Harvard is releasing nearly one million books - dating back to the 15th century and in 254 languages - to AI researchers
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia scored two major achievements on the global stage in the areas of open data and press freedom, says Nga Kor Ming.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Monday (June 09, 2025)
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has achieved two significant milestones on the global stage in open data and press freedom, says Nga Kor Ming.
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar on Thursday as the greenback depreciated due to weaker United States (US) economic data recorded, an analyst said.
HANOI: The Ministry of Public Security on Saturday (May 24) called for strict penalties to prevent the emergence of a black market for personal data, warning that treating such data like ordinary goods could open the door to widespread cybercrime.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Microsoft President Brad Smith on Thursday will urge U.S. lawmakers to streamline federal permitting for artificial intelligence energy needs and open more government data sets for AI training, according to written testimony seen by Reuters.
PUTRAJAYA: The OpenDOSM NextGen application, a platform offering data catalogues and visualisations to help users analyse various datasets, has propelled Malaysia onto the global stage in the Open Data Inventory (Odin) 2024/25 assessment.
MILAN (Reuters) -A push by Italy's government for state-backed telecoms firms Open Fiber and FiberCop to accelerate work on a European Union-funded network plan has hit a snag as the companies are struggling to agree terms of a potential deal, three sources said.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google, the largest customer of Scale AI, plans to cut ties with Scale after news broke that rival Meta is taking a 49% stake in the AI data-labeling startup, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (June 5, 2025)
(Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta's $14.8 billion investment in Scale AI and hiring of the data-labeling startup's CEO will test how the Trump administration views so-called acquihire deals, which some have criticized as an attempt to evade regulatory scrutiny.
US volunteers restore health and climate data deleted by Trump administration - for everyone to use.
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened stronger against the US dollar on Friday, due to a weaker US Dollar Index (DXY) amid mixed economic data, said an analyst.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Monday (May 19, 2025)
THE presence of sensors, air quality updates and solar panels look almost out of place in an almost 100-year-old market in George Town, Penang.
GEORGE TOWN: Penang is highly receptive to the Federal Government's initiative to enact laws similar to the Data Sharing Act 2024, to create a larger ecosystem between federal, state and local agencies.
Car sales remained weak in May as slowing economic growth continued to weigh on demand, with both factory shipments and retail purchases recording a double-digit decline compared to a year earlier.
HANOI: Vietnam will begin a two-year trial of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, credit scoring, and data sharing through open application programming interfaces from July 1, following the Government's Decree 94 issued on April 29.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (May 14, 2025)