8 in 10 firms in S-E Asia, Greater China positive about business environment: UOB survey THE vast majority – almost 80 per cent – of companies in South-east Asia and Greater China are positive about the current business environment, with a quarter of them expecting their business ... 04/23/2024 - 12:10 am | View Link
US companies in China worry about Beijing-Washington tensions, new survey finds A report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China said that despite the insistence of Chinese leaders that Beijing welcomes foreign businesses, many still are hindered from free competition ... 04/22/2024 - 11:23 pm | View Link
Hong Kong’s small businesses more confident of growth than their mainland China, Singapore peers, survey shows Some 69 per cent of the city's SMEs anticipate growth in 2024, more than at any time in the last five years, the CPA Australia survey shows Digital payments have seen a massive increase among Hong ... 04/22/2024 - 7:30 pm | View Link
China’s king-of-the-hill status shaky as offshore exploration diversifies rare earth supply chain With more countries searching for – and finding – stores of rare earth minerals, China’s former near-monopolist role in the trade of the metals is gradually being eroded. 04/21/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
China offers rare admission to international media to its submarine academy The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) naval submarine academy allowed a group made up of members from international media companies to visit on Sunday. (AP video: Wayne Zhang, Production: Wayne ... 04/20/2024 - 11:29 pm | View Link
Our long national nightmare is over: iPads may be finally launching in two weeks. In an invite image sent to press on Tuesday, Apple confirmed it will hold a livestreamed product announcement event on May 7 at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET. The event, titled "Let Loose," is advertised with an image of a hand holding an Apple Pencil, all but confirming that this will center around iPads.
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Yeah, this is for iPads, alright.
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May 7 Apple event: What we're expectingOf course, that's not terribly surprising.
As Mashable's Amanda Yeo wrote of Netflix sci-fi thriller Atlas: "If AI wrote propaganda, this is probably what it would look like."Keep that in the back of your mind as you watch the second trailer for the film, with Jennifer Lopez out front as the titular Atlas Shepherd. A data analyst and agent with a grudge against AI, Atlas finds herself on a mission to retrieve a rogue robot (Simu Liu), one she's met before.
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If you tried to use X this morning (April 23) and saw something wonky, you're not alone. The social media platform formerly known as Twitter was acting up all morning. For some users, it showed reposts as the manual RTs of yore. Other users couldn't update their home screen or trending topics but could see updates in specific people's profiles.
Mercedes-Benz is bringing Level 3 autonomous vehicles to the U. S. — the first automaker to do so. While Tesla calls its driver assistance system "Full Self-Driving," with CEO Elon Musk promising, and then failing to deliver, Level 4 or Level 5 autonomy, it is actually Mercedes-Benz that officially achieved the feat of getting a Level 3 car on a U.
Sonos has heard you, its users, and it made its mobile app better. That, at least, is the company's promise as it unveiled its new mobile app, as well as an all-new web app, on Tuesday. The upcoming app refresh does away with tabs on the bottom of the screen, instead providing access to Sonos system controls, your music library, recently played items, and the search bar, all on the Home screen.
No more tabs.
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I haven't been able to try the new app myself yet, but I've seen demos and it does look a bit easier and faster to use.