Posts by Riah Marton
Oil steadies after report of planned Opec+ August output hike
[HOUSTON] Oil prices edged up slightly on Friday (Jun 27), recovering from a midday drop into negative territory following a report that Opec+ was planning to hike production in August, but tumbled about 12 per cent in the week in their biggest drop since March 2023. Brent crude futures settled at US$67.77 a barrel, up…
Read MoreBachelor’s Madison Prewett Details Being “Enslaved” by Porn and Masturbation Addiction
Madison Prewett is looking back at a thorny chapter from her life. The Bachelor alum got candid about what she described as an "addiction to sexual sin," sharing that she's struggled with…
Read MoreAnd Just Like That Brings Samantha Back for Subtle Season 3 Cameo
90 Day FIancé: Happily Ever After? (TLC) – July 6 Season nine brings back some of the most memorable couples, and this time, the stakes are higher than ever. Eight fan-favorite couples are back; Gino & Jasmine, Brandon & Julia, Tigerlily & Adnan, Kara & Guillermo, Jovi & Yara, Elizabeth & Andrei, Loren & Alexei,…
Read MoreEU: Meta Could Face Daily Fines If It Does Not Revise Ad Model
Image: Askar/Adobe Stock Meta is under renewed pressure from EU regulators over its controversial advertising model, which forces users to pay to stop their data from being sold to advertisers. The EU has warned that the company could face daily fines if it fails to bring its practices in line with the block’s digital regulations.…
Read MoreWhat is XBOW? An AI Tool that is America’s ‘Best Hacker’ Secures $75M in Funding
An unexpected hacker has topped the leaderboard in discovering real-world cyberthreats, beating some of the very talented human reviewers. Its name is XBOW, a new artificial intelligence system designed to explore for vulnerabilities in software, and it just claimed first place on HackerOne, an international bug bounty-based competition in which hackers work to uncover bugs…
Read MoreGerman Watchdog Challenges DeepSeek App Presence in App Stores, Urges Apple, Google to Take Action
The Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek, which shook the entire AI sector by its launch, has found itself in trouble in one of the European countries. A German privacy regulator has issued a formal notice of compelled action to tech giants Apple and Google over the availability of the Chinese artificial intelligence app on their…
Read MoreGoogle’s Launches Gemma 3n to Deliver Smarter, Offline AI to Mobile Devices and Laptops
Technology giant Google is upping its AI game by giving a tough time to its competitors and launching back-to-back AI models. Now the world’s top search engine giant has introduced Gemma 3n, an AI model that fits directly on smartphones, tablets, and laptops with no internet connection required. Supporting text, images, audio, and video, it…
Read MoreWho Is Catherine Perez-Shakdam? The ‘Mossad’ Spy Who Reportedly Helped Israel Strike Iran From Within
In what is being called one of the most precise and damaging operations in recent memory, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion on June 13, 2025. The nighttime aerial assault involved warplanes and drones breaching Iranian airspace, targeting key military and missile infrastructures. The operation was not just a military success—it was also an intelligence triumph…
Read MoreMAS fines 5 payment firms S$960,000 for anti-money laundering lapses
[SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has fined five major payment institutions a total of S$960,000 for breaches of its anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism requirements. The five firms, licensed to provide cross-border money transfer services, are Remsea, Arcade Plaza Traders (APT), J-Dee Remittance Services (J-Dee), Mobile Community Tech (MCT) and…
Read MoreJeff Bezos’ Fiancée Lauren Sánchez Reacts to Katy Perry Missing Their Wedding
Katy Perry is the wedding guest that got away. After all, as Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos prepare to the knot in a star-studded ceremony in Venice, the singer is on the Australian leg of her Lifetimes tour. But amid Katy’s absence, Lauren made it clear her Blue Origin flight crewmate is with them in spirit. As Katy…
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