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Tencent targets Southeast Asia as launch pad for AI agent WorkBuddy amid tough local market
Oct 29, 2026

Tencent targets Southeast Asia as launch pad for AI agent WorkBuddy amid tough local market

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings is using Southeast Asia as a launch pad to take its “cost-effective” artificial intelligence tools global, fronted by its workplace assistant WorkBuddy, amid cutthr...

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Google launches its very own XR glasses, the Xreal Aura, in time for Christmas
Oct 29, 2026

Google launches its very own XR glasses, the Xreal Aura, in time for Christmas

The Android XR-powered glasses bring Gemini AI, virtual screens and immersive entertainment into a lightweight design, with shipments starting in mid-November....

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LKYGBPC returns with a pitch to fix deeptech’s real bottleneck: customers
Oct 29, 2026

LKYGBPC returns with a pitch to fix deeptech’s real bottleneck: customers

Ask a deeptech founder in Southeast Asia what keeps them up at night and few will blame the science. The harder problem is finding someone willing to let an unproven technology loose on a real buildin...

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The e27 Contributor Programme: Using AI, submitting, and growing your readership — Part 2
Oct 29, 2026

The e27 Contributor Programme: Using AI, submitting, and growing your readership — Part 2

Part one of this guide ended with a draft. This one starts there. A finished draft is a bit like a packed suitcase: the hard decisions are made, but you can still leave without your passport. Plenty o...

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Hong Kong has no gigafactories, but it wants a cut of Asia’s US$5T battery boom
Oct 29, 2026

Hong Kong has no gigafactories, but it wants a cut of Asia’s US$5T battery boom

Hong Kong does not make many batteries. It has no lithium mines, no gigafactories, and industrial land prices that would make any cell manufacturer wince. Yet Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Co...

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Bitcoin rebounds to US$81,000 but faces weakest October in 6 years
Oct 29, 2026

Bitcoin rebounds to US$81,000 but faces weakest October in 6 years

Bitcoin has climbed back above the critical US$81,000 baseline. This 24-hour rebound does not erase a difficult month. The digital asset remains in its weakest October performance in six years, down r...

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The AI told me to raise my prices by 40 percent but it had never been to a wet market
Oct 29, 2026

The AI told me to raise my prices by 40 percent but it had never been to a wet market

I run OTSATE, a small lemongrass sauce brand in Malaysia. I’m the founder, the cook and the person who does the numbers, so everything below is one operator’s experience, not a benchmark. Most of my a...

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Visa fees are soaring, but founders want US revenue more than US investors
Oct 29, 2026

Visa fees are soaring, but founders want US revenue more than US investors

Washington has spent the past year making it harder, pricier and more nerve-racking for foreign talent to work in America. Asian founders, if a new survey is to be believed, have mostly shrugged. Sing...

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Malaysian SMEs are comparing the wrong number when they buy a website
Oct 29, 2026

Malaysian SMEs are comparing the wrong number when they buy a website

Most small business owners I speak to compare website quotes the same way: they line up the first invoice and pick the lowest. It feels sensible. It’s also how many end up paying several times more th...

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Fingular secures US$20M debt line to bet on Malaysia’s near-prime borrowers
Oct 29, 2026

Fingular secures US$20M debt line to bet on Malaysia’s near-prime borrowers

Fingular, the Kuala Lumpur-headquartered fintech group behind the AhaPay buy now, pay later (BNPL) service, has secured a US$20 million credit facility from Silverstreak Group, a Singapore-based priva...

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