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Alibaba Group Holding has established a robotics artificial intelligence team at its Qwen laboratory, marking its entry into the AI-powered hardware industry as tech giants accelerate their development in the field, according to a researcher from the lab. “In case you don’t know, I set up a small team for robotics and embodied AI inside…
Stephen Miran, who President Trump recently appointed to the Federal Reserve Board, wants bigger, faster interest-rate cuts than other Fed officials. (Public Domain photo) Farmers and other business borrowers would kill for interest rates a couple percentage points lower than today’s. Now the Federal Reserve Board has a governor who thinks they should have them….
With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this new series, SCMP Fact-Check, the Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers. A Facebook reel was posted on September 24 – the day Super Typhoon Ragasa edged…
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has done a significant disservice by refusing to name Donald Trump as the awardee for 2025. The committee, tilted to the left but with a couple of more conservative members, is composed of Norwegians who are involved in politics and “activism” – only one of them qualifies as a scholar…
Hong Kong police have arrested two men and are searching for three others suspected of stealing two mobile phones after breaking into a public housing flat where an eight-member family lives. A preliminary investigation on Thursday suggested that one of those at large owed money to a man and was coerced into robbing the family….
Chiniot (Special Correspondent) — A major terrorist incident was averted today in Chenab Nagar’s central Gol Bazaar area, where gunmen attacked the Ahmadi place of worship, Bait-ul-Mehdi, during Friday prayers. The assault caused panic throughout the area but was swiftly contained by security forces. According to eyewitnesses, three armed terrorists arrived on motorcycles and attempted…
US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s warming relations signal a return to pragmatic realism in US-Turkish relations, a welcome departure from the moralizing and ideologically-driven approach that has characterized much of Washington’s Middle East policy in recent decades. Foreign policy establishment critics are predictably hand-wringing about Trump’s willingness to engage with…
A nursing home in northern China has provoked public outrage after posting a video of a senior staff member performing a provocative dance in a miniskirt in front of elderly residents, allegedly to encourage them to take their medicine. On September 24, a verified social media account for a nursing home in Anyang, Henan province,…
Taiwan’s flagship submarine project, the Hai Kun (Narwhal), missed a key sea trial deadline— leaving a multibillion-dollar stealth gamble potentially dead in the water. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Taiwan’s ambitious Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) program encountered a significant setback in September, raising doubts about whether the vessel can be…
As the Philippines grapples with a corruption scandal over flood control projects that sparked protests across the country last month, the ramifications of the saga are being felt from as far away as Norway. After a Filipino television personality and broadcaster shared on social media that a family member in Norway was turned away at…
