(Reuters) – Robotics startup Figure said on Thursday it had raised $675 million in an early-stage funding from investors including Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos at a valuation of $2.6 billion. Sunnyvale, California-based Figure also signed a collaboration with OpenAI to develop generative artificial intelligence for its humanoid …

KUALA LUMPUR: Genting Bhd registered a net profit of RM929.20 million in the financial year ended Dec 31, 2023 (FY2023) compared to a net loss of RM299.90 million a year ago. Its revenue jumped to RM27.12 billion from RM22.38 billion, boosted by the leisure and hospitality businesses in the United …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has identified 511 people suspected of war crimes since Russia’s Feb. 2022 invasion and has already handed down 81 convictions, its prosecutor general said in Kyiv on Thursday. Andriy Kostin was speaking at a war crimes conference alongside the chief prosecutors of Poland, Lithuania, Romania and …

KUALA LUMPUR: The recent apex court ruling to deem several provisions under the Kelantan syariah law criminal enactment as unconstitutional could pave the way for others to file similar petitions, says Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar. When speaking at the special chambers at the Dewan Rakyat, the Minister in Prime …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Bayern Munich winger Leroy Sane is doubtful for their Bundesliga game at Freiburg on Friday after missing training with a nagging knee problem, coach Thomas Tuchel said on Thursday. Bayern are already without several injured and suspended players including Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry and Matthijs de Ligt. …

ALOR SETAR: Kinergy Advancement Bhd (KAB) said its proposed acquisition of a 9.6MW mini-hydropower plant in Kedah marks another move into the renewable energy portfolio in Asean. In a statement today, the energy solutions provider said the acquisition, via wholly owned subsidiary KAB Energy Holdings Sdn Bhd (KABEH), involves acquiring …

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 6.96 million or 84.3% of users in the residential category in Peninsular Malaysia are not affected by the tax reform for electricity services to be implemented beginning March 1. The Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (Petra), in a statement on Thursday (Feb 29), said that …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany wants Big Tech companies Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta Platforms and Microsoft to contribute towards the compliance costs of new European Union rules aimed at curbing their power, a senior German economy ministry official said on Thursday. Sven Giegold, state secretary in charge of competition policy …

KUCHING: Petroleum Sarawak Bhd (Petros), Petronas subsidiary CCS Ventures Sdn Bhd, and three Japanese consortium parties signed a storage site agreement (SSA) for the M3 depleted field offshore Sarawak on Monday. In a joint statement today, the companies said the agreement paves the way for feasibility studies of the carbon …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Bayer Leverkusen will look to maintain their steady course towards a first Bundesliga title with a win at struggling Cologne in the Rhein derby on Sunday amid growing speculation over the future of coach Xabi Alonso at the club. Alonso’s undefeated league leaders are eight points clear …