THE Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) has taken a step forward in strengthening the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Programme by training instructors from the Youth and Sports Skills Training Institutes (ILKBS) to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said the two-day AI training, which began yesterday, was…
If you stumbled across Terence Broad’s AI-generated artwork (un)stable equilibrium on YouTube, you might assume he’d trained a model on the works of the painter Mark Rothko – the earlier, lighter pieces, before his vision became darker and suffused with doom. Like early-period Rothko, Broad’s AI-generated images consist of simple fields of pure color, but…
Starting in summer 2026, Netflix subscribers in France will be able to watch commercially broadcast TV content “without ever having to leave the service.” The streaming giant has announced a distribution deal with French media company TF1 Group to make TF1’s free-to-air live TV channels and on-demand TF1 Plus streaming content available to French Netflix…
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Donald Trump that the ceasefire between New Delhi and Pakistan last month was worked out directly between the arch-rivals, a top Indian diplomat said Wednesday. The US president had said that the two nuclear-armed neighbours had agreed to end a four-day conflict on May 10 after “a…
RAMALLAH: Israeli troops raided two Palestinian refugee camps in the occupied West Bank’s north overnight, the military told AFP, as Israel presses offensives on multiple fronts. The military told AFP that at “around 4:00 am Israeli forces entered Balata camp”, near the northern city of Nablus, for “a routine counter-terrorism operation”. It added that the…
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday Iran had the “legitimate” right to defend itself in the face of Israel’s ongoing bombing campaign, now in its sixth day. “It is a very natural, legitimate and legal right for Iran to defend itself against Israel’s thuggery and state terrorism,“ the Turkish leader said, a day…
Salesforce Enterprise and Unlimited SKUs are going up by 6% on average Slack Business+ jumps to $15/month, but Pro remains unchanged Salesforce says added value from AI has led to the higher prices Salesforce has confirmed it will be raising prices by an average of 6% across a number of its core products, including Enterprise…
VIENNA: Two buildings housing manufacturing sites for centrifuge components for Iran’s nuclear programme have been destroyed at Karaj, just outside the capital Tehran, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday. The UN agency’s announcement came hours after Israel’s military said it had carried out a series of air strikes in and around Tehran. “The IAEA…
WASHINGTON: WhatsApp said it was “concerned” that its services would be blocked in Iran after a state broadcaster urged the public to delete the messaging app, saying it was sharing data with arch-rival Israel. State television IRIB appealed to Iranians on Tuesday to delete WhatsApp from their phones, alleging that the app collected users’ personal…
It’s official: Nintendo has confirmed that its next Direct will be all about Donkey Kong Bananza! Focusing on this big release alone, the upcoming Nintendo Direct will feature “roughly 15 minutes of information about the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game”. Some fans may have been hoping for a bit more of a bombastic June Nintendo…
