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AI-powered meet-up apps fight loneliness
AFP, Published on 08/09/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO - On a summer evening in San Francisco, JT Mason went to dinner with five complete strangers, confident he would have a good time thanks to careful guest selection by a new type of app for meeting people.
New feasts for your palate
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 27/11/2024
» Bangkok is a city that never sleeps, at least in the food and beverage department. Blink and you’ll miss another new restaurant opening or a drink launch. Guru By Bangkok Post is making sure that even if you blink, you don’t miss out on the new taste tinglers that are worth mentioning.
Analysts upbeat on Samsung S23 series
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 03/02/2023
» The launch of Samsung's flagship S23 smartphone lineup is expected to fit well with the "premiumisation" trend seen across the global smartphone markets while receiving a boost from financing and trade-in programmes, according to industry analysts.
Singapore bans hit Kashmir film over portrayal of Muslims
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» Singapore has banned a controversial Indian film over its "provocative and one-sided portrayal" of Muslims in Kashmir that officials fear could provoke religious and ethnic tensions in the city-state.
Why global tech turns to Indian talent
Business, AFP, Published on 10/12/2021
» Mumbai/Washington: Twitter Inc's new CEO Parag Agrawal is the latest alumnus of India's prestigious technical universities appointed to head a multi-billion-dollar US tech firm, and Shivani Nandgaonkar wants to follow in his footsteps.
Melancholy and absurdity
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/05/2021
» Chaitanya Tamhane was 27 years old when his breakthrough film Court became a critical sensation and won the Lion of the Future Award at the Venice festival in 2014. A film of understated power about India's Kafkaesque judicial tribulation, Court announced the arrival of an exceptional talent from Mumbai, a proud cinema city usually associated with rambunctious Bollywood titles.
Facebook gets reprieve from Apple on live events cut
AFP, Published on 26/09/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Friday it struck a deal in which Apple agreed to temporarily forgo its cut of revenue from paid events at the leading social network to help pandemic-hit performers earn money during the pandemic.
Visitors throng Delhi to trace Gandhi's footsteps
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/04/2019
» Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the guiding light of India's freedom struggle against the British Empire, lived in Delhi for only 720 days. But during that brief stay he left his mark on numerous locations that today draw throngs of tourists seeking to follow in his footsteps through the capital.
Chinese tech 'wolf' Huawei stalks Apple and Samsung
AFP, Published on 07/08/2018
» SHANGHAI: Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Chinese telecoms behemoth Huawei, likens the company to a ruthless "wolf" tirelessly running down its prey, an ethos that could soon make it the apex predator of the smartphone world.
Long-soaring smartphone market heading to earth
AFP, Published on 03/06/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: After a decade of sizzling growth, the smartphone market has suddenly cooled.