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Hong Kong police have for the first time smashed a local fraud syndicate that used deepfake technology to swap the faces of the swindlers with those of attractive women in video calls to cheat love-struck men in the region, including Singapore, out of HK$360 million. The force said on Monday it arrested 27 people, including […]
For such a small country – the smallest in south-east Asia – Singapore sure packs in a lot. In the 59 years since independence, it has gone from post-colonial minnow to roaring Asian powerhouse where gleaming skyscrapers and sprawling malls rub up against heritage-listed shophouses and leafy neighbourhoods. Predominantly Chinese, Indian and Malay populations share […]