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A new low in online scams
Life, James Hein, Published on 17/07/2024
» According to the Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), scammers are now targeting scam victims with fake offers to help them recover from scams. The con is to use information from those scammed in the past and approach these people with an offer to recover the funds they have lost for, of course, an up-front fee.
Tech start-up launches new solar-powered, self-driving boats to clean up ocean waste
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/02/2024
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong-based marine tech start-up Clearbot is set to launch a new generation of bigger solar-powered autonomous boats to boost its efforts to clean up polluted waters in India.
YouTube ramps up ads, moderation
Life, James Hein, Published on 01/03/2023
» If this was a YouTube video you would have to sit through up to 30 seconds of ads before you could even start. YouTube seems to be stepping up its advertising while at the same time providing less service. I still use it because it has things I'm interested in, like Chinese martial arts series and info on music products I like. If I'd written this using ChatGPT you would not see some of the material because the trust and safety filters on the AI product have repeatedly been found to be biased towards the US political left in the content it will return. Some people associated with ChatGPT have acknowledged this but it remains to be seen if anything will change.
Blockchain gets religion? Taiwan temple mints NFTs
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/12/2022
» The Chinese sea goddess Mazu is big business in Taiwan and the blockchain could make it even bigger.
Chinese hackers targeted SE Asia, India for last decade: report
AFP, Published on 13/04/2015
» SINGAPORE - A cyber espionage group most likely sponsored by China has been snooping on governments and businesses in Southeast Asia and India undetected for the last ten years, Internet security company FireEye said Monday.
'Major' hacking attack in US looms
AFP, Published on 30/10/2014
» WASHINGTON - Cyber attacks might be taking a toll now, but just wait: a survey of experts says things are likely to get even worse in the US over the next decade.
Connecting the world
Asia focus, Published on 15/09/2014
» Indonesia's state-run PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is embarking on a project to establish the country as the new global telecoms gateway, following the recent launch of a new submarine cable project that directly connects Southeast Asia and the United States.
Group backed by internet giants seeks cheaper access for the poor
Life, Published on 09/10/2013
» Accessing the internet in the developing world is unnecessarily expensive, partly due to government policies that hinder competition and should be scrapped, a new alliance backed by Google, Yahoo and Microsoft said on Monday.
Google drawn into S. Korea-Japan island dispute
AFP, Published on 25/10/2012
» South Korea on Thursday lashed out at Google for changing the name of an isolated set of islands at the centre of a territorial dispute with Japan on its English-language web mapping service.
iPhone 5 a hit despite glitches
AFP, Published on 21/09/2012
» Apple's iPhone 5 hit stores in a festive global rollout Friday, with long queues of devotees undeterred by a lukewarm welcome from experts and complaints about the smartphone's new mapping system.