• KameraOne

    Mysterious monolith appears on Colorado hillside days after another is removed

    A mysterious metal monolith has caused a stir in the town of Bellvue, Colorado, after it was spotted on a hillside on June 23. The shiny otherworldly structure has left residents speculating as to how and why it got there, and is attracting conspiracy theorists from across the country. The discovery comes just days after a similar monolith was removed from a hiking trail in Nevada.

  • South China Morning Post

    Google Translate now supports Cantonese after its biggest language expansion, driven by AI

    Google has added Cantonese to its Google Translate service, as part of its largest-ever expansion that saw 110 new languages being supported, aided by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology. From Thursday, users of the app and browser versions of the Google tool can translate between 243 languages, including Cantonese, a Chinese dialect widely spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, parts of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, as well as some Chinese migrant communities worldwide. Goo

  • South China Morning Post

    South China Sea: Philippines seeks talks but expectations for breakthrough low

    Possible talks between China and the Philippines about their dispute in the South China Sea may not result in a breakthrough even if they do help to build trust between the two sides, observers say. Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo told a senate hearing this week that a working group had discussed the proposals earlier this month and Manila was hoping the talks could take place in July. Manalo said Manila was committed to working with Beijing on developing "confidence-building measures