Alibaba revamps staff incentives to better reward high-performing staff and bolster morale, people say
The changes are said to be aimed at improving the ‘certainty and liquidity’ of employee income. The main change is…
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Hong Kong research centre under China Academy of Sciences launches AI tool to assist in complex brain surgery procedures
The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics expects its new AI model to help neurosurgeons provide ‘more efficient clinical diagnosis’.…
TikTok dragged into US election as Trump opposes ban
Years of on-and-off attempts of banning the Chinese owned app have resurged in the United States with the introduction of…
These shoppers have a ‘love/hate relationship’ with Amazon but can’t stop spending – as much as RM9,000 a month
For many of the 180 million Amazon Prime subscribers across the US, the service’s benefits outweigh the costs, which can…
Opinion: How layoff culture is destroying tech companies
Layoffs aren’t the issue. How leaders are choosing to conduct layoffs is the issue.
AI tools still permitting political disinfo creation, NGO warns
Tests on generative AI tools found some continue to allow the creation of deceptive images related to political candidates and…
The New York Times is taking legal action against developers of Wordle clones
While the popularity of Wordle at the tail end of 2021 gave birth to countless clones of the word guessing…
Bank noticed customer’s activity, led cops to man who was scamming her, US police say
Middlesex County police are crediting a bank for leading investigators to a Maryland man now accused of scamming an elderly…
Researchers demonstrate how AI may be vulnerable to viruses
Security researchers at Cornell University in the US have demonstrated the effectiveness – and therefore the potential danger – of…