Tom Kim shot a sparkling final-round six-under 64 on yesterday to win golf gold at the Asian Games — and avoid a long spell in the Republic of Korea Armed ForcesHe let out a roar of “Come on!” as he tapped in for par at the last in Nagoya and celebrated a three-stroke victory after a superb round co
The most bothersome aspect of the warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could wipe out humanity is that there are few details about how a rogue computer model could actually accomplish it. The top scenarios, and it is by no means an exhaustive list, involve nuclear missiles, biological weapons a
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has spread faster than any technology in modern history. Within three years of ChatGPT’s release, generative AI has been adopted by 53 percent of the world’s population — faster than the PC and the Internet — while organizational adoption hit 88 percent last year. Global
As the dust has yet to settle on the controversy over Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an’s (蔣萬安) supposed doctorate, the Legislative Yuan has chosen the perfect timing to amend Chiang’s educational credentials in his former legislator’s profile. The label of Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) that persist
The First Island Chain is one of the most powerful geopolitical features in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also an incomplete one. Drawn as a strategic line stretching from Japan through Taiwan toward the Philippines, it highlights military geography while largely overlooking the islands, ports and
Recently, reports of Line account hacking have surged. On Sept. 9, Line announced that customer service reports related to such incidents in August had nearly doubled, increasing by 97 percent from July. Among these scams, requests to “vote for my child” and “help my pet get more votes” have become
Harun Talha Ayanoglu, a visiting research fellow at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), usually writes about materiel and defense issues. In “What does resilience even mean?” published on this page on June 21 this year, he explored the concept of resilience from a wider
Sea levels in California are set to rise by as much as a foot (30cm) in the coming days as an enormous wave washes up the US West Coast.The huge surge of energy, known as a “coastal trapped wave” or a “Kelvin wave,” is part of El Nino, a months-long phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean that scientists sa
The distance in the march from the American Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence (AI) is a vast gulf. Now, leaders of the Smithsonian Institution are using AI to bridge the divide.As the US celebrates its 250th anniversary of independence, Smithsonian leaders are turning to AI to better
Saint Laurent sent out a river of gold, as giant chandeliers bathed a glossy black outdoor runway in golden light and the Eiffel Tower shimmered in the background.The extravagant show was attended by Catherine Deneuve, Kate Moss, Hailey Bieber and Rami Malek, while elsewhere at Paris Fashion Week Je
From left, Guatemalan Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance Joaquin Barnoya, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-Lung and Ambassador to Guatemala Vivia Chang unveil a model of the Central American country’s first public cancer hospital during a cerem
Crowds of spectators watch giant balloons make their way through the streets during the Keelung International Ocean Eagle Carnival yesterday. This year’s carnival parade was centered on the theme of “diversity and inclusion,” the Keelung City Goverment’s Culture and Tourism Bureau said, adding that
Candidates in the Nov. 28 nine-in-one local elections squared off in Kaohsiung, New Taipei City and Taichung yesterday as their campaigns began to pick up steam. At a campaign event in Kaohsiung, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) heavyweights including President William Lai (賴清德), Kaohsiung Mayor C
Taiwan and the UK have signed an agreement to pursue projects in satellite communications, silicon photonics and semiconductor talent development, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) said yesterday. The Taiwan-UK Science, Innovation and Technology Arrangement (SITA) was on Friday sign
A patrol vessel donated by the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) to the Philippines was commissioned into the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday, a Philippine non-governmental organization said. The CGA on Sept. 16 confirmed media reports that Taiwan had donated a retired 500-tonne patrol vessel
National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) has been designated by the Ministry of Education as southern Taiwan’s only national drone center as the government seeks to bolster domestic drone development and reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains.The university recently won two three-year projects incl
US-based AEVEX Aerospace on Friday showcased two drones developed in collaboration with Taiwanese drone maker Coretronic Intelligent Robotics (CIRC), and said it planned to expand operations in Taiwan. The two companies are technology-transfer partners collaborating to develop products for export, C
A US senator has urged Washington to counter Chinese pressure on countries to restrict Taiwanese presidential flights, warning that such tactics could threaten international travelers. At a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee nominations hearing on Wednesday, US Senator Tammy Duckworth questioned
The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) yesterday confirmed that it had recently deployed three patrol vessels to waters in Taiwan’s overlapping exclusive economic zone with the Philippines to monitor three Chinese vessels. CGA Deputy Director-General Hsieh Ching-chin (謝慶欽) said the agency regularly mo
