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Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash in France
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (185+ words) Guillemot worked largely behind the scenes at the video game giant that published titles like the Assassin's Creed franchise Claude Guillemot, who "co-founded French video-game "publisher Ubisoft with "his brothers in 1986, has died, the company said on Saturday. "Ubisoft was…...
AI dolls care for the elderly amid loneliness epidemic in ageing South Korea
20+ hour, 21+ min ago (93+ words) South China Morning Post South Korea recorded a record number of "lonely deaths" in 2024 involving people who died alone and remained undiscovered for extended periods. Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to…...
French girl whose killing sparked outrage was raped, autopsy shows
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (176+ words) The 11-year-old, identified as Lyhanna, went missing on May 29 and her body was found in an abandoned silo almost a week later An autopsy has shown that an 11-year-old girl who went missing in France was raped before she died,…...
Our ancient enemy: scientists discover oldest-known plague outbreak
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (225+ words) Ancient DNA from Siberian burials reveals prehistoric outbreaks struck hunter-gatherers long before the Black Death Scientists have found the oldest known evidence of the plague, which sparked deadly outbreaks dating back about 5, 500 years ago " some 200 years earlier than previously thought....
Hong Kong graduates prefer careers in finance, survey finds
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (199+ words) Survey by CFA Institute reveals 90 per cent believe they have the skills to succeed and know what employers are looking for The New York-based institute's "2026 Graduate Outlook Survey, released on Wednesday, found that 71 per cent of Hong Kong graduates rated…...
Space computing: what is it, why move computing into orbit and where does China stand?
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (55+ words) South China Morning Post Space computing: what is it, why move computing into orbit and where does China stand? Driven by AI's massive power demands and satellite bandwidth limits, tech giants and superpowers are moving data centres into orbit....
Data leak fears after ransomware attack hits Hong Kong's Kee Wah Bakery
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (213+ words) Privacy watchdog seeks details to assess risks as the company alerts staff, customers and suppliers A major bakery chain has been hit by a ransomware attack on its internal network, prompting Hong Kong's privacy watchdog to seek details to assess…...
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says society needs "new social norms' in the age of AI
4+ day, 13+ min ago (173+ words) He compared such changes to how children had to stop playing in the streets after cars were invented Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang " whose work helped enable artificial intelligence " stressed in an interview on Tuesday that society has no choice but…...
Review | Dog Day Evening: Kafkaesque comedy reflects on a Hong Kong hostage incident
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (358+ words) Dog Day Evening movie review: Kafkaesque comedy reflects on a Hong Kong hostage incident South China Morning Post Marking the feature directing debut of Mak Tin-shu, best known as the Hong Kong Film Award-winning screenwriter behind crime thrillers Trivisa and…...
Humanoids walk runway at AI fashion show in Seoul
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (113+ words) First published in 1903, South China Morning Post is Hong Kong's premier English language newspaper and has the city's most affluent and influential readership. With a reputation for authoritative, influential and independent reporting on Hong Kong and China. The newspaper is…...