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EU launches antitrust probe into Google’s use of online content for AI purposes
It wants to know whether Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators[BRUSSELS] The European Commission has opened an antitrust probe to...
India aviation regulator asks IndiGo to cut 5% of winter flights
The government has launched an investigation into how the airline ended up in its predicament[NEW DELHI] India’s aviation regulator ordered IndiGo to cut flights by 5 per cent on...
India’s biggest airline IndiGo says operations ‘back to normal’
[NEW DELHI] India’s biggest airline IndiGo said on Tuesday (Dec 9) its operations had stabilised after it cancelled thousands of flights, triggering days of airport chaos – sparked by...
South Korea police raid e-commerce giant Coupang over data leak
Personal information of 33.7 million customers had been leaked – almost two-thirds of the population[SEOUL] South Korean police raided the Seoul headquarters of e-commerce giant Coupang on Tuesday (Dec...
BHP strikes US$2 billion funding deal with GIP for iron ore power network
The two firms will form an entity in which BHP will hold a 51% stake and GIP the remaining 49% stake[MELBOURNE] BHP Group said on Tuesday (Dec 8) that...
Singapore-focused investors look to tech sector for growth: poll
Power and utilities ranks as second sector to draw most investments, followed by asset and wealth management[SINGAPORE] Even as the tech sector takes a beating across the world, Singapore-focused...
Google says first AI glasses with Gemini will arrive in 2026
Samsung Electronics, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster are among its early hardware partners[NEW YORK] Alphabet’s Google said that it’s working to create two different categories of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered...
Most markets track Wall St losses amid jitters about Fed rate trajectory
Bets on a third successive cut have surged on the back of data pointing to a weakening jobs market[HONG KONG] Most stocks fell in Asia on Tuesday (Dec 9)...
Crypto exchange HashKey seeks up to US$215 million from Hong Kong IPO
[HONG KONG] HashKey Holdings, operator of Hong Kong’s largest licensed crypto exchange, is seeking to raise as much as HK$1.67 billion (S$279 million) through an initial public offering (IPO).The...
How Ted Sarandos became the ultimate Hollywood gate-crasher
Hollywood moguls once dismissed the outsize ambitions of Netflix’s executives. “Is the Albanian army going to take over the world?” former Time Warner Chairman Jeff Bewkes asked a reporter...
