TECHNOLOGY

Apple chief Tim Cook made a surprise visit to China this week, greeting gamers in the southwestern city of Chengdu as his company faces slumping phone sales in its biggest market.

Sales of smartphones continued to shrink globally in the recently-ended quarter as consumers watched spending, market tracker Counterpoint reported on Monday.

The social network is cutting jobs for the second time this year and said it will continue investing in strategic priorities.

Due to the rise and consistent integration of freelance talents into the workforce, tools like freelancer management software have become more diverse, advanced and crucial for businesses of all sizes.

Mike Skinner of The Streets has returned "rejuvenated" with a new album and his own self-made movie, optimistic for the future of music as it sits on the cusp of an AI revolution.

The wallet also eliminates the necessity of retaining and recalling the complex 12-word seed phrase, significantly simplifying the process of creating a wallet, even for individuals unfamiliar with web3.

Elon Musk's social media platform X has defended itself against claims from the European Union that it is failing to tackle disinformation around the violence in Israel and Gaza.

Consumers discard or possess disused electronic goods containing raw materials critical for the green energy transition and worth almost $10 billion every year, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Malaysia is working on a code of ethics for AI that will be completed by 2024 as ASEAN members move toward regulating the fast-evolving technology.

The EU's digital chief Thierry Breton warned Elon Musk on Tuesday that his platform X, formerly Twitter, is spreading "illegal content and disinformation", in a letter seen by AFP.

Along southwestern Albania's coastline, the sun shines bright -- warming the 234,828 new solar panels at the Karavasta power station that will be connected to the country's energy grid in the coming weeks.

The Finnish telecom giant said the project aims to accelerate the development of fundamental technologies and innovative applications supported by the 6G technology and address the future needs of both industry and society.

Iraqi gamers celebrated the release Thursday of the latest instalment of the "Assassin's Creed" action-adventure saga, set in ninth century Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate.

Elon Musk's social media platform X has stripped headlines from news articles shared by users, in a move likely to further worsen relations with media groups.

Tiger populations are on the rise in the jungles of India and Nepal and the predators are roaming ever closer to villages, sparking a race among conservationists to find ways of avoiding conflict.

Google on Wednesday said its latest premium-priced Pixel phone would have powerful generative AI models running independently on the device, as the search engine giant seeks to lure buyers away from the latest iPhone.

A self-driving car operated by US company Cruise ran over a woman after she was first knocked in front of it by a hit-and-run driver in San Francisco late Monday, video showed.

Meta's proposed plan is in response to European regulators' demands, The Wall Street Journal reported.

A report said 7,420,748 WhatsApp accounts were banned in India in August, and of them, 3,506,905 were proactively barred before users sent negative feedback about them.

AI Vincent Van Gogh is patient but unimpressed by yet another question about his chopped-off ear.

Meta's chief technology officer is quick to push back on assertions that the company has fallen behind rivals like ChatGPT in the explosive surge across the tech industry in generative AI. "The majority of the world's population will have their first experience of generative artificial intelligence with us," Andrew "Boz" Bosworth told AFP at the company's recent Connect conference for developers.

Four patent applications filed this month underlined PayPal's interest in layer-2 and non-fungible tokens.

Data collated by 21.co, the parent company of 21Shares, from blockchain ecosystem analytics Dune highlighted that wallet addresses linked to Lazarus Group currently hold approximately $46.14 million in digital assets.

The post-retirement careers of the biggest sports stars can be fascinating to watch -- Viagra ads, property ventures, crypto projects -- but one option is becoming a sure-fire winner: put your face on the cover of a video game.

For the first time, scientists have observed antimatter particles -- the mysterious twins of the visible matter all around us -- falling downwards due to the effect of gravity, Europe's physics lab CERN announced on Wednesday.

Aside from support for the crypto wallet and its possible integration in the gaming console, no other details have been revealed.

Small, artificially intelligent boxes tied to tree trunks in the Brazilian Amazon are the latest weapon in the arsenal of scientists and environmentalists battling destructive jungle invaders.

The arrest, which was partially captured on social media, took place while the YouTuber was on his way to confront an individual named Carlos Diaz, whom he accused of stealing his Lamborghini.

The company is investigating the hack and plans to resume service after fixes.