Smartphones

Oppo launches A5i smartphone priced from RM399, featuring 6.67in screen and 5,100mAh battery

Oppo has launched its latest budget-oriented smartphone, the A5i, a device equipped with a Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen1 processor, and a 6.67in display with a 720p resolution with up to a 90Hz refresh rate.

AI

Scale AI’s Wang brings to Meta knowledge of what everyone else is doing

Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate – OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman – once jokingly told him to tone it down a bit.

Mobile apps

Tinder launches ‘double date’ feature for low-pressure dating

Tinder is launching a new double date feature in a bid to attract Generation Z and young women seeking lower-pressure dating experiences.

Social media

Despite law, US TikTok ban likely to remain on hold

US President Donald Trump is widely expected to extend the Thursday deadline for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the United States.

Gadgets

Samsung is building a hub for patients to share data with doctors

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to develop a hub for users to share health data directly with doctors in between visits, stepping up competition in the technology-driven health care race.

Social media

Rise in 'harmful content' since Meta policy rollbacks: survey

Harmful content including hate speech has surged across Meta's platforms since the company ended third-party fact-checking in the United States and eased moderation policies, a survey showed Monday.

Technology

Amazon announces four-day Prime Day discount event

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Amazon.com's annual Prime Day sales event is scheduled for July 8 through July 11, expanding to four days from two days compared to last year, the company announced on Tuesday.

AI

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

People are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news, a respected media report published Tuesday found.

Robotics

Danish military using robotic sailboats for surveillance in Baltic and North seas

Four uncrewed robotic sailboats, known as "Voyagers," have been put into service by Denmark's armed forces for a three-month operational trial.

Technology

Swedish military joins Telia, Ericsson to boost defense tech

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The Swedish Armed Forces on Tuesday joined Telia and Ericsson's 5G innovation program to strengthen military communications, logistics, security and support interoperability within the NATO alliance.

Mobile apps

WhatsApp to start showing ads to users in parts of the messaging app

WhatsApp said on June 16 that users will start seeing ads in parts of the app, as owner Meta Platforms moves to cultivate a new revenue stream by tapping the billions of people that use the messaging service.

Internet

Trump pocketed over US$57mil from crypto coin sales

Once hostile to the crypto industry, Trump has since returning to power enthusiastically embraced the sector, taking significant steps to clear regulatory hurdles and making large-scale investments.

AI

They asked an AI chatbot questions. The answers sent them spiraling

Reports of chatbots going off the rails seem to have increased since April, when OpenAI briefly released a version of ChatGPT that was overly sycophantic.

Video games

They're not your grandfather's video games. But your grandfathers are playing them

Research has shown benefits to senior citizens from doing mental exercises, and games such as Wordle, crosswords or Sudoko are easy sources of brain stimulation.

Technology

SoftBank seeks to raise $4.9 billion in T-Mobile share sale, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Japan's SoftBank Group Corp is looking to raise nearly $4.9 billion in an unregistered overnight block sale of T-Mobile shares, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

Technology

OpenAI wins $200 million US defense contract

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -ChatGPT maker OpenAI was awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools, the Pentagon said in a statement on Monday.

Technology

UK invests $340 million in clean tech for air travel

PARIS (Reuters) -Britain said it would invest 250 million pounds ($340 million) in technology to make air travel greener, backing research into zero-emission flying, laser-beam manufacturing and cutting aircraft drag, to help boost the country's aerospace industry. 

Technology

EchoStar soars 50% after report Trump urged EchoStar, FCC chair to reach deal on licenses

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Shares of EchoStar rose as much as 50% on Monday following a late Friday Bloomberg report that U.S. President Donald Trump urged EchoStar Chairman Charlie Ergen and Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to reach a deal over the fate of the company's wireless spectrum licenses.

Technology

OpenAI executives weigh antitrust accusation against Microsoft, WSJ reports

(Reuters) -OpenAI executives have considered accusing Microsoft, the company's major backer, of anticompetitive behavior in their partnership, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Technology

Italy regulator probes DeepSeek over false information risks

ROME (Reuters) -Italy's antitrust watchdog AGCM said on Monday it had opened an investigation into Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek for allegedly failing to warn users that it may produce false information.