The release of ChatGPT last year landed as tech giants were embarking on major layoffs and cost-cutting plans, with share prices hammered after flying high during the coronavirus pandemic.For the second consecutive quarter, Microsoft has more than reversed the trend, seeing profits and sales soaring to the highest levels ever for the 48-year-old company co-founded by Bill Gates.An earnings statement reported that net profit for Microsoft was $20.1 billion in the April to June period, up 20 percent year-on-year and above expectations.The company posted $56.2 billion in sales, which also beat expectations, though the growth slowed from the previous quarter.And…
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Below are four of the most common mistakes people may make treating their hair, which can result in scalp damage, hair breakage or hair dehydration. Washing hair too often or too rarely Washing hair frequently is an effective way to keep your scalp clean. It is advised to wash your hair two to three times a week, which is suitable for most hair conditions and most scalp types as it helps the hair and the scalp always clean. Meanwhile, washing hair too frequently or too rarely causes negative effects on the development of hair, since either of them leads to…
Last month, Tran Thi Lan and her twin Nguyen Thi Hong Le asked one of their daughters to post a letter on to social media to help find their mother, who abandoned them 53 years ago.”Why didn’t we try to find you earlier? It’s because it’s taken us until now, 50 years later, to finally forgive you for abandoning us when we were born,” they wrote in the letter. “If God doesn’t allow us to meet you in this life, then we will still wish that you and father, if you have ever missed us, live peacefully.” Lan and her…
By Linh Le July 25, 2023 | 08:00 p.m. GMT+7 Thailand is introducing more tax breaks and other incentives to encourage foreign producers to film in the country, after a South Korean series sparked “Thai fever” with an episode set in Thailand. Foreign actors appearing in works produced by foreign companies will be exempt from income tax over a period of five years.The new tax breaks will take effect on Aug 2, The Strait Times quoted deputy government spokesman Trisulee Traisoranakul as saying. South Korean drama “King the Land” crew in Thailand. Photo from Im Yoona’s Instagram For every 100 million…
By AFP  July 25, 2023 | 07:21pm GMT+7 China’ foreign minister Qin Gang at a press conference in Beijing, China, May 23, 2023. Photo by AFP China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was removed from office on Tuesday, state media reported, after not being seen in the public eye for a month. “China’s top legislature voted to appoint Wang Yi as foreign minister… as it convened a session on Tuesday,” state media outlet Xinhua said.”Qin Gang was removed from the post of foreign minister.”The report did not give a reason for Qin’s removal but said President Xi Jinping signed a presidential…
Oanh also invited actress Quach Thu Phuong, who co-starred as her mother-in-law in the series “Huong Vi Tinh Than” (Taste of Kinship), to the fitting session, as the two got closer after the drama shooting and considered each other mother and daughter in real life. Phuong said she was happy for Oanh seeing her having found a man to love, to be her company for the rest of her life, and to share everything. . Source: Internet
Srettha Thavisin, a local property tycoon and Pheu Thai Party’s prime ministerial candidate, gestures in front of the media, after the polling stations closed, on the day of the general elections in Bangkok, Thailand, May 14, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha Reformist candidate Pita Limjaroenrat, whose party won the election, failed to get enough votes in a first parliamentary sitting to select a prime minister on July 13 – blocked by military and pro-royalist senators.He was refused a second ballot on July 19, but this decision is now being challenged at the Constitutional Court.House speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said…
By AFP  July 25, 2023 | 11:21 am GMT+7 Construction of new buildings alongside older establishments is seen within the business district in Makati City, metro Manila, Philippines, January 25, 2017. Photo by Reuters A super typhoon swept towards the northern Philippines on Tuesday, the country’s weather agency said, triggering evacuation orders for coastal communities expected to bear the brunt of the powerful storm. Super Typhoon Doksuri was packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers an hour (115 miles per hour) as it headed towards a group of three lightly populated islands off the northern tip of the main island…
Typhoons are common at this time of year near Taiwan but the subtropical island has not been directly hit by a typhoon since 2019, prompting officials to urge vigilance. Typhoon Doksuri, ranked a category four super typhoon on a scale of 1 to 5 by Tropical Storm Risk, is expected to enter the Bashi Channel that separates Taiwan and the Philippines in a west-northwesterly direction and approach waters off the island’s southern coasts before making landfall in southern China, weather officials said. Taiwan’s defense ministry canceled parts of the main annual Han Kuang exercises scheduled for Tuesday, citing safety concerns…
In quarter-on-quarter terms – considered a more realistic basis for comparison – growth came in at 0.8%, well down from the 2.2% seen in January-March, the first full period after the removal of zero-Covid restrictions. Youth unemployment jumped to a record 21.3% in June, up from 20.8% in May. And the property sector remains in turmoil, with major developers failing to complete housing projects, triggering protests and mortgage boycotts from home buyers. While the People’s Bank of China in July cut interest rates and the authorities pledged to help the troubled property sector, there has been very little concrete action…