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Malaysia must decide when AI helps learning and when it replaces it

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 4 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's decision to impose a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI from preschool through Grade 8 deserves Malaysia's attention. The... Read More


TikTok removes viral AI images of Singaporeans missing in Nepal floods

SINGAPORE, Sept. 4 -- A TikTok post using AI-generated images of Singaporeans missing in the Nepal floods was viewed more than 150,000 times before being removed. The post, uploaded on August 31, fea... Read More


Malaysia as a Brics partner: Grow with all, with a focus on Asean first - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 4 -- Malaysia's partnership with Brics should be understood through a simple principle: grow with all, align blindly with none. Invariably, focus on Asean first. Malaysia official... Read More


Court rules DNAA not applicable in Maju Holdings director, wife's CBT, money laundering case

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 4 -- The Sessions Court here has rejected an application for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in the criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering case involv... Read More


When Nvidia makes a move, Malaysia and Asean should pay attention, especially SMEs - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 4 -- Nvidia's decision to acquire Hugging Face for approximately US$12.9 billion should command attention far beyond Silicon Valley. For Malaysia and Asean, this is not merely ano... Read More


BN backs unity govt despite push for earlier GE16, says Zambry

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 4 -- Barisan Nasional remains committed to the unity government and the country's political stability despite calls within the coalition for the 16th General Election (GE16) to be ... Read More


Malaysian man jailed six years in Australia for keeping Indonesian woman as slave

MELBOURNE, Sept. 4 -- A Malaysian man has been sentenced to six years in prison in Australia after being convicted of enslaving and assaulting an Indonesian woman. Free Malaysia Today, citing ABC New... Read More


Lorry driver remanded three days over crash that killed 12-year-old boy in Gurun

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 4 -- Police have detained a 40-year-old lorry driver over a crash involving a motorcycle on Jalan Gurun-Jeniang yesterday that killed a 12-year-old boy. The victim, Muhammad Ilham... Read More


DOE detects STP blower valve fault at manufacturing factory amid Sitiawan river pollution probe

IPOH, Sept. 3 -- The Department of Environment (DOE) has collected industrial effluent samples from a manufacturing factory as part of its investigation into alleged river pollution after fish and cra... Read More


DOE samples factory discharge after dead fish and crabs found in Sungai Sitiawan

IPOH, Sept. 3 -- The Department of Environment (DOE) has collected industrial effluent samples from a manufacturing factory as part of its investigation into alleged river pollution after fish and cra... Read More