex, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, Kuala Lumpur, starting Thursday (May 1). In a statement on Wednesday (April 30), the board announced that the operating hours of CPCA for consultation services are from 8am to 5pm...
If you ever hope to get ripped — or at least achieve a toned physique — you’d be better off being more mindful of what you eat than what you lift, said actor Derrick Monasterio. “For me, having a fit body is 20% workout and 80% diet. Even if I don’t lift weights for two months, as...
KUALA LUMPUR: The next proceedings in the case involving the Sulu group's claim are scheduled to be heard at the Paris Court of Appeal on July 7, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. She stated that the hearing would involve the French judiciary examining the validity...
HONG KONG: Stocks started limply Wednesday (April 30) as investors struggled to match Wall Street's rally, with data showing Chinese factory activity contracted this month at its fastest pace for nearly two years as Donald Trump's trade war kicked in. While markets have recovered some of the losses suffered after the US president's "Liberation Day" tariffs...
BEIJING: A survey covering more than 1,100 Chinese foreign trade companies found that nearly 50 per cent of respondents will scale back their business activities with the United States amid tariff hikes. The survey results, released on Monday (April 28) by China's top foreign trade and investment promotion agency, also said that 75.3 per cent of...
KUALA TERENGGANU: A man lost more than RM100,000 in savings after being scammed by an investment company claiming to offer Islamic shares. Kuala Terengganu police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said the 57-year-old victim, who was a former oil rig employee, claimed a friend informed him about the investment company on Jan 29, 2023, and then...
