IPOH: The people are advised to be alert when receiving links from third parties that supposedly take them to the Central Database Hub (Padu). Perak communications and multimedia committee chairman Mohd Azlan Helmi said whenever the government announces aid or new initiatives, scammers will take the opportunity to try and …

LONDON: On a grey, cloudy morning in December, London police deployed a state-of-the-art AI powered camera near the railway station in the suburb of Croydon and quietly scanned the faces of the unsuspecting passersby. The use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology – which creates biometric facial signatures before instantaneously …

PETALING JAYA: Denying any links to the so-called “Dubai Move”, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has trained his guns on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim instead. “First of all, I haven’t been to Dubai in a long time,” he wrote in a post on X on Friday …

SHANGHAI: China’s government bonds extended gains on Friday, with 10-year yields touching the lowest in nearly four years, on rising expectations of more stimulus to aid the country’s recovery. China’s sputtering recovery from the pandemic and signs of deflationary pressure have called for more monetary easing. And major commercial banks’ …

KUALA LUMPUR: A man with expertise in information technology has been arrested on suspicion of hacking and selling data belonging to a government agency on the Dark Web website. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the 24-year-old man was arrested here on …

PETALING JAYA: PAS and Perikatan Nasional will not try to “buy” Members of Parliament or resort to street protests to capture Putrajaya, says Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang (pic). The PAS president said the recent so-called “Dubai Move”, an alleged plot to overthrow the unity government, was cooked up by …

NEW YORK: General Motors Co (GM) and several other automakers reported slowing US sales growth toward the end of last year while rival Toyota Motor Corp’s volume remained strong, as near-record sticker prices and high interest rates led to uneven impacts across the auto market. GM’s deliveries ticked up less …

KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Joniston Bangkuai has been reappointed Sabah Tourism Board chairman, ending speculation over his position in the state’s premier agency driving tourism. State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew announced the Kiulu assemblyman’s appointment during a Sabah Tourism Appreciation Night here on Thursday (Jan 4). Assistant …

SELAYANG: The discovery of a dead body behind a house in Sungai Choh last week has ended with five people charged in court with the murder of the victim, said to be over a nude photo. A sixth person was also charged with the disposal of the body. G. Ganong …

NEW YORK: Google has reached a deal in a class-action lawsuit accusing it of making an Orwellian grab of “potentially embarrassing” data from tens of millions of people using the company’s “Incognito mode” and other private browsing, according to a court filing. The three Californians and two others who sued …