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Fifteen Bangladeshi men who tried to enter the country by posing as members of a cricket team were detained during an inspection at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) yesterday. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Malaysia / 19 h ago

No match scheduled: 15 Bangladeshi men posing as cricketers detained at KLIA after attempting entry into Malaysia with fake letter

Malaysia Airlines flight MH720 from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur made an emergency landing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport this evening after declaring an emergency. — Picture via Facebook/Flightradar24.com

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Malaysia Airlines flight from Jakarta declares emergency near KLIA, lands safely with rescue vehicles on standby

Singer and actress Bella Astillah was spotted in court today, showing support for Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman in his appeal against his conviction and sentence related to the Armada funds at the Court of Appeal. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

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Bella Astillah spotted at court in show of support for Syed Saddiq in appeal against Armada funds conviction

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia will help those in Gaza in any way it can such as sending humanitarian assistance and aid. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

‘They do not have a shred of humanity’: Anwar pledges aid for Gaza as truce collapses during Ramadan, claiming hundreds of lives

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said Malaysia is ready to accept 15 Palestinian freedom fighters released by Israel as part of the conditions for the Gaza ceasefire agreement. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

‘What is accepting 15 people?’: Malaysia to take in Palestinian fighters freed by Israel, says foreign minister

An elderly man who allegedly slapped a non-Muslim man for eating in public during Ramadan on Sunday has been granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) by the Johor Bahru Magistrates’ Court today. — Picture via X

Malaysia / 1 h ago

Johor court grants DNAA to elderly man in Ramadan slap incident, case to be recharged later

In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said these development initiatives are crucial for improving the well-being of the people, especially the urban poor and rural residents who stand to benefit in the long term. — Picture via Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysia / 18 h ago

PM Anwar urges swift action on Penang development projects

Shan Shan Beef Noodle offers a thicker, beefy broth to slurp down with their wider, flat rice noodles. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi

Eat-drink / 4 h ago

Make a trip to Subang Jaya’s Shan Shan Beef Noodle to satisfy your ‘ngiu chap’ cravings

Revamping the company’s manufacturing operations, which at one time only made chips for Intel but have been repurposed to make semiconductors for outside clients such as Nvidia, is one of Tan’s core priorities, these sources said. — Picture from Celesta Capital

Money / 16 h ago

Intel’s new CEO plots overhaul of manufacturing and AI operations

Malaysia Airlines flight MH720 from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur made an emergency landing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport yesterday evening after declaring an emergency. — Picture via Facebook/Flightradar24.com

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Malaysia Airlines: Cargo fire alert behind flight MH720’s emergency landing in KLIA

Mohammad Nor Farhan of Mac Mafia firing up his cheese wheel’s spectacles. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Life / 6 h ago

From cheese wheel pasta to beef roti: The rollercoaster ride of viral Ramadan bazaar food

The Sarawak-Malaysia My Second Home (S-MM2H) programme continues to see strong international interest, with China emerging as the top applicant country over the past two months, said Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 4 h ago

China tops list of applicants for Sarawak’s MM2H programme

This photo provided by Nasa shows astronaut Suni Williams being helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. — AFP

World / 4 h ago

Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for ‘stranded’ Nasa astronauts

The Civil Defence Force has shot a crocodile along Tanjung Aru beach 3, but authorities have kept warning flags up following information that there might be more than one in the area. — Picture via Facebook/APM Kota Kinabalu

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Crocodile shot at Tanjung Aru beach but search continues for more, public warned to stay out of water

Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder turned global health philanthropist, met with the National Security Council as well as Republican and Democratic lawmakers in recent weeks to press that case, the sources said. — Reuters pic

World / 19 h ago

Bill Gates warns White House he can't fill shortfalls in US global health funding

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‘Our technological edge has been compromised’: Samsung admits losing tech edge, vows major deals to revive growth

Han Jong-hee, co-chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics Co., speaks at the company's annual general meeting at the Suwon Convention Center in Suwon, South Korea March 19, 2025. — Reuters pic

SUWON (South Korea), March 19 — Samsung Electronics said today it is looking at major deals to drive growth as it faced tough questions from shareholders after its failure to ride an artificial intelligence (AI) boom made it one of the worst-performing tech stocks last year.The South Korean firm has...

