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South China Morning PostTime's AI list names China's cyberspace chief, ByteDance CEO among most influential
Time Magazine has ranked China's internet watchdog head and the chairman of TikTok owner ByteDance among the 100 most influential people working in artificial intelligence for their impact on the sector in the world's second-largest economy. Zhuang Rongwen, director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, made the second annual Time 100 AI list as one of 15 people in the leaders category for taking on a mission that some thought impossible: imposing the mainland's "censorship practices on unp
- TechCrunch
Thousands of Avis car rental customers had personal data stolen in cyberattack
Car rental giant Avis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that their personal information and driver's license numbers were stolen in an August cyberattack. The New Jersey-headquartered company said in a data breach notice filed with several U.S. attorneys general over the past week that it discovered intruders in one of its business applications on August 5 and took efforts to end the unauthorized access, which the company said began two days earlier. Avis did not disclose the nature of the cyberattack and details of the incident remain scarce.
- Associated Press
Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology. The Justice Department, joined by a coalition of states, and Google each made opening statements Monday to a federal judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over online advertising technology. The regulators contend that Google built, acquired and maintains a monopoly over the technology that matches online publishers to advertisers.
- The Independent
China’s ‘wolf warrior’ foreign minister who went missing reportedly demoted to low-level job
Qin Gang was removed as foreign minister last July after disappearing from public view for a month
- INSIDER
I stayed in a $290-a-night tiny home on an island 5 miles from Singapore. It was smaller than a parking space.
Tiny Away guests can preorder ready-to-eat microwave meals for $6 or bring their own food.
- BuzzFeed
I Hired A Sex Worker To Save My Marriage. Here's How It Changed Our Lives.
"I had issues with desire, arousal, and orgasm. Penetration was just as painful now as my first attempts at 17. This plethora of problems had ruined every relationship I’d ever had. But at 46, miraculously, I married someone wonderful."
- The Independent
George W Bush reveals his decision on 2024 endorsement after Cheney snubbed Trump
The 43rd president will not join his former vice president Dick Cheney, who said last week that he would vote for Democrat Kamala Harris
- Cosmopolitan
Jennifer Lopez Wears Semi-Sheer Tiered Nude Dress to TIFF Party
Jennifer Lopez attended the Road to the Golden Globes Party at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival in tiered asymmetrical skirt by Chloé.
- The Telegraph
‘World’s deadliest chick’ hatches in Cotswolds bird park
One of the “world’s deadliest chicks” has hatched in a bird park in the Cotswolds.
- Hello!
Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon are style opposites during New York date night
The Hollywood veteran opted for a bohemian look courtesy of Burberry - see more
- SETHLUI.COM
We tried Singapore’s best-rated satay bee hoon
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New World Mutton Soup: A Michelin-recognised Teochew mutton soup stall with bad service?
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- Cinema Online
Tony Leung Kar Fai welcomes granddaughter
The veteran star has now officially become a grandpa
- CNN
An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act
Following Linda Sun’s firing in 2023 and a host of charges filed against her and her husband in an indictment unsealed this month, the New York state government is grappling with having employed an alleged agent for the Chinese government – and raising questions on why it took so long to bring charges.
- Fortune
China laments ‘garbage time of history’ as economy comes off peak and growth model hits dead end, expert says
“The financial system itself is now constraining China’s economic growth rather than facilitating it.”
- The Independent
Max Verstappen makes shock F1 title statement amid Red Bull run of form
The Dutch driver has a 62-point lead to Lando Norris in the world championship with eight races left
- The Guardian
Joy derision: Democrats turn Trump’s deadliest weapon against him
As once-prolific nicknamer Trump fails to land a hit, Democrats set good manners aside in favour of ridicule
- Evening Standard
Manchester United injury update: Leny Yoro, Rasmus Hojlund and Tyrell Malacia latest news and return dates
Erik ten Hag again has injury problems across the pitch to contend with
- Evening Standard
Liverpool injury update: Alexis Mac Allister, Federico Chiesa and Curtis Jones latest news and return dates
Reds face Nottingham Forest at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday
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Swee Guan Hokkien Mee: Shiok charcoal-fried hokkien mee since 1968 at Geylang
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