DeepSeek’s low-cost model deals fresh blow to rivals OpenAI, Z.AI; hits memory makers

For many technology startups, the hardest part is not invention. It is everything that comes after. A breakthrough in a university lab, a working prototype, or even an early customer...

Adaptations for Crazy Taxi and Yakuza prequel Stranger than Heaven will be live-action, while the Sonic adaptation is set to be an animated series for kids.

Grab Holdings is done dabbling in consumer lending. The Nasdaq-listed superapp operator has announced that it will pay US$1.49 billion in cash for a controlling 60 per cent stake in...

China is surging ahead of the US in consumer AI adoption as technology giants like Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding embed artificial intelligence directly into popular everyday apps, even...

Amilo has completed its fourth acquisition in four years, folding Vietnam-based cross-border specialist SG Link into its network as it chases a bigger prize: becoming the operating layer for Southeast Asian merchants...

When generative artificial intelligence first swept through China’s technology sector, workers faced a clear directive from management: use AI and use it often. Consuming vast numbers of AI tokens – the...

Southeast Asia’s e-wallet giants have spent a decade making digital payments boring, in the best sense. Tap to pay, scan a QR code, top up a prepaid line: no jargon,...

A few weeks ago I had the chance to get a preview into the new iOS 27 features that is launching today. The more streamlined child safety controls come from...

OpenAI has appointed Sanjay Deshmukh as its first Vice President of Asia Pacific sales, a hire that signals the ChatGPT maker is moving beyond product launches and into the harder...

Asian and global stocks declined today as the benchmark US 10-year Treasury yield climbed above the critical five per cent threshold. That level pressures risk assets because it raises the...

For all the talk of Tokyo’s growing openness to international founders, language still shapes how quickly doors open in Japan’s startup community. English-friendly meetups and conferences are far more common...

Starting from S$1.48 a month, the expanded iCloud+ bundle replaces standalone Apple TV and Arcade subscriptions

When Keir Starmer recently argued that Britain must rebuild its hard power, much of the discussion focused on defence spending. That is understandable. After years of underinvestment, Britain faces difficult...

OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, and the number marketers should actually care about isn’t a reasoning score — it’s a stopwatch. In OpenAI’s own computer-use simulation, Astra finishes...

Every AI lab telling you software is about to write itself runs its company on Slack. These are the people closest to the frontier. They say agents will soon build...

Apple’s next-generation software updates is arriving days before the release of the iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch Series 12, and Apple Watch Ultra 4.

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of the education conversation. For schools, teachers, students, and education technology companies, generative AI offers obvious possibilities: faster feedback, personalised explanations, automated administrative work,...

The Atto 1 is by no means the first electric hatchback, but more options are welcome in this relatively underserved space.

AI is automating tasks that used to take hours for humans to do. It’s pushing some costs down and it’s making some teams more productive. Don’t make the mistake, however,...

Walking into TCL’s showcase at IFA 2026, it was difficult to look at any one product without appreciating the wholistic impact of it all. The company had built its presentation...

For many Southeast Asian merchants, selling overseas has never been a question of demand alone. A small brand in Vietnam, Indonesia or Thailand may find buyers on Amazon, eBay, Shopify...

IFA 2026 is a behemoth of an event spanning over 190,000 square metres with 2,000 exhibitors from 51 different countries. Even the lengthy five days isn’t enough to see everything...

I just got back from CapCut World Singapore, the first-ever event of its kind. It was a gathering of creators and industry stakeholders who all have one thing in common:...

Shanghai’s bustling riverfront has become the latest testing ground for urban logistics technology, with McDonald’s and Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan joining forces to launch the country’s first catering brand-exclusive drone-delivery...

MoneyHero’s latest earnings tell two stories. The first is the one the NASDAQ-listed fintech aggregator wants investors to focus on: artificial intelligence automation, better approval rates, and a more efficient...

Tesla has formally established a Vietnamese subsidiary, marking a small but closely watched step into one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic electric vehicle markets. According to a filing on Vietnam’s...

You can be the next King of Smartphone Singer, and your neighbours shall remember you as the Phantom of the HDB Opera.

We have entered a cautious stretch. Bitcoin has slipped 0.72 per cent over the past 24 hours to US$76,697.14. Ethereum has fallen harder, down 1.95 per cent to US$2,474.93. This...

Somewhere in the last eighteen months, the AI question quietly resolved itself. Almost nobody in Singapore asks whether to adopt anymore. Accenture said 90 per cent of organisations surveyed have...

For years, the conventional playbook for many of India’s most ambitious companies was to raise global capital, establish an offshore holding company and preserve the option of an eventual listing...

Global app installs grew 10 per cent year-over-year in 2025, with APAC driving much of that growth. But for marketers today, getting users to install an app is only half...

On 27 February 2024, Klarna and OpenAI announced that its AI assistant had handled 2.3 million conversations in a month; the equivalent, Klarna said, of 700 agents, cutting resolution time...

The redesigned sidebar could make it easier to navigate between WhatsApp’s chats, calls, communities and other sections on the iPad.

The AI community keeps asking: “Where’s crypto’s killer app?” They may be asking the wrong species. Blockchain never found product-market fit with humans. It may find it with machines. AI...

Beyond Border, the Singapore-founded, tech-enabled US immigration platform for founders and highly skilled professionals, has added former Airbnb China COO Kum Hong Siew to its advisory bench as Business Advisor....

Apple may hold another event next month to unveil up to eight new products across its Mac, iPad, smart home, and audio lineups.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in...

#OpEd: Contributor Carl Lamiel discusses the greater misinformation that plagues the Pax Silica project. The Philippines has a habit of turning complicated policy announcements into simple headlines. Pax Silica may...

Express Mode lets you hold your iPhone or Apple Watch near the fare reader to pay without unlocking or authenticating your device.

With more than 500 million active users in India, JioHotstar is bringing its huge multilingual catalogue to Singapore, where it will compete on content and pricing.