Taiwan will see cooler weather and intermittent rain in northern and eastern areas this week, with temperatures dipping to 19°C from Thursday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.CWA forecaster Chang Cheng-chuan (張承傳) said the northeast wind will weaken briefly today before st
A Taichung-based doctor said there has been a spike in wart removals after the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend last month, urging safe sex over the upcoming three-day Double Ten National Day holiday.Huang Pin-jui (黃品叡), head of urology at the Dajia branch of Lee’s General Hospital, said on Friday that t
Concession admission tickets would be offered to everyone who visits one of 13 designated national forest recreation parks during the upcoming Double Ten National Day holiday, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency said.The three-day Double Ten National Day weekend starts on Friday.The agency g
Italian translator Silvia Pozzi has won a Pisa Book Translation Award for her translation of Ghost Town (鬼地方), a novel by Taiwanese author Kevin Chen (陳思宏).The Italian edition, titled Citta fantasma, was recognized at a ceremony held Friday at the Palazzo della Sapienza in Rome as part of the Pisa B
The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Friday defended its handling of a farmland conversion proposal by the Huwei Industrial Park development project, saying it had reviewed the plan in accordance with the law, and asked the Yunlin County Government to provide additional documents.The ministry made t
More than 601,000 people received a flu vaccine in the first two days since public-funded vaccination began on Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday, adding that flu activity is at a peak in Taiwan and increasing in Japan, a popular travel destination for Taiwanese, so getti
North Korea yesterday said it test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile that it claimed has maneuverable flight capabilities designed to evade missile defenses in South Korea and Japan. The latest test comes amid heightened tensions between the two Koreas over border land mine blasts.Kim Yo
The International Energy Agency (IEA) yesterday said member countries had so far released 325 million barrels of oil and oil-derivative products from strategic reserves, up from 400 million barrels promised in March.The update came a day after G7 countries, in coordination with the IEA, agreed to im
Taiwanese tennis players Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) and Liang En-shuo (梁恩碩) yesterday won the women’s doubles gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, securing the nation’s fifth gold medal of the Games.The pair defeated compatriots Chan Hao-ching (詹皓晴) and Wu Fang-hsien (吳芳嫺) 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 at Higashiyama Par
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) is today scheduled to unveil a new Taiwan office in Phoenix, Arizona, signaling continued Taiwan-US cooperation after US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) last month, a source said yesterday.Lin would arrive in Ph
Taiwan-US military cooperation is deepening, with the Pentagon expected to station personnel at the Ministry of National Defense (MND), sources said.The NT$470 million (US$14.77 million) joint program is scheduled to run from this year through 2028, under which the Pentagon would dispatch representa
Toxic chemicals from discarded electronic devices may be threatening endangered dolphins and porpoises in the South China Sea, according to a recent scientific study. Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs), chemicals widely used in smartphones, televisions and computer screens, were detected in several mari
Speculation started to fly last month that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidates running in the November elections wanted to keep their distance from party Chair Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文). That some in the KMT were concerned that Cheng’s firm ideological adherence to the “one China principle” is no se
UNITED STATESCornell prosecutor replacedNew York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday appointed a special prosecutor to oversee an investigation into a woman’s allegations that she was gang raped at a Cornell University fraternity house, saying she had lost faith in the local district attorney’s abilit
Moth swarms so thick they can blot out the stars are fluttering across Australia, heralding a migratory spectacle unseen since the creature’s brush with extinction nearly 10 years ago.The great migration of the Bogong moth was once a yearly feature of the Australian spring, the insects humming down
Egyptian authorities swept up the entire editorial team of one of the country’s few independent media, accusing them on Thursday of belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.The arrest this week of the six journalists of Matsadaash (Arabic for “Don’t Believe”) sparked an outcry from international
A US lawmaker has called on Starbucks to close its first stores in Xinjiang, China, calling it a “morally bankrupt decision” to do business in a region where Uighurs face repression.China denies widespread accusations about abuses of the Uighurs, a mainly Muslim people, saying its policies there wer
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has pushed through a sweeping overhaul of the criminal justice system, stripping investigative powers from prosecutors he accuses of abusing their authority, including criminal cases against him before he took office.A revised law that came into force yesterday f
India’s “Cockroach” youth movement yesterday called for new protests in Mumbai to demand the resignation of the chief election commissioner over a contentious revision of voter lists.The movement, which began as an online campaign and now calls itself the Cockroach Janata Party, forced India’s educa
