French officials suspect ⁠that Iranian state-backed hackers were behind the ⁠cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across ⁠France last month, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday. That would make the hacks among the most disruptive cyberattacks of the war with Iran that began in February, a conflict that has been marked by scattered incidents of alleged cyber disruption. These have included disruptions to the Los Angeles transit system in March, to US...

A woman narrowly escaped death after a folding table fell from an industrial building in Hong Kong and landed beside her on Monday evening, leaving her with only a minor hand injury. Police later arrested a man in connection with the incident, which occurred at about 6.15pm on Cheung Shun Street outside Maxim’s Centre in Cheung Sha Wan. Video circulating online shows the 32-year-old woman walking along the pavement towards the rear of a parked car. She is about to open the boot and place items...

Comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain’s most ‌high-profile broadcasters and a Hollywood star, was jailed for 10 1/2 years on Monday after he was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more around two decades ago. Brand – the former husband of US pop singer Katy Perry, and who in recent years had moved away from the mainstream – was convicted on ⁠Thursday of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more between 2004 and 2009. ‌He had denied all the charges. The...

Nvidia is facing an unprecedented valuation test as a board inquiry into CEO Jensen Huang exposes the US chipmaker to a rare key-person risk, while investors also weigh the midterm elections’ potential impact on Washington’s chip controls and AI regulation. The company’s shares slumped 7.3 per cent as markets opened in the United States on Monday, following Huang’s bombshell confirmation over the weekend that he had been unfaithful to his wife and would cooperate with an investigation into his...

A little-known Singapore-registered company is embroiled in a mounting love scandal surrounding Nvidia chief Jensen Huang and US allegations of Chinese espionage. Huang’s admission of an extramarital affair has renewed scrutiny of Megaspeed, after media reports identified a former executive of the Singapore firm as the woman involved in the relationship, which US officials suspect was linked to Chinese espionage. Megaspeed, a major Nvidia customer, is believed to have been founded and led by...

China has released new images of its GJ-11 stealth combat drone, offering a closer look at the advanced design and high-performance features of the next-generation uncrewed aircraft. The images appeared on Monday in a report by state broadcaster CCTV counting down to the 77th anniversary of the PLA Air Force on Wednesday. For the first time, viewers were given a close-up look at the GJ-11’s large internal weapon bay, highlighting its serrated edges. The design suggests that the drone can house...

The government of Lithuania asked Taipei to change the name of a controversial representative office in Vilnius before Beijing’s National Day last month, according to explosive media reports in the tiny Baltic state. The twist comes as Vilnius seeks to restore diplomatic ties with Beijing, which have been frozen since the opening of the office in 2021. Reports in Delfi, a Lithuanian news portal, on Monday said a deputy foreign minister delivered a letter to Taipei’s representatives – including...