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California Senate passes bill that aims to make AI chatbots safer
California lawmakers on Tuesday moved one step closer to placing more guardrails around artificial intelligence-powered chatbots.The Senate passed a bill that aims to make chatbots used for companionship safer...
Global alarms rise as China’s critical mineral export curbs takes hold
Global alarms rise as China’s critical mineral export curbs takes hold
[WASHINGTON] Alarm over China’s stranglehold on critical minerals grew on Tuesday (Jun 3) as global automakers joined their US counterparts to complain that restrictions by China on exports of...
Ex-Ubisoft executive on trial denies seeing office harassment
Ex-Ubisoft executive on trial denies seeing office harassment
[BOBIGNY, France] A former executive at French video game giant Ubisoft, on trial with two others for alleged sexual and psychological harassment of employees, denied on Tuesday witnessing any...
Europe: Shares flat amidst inflation data, trade jitters
Europe: Shares flat amidst inflation data, trade jitters
EUROPE’S benchmark stock index ended little changed on Tuesday, as investors ceded ground under the dual pressure of softening economic indicators and persistent global trade anxieties.The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed...
Mohamed Sabry Soliman: Colorado Terror Attack Suspect’s Wife and 5 Children Arrested by ICE for Illegally Staying in US
The wife and all five children of suspected Colorado terrorist Mohamed Sabry Soliman have been arrested by federal immigration agents, sources told The New York Post. Soliman, 45, an...
Artem Timofeev and Ekaterina Timofeeva: Russia Looking for Ukrainian DJ and His Erotic Novel-Writer Wife for Links to ‘Operation Spiderweb’
Russia has launched an extensive manhunt for a former DJ and his wife, an erotic fiction writer, after they were reportedly linked to Ukraine's dramatic "Russian Pearl Harbor" assault...
Grand Venture Tech’s Q1 after-tax net profit up 27.7% to S.6 million
Grand Venture Tech’s Q1 after-tax net profit up 27.7% to S$2.6 million
[SINGAPORE] Manufacturing-service provider Grand Venture Technology (GVT) on Tuesday (Jun 3) posted a first-quarter net profit after tax of S$2.6 million for the three months ended Mar 31, up...
Singapore: Motorcyclist, 21, Dies in Fatal Crash Involving Car in Mandai; 64-Year-Old Man Arrested
A 64-year-old man was arrested for dangerous driving causing death following a deadly crash with a motorcyclist in Mandai.The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said that they...
Singapore NParks Investigating Third Community Cat Death in Yishun with Legs Unusually Splayed
The National Parks Board (NParks) is investigating after a cat was discovered dead in Yishun with its legs stretched out in an unusual, splayed manner.NParks told CNA on Monday,...
Singapore Man, 44, Charged with Murder of 79-Year-Old Woman in Sengkang
A 44-year-old Singaporean man was charged on Tuesday, Jun 3, with the murder of a 79-year-old woman, who was reportedly his mother, in Singapore's Sengkang.Lim Yuen Li was handed...