Vietnam’s Ngoc Tuyet Sang Chau, left, competes against South Korea’s An Hyang-sik in the mixed individual virtual taekwondo round of 16 during this year’s Asian Games at the Toyohashi Gymnasium in Japan yesterday. Virtual taekwondo made its sporting debut at the Games, which officials say is as athl
SOCCERMessi acquires EldenseArgentina icon Lionel Messi has officially acquired Eldense, the Spanish second-division club announced on Thursday. Eldense, based just in-land from Alicante, have become the former Barcelona attacker’s second venture into Spanish soccer ownership after his purchase of C
Kimi Antonelli would have to deal with an unfamiliar track and potentially heavy rain as he aims to recover from his “worst weekend” of his Formula 1 (F1) title challenge this year.The unusually named Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia takes Antonelli and his rivals to a track F1 last visited in 2017 —
The Nations League soccer match between Ireland and Austria in Dublin on Thursday was twice briefly interrupted by demonstrations in support of Palestine. In the 19th minute, spectators threw tennis balls covered in Palestinian flag stickers onto the field. The players left the pitch for a few minut
Manchester City are expected to press ahead with an appeal against findings that they breached Premier League financial rules by yesterday’s deadline, opening a fresh chapter in a case that has already become one of the most significant in English soccer.The club has consistently denied wrongdoing,
China’s Wang Xiyu, fresh from conquering top seed Alexandra Eala, toppled Zhang Shuai to win Asian Games women’s tennis singles gold yesterday — and a ticket to the Los Angeles Olympics.The 25-year-old Wang breezed past her compatriot 6-2, 6-1 in 66 minutes at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in N
Japanese judo officials said they had never seen anything like it after eventual champion Rin Maeda appeared to be bitten by her Chinese opponent at the Asian Games.Maeda was awarded victory in the quarter-final bout in Nagoya when Tang Jing was disqualified just over a minute into the contest.Tang
The spectacle of young migrants swimming en masse from Moroccan waters to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta exposed the frustration felt by a generation. One-third of the population of Morocco is aged between 15 and 30, and more than one third of that cohort is unemployed. A dearth of opportunity at home
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has restored some hope to his governing Labour Party with his vision for Britain, but how the new prime minister makes it a reality remains something of a mystery for businesses, lawmakers and even his most vocal supporters.At the Labour Party’s annual conference
Ulf Kristersson’s Moderates, who have spent four years leading Sweden’s governing coalition, did what voters wanted. The center-right party got growth going: It is expected to be 2.5 percent for this year and next year, remarkable for a European nation. Inflation is 0.3 percent, and — of greater imp
A teacher who is truly happy and supported in their work does not need extra fanfare and check ins — “are you happy?” — on Teachers’ Day. If they already enjoyed respect and trust in the day-to-day, they also would not need the minister of education to send a letter of thanks on the eve of the holid
China prefers to win without firing a shot in its bid to strangle Taiwan’s strategic autonomy. Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu (孫子) would have approved. Its central tool at sea is the “cabbage strategy”: the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) layers fishing boats, maritime militia, coa
Amid nationwide teacher shortages, elementary and junior-high schools across Taiwan have managed to get through the first month of the school year relatively smoothly.However, many schools are seeing the first waves of resignations from substitute teachers they painstakingly recruited over the summe
The government yesterday began fully subsidizing an additional six days of paid marriage leave, extending it from eight days to 14.The Ministry of Labor’s Guidelines for Wage Subsidies for Marriage, Maternity and Paternity Leave under the Family-Friendly Workplace Program (友善育兒職場婚孕產假薪資補助要點) are part
Amazon.com Inc is exploring a deal to shift about US$8 billion worth of top-end Nvidia Corp chips off its balance sheet, according to the Financial Times.The move would offload thousands of Grace Blackwell chips across more than a dozen US data centers into a special-purpose vehicle which would be f
Taiwanese companies with overseas operations can use Citigroup Inc’s digital payment service to move funds between eligible Citi accounts around the clock, helping them manage cash across different time zones without being constrained by conventional banking hours, Citi Taiwan executives said yester
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Thursday that it has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling “sensitive information” and violating company policies, including work that involved an external organization that evaluates artificial intelligence models.The San Francisco-based AI lab did not confi
A Chinese financing company owned by several local government entities has funded the purchase of restricted Nvidia Corp chips, according to documents filed with Beijing regulators, suggesting state support for an illicit trade that Washington worries is fueling China’s artificial intelligence (AI)
Taiwan’s manufacturing sector flashed a “green” light, indicating stable growth, in August, retreating from “yellow-red” in July, as old-economy industries faced weaker end-user demand, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, 台經院) said on Friday.The August TIER composite index, which gauges
