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published 2026-08-26T12:13:20Z · first seen 2026-08-26T12:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
Read more: https://sc.mp/cc3d3c A landslide at the China-Nepal border has hit a key checkpoint with Tibet, resulting in “major casualties”, according to state media and footage shared online. The landslide began in Nepal’s Rasuwa region on Wednesday and struck Tibet’s bordering southwestern county Gyirong, according to Xinhua.
published 2026-08-26T12:01:09Z · first seen 2026-08-26T12:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
After two years of a cautious thaw, China and India are heading towards a pivotal test: can the relationship move beyond managed optics to meaningful engagement? President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to cross paths next week at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Sources expect a short, tightly managed encounter on the sidelines of the August 31-September 1 summit that would set the stage for the main event – in...
published 2026-08-26T12:00:06Z · first seen 2026-08-26T12:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
While new sanctions from the United States threaten to choke Tehran’s oil exports, analysts say the measures might not do much to stop China, Iran’s largest buyer, from continuing to buy Iranian crude, though the naval blockade has limited its flow. Washington has targeted shipping, alongside four other sectors, under its “economic D-Day” campaign against Iran, aiming to disrupt the Middle Eastern country’s crude revenue. Most of exported Iranian oil flows to independent Chinese refiners located...
published 2026-08-26T12:00:01Z · first seen 2026-08-26T12:15:13Z · IEEE Spectrum
Prompt Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or any other popular large language model (LLM) with a question like “What is the best film ever made?” and the response will vary, and you (and most worryingly, the people who built the LLM) have little idea exactly how it came up with that specific answer. This mysterious behavior can be useful in some situations. But—as a recent incident where OpenAI could not explain why its advanced pre-release model hacked AI company Hugging Face highlighted—it can have negative and alarming consequences too. And when frontier AI models are writing code, generating result…
published 2026-08-26T11:30:19Z · first seen 2026-08-26T12:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
Hundreds of people – many of them foreign tourists – were missing on Wednesday night, hours after a massive landslide engulfed a border area between China and Nepal. Chinese state media reported that the disaster struck Nepal at around 9am, spilling over into Gyirong county in the Tibet autonomous region, causing “major casualties and missing persons” at a border checkpoint in the county, which is administered by the city of Shigatse. Footage circulating online showed the landslide descending on...
published 2026-08-26T11:07:40Z · first seen 2026-08-26T12:15:13Z · The Verge
Bill Gates has been reflecting a lot on AI lately, and the process has triggered a stark awakening. Once a staunch AI optimist, the Microsoft cofounder is now deeply pessimistic about what AI means for our collective future. Having been conspicuously quiet on AI issues recently, Gates is back with a nearly 6,000-word essay seeking […]
published 2026-08-26T11:00:11Z · first seen 2026-08-26T11:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
Beijing has vowed to develop emerging industries such as 6G and robotics into new drivers of economic growth by the end of the decade, while pledging renewed efforts to curb cutthroat competition in the domestic automotive industry. Vice-minister of Industry and Information Technology Xin Guobin outlined plans through 2030 to develop a range of hi-tech industries as new pillars of the economy and sources of future growth, from next-generation 6G communications and quantum technology to...
published 2026-08-26T11:00:11Z · first seen 2026-08-26T11:45:21Z · The Guardian
In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to optimize content so that AI chatbots will cite it. The site gives Israel’s position on subjects including the torture of Palestinian prisoners , Israeli war crimes and whether Israel has deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza, all presented as neutral rese…
published 2026-08-26T11:00:08Z · first seen 2026-08-26T11:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
For years, South Asian students – particularly from India – treated an overseas undergraduate degree as the default springboard to an international career. That assumption is now changing. Students across the region are still drawn to prestigious Western institutions, but tightening visa restrictions, rising costs and uncertain post-graduation job markets in countries like the United States are prompting families to rethink their options. Experts say more are choosing to complete their first...
published 2026-08-26T11:00:00Z · first seen 2026-08-26T12:15:13Z · WIRED
Pet owners, rescue agencies, and wildlife groups are calling for new safeguards as AI makes it harder to tell whether animals, from polar bears to house cats, are real or fake.
