TikTok shuts down ‘covert influence networks’ targeting Philippines midterm elections
TikTok said it had shut down three “covert influence networks” and removed more than one million fake or spam accounts targeting users in the Philippines…
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How China’s military might use anti-AI tactics on the battlefields of the future
China’s armed forces must find ways to undermine the data and computing capacity of its adversaries as AI gains an ever-greater foothold in combat planning…
China’s ‘AI tigers’ Zhipu, Moonshot accused of collecting excessive data with chatbot apps
Some of China’s most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot apps, made by leading developers including Zhipu AI and Moonshot AI, had been collecting excessive user…
Hong Kong watchdog flags new scam involving complaints from ‘neighbours’
Water leakage and noise complaints from “neighbours” are being used in a new type of scam for acquiring personal information and money, Hong Kong’s privacy…
Crypto giant Coinbase warns of US$400 million hit from cyberattack, refuses to pay ransom
Coinbase forecast a hit of US$180 million to US$400 million from a cyberattack that breached account data of a “small subset” of its customers, the…
Philippine midterms: did pro-Duterte candidates benefit from ‘China-funded’ troll farms?
A formal complaint has accused candidates backed by former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte of gaining an unfair advantage in Monday’s midterm elections through “China-funded” digital…
DeepSeek’s AI in hospitals is ‘too fast, too soon’, Chinese medical researchers warn
A team of researchers in China has questioned hospitals’ rapid adoption of DeepSeek, warning that it creates clinical safety and privacy risks, raising red flags…
Malaysia urged to curb power theft by cryptocurrency miners with tougher laws
More than US$100 million in losses incurred by Malaysia over the past five years due to power theft by illegal cryptocurrency mining operations may point…
As EU scrutinises US trade deal with Britain, China is the ‘elephant in the room’
European officials are studying a trade deal announced between the United States and Britain on Thursday for signs of how US President Donald Trump may…
Indian woman’s ‘extremely creepy’ online job hunt sparks concern about cyber harassment
The “extremely creepy” experience of a female online job applicant in India has underscored growing cases of cyber harassment on the labour market despite strong…
China’s Unitree fixes security flaw that gives hackers remote control of robot dogs
Unitree Robotics, one of China’s leading robot manufacturers, said it shut down a third-party remote control service that had exposed its Go1 robot dog to…
New CIA videos seek to lure Chinese officials to leak secrets to US
The CIA on Thursday rolled out two Chinese-language videos aimed at enticing officials in China to leak secrets to the US, the latest public effort…