PETALING JAYA: Telekom Malaysia (TM) has announced that a submarine cable fault may be affecting some users’ Internet experience on Unifi. "We are currently experiencing a submarine cable fault, which may impact your Internet usage and browsing experience. Our team is actively working to address the situation and optimise your connection during this period," it said in...
PETALING JAYA: Grab says it will start charging a 1% fee on credit card reloads to its GrabPay Wallet starting from Sept 11 onwards. According to an infographic on the Grab website, reloads via other payment methods, including bank transfers, debit cards, and GX Bank, a joint venture between Grab, Singtel, and other Malaysian investors, remain free. Customers should...
(Reuters) - U.S. electric utilities sounded bullish on demand from data centers powering the artificial intelligence boom after striking several supply deals during the second quarter, reinforcing market expectations of sales growth through the year. Top utilities, including American Electric Power and NextEra Energy, signed contracts in the recently concluded quarter while others highlighted interest from...
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish billionaire Rafal Brzoska and his wife plan to sue Meta over fake advertisements on Facebook and Instagram that feature his face and false information regarding her circulating on the social media platforms. Their move would be another in a series of quests initiated globally to hold the internet giant accountable for ads...
(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is deactivating AdSense accounts in Russia, saying on Monday that it would no longer be able to make payments to users of its advertising service in the country. AdSense allows website and content owners, including on YouTube, to make money from the placement of advertisements managed by Google. "Due to ongoing developments in...
A Norristown man who secretly recorded seven women changing inside his unlicensed dance studio was sentenced to 26 1/2 to 53 years in state prison by a Montgomery County Court judge who admonished him for taking advantage of women who trusted him. Francis “Frankie G” Laurenzi, 39, was convicted in May of invasion of privacy and...
(Reuters) - Google is facing a bigger threat from Sam Altman's OpenAI even as it awaits a decision on how antitrust regulators in Washington plan to level the playing field in the internet search business. A US ruling on Monday, which found that Google built an illegal search monopoly, is being considered a big win for...
(Reuters) -A U.S. court has ordered bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX to pay $12.7 billion in relief to its customers, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Thursday. In March, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from customers. "The order requires FTX to pay $8.7 billion in restitution and...
When my husband bought the then-5-year-old a Nintendo Switch, I made a list articulating all my reservations about my child having a gaming console so young. I worried about the dopamine of it all, about my son becoming accustomed to getting the immediate gratification that comes from a game and how it would impact his...
(Reuters) - Global mega tech companies' market capitalisation dropped sharply in July, in response to disappointing quarterly results and concerns over high valuations, prompting investors to shift their focus away from the AI sector. In the first half of 2024, investors pushed tech stocks higher on expectations that AI advancements would boost earnings. But the second-quarter...
