YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults
YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on the popular video-sharing platform amid pressure to protect minors from sensitive content. The new safeguard is being rolled out in the United States as Google-owned YouTube and social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok are […]
World’s first humanoid robot games begin in China
The world’s first-ever humanoid robot games began Friday in Beijing, with over 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles and glimpses of real power as they compete in events from the 100-metre hurdles to kung fu. Hundreds of robotics teams from 16 countries are going for gold at the Chinese capital’s National Speed Skating Oval, built […]
Canada captures just 2% of global farm tech investment
Canadian farms are navigating a mixed reality. Farm cash receipts climbed to $25.6 billion in the first quarter of 2025, up 3.1% from last year. And while a country-wide ‘elbows up’ push to buy Canadian goods has proven successful, farmers continue facing tariff-related geopolitical uncertainties and worsening climate change, including increasingly intense wildfires. Behind the numbers, a […]
Deadly colistin-resistance genes ride on imported seafood
China and the United States — the world’s two largest economies — are engaged in a mounting tit-for-tat trade row that has sparked global recession fears and rattled markets – Copyright AFP STR Colistin (polymyxin E) is a last-resort antibiotic. It comes in two forms: colistimethate sodium can be injected into a vein, injected into […]
Google agrees to US$36m fine over Android search deals
Google has agreed to pay a Aus$55 million (US$36 million) penalty for striking “anti-competitive” deals to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two leading Australian telecoms firms. Australia’s competition authority said it had launched proceedings in the Federal Court and jointly submitted with Google Asia Pacific that it should […]
Top Entrepreneurs to Follow in 2025
In times of rapid change, one thing remains constant: it’s the leaders who innovate, adapt, and execute with relentless purpose who rise above. They don’t wait for the perfect moment: they create it. These are the entrepreneurs shaping the future in real time. 2025 isn’t about playing small. It’s about thinking bigger, moving faster, and […]
Apple to invest additional $100 bn in US
Apple will invest an additional $100 billion in the United States, taking its total pledge to $600 billion over the next four years, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday. Trump announced the increased commitment at the White House alongside the tech giant’s CEO Tim Cook, calling it “the largest investment Apple has made in America.” […]
China says trade jumped in July, beating forecasts
China’s exports beat expectations and rose 7.2 percent year-on-year in July, official data showed Thursday, as overseas shipments buoyed its struggling economy even as it navigated a shaky trade war truce with the United States. The two economic superpowers agreed in Stockholm last month to hold further talks on extending the tariff truce. That deal […]
US tariffs prompt Toyota profit warning
US tariffs prompted Japanese auto giant Toyota on Thursday to cut its annual net profit forecast by 14 percent. The world’s largest automaker by vehicle sales now expects a net profit of 2.66 trillion yen ($18.06 billion), down from 3.1 trillion yen previously forecasted. “Due to the impact of US tariffs and other factors, actual […]
Siemens warns US tariffs causing investment caution
Siemens warned on Thursday that US tariffs were prompting its customers in key sectors to slow investment decisions, even as the German industrial giant reported forecast-beating quarterly profits. The group booked net profits of 2.2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) from April to June, up five percent from a year earlier, as strong orders at its […]