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AdvertisementMalaysiaThis Week in AsiaLifestyle & CultureiPhone spyware DarkSword hits Malaysia, exposing spread of sophisticated hacking toolsDarkSword can compromise vulnerable iPhones through hacked legitimate websites and siphon off highly sensitive data, researchers warn
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenUshar DanielePublished: 8:31pm, 24 Mar 2026Malaysian users are among victims targeted by a newly uncovered iPhone spyware operation that researchers say was used by multiple threat actors across countries, in a sign that sophisticated mobile-hacking tools are spreading through a murkier commercial and criminal ecosystem.The spyware, known as DarkSword, was observed targeting entities in Malaysia, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and was uncovered by investigators shortly after they exposed another exploit kit, Coruna, linked to the same infrastructure.
Researchers at iVerify, working with Google and Lookout, said DarkSword could compromise vulnerable iPhones through hacked legitimate website..

AdvertisementDonald TrumpOpinionWorld OpinionAlex LoAs I see itDonald Trump is the purest symbol of post-truth AmericaTrump doesn’t care what is true about the war in the Middle East or anything else so long as what he says serves his purpose for the moment
3-MIN READ3-MINAlex Loin TorontoPublished: 8:30pm, 24 Mar 2026Is bulls*** worse than lying? The late Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt thought so. I am not entirely convinced that it’s always true, but in the case of US President Donald Trump, it most certainly is. I am not denying Trump is a constant liar, but I think the essential characteristic that defines his personality and career as a politician is his BS rather than lies.As Frankfurt wrote in his essay On Bulls***, “One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bulls***.” And Trump is truly a man of his age.
I am led to thinking about this by a recent editorial in The New York Times. It accuses Trump of constantly lying, particularly about the ..

The digital landscape has erupted into a firestorm of controversy following the release of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) results. What began as a data release has spiralled into a heated national debate over immigration, medical standards, and the future of the American healthcare workforce.One widely shared post warned of a “Civil War” if immigrants weren't “stopped from coming” and “removed from US soil.” “Their average IQ’s are 76…..but they get trained, instead of Americans, to become doctors in the USA???” it said. “We didn’t ask them here…..we don’t want them here….get them out of our country! 3rd world trash have no right to steal the life & future from an American……END THIS NOW!!!” it added. “The Great Replacement in reality, again,” added another. Israel Iran WarUS-Israel-Iran War News Live Updates: Iran vows tit-for-tat strike after Trump's 48hr ultimatum, threatens to hit US-Israel energy facilityIf America strikes us, we should attack Indian cities..

AdvertisementChina societyOpinionChina OpinionEmma ZangOpinionWhy China’s AI automation push is a risky social experimentWithout reforms to improve wages, housing access and childcare, automation could entrench a low-fertility crisis and destabilise the social contract
3-MIN READ3-MINEmma ZangPublished: 8:30pm, 23 Mar 2026China is betting artificial intelligence will solve its labour shortage, as policymakers ramp up a nationwide push to deploy AI and robotics across the economy. But it may be worsening a different problem: the erosion of stable jobs for young workers.China’s push has accelerated investment in industrial automation, installing more than half of the world’s robots in 2024 alone and doubling down on AI-enabled production. The strategy is presented as a necessary response to the demographic decline. Yet it is also a risky experiment: automating at scale before reaching broad middle-class stability.Automation may keep factories running. Whether it can stabilise society is ..