Elon Musk bet nearly half a billion dollars that political spending could keep Washington friendly to his sprawling business empire. On Tuesday, that bet came up short. As Democrats recaptured control of the US Congress in the midterm elections, the world’s richest man found himself facing an abruptly altered political landscape. After pouring a record-breaking US$474 million into political groups – overwhelmingly backing Republicans – Musk now faces a divided Washington keen to examine his...
Read full articleI think this crypto advance deserves attention, but not full conviction. Bitcoin rose 4.77 per cent to US$80,721.27 in 24 hours and led a broad move that lifted the total crypto market 4.73 per cent to US$2.69T. The move showed an 87 per cent correlation with the S&P 500 and an 86 per cent correlation […] The post Can Bitcoin hold US$80,000 after a US$386M short squeeze and US$1.16B in ETF outflows? appeared first on e27.
Over the last decade, Southeast Asia has built an increasingly sophisticated infrastructure for startups, and countries such as Singapore and Vietnam are known for their reputation as regional startup hubs. Southeast Asia’s tech startup ecosystem was valued at US$454 billion in the first half of 2024, more than triple its value from five years earlier, […] The post The step zero problem of the startup ecosystem appeared first on e27.
International expansion has always been regarded as the defining milestone for business success. The playbook was seemingly straightforward – identify promising markets, establish local presence and scale the international business as quickly as possible. The more borders a business crossed, the more successful it was deemed to be. That era is over. In a world […] The post Why global expansion demands a different mindset today appeared first on e27.
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Modern retailers are used to disruption. They regularly have to navigate shifting algorithms, platform outages at odd hours, and ever tightening privacy rules with every legislative cycle. Yet a quieter threat is doing more damage than any of these, and most brands will not spot it on a dashboard until their customer base has already […] The post The Great Unsubscribe: Why shoppers are tuning out brand messaging, and how retailers can stop it appeared first on e27.
Earlier this year, I was staring at our 2026 plan and thinking: there are too many things in here. Payroll, billing, cross-border payments, payment licences, more salespeople, more product development. Individually, almost every initiative had a reasonable argument behind it. The problem was that they couldn’t all be equally important. So I uploaded the numbers, […] The post AI might be the final boss for your best ideas appeared first on e27.
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MANILA, Philippines — Nokia is reviving the “old school” flip phone design with the launch of the Nokia 2360 Flip. Priced at P2,790, the device features a 1.77-inch external screen and a 2.8-inch QVGA main display, along with built-in safety features aimed at helping users, particularly senior citizens. Safety features for senior users The Nokia
MANILA, Philippines — Ten engineers from the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) completed rocket training in South Korea, marking a significant milestone toward the country’s first-ever rocket launch, slated for early next year. The training provided hands-on experience in the assembly, integration and testing of a liquid-fueled sounding rocket under SIKLAB: Building Industrial Space Launch Systems
The Democratic Party’s sweeping midterm election victory and takeover of both houses of Congress could slow down the pace of artificial intelligence development in the US, with implications for both the global AI trade and the technology rivalry between Washington and Beijing, analysts said. The assessment comes as concerns about AI and the data centres that power it proved to be a contributing factor in the backlash against the Republican Party and US President Donald Trump, a vocal supporter...
MANILA, Philippines — Makati-based independent game studio Halo Halo Games aims to revive childhood classics like agawan base (base stealing), rubber band flicking, and paper plane throwing in Block 123: Pinoy Street Rumble, an upcoming competitive Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game. Behind the game Spearheading the ambitious project is a dedicated trio of University
DeepSeek is committed to open-source artificial intelligence to accelerate the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI), even if it heightens safety risks, a company engineer says, defying growing safety concerns from the US and scrutiny in China over whether the strategy poses national security risks. Speaking on Tuesday on an AI panel at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, DeepSeek engineer Gao Xi said open-source development promoted shared innovations and technical...