PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's ambitions to become a leading artificial intelligence (AI) nation can only succeed if the groundwork begins in schools, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Students helped design the AI-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage.

SEOUL: South Korean shares plunged on Tuesday as a global selloff in chipmakers weighed on technology heavyweights, pressured by concerns over intensifying competition from China and a steep decline in SK Hynix's U.S.-listed shares.

Meta has abandoned a global pledge by leading companies to source all of their electricity from renewable sources, the social media giant confirmed on July 24.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's economy is set to benefit from the global artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom, with the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) raising its 2026 growth forecast as strong semiconductor demand continues to support exports and investment.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia could sustainably benefit from the artificial intelligence (AI)-supercharged data centre (DC) rollout, or a second wave, given the still steady demand for DCs, says Kenanga Research.

PARIS: The latest transatlantic technology brouhaha unfolds on Instagram.

NEW YORK: Nvidia Corp is in discussions to provide a financing guarantee to help OpenAI lease computing from a US data centre project planned for 2028, underscoring how the world's most valuable company is funnelling capital into the infrastructure that drives its business.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) resolved 560 cases, or 93%, of the 607 investigation papers opened last year, involving various offences related to harmful online content.

Myanmar's military-backed parliament passed a law on July 28 authorising the death penalty for forced labour in cyber-scam operations, escalating the consequences for an industry that has exploded across the conflict-torn nation.