Tag: Business

Can AI make video games more immersive? Some studios turn to AI-fueled NPCs for more interaction

LOS ANGELES -- For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys....

Australia's treasurer will visit China this week in the latest sign that bilateral ties are mending

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Treasurer Jim Chalmers will this week become the first Australian government minister in that key economic role to visit China...

Stock market today: Asian shares extend gains after China-driven rally

NEW YORK -- Asian shares pushed higher on Wednesday, again led by gains in China, after U.S. stocks climbed to more records in...

NTSB engineer to testify before Coast Guard in Titan submersible disaster hearing

An engineer with the National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to testify in front of the Coast Guard on Wednesday about the experimental...

Hong Kong editors who face prison in sedition case told court about journalistic ideals

HONG KONG -- Writing to the Hong Kong court that convicted him of sedition, former Stand News editor Patrick Lam said he regretted...

US company accuses Mexico of expropriating its property on the Caribbean coast

MEXICO CITY -- An American quarry company said Tuesday the Mexican government carried out a de facto expropriation of its properties on Mexico’s...