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Singtel-owned Optus taps TPG Telecom for local network sharing agreement

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WitnessAI is building guardrails for generative AI models

LVMH Expands Partnership With Alibaba Group to Deploy AI in China

Google's AI search overhaul raises 'more questions than answers' for its dominant ad business

Australia takes Singtel-owned Optus to court over 2022 cyber attack

Google tweaks the business of clicks

Amazon, AI startup Hugging Face pair to use Amazon chips

Influencer’s two-year-old son drowns in hotel pool while parents napped

1 dead, 71 injured as Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence

Israel releases film of women soldiers being taken by Hamas on Oct. 7

Joey Wong reveals she is single again after six years of romance

Wife expresses her regret for making husband shave his beard after seeing the results

Singapore Airlines plane made 'dramatic drop', people flung upwards, say passengers

China’s next shock is coming – and Britain and Europe are sitting ducks

King Charles Is Allegedly "Angrier" Than Ever Over Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Nigeria Trip

Six Brits on Singapore Airlines flight still fighting for their lives as survivors describe ‘sheer terror’

‘I don’t want to scare you’: Distressing text sent by Singapore Airlines passenger to terrified mother

Serial killer who bragged about slaying dozens of women brutally attacked in prison

Manchester United and Bayern Munich on high alert as Mauricio Pochettino leaves Chelsea

The world's top chipmakers can flip a 'kill switch' should China invade Taiwan, Bloomberg reports

Vera Wang, 74, Shares Why She 'Can't' Bring Herself to Go Gray Yet: 'Would Look Like a Bad Skunk'