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Great news, folks! Touch 'n Go (TnG) eWallet just expanded its reach, and this time, it's making life a little easier for refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia. Yep, thanks to a partnership between TNG Digital and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), thousands of displaced individuals now have access to the convenience of cashless transactions.
Starting April 1, Baidu's AI chatbot, Ernie Bot, will be available to everyone for free—and no, this isn't an April Fool's joke.
The Chinese search engine giant made the announcement on WeChat, stating that improved technology and lower costs made it possible to offer Ernie Bot at no charge across both desktop and mobile platforms.
In a rare moment of tech giants playing nice, Alphabet Inc., OpenAI, Roblox Corp., and Discord have teamed up to launch ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools)—an initiative designed to make the internet a safer place for kids. And they're putting their money where their mouth is, raising over US$27 million (RM120.71 million) to develop free, open-source safety tools.
Breaking news, tech nerds and gadget lovers! Google has officially set the date for this year's Google I/O event, and it's happening on March 20-21 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. As always, the event will be streamed online, so you can enjoy all the juicy tech reveals from the comfort of your couch (or office desk—just pretend you're on a very important call).
So, you're telling me that China's DeepSeek built an advanced AI model for just US$6 million (RM26.8 million)? That's like saying you built a spaceship on a bicycle budget. Naturally, Google DeepMind's CEO, Demis Hassabis, isn't buying it. According to Hassabis, DeepSeek's cost claims are "exaggerated and a little bit misleading." (Translation: "Nice try, but AI doesn't run on pocket change.") Speaking to Bloomberg TV, he explained that DeepSeek "seems to have only reported the cost of the final training round, which is a fraction of the total cost."
