BOSTON: A soaring demand for food delivered fast has spawned small armies of couriers – and increasing alarm – in big cities where scooters, motorcycles and mopeds zip in and out of traffic and hop onto pedestrian-filled sidewalks as their drivers race to drop off salads and sandwiches. Officials in …

In recent years, Malaysia has seen a significant increase in technology investments, fuelled by the expansion of tech giants into the burgeoning South-East Asian market. In early May, Microsoft committed US$2.2bil (RM10.4bil) over the next four years to develop new cloud infrastructure and enhance artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in the …

SINGAPORE: Asian stocks sank on Monday as traders heavily pared back on bets for Federal Reserve rate cuts this year given a still-tight U.S. labour market, while a snap election call in France sparked wider political concerns and weighed on the euro. Trading was thinned in Asia with Australia, China, …

SAN FRANCISCO: Each June, Apple unveils its newest software features for the iPhone at its futuristic Silicon Valley campus. But at its annual developer conference June 10, the company will shine a spotlight on a feature that isn’t new: Siri, its talking assistant, which has been around for more than …

Meta Platforms Inc and other social media companies won the dismissal of novel claims in hundreds of lawsuits brought by school districts seeking to recover costs for addressing the negative impacts of students’ social media use. A California state judge sided Friday with Meta, Snap Inc, TikTok Inc and Google …

PETALING JAYA: PAS wants the notice to vacate the seats of Bersatu representatives who went rogue to be sent to the Dewan Rakyat Speaker as soon as possible, says PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (pic). He also said that PAS would meet Bersatu on Tuesday (June …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States were set to hold talks on Monday in Seoul on better coordinating an allied nuclear response during a war with North Korea, amid anxiety over Pyongyang’s growing arsenal, Seoul officials said. The third meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) is …

SINGAPORE: Oil prices nudged lower for a second straight session on Monday, weighed down by a firmer dollar as expectations of interest rate cuts were pushed out further following strong U.S. jobs data on Friday. Brent crude futures and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures slipped 4 cents to $79.58 …

LOS ANGELES: Microsoft’s Xbox team on June 9 showcased action-packed coming video games and a new digital-only version of its console to launch by the end of this year. Hundreds of thousands of fans who tuned into the streamed event got a look at titles, including an eagerly-awaited Call Of …

NIBONG TEBAL: A total of 12 Malaysian companies have been listed among the 15 best-performing companies in Southeast Asia in the first five months of this year, according to Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli. He said economic monitors have listed 15 companies’ stocks that recorded the most significant gains in Southeast …