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A large portion of the northern states are under air quality alerts due to the smoke from Canadian wildfires. Some states are expected to experience poor air quality through late Monday as more than 580 fires are still "out of control" in Canada.

Indonesia is fast-becoming a star in Southeast Asia's digital economy, and while its local digital stars are making a name in the global stage, issues such as accessibility and inclusivity may be holding the country's flight back.

The FTC wants OpenAI to "describe in detail" multiple aspects of its business, including how it trains each LLM and collects data to train chatbots and also details of its risk management practices.

Another Indian edtech startup seems to have fallen victim to a funding crunch that has been biting the industry since the educational system started reverting back to offline learning as Skill-Lync reportedly cut around 200 jobs.

Early opposition to a NATO office in Japan thwarts the idea that security in Europe and Asia is indivisible, a notion that "crystallized" when Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, said Patrick M. Cronin, chair for Asia-Pacific Security at the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Hudson Institute.

China slammed the United States for forcing it to accept a 2016 arbitral ruling that dismissed Beijing's claim to much of the South China Sea. The same day, Taiwan – which also has the U.S. as its ally, like the Philippines – said Beijing sent navy ships and a huge group of warplanes around the island nation for a span of two days.

Digital superintelligence may arrive within six years, Elon Musk told two lawmakers Wednesday, warning that the world should "worry" about how such technology may affect humanity in the future.

The heat wave that has been affecting southern U.S. states in the past few weeks is expanding to the west, as California and Nevada are now also experiencing extreme temperatures.

The Philippines is celebrating seven years of winning an arbitration case against China over the latter's South China Sea claims, but the commemoration seems to be overshadowed by controversy surrounding a map depicted in the "Barbie" movie that Vietnam recently banned.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, even if he staged a failed coup last month, won't be jailed by the Kremlin since Vladimir Putin needs his forces, a retired U.S. general said. The Wagner chief's exact whereabouts are still unknown a few weeks after his failed coup.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has not been in good terms with some Freedom Caucus members, including Rep. Boebert, and her close ties with House Speaker McCarthy have drawn criticism from some members of the group.

Two software companies have implemented workforce cuts this week as the software sector continues to experience the brunt of a wider tech reckoning.

Sen. Tolentino expressed disappointment over the Philippine film and TV regulator's decision to allow the release of "Barbie" in the country.

There was a time when Japan was the world's largest semiconductor but in the past decades, the country's chip industry declined. With the government propping Rapidus up, will Japan finally make a comeback in the global stage?

Win it Back, which is tied to Club for Growth, seems to be painting Donald Trump as an unelectable candidate, especially with the "many distractions" the ex-president has faced in recent months.

FrontRow offered courses from a host of Indian influential people, including cricket player Suresh Raina and playback singer Neha Kakkar. The edtech startup raised over $17 million across two funding rounds.

Microsoft has had earlier mass layoffs, and Evernote also cut more than 100 workers in February, just months after the company was acquired by Bending Spoons.

Utah is looking to take social media companies to court over the alleged harm their products bring to the youth. Gov. Spencer Cox previously said he was expecting legal challenges from involved companies, and there have been concerns about the state's social media law possibly being unconstitutional.

Artificial intelligence continues to break norms and extend through various applications, and Google is diving into the world of possibilities with its work on a medical chatbot that it believes could handle healthcare conversations better than ChatGPT, Bing, or even its own Bard.

At least five northeastern states are under flood-related alerts as heavy rains are expected to continue in the region through Monday. In New York, one county has been placed under a state of emergency. Some areas are at risk of flooding through Tuesday.

Microsoft is expected to hit $3 trillion in valuation through its work on artificial intelligence. Morgan Stanley has high hopes for the software giant, saying it has a 22% upside potential due to its "pole position" in the generative AI arms race.

Deel, valued at $12 billion, is the subject of a letter from a California state senator who wants to have the startup investigated over alleged dubious business practices, specifically with its employment classification system.

Following two days of trying to regain access to its system, the Port of Nagoya has finally resumed operations. The port suffered a ransomware attack by LockBit 3.0, the same Russia-linked hacking group that claimed to have victimized TSCM late last month.

Threads is flying high after its glorious day one, but Twitter is not letting the "copycat" app celebrate too soon. Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing the social media giant of utilizing the knowledge of ex-Twitter-now-Meta-employees about Twitter trade secrets to develop Threads.

A racial justice advocacy organization has reportedly overspent on executive salaries and some projects that had doubtful effects on the nonprofit's actual advocacy. The organization has also been accused of illegally dismissing some employees who were members of its union.

Amid crumbling trust for Binance, the crypto exchange is in search of a policy officer that will specialize in European Union regulations. The crypto exchange behemoth has been in hot waters in recent months over regulatory concerns among bloc members.

Meta has rolled out Threads, dubbed by some as a 'Twitter killer,' but there are increasing concerns about the massive trove of data that the Instagram-developed app collects.

China's Shanghai AI conference kicks off Thursday, but where are the U.S. companies that previously sponsored the event? Some are attending, but only as delegates.

Yevgeny Prigozhin resurfaced Monday to hint that his Wagner Group may stage a comeback and secure "next victories." A Russia expert believes just about anything could happen, even some of the most absurd scenarios, especially in a Russia where it turns out the regime's Herculean walls have cracks too.