(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday urged Asia to lower non-tariff barriers and integrate regional trade to reduce its vulnerability to U.S. tariffs and global financial shocks.Trade has been central to Asia's economic growth with China serving as the supply chain hub for goods pro...

COLOMBO (News 1st); This holiday season, a major shift is underway in how people discover gifts, deals, and sales.Instead of turning to traditional search engines like Google, more shoppers are expected to rely on large language models (LLMs)—AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT—to guide their purchasin...

Activision, the publisher behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, is thinking about releasing the shooter a week earlier than planned.The release date for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is currently set for November 14, which, if it remains unaltered, will be the latest a new mainline entry in the series has e...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Move over, ordinary web browsers—there’s a new digital sidekick in town, and it’s called ChatGPT Atlas. Launched for macOS, Atlas isn’t just any browser; it’s ChatGPT baked right into the nuts and bolts of your online journey. If you ever wished your browser could actually get wh...

By Amarasri Bandara – News First – In BrusselsBrussels (News 1st); As Sri Lanka implements its new Data Protection Law and debate continues over the Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with India, senior officials of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in Brussels have...