published 2026-08-26T10:52:43Z · first seen 2026-08-26T11:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
Chinese artificial intelligence firm MiniMax on Wednesday posted a 283 per cent surge in first-half revenue to US$116.6 million, powered by a 700 per cent jump in its enterprise business, though top-line growth remains off pace to hit full-year analyst forecasts. Revenue for the six months ended June 30 accounted for roughly 32 per cent of the US$363.77 million expected by analysts for the full year 2026, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The company reported full-year revenue of...
published 2026-08-26T10:39:48Z · first seen 2026-08-26T11:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
Hong Kong health authorities have confirmed that no child showed signs of poisoning after drinking a batch of infant formula found to contain excessive levels of lead. The Department of Health gave an update on Wednesday, a month after Macau authorities alerted the public that a batch of Frisolac Prestige Stage 1 infant formula, manufactured by the Dutch company Royal FrieslandCampina, might contain lead levels exceeding permissible limits. The department said its dedicated hotline and the...
published 2026-08-26T10:35:35Z · first seen 2026-08-26T11:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
Few have spent as much time in the waters surrounding Singapore’s southwestern islands as fisherman Hamzah Mohamad, 71. The former resident of Pulau Sudong has been fishing, primarily by setting up bubu – wire fish traps in Malay – in the rocky coral reefs surrounding Sudong, Bukom and Semakau for more than half a century. He knows the underwater reefs by heart, what the wind changes mean for visibility and which fish species are in season. But the seascape he has long known may be set for...
published 2026-08-26T10:33:43Z · first seen 2026-08-26T11:45:21Z · The Guardian
In 6,000-word essay Microsoft co-founder also expresses concern governments not prepared for technology’s impact Business live – latest updates Bill Gates has called for “human reserved” jobs in certain sectors to prevent AI replacing them, and expressed concern that governments are not prepared for the impact the technology will have. In a 6,000 word essay titled The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make are critical , the billionaire Microsoft co-founder likened the need to spare roles from digital encroachment to how nature reserves operate to protect the environment. Continue read…
published 2026-08-26T10:21:33Z · first seen 2026-08-26T11:30:21Z · South China Morning Post
China has reminded its officials of their lifelong responsibility for serious environmental damage on their watch, tying green efforts more closely to performance assessments in the country’s push for higher-quality growth. The conditions and potential disciplinary action were outlined in revised rules released on Tuesday by the Communist Party and the State Council, China’s cabinet. Under the rules, officials will be held to account for serious environmental damage “regardless of whether they...
published 2026-08-26T10:00:12Z · first seen 2026-08-26T10:15:21Z · South China Morning Post
Facing a far larger Chinese military presence at sea, the Philippines is looking to drones not as a substitute for warships and aircraft but as a relatively low-cost way to make its forces harder to find, suppress and outmanoeuvre, analysts have said. The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has focused on expanding the military’s drone fleet as part of its external defence strategy. Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr told lawmakers on Tuesday that Manila also needed to secure...
published 2026-08-26T10:00:11Z · first seen 2026-08-26T10:15:21Z · South China Morning Post
A 90-year-old woman in Beijing is devoted to caring for her husband with Alzheimer’s disease, determined to safeguard not only his health but also his dignity. Wen Bo and her husband, who is two years older, first met as secondary school classmates. After several years of long-distance courtship, they married in 1960. Together, they raised two sons and embraced an active lifestyle for decades, engaging in activities like swimming and walking, as well as taking occasional trips throughout China...
published 2026-08-26T10:00:00Z · first seen 2026-08-26T10:15:21Z · Rest of World · 2 observed wordings
In this excerpt from the book “The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud,” writer Cecilia Rikap examines how Europe, India, Brazil, and China are taking on big tech companies.
published 2026-08-26T09:57:46Z · first seen 2026-08-26T10:15:21Z · South China Morning Post
People in China reacted with frustration and disbelief after American consulates around the world began cancelling immigrant visa interviews – the latest setback for applicants waiting to enter the United States legally. A post by an immigration agent on the Chinese social media platform RedNote claimed that the US consulate in Guangzhou had abruptly cancelled all immigrant visa interviews on Tuesday. According to the agent, who declined to be named because they were not authorised to speak to...
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