Israel smuggled Starlink systems into Iran to help protesters
Israel secretly smuggled Starlink internet receivers into Iran to support anti-government protesters five years ago but Benjamin Netanyahu failed to follow through on the plans. Starlink, owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, provides satellite internet connections. Its operation is not licensed to operate in Iran, though Mr Musk has previously said the service is active there.
AI can outpace cybersecurity norms ‘in months’
The most advanced artificial intelligence models are improving quickly enough to outsmart prevailing cybersecurity know-how within months, the Five Eyes spy agency alliance has warned. The risk posed by AI-enhanced hacking is in the spotlight, after US start-up Anthropic said in April that its cutting-edge Mythos models had unprecedented abilities to find software vulnerabilities.To improve
European Union bets on digital euro to cut reliance for payments
The EU believes a digital euro is the answer to cutting its addiction to US payment systems like Visa and Mastercard as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay as the bloc seeks to favour European firms over others. Brussels hopes it could provide an alternative local option for any payments in shops or online
Google search dominance
Google still controls 90% of the search market, its stock price has more than doubled in the past year and revenue growth in the first quarter was the fastest for any period since 2022. But the AI concern persists as more people turn to chatbots as their preferred method to track down information. ChatGPT consistently
Meta halts AI training project tracking employees after internal security lapse
Meta’s controversial efforts to gather employees’ computer movements to train its AI systems have been put on hold for now. The social media giant has temporarily suspended the employee tracking programme after a worker flagged an internal security issue that exposed potentially sensitive data to other Meta employees, according to a report by Wired.The roll-out
China imposes export controls on Pentagon
China has imposed export restrictions on 10 U.S. companies, including two involved in rare earth mining, in retaliation for the Pentagon adding Chinese tech giants to its watch list of military-linked firms. The controls prohibit the export of dual-use items to the American firms and apply to goods of Chinese origin held by entities and
Indonesia plans to embed artificial intelligence in some key government programmes
Indonesia plans to embed artificial intelligence in some key government programmes including its US$15 billion (RM62.3 billion) free meals plan, according to a presidential regulation draft, part of a strategy that the government believes could lift its gross domestic product by 12 per cent by 2030. Indonesia’s progress on AI has been slow when compared
Iran-USA peace talks
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, along with mediators, have said major progress has been made towards a peace deal between Iran and the United States. Mediating parties from Pakistan and Qatar said conditions were set for technical talks to immediately follow, with both sides at the beginning of a 60-day period to settle a long-term
Yotta scales up AI bet
Data centre and AI infrastructure provider Yotta Data Services plans to invest an additional $6 billion to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure, significantly increasing its deployment of Nvidia GPUs as demand surges from both Indian and global customers.Yotta expects the first batch of 8,000 B200 GPUs to go live within a month. The initial 20,000
Okta And Google Cloud partnership
The growth of AI agents is creating a new category of enterprise identities. Unlike traditional software tools, AI agents can access information, interact with systems, and perform actions on behalf of users. As enterprises begin embedding AI into everyday operations, security teams face a critical question.Okta and Google Cloud are expanding their collaboration at a