Hong Kong’s data centre ambitions face US$2.6 billion funding test

Cambodia’s startup ecosystem is still small by Southeast Asian standards, but its newest crop of founders is starting to build with a wider market in mind. Newwave Tech Foundry, a...

With less than a month to go before we see another Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event, here is what you need to know about the sale.

According to its specifications for the Mainland Chinese market, the phone will likely come with triple 200MP cameras and a powerful MediaTek chipset.

Southeast Asia’s robotics sector just posted a record year. Look closer, and the story isn’t strength; it’s fragility wearing a big number as a costume. Tracxn’s new Robotics – SEA...

The Mac mini-sized computer is designed for developers and businesses that want to run AI models locally.

Rosaline Chow Koo has spent much of her career trying to make corporate health benefits less rigid, less opaque and, ultimately, less expensive. Her last company, CXA, attacked the problem...

In 2018, Carnegie Mellon launched the first bachelor of science degree in artificial intelligence in the United States. A handful of universities followed over the next five years. Then 2025...

The iPhone did not destroy the compact camera because it was a better camera. It destroyed much of the market because it was already in people’s pockets. A dedicated camera...

The digital asset market stumbled through a bruising 24-hour stretch as two outside forces collided with a market already stretched by borrowed money. Bitcoin lost 3.12 per cent to trade...

Ricoh, the Japanese office-equipment and digital-services giant, has made its first bet from a freshly launched corporate venture fund and it has chosen mental health as the theme. The company...

Sometimes, last-minute in-store shopping might be your best option.

Three weeks ago I sat in on a pitch from a Jakarta fintech founder who used the word AI-powered four times in six minutes. When I asked what the model...

Foreign founders entering Taiwan should organise their research around decisions, not a long directory of programmes. The useful question is not simply what support exists, but which resource removes the...

A new class of AI tools has changed how research gets done. These tools help researchers gather and present their work, sift thousands of papers in minutes, flag fabricated data...

MANILA, Philippines – The two best Philippine Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM) teams will enter the biggest stage for the  CODM World Championship 2026 on December 4 to 6 in Mexico...

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...