Video games

Cloud gaming and AI threaten to make home consoles extinct

Games streamed over the Internet will grow to a US$38bil (RM155.1bil) market by 2035 and may eventually kill off the dedicated video-game console as a mass-market product.

Technology

India's proxy AI trade shines in a bleak year for stocks

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Mobile apps

Google will let anyone publish privately listed vibe-coded apps on Play Store

Alphabet Inc's Google is making it easier for Android users to run vibe-coded apps for personal use.

Technology

South Korea finds hacking incidents at total of 16 financial firms

SEOUL, Oct ⁠14 (Reuters) - South Korea ⁠has found hacking ‌incidents at a total of 16 financial firms and ​around 100,000 ⁠cases of data ⁠leaks so far, the ⁠country's ‌financial regulator said on ⁠Wednesday.

Gadgets

EU watchdog says smart glasses must give 'clear warnings' when recording

The European Union's central data regulator on Oct 13 said smart glasses should give "clear warnings" when they are recording.

Technology

LSEG taps Nvidia for faster historical market data processing

Oct 14 (Reuters) - The London ⁠Stock Exchange Group said on Wednesday it has ⁠partnered with Nvidia to help financial institutions process ‌and analyse large volumes of historical market data faster and at scale using the US chipmaker's technology.

Technology

Nvidia pledges $250 million to UK AI safety research

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - US chipmaker ⁠Nvidia has pledged $250 million worth of computing resources to Britain over ⁠five years, to fund AI security research, bolstering the country's ambitions ‌to become a global centre for AI governance and security.

Technology

Google DeepMind, Google Cloud to allow European researchers access to frontier models

BRUSSELS, Oct ⁠14 (Reuters) - Google DeepMind ⁠and Alphabet's cloud service ‌Google Cloud will provide up to 200 European scientific ​researchers with direct ⁠access to ⁠their frontier models, together ⁠with $3 million ‌in compute credits, the ⁠U.S. tech giant said on ​Wednesday.

Smart home

Apple unveils new Apple TV 4K, priced at RM1,349

Apple has introduced the Apple TV 4K (4th generation), powered by the A19 chip, which allows users to stream content, play games and access apps on their television.

Cybersecurity

Ransomware attacks have swept Japan. AI may be making them easier

Critical infrastructure has been targeted in a wave of cyberattacks, which experts say are rising because of artificial intelligence.

Technology

Chip tool giant ASML nudges up outlook as AI-driven demand outruns supply

Oct ⁠14 (Reuters) - ASML said on Wednesday that AI-driven demand for its chip-printing tools is so strong ⁠that it will not be able to fully meet customer demand in 2027 or 2028 ‌and that it is looking at ways to expand capacity as it raised its full-year sales outlook.

Robotics

Police confiscate robot that groped 16-year-old girl, probe whether young men were at the controls

German authorities opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment after a robot controlled by two young men touched the buttocks of a 16-year-old girl and made thrusting movements toward her.

AI

Anthropic warns of AI 'worms' spreading across smart gadgets

Small artificial intelligence models may be only months away from being able to behave like a computer worm, copying themselves from one Internet-connected gadget to the next without human help, AI giant Anthropic said.

Smart home

Apple introduces HomeView, a US$299 tablet for the home

Apple unveiled the device as it continues its foray into artificial intelligence and tries to prove it can still innovate.

Driverless vehicle

Croatia trials full driverless robotaxi service

A Croatian firm that launched Europe's first commercial robotaxi service earlier this year is now testing fully driverless rides in the capital, its chief executive told AFP on Oct 13.

Gadgets

Alibaba unveils US$450 AI glasses in expanding push into gadgets

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Oct 13 unveiled the new generation of its smart glasses, deepening its foray into consumer electronics as an extension of its artificial intelligence strategy.

Technology

SK Group Chairman Chey sells stake to Dell family office fund for $406 million

SEOUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) - SK Group Chairman ⁠Chey Tae-won has agreed the sale of a 1.34% stake in holding company ⁠SK Inc to an investment fund linked to Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell ‌for 544 billion won ($406 million), a regulatory filing showed on Wednesday.

Technology

Anthropic seeks rehearing of case over Pentagon's security risk branding

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Anthropic asked ⁠a US appeals court on Tuesday to reconsider a ⁠ruling that upheld the Pentagon's decision to label the AI ‌company as a national security supply chain risk over a dispute about safety guardrails on its technology.

AI

Experts urge 'immediate changes' to prevent rogue AI

More than 200 artificial intelligence and cybersecurity researchers called on Oct 13 for immediate action to prevent further cases of AI models going rogue and posing a risk to critical infrastructure.

Technology

CBA chief Matt Comyn says Australia must retain economic value of AI

SYDNEY, Oct ⁠14 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Matt Comyn said on Wednesday Australia must ensure more of the ⁠economic benefits created by AI remain in the country while regulation should work to build trust in ‌the new technology.