Microsoft’s AI language interpreter could be boon for cybercriminals A new AI language interpreter unveiled by Microsoft is sparking concern among cybersecurity experts. Straight Arrow News WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against 10 Chinese citizens who are accused of cyber-hacking to steal data from the Treasury Department and other organizations worldwide. The…
A young boy in China and his parents are under investigation after the child threw firecrackers into a sewer, igniting methane and causing an explosion that damaged several luxury cars. Eight vehicles, including a Porsche, a BMW and an Audi, were damaged in the explosion, with the total loss reaching 285,000 yuan (US$39,000), according to…
Crime-themed attractions such as Hong Kong’s ICAC Cafe and Japan’s Prison Museum, designed to promote legal culture, are drawing growing numbers of tourists. Official data shows that Hong Kong received over 290,000 visitors during New Year’s Eve and the first day of the new year, more than 77 per cent of them came from the…
A man in China whose 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million) lottery jackpot was falsely claimed by another person has won a lawsuit demanding the money back. However, the man, surnamed Yao, has still not received his winnings after a five-year battle to secure his rights. The case has attracted huge attention on mainland social media…
Hunter Biden has responded to his pardon in a new court filing. “Joseph R Biden Jr granted me a full and unconditional pardon for, inter alia, the offenses specified in the indictment in this case,” he wrote. “On December 1, I received and formally accepted the president’s grant of a pardon. I declare (or certify,…
Topline Google requested Wednesday that a federal judge throw out his ruling in an antitrust lawsuit won by Epic Games last year, according to Bloomberg, as the Alphabet subsidiary looks to avoid court orders demanding it to make significant changes to the Google Play Store’s payment system. The appeal was filed Wednesday. (Photo by Jakub…
Following a spate of mass killings in China, the country’s legal professionals are calling for better mental health and social resources while urging authorities to dig for the deeper reasons behind these attacks. On the evening of November 11, a car was driven into a crowd of people exercising at a sports centre in the…
A woman in China died after undergoing six cosmetic surgeries within 24 hours, sparking a lawsuit by her family against the clinic involved seeking 1.2 million yuan (US$168,000). On December 9, 2020, the woman, surnamed Liu, from a rural area in Guigang, Guangxi province, southern China, visited a clinic in Nanning, where she took out…
A man in China was told by his fiancée that he needed to burn the “marriage bed” of her and her ex-husband so that they could get married, but it turned out to be a scam. The man from northern China’s Tianjin municipality, surnamed Wang, met his girlfriend surnamed Li on an online dating platform….
As President Joe Biden gathers his personal affairs from the White House in preparation for his departure, he’ll also have to grapple with a huge elephant in the room: whether to pardon his son Hunter. Ahead of his exit, Biden will at some point meet with Donald Trump, the President-Elect – who appears, at least…