Monthly Archives: August 2025

Fortnite developer claims win against Apple and Google

[ad_1] Apple and Google kicked Fortnite off their respective app platforms in 2020, after the game designed an in-app payments system that cut the tech giants out of the loop. Photo: SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP/FileSource: AFP An Australian court has found Apple and Google …

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Soft US inflation boosts Asia markets

[ad_1] Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on Wednesday. Photo: Kazuhiro NOGI / AFPSource: AFP Japan’s Nikkei hit a second record high in as many days Wednesday, as hopes of US interest rate cuts following soft inflation data cheered equity investors across Asia. The …

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Chatbot Grok stirs confusion over suspension after Gaza claims

[ad_1] Online users are increasingly utilizing AI-powered chatbots in search of reliable information despite rampant misinformation. Photo: Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFPSource: AFP AI chatbot Grok on Tuesday offered conflicting explanations for its brief suspension from X after accusing Israel and the United States of committing “genocide” in Gaza, as it …

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ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated

[ad_1] When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, the company said the model would simplify the ChatGPT experience. OpenAI hoped GPT-5 would act as a sort of “one size fits all” AI model with a router that would automatically decide how to best answer user questions. The company said this unified …

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German gas drive fuels fears of climate backsliding

[ad_1] The German government wants to build more gas power plants. Photo: Ina FASSBENDER / AFPSource: AFP Germany’s conservative-led government has launched a drive to rapidly build more gas-fired power plants, fuelling fears about climate policy backsliding and sparking unease even within its own ranks. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition has …

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