After rolling it out on desktop and Android earlier in 2025, Google is finally bringing its built-in Gemini AI experience to iPhone and iPad. It offers new features like summarizing pages and helping you test your knowledge about a subject you’re learning. As with any AI tool, though, it shouldn’t be trusted for anything important…
Reincarnation must follow Chinese laws and be endorsed by Beijing, Tibetan Buddhist leader Panchen Lama has said in an apparent reference to the succession of the Dalai Lama. Speaking at an official symposium in Shigatse on Monday, the Panchen Lama – the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism after only the Dalai Lama – stated that…
It was a star-spangled affair at the BFI Southbank Wednesday night as Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie ushered in a new era for The Night Manager. The British actors were in attendance at the London venue for the season two premiere of the hit BBC show, arriving nearly 10 years after it’s Emmy-winning predecessor. New…
A Chinese woman escaping from a high-rise flat, reportedly to avoid being caught by her lover’s wife, has gone viral online. Video footage showed her scaling the building’s exterior walls and water pipes while wearing a miniskirt. The death-defying scene has shocked people on mainland social media. The incident took place on November 30, at…
At least 34 people have died and dozens more are injured after air strikes from Myanmar’s military hit a hospital in the country’s west on Wednesday night, according to ground sources. The hospital is located in Mrauk-U town in Rakhine state, an area controlled by the Arakan Army – one of the strongest ethnic armies…
The Hong Kong Bar Association will travel to Beijing next week to meet mainland Chinese officials, becoming the first delegation to visit the capital since the city’s deadliest fire in decades and its recent Legislative Council election. Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet told the Post on Wednesday that the delegation would be happy to discuss possible legal…
Kayla Epsteinand Ione Wells,São Paulo Watch: Video shows US military seizing oil tanker off Venezuela coast US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said, marking a sharp escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro’s government. “We have just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela…
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. Google released Android 16over the summer to Pixel devices and select OEMs, bringing performance improvements, new Material You changes, and more upgrades. If you want to try the latest update but are hesitant because you’ve noticed your Android phone or tablet already feels too sluggish,…
A company linked to the family of late Macau casino pioneer Fu Tak-iam bought a serviced-apartment property in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district for about HK$550 million (US$71 million) amid renewed investor appetite for rental assets in the city. Pleasure Properties was identified as the buyer of CHI 138, a 107-unit serviced-apartment property at 136…
Shares of cloud computing giant Oracle plunged more than 10% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company’s revenues fell short of Wall Street expectations. The company reported revenue of $16.1bn (£12bn) for the three months that ended in November, compared with the $16.2bn projected by analysts. Revenue growth was still up 14%, with a…
