Month: February 2025
Scammers Using AI for monetary gains
Generative AI technology has been around for more than a year, but in recent months its use by scammers has grown strong, “ethical hacker” and SocialProof Security chief executive Rachel Tobac said during the briefing. Detection systems in Meta’s family of apps including Instagram and WhatsApp rely heavily on behavior patterns and technical signals rather
Elon Musk: OpenAI Power Play To DOGE Mission Control
Musk’s empire extends beyond these flagship companies. His acquisition of Twitter (now X) for $44 billion in 2023 represented a bold move into social media. While controversial, his management approach there mirrors his other ventures: identifying core inefficiencies and making radical changes to address them. Elon Musk is leading a $97.4 billion bid to
Trump wants the Federal reserve to lower interest rates
President Donald Trump called for lower interest rates to go “hand in hand” with new tariffs he’s planning on imports, teasing a possible conflict with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who is in no rush to cut borrowing costs as inflation fears grow. Trump has also cast blame on Powell for the U.S.’ inflation woes
Israel troops to remain in Lebanon until February 28
Under a ceasefire deal agreed in November between Lebanon and Israel, Israeli troops had until Jan. 26 to withdraw from southern Lebanon. Fighters from Lebanese armed group Hezbollah were to leave the zone and Lebanese troops were to deploy in the area by the same deadline.The ceasefire deal ended more than a year of fighting
China launches low Orbit Satellites
China launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in southern Hainan province. A group of low Earth orbit satellites is launched aboard a modified Long March-8 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in South China’s Hainan province, Feb 11, 2025. The satellite group, the second
Elon Musk interest on OpenAI
There’s been long-held animosity between Musk and Altman, centered around Musk’s concern that OpenAI is moving away from its not-for-profit founding principles. Musk competes with OpenAI through xAI, his own artificial intelligence startup, and has sued the company alleging they violated their founding mission by prioritizing profit over humanity. OpenAI has disputed that characterization.OpenAI Chief
Gulf of America name change
In a statement Monday, Google announced that depending on a user’s location in the world the name for the gulf will be different. For those outside the U.S. and Mexico, the map will show Gulf of America in parentheses under Gulf of Mexico. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum previously said she sent a letter to Google
Agentic AI use in business workflows
Using an AI-led intuitive visual composer, business users can set up rules, data pipelines, and agentic workflows through an AI-led intuitive visual composer without requiring deep technical expertise. These AI agents can be deployed across business workflows, end-user automation, employee support, endpoint orchestration, incident and service requests, and case management. Agentic AI is gaining momentum,
Investing in Satellite Technologies in South East Asia
In 2023, the economic value of Earth observation data was estimated to be US$15 billion for South-east Asia. Increased adoption of Earth observation tech could triple the region’s economic value to US$45 billion a year by 2030. Cumulatively, this contributes an additional US$100 billion to the region’s GDP. Indonesia is expected to gain around 50
Trump Tariffs on Taiwan
Tech firms in Taiwan, home to the world’s largest contract chipmaker TSMC, face the possibility Trump will follow through on threats to put tariffs on imported chips after he accusing Taiwan during last year’s campaign of having stolen American semiconductor business. Speaking to reporters in Taipei, Kuo said the ministry has made preparations for any