Over 500k Ohio Lottery lovers notified of data theft

theregister.com More than half a million gamblers with a penchant for powerballs will be receiving some fairly unwelcome news very soon, if not already, as cybercriminals have made off with…

China extends visa-free travel rules for 11 countries

thestreet.com Due to a history of strained geopolitical relations with the Western world, China has long been a challenging destination for Americans, Canadians, Australians and Brits to…

Premier League Targets SportsHub, GiveMeRedditStream & FreeStreamsLive * TorrentFreak

torrentfreak.com The Premier League has obtained a new blocking order in the UK, targeting three pirate sites receiving over 20 million visits per month. One of the targets is SportsHub, a…

Kelly Marie Tran, Andie Ju & Brandon Soo Hoo To Star In Jing Ai Ng’s Indie ‘Forge’

deadline.com and Brandon Soo Hoo (The Tiger’s Apprentice) have entered production in Miami this week on Forge, an indie marking the feature directorial debut of Malaysian-born filmmaker…

Malaysia's 'orangutan diplomacy' pitches apes for palm oil, their greatest threat

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from New York Academy of Sciences, Food Navigator, and The Conversation The News The Malaysian government will entice countries to keep…

From chips to cloud, tech titans splash cash across APAC

theregister.com Tech giants including Intel and AWS joined Microsoft and others this week in announcing investments in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region to build out infrastructure - cloud…

Amazon MGM Studios Lands Elizabeth Rose Quinn Unpublished Novel ‘Follow Me;’ ‘Crazy Rich Asian’s Adele Lim To Write/Direct Pic That Launches Lim & Naia…

deadline.com Amazon MGM Studios has optioned the film rights to Elizabeth Rose Quinn’s unpublished novel Follow Me, with Adele Lim in negotiations to write and direct. Megha Parekh at…

Guyana’s cabinet clears oil block bid by QatarEnergy, TotalEnergies, Petronas, minister says

theglobeandmail.com Guyana’s cabinet has approved a bid for an offshore oil block by a consortium including QatarEnergy, TotalEnergies and Malaysian state-owned Petronas, a minister from the…

Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival Announces 2024 Return Following Last Year’s The 1975 LGBTQ Controversy

billboard.com A year after pulling the plug on their festival early after The 1975 singer Matty Healy slammed Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ laws as “f–king ridiculous” before sharing a long kiss…

Worldcoin Hopes to Resolve ‘Differences’ with Argentinian Authorities

cryptonews.com Worldcoin officials want to smooth out their “differences” with Argentina regulators, with Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania visiting President Javier Milei’s advisors this…

Nikkei Leads Asian Stocks Higher, But Hang Seng Dips; FX Down

asiafinancial.com Most Asian stock markets extended gains on Tuesday on the back of renewed bets for US rate cuts after last week’s cooler-than-expected jobs data. South Korean shares jumped…

Malaysian government defends presence of companies that supply weapons to Israel at defense show

abcnews.go.com Malaysia will not interfere in business relations between arms manufacturers and other countries, its defense minister said after protesters demanded that the government…

Kamala Harris mocked for 3-word response, ignoring Hamas ceasefire question

newsweek.com Vice President Kamala Harris is facing mockery on social media after ignoring a question about Hamas announcing that it has accepted terms for a ceasefire with Israel. Hamas…

Crypto Poker Players Got Robbed Millions Worth of Assets in Singapore

coingape.com Eleven people were robbed in Singapore of multiple items including cryptocurrencies and fiat. A new report from local sources shows that the suspect broke into a house in…

Cambodia's Supreme Court upholds the 2-year prison sentence of a casino strike leader

apnews.com PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the…

Analysis: Microsoft’s $2.2 Billion AI Bet May Boost Malaysia’s Tech Industry

pymnts.com Microsoft will inject $2.2 billion into Malaysia’s burgeoning cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure over the next four years, CEO Satya Nadella announced on…

Microsoft continues multibillion-dollar cloud and AI sprinkle in Malaysia

theregister.com Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced a $2.2 billion investment to advancecloud and AI infrastructure in Malaysia. The latest gift from Satya's sack comes days after the…

Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia

apnews.com KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Microsoft is investing $2.2 billion over the next four years in Malaysia’s new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure as well as…

Microsoft to invest $2.2bn for AI and cloud growth in Malaysia

siliconrepublic.com Earlier this week, Microsoft revealed plans to invest $1.7bn into Indonesia over the next four years as it aims to establish its AI dominance in Southeast Asia. Microsoft is…

Microsoft announces $2.2bn AI, cloud investment in Malaysia

aljazeera.com Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says firm will provide education and training to 200,000 people. Microsoft will invest $2.2bn in artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure…

Malaysia and Japan test recycling dead palm trees into biofuel

asia.nikkei.com KUALA LUMPUR -- Japanese and Malaysian researchers are testing a process to turn felled palm trees into biomass that serves as a renewable source of energy. The trunks of…

A millennial living with his parents decided it was time to leave the nest, so he bought and fixed up a crumbling $192,000 house in Malaysia

businessinsider.com Kenneth Tan spent six months transforming an old terrace house in Malaysia. Kenneth Tan Kenneth Tan bought a three-bedroom house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for 920,000…

U.S. Dollar Batters 22 Asian Currencies in a Row

watcher.guru The DXY index, which measures the performance of the U.S. dollar shows the currency hovering around the 106 price range. The USD had dipped to dangerous lows in January this…

Malaysia’s ‘The Passport’ Gets Stamp of Approval From the Philippines’ Epicmedia

variety.com Prolific Philippines-based Epicmedia Productions has come on board “The Passport,” a Malaysian coming of age story about a Tamil family and their punk rock daughter.…

Telegram Becoming ‘Crypto-powered Narcotics Department Store’ for South Koreans

cryptonews.com Crypto-powered narcotics gangs have turned Korean-language Telegram channels into “drugs department stores” and a “playground” for young South Koreans, media outlets…

Japan’s space junk cleaner closes in on its target

theregister.com Asia In Brief Japan's effort to start a business disposing of space junk is off to a promising start, after the ADRAS-J satellite spotted its first target and sent back…

Grab’s COO thinks there’s ‘tremendous upside’ in fast-growing Southeast Asia after the startup recently reported its first-ever profitable quarter

aol.com Grab, the ride-hailing and food-delivery startup that operates in most of Southeast Asia, hit an important milestone for any tech firm: Its first-ever profitable quarter, at…

Grab's COO thinks there's 'tremendous upside' in fast-growing Southeast Asia after the startup recently reported its first-ever profitable quarter

fortune.com Grab, the ride-hailing and food-delivery startup that operates in most of Southeast Asia, hit an important milestone for any tech firm: Its first-ever profitable quarter, at…

Why Iran and Russia can dodge Western sanctions – DW

dw.com Iran has been living with Western sanctions for almost 40 years, and never have so many sanctions been imposed so quickly as against Russia. Although their effect is…