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Data centres are projected to use nearly 31% of Malaysia’s available energy capacity by 2035[SINGAPORE] Malaysia’s explosive data centre expansion is shifting into a deliberate reset mode as the market transitions from unbridled growth to a structured model favouring more sustainable builds.This comes as the sector faces stricter regulatory guardrails, looming utility bottlenecks and a US$20 billion funding gap, said S&P Global Ratings in a report on Sunday (Jul 19).This follows a Jul 13 JPMorgan report which highlighted that while Malaysia’s pipeline outpaces regional peers, Singapore will retain its premium status.The recent tightening of infrastructure allocations in Malaysia underscores the…
The idea has been irresistible for decades: a car that fills its own tank while it sits in the sun. Every few years a startup promises to deliver it, a concept car makes headlines, and the dream of never plugging in edges a little closer. Then reality intervenes. Lightyear, the Dutch company behind a sleek solar-assisted EV, halted production of its first model and filed for bankruptcy protection before pivoting to selling its solar technology to other manufacturers. Germany’s Sono Motors cancelled its solar-bodied Sion hatchback and now retrofits panels onto buses and trailers instead. American hopeful Aptera has spent…
The World Baseball Classic Final had it all. A pitcher’s duel. A game-tying home run. A clutch response. It all made for a historic night on FOX, with Tuesday night’s game drawing over 10.78 million viewers, making it the most-watched WBC telecast on any network in the history of the tournament.The viewership for Tuesday’s final broke the previous record, which was set during Sunday’s semifinal game between team USA and the Dominican Republic.Venezuela beat team USA 3-2, scoring the decisive run in the top of the ninth inning when Eugenio Suarez’s double scored Javier Sanoja. Viewership peaked in those final innings, reaching…
MADISON, Wis. — Billionaire Elon Musk likely broke Wisconsin law when he promised to hand out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan panel has found.The Wisconsin Elections Commission last week referred two complaints to the Brown County district attorney’s office, which can choose to bring criminal charges over violating the state law against election bribery. Prosecutors have 40 days to report back to the commission. Musk, the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, was deeply involved in the effort to flip majority control of the highest court in battleground Wisconsin.The tech…
Published Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 06:37 AM — Updated Mon, Jul 20, 2026 · 02:47 PM[SINGAPORE] Oil prices jumped about 3 per cent on Monday (Jul 20), with Brent oil prices surpassing US$90 per barrel, as escalating US-Iran hostilities in the Middle East restricted oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.Brent crude futures climbed US$2.77, or 3.14 per cent, to US$90.87 by 0612 GMT, touching their highest level since June 11 and extending gains after rising 15.9 per cent in the week ended Jul 19. The weekly increase was the biggest since April.US West Texas Intermediate crude was at…
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Rob Gronkowski has officially retired as a member of the New England Patriots. But if it were up to owner Robert Kraft, the all-time great tight end would be a member of the Patriots for one more game.Kraft asked Gronkowski if he would like to turn the one-day contract he signed with the Patriots on Wednesday into a two-day deal so he could suit up for the team’s game against the New York Jets on Thursday night. Gronkowski was willing to play ball, but only under one condition. “Sure, what’s the signing bonus?” Gronkowski asked Kraft. “Nothing’s changed,” Kraft said with a…
Rep. Andy Biggs, a close Trump ally who was endorsed by the president, has won the GOP nomination to take on Arizona’s Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, the Associated Press projected. Biggs defeated a field of competitors, including Rep. David Schweikert, who is exiting Congress.Biggs, who has represented Arizona’s 5th District for five terms, is one of the top backers of President Trump’s unproven election fraud claims. Biggs was subpoenaed by the now-defunct Jan. 6 select committee for his alleged involvement in Mr. Trump’s scheme, and his name appeared frequently in the final report. The governor’s race is expected to be a tight…
Working with the Riau Islands and mainland in Sumatra could be a vital test bed for cooperationLINKS with the islands south of Singapore are longstanding and ongoing. From the early 1990s, efforts were made to connect Singapore, Johor and Riau in what was dubbed the Sijori growth triangle. But after an initial lift, progress largely plateaued.In contrast, the first Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park began only in 1996, and there are now 26, with more planned. Consider, too, the progress in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone. While not without concerns, as my last column discussed, this should be boosted by a comprehensive…
They escaped an isolated environment for testing and infiltrated Hugging Face without human input. jamesonwu1972/Shutterstock Picture this: A couple of powerful AI models being tested by their company escaped a controlled environment, got on the internet and then hacked a machine learning repository on their own, without human input. Sounds like the plot of a Terminator movie, doesn’t it? Except it just happened for real. A few days after open source AI platform Hugging Face revealed that it detected unauthorized access on its systems by an AI agent, OpenAI has admitted that its models were the culprit. …