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YouTube may be the preferred platform for podcast listeners in the US, but Generation Z is an exception, it seems. — Reuters pic

Tech-gadgets / 6 h ago

Spotify is Gen Z’s podcast platform of choice

US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC March 17, 2025. — AFP pic

Tech-gadgets / 21 h ago

From spoon emojis to TikTok songs, US federal workers turn online to resist Trump-Musk job cuts

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang is expected to showcase cutting-edge chips for artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing today, shrugging off talk of China’s DeepSeek disrupting the market. — Reuters pic

Tech-gadgets / 22 h ago

‘AI is advancing at light speed’: Nvidia to unveil latest AI chips as it shrugs off DeepSeek

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The iPhone 16e is neither here nor there, being a weird hybrid of a throwback with some updates. — Picture by Erna Mahyuni

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iPhone 16e review: A bridge between nostalgia and promise

OpenAI and Google have reportedly urged the US government to allow AI training on copyrighted content under the fair use doctrine. — Reuters pic

2d ago

OpenAI, Google push US to allow AI training on copyrighted content, warn of China’s edge

Chinese internet search giant Baidu released a new artificial intelligence reasoning model Sunday and made its AI chatbot services free as ferocious competition grips the sector. — AFP pic

16 Mar 2025

Baidu launches X1 AI model to challenge DeepSeek, makes Ernie Bot free ahead of schedule

New technology is revealing hidden oil spills, tracking light pollution, and fast-tracking the discovery of marine species, shedding light on the ocean’s many secrets. — Pexels pic

15 Mar 2025

How science is fast-tracking ocean discovery with AI, satellites and genetic breakthroughs

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced recently that the group would ‘get rid of fact-checkers’ and replace them with community-based posts, starting in the US. — AFP pic

14 Mar 2025

Meta ditches fact-checkers for X-style ‘Community Notes’, set for roll-out in US next week

What's cuter than Snoopy? Snoopy with cherry blossoms. — Picture via Apple

13 Mar 2025

The Apple x Peanuts Cherry Blossom collab brings whimsy to your tech accessories

A photo illustration taken in Beijing on March 11, 2025 shows a mobile phone displaying an introduction screen for the AI assistant tool Manus, released by Chinese startup Butterfly Effect. — AFP pic

12 Mar 2025

What to know about Manus, China’s latest AI assistant

12 Mar 2025

Parents can now set TikTok time limits for teens as app faces scrutiny over mental health, screen addiction

Criticism included those saying Manus stumbles on simple tasks such as booking a flight, or that they ran into error messages or endless loops. — Screengrab from YouTube/Monica AI

11 Mar 2025

‘Mind-blowing’ or ‘disappointing’? China’s Manus AI divides tech world

Leader of the Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk wears a shirt that says 'Tech Support' as he speaks during a cabinet meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2025. — AFP pic

11 Mar 2025

Cyberwar or mismanagement? Musk blames attack as X suffers widespread outages

A smartphone connected to satellite is pictured on Skylo stand at the MWC (Mobile World Congress), the world's biggest mobile fair, in Barcelona. — AFP pic

09 Mar 2025

Space: The new frontier for smartphones at trade show

Google has added a new, experimental “embedding” model for text, Gemini Embedding, to its Gemini developer API, the company announced yesterday. — Reuters pic

08 Mar 2025

Google introduces Gemini Embedding model: Experimental AI for text processing

The latest episode in the long-running series, 'Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown' came out on top at the Pegases (Pegasus) awards for French games in Paris. — AFP pic

08 Mar 2025

‘Prince of Persia’ creator ‘never imagined’ game would be his magic carpet

Realme has developed a smartphone that changes colour as the outside temperature shifts. — AFP pic

08 Mar 2025

Chameleon phones and smart contact lenses: The gadgets of MWC 2025

Monica claimed the Manus AI agent can be applied to diverse tasks, including trip planning and stock analysis. — Screengrab from YouTube/Monica AI

07 Mar 2025

The next DeepSeek moment? Chinese start-up Monica unveils ‘Manus’, claiming world’s first AI that can think like humans (VIDEO)

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