East Asia’s crypto market is no longer moving as one bloc. New regional data shows a fragmented landscape where South Korea is trading artificial intelligence-linked tokens at scale, Hong Kong is pull...

Most AI writing about work still treats the technology like an advanced tool. That framing made sense when AI mainly waited for a prompt, returned an answer, and stopped there. But that is no longer t...

The tech-led rally on Wall Street pushed the Nasdaq 100 to a record close of 31,076 and lifted the S&P 500 by 0.7 per cent, while the Dow Jones added 91 points, or 0.18 per cent, to close at 51,268. N...

Nearly one in five marketing leaders has already eliminated roles because automation now handles the work. That is the finding behind a new Gartner prediction, which Marketing Week reported this week:...

In 2021, I invested in one of the robotics startups that was solving for real world problems. The idea was to look beyond the screen and make every hardware talking through new robo technology. My the...

The artificial intelligence investment story is beginning to move beyond the most obvious winners. For much of the past three years, the market’s attention has centred on graphics processing units (GP...

The most consequential AI launch of the past week was one that never happened. On the eve of its annual developer conference, OpenAI shelved GPT-6.1 Astra, the model expected to power ChatGPT and Code...

Southeast Asia has become one of the world’s most competitive regions for investment. Global companies are diversifying supply chains beyond China. Governments are offering tax incentives, industrial ...

The open-source startup Reflection AI released its first open-weight model Monday, stating it rivals leading open technologies made in the U.S. and China. Reflection AI, which has the backing of tech ...

A major cryptocurrency super PAC is backing candidates in 32 House races with one month to go until the midterm elections. Fairshake is throwing its weight behind 13 Democrats and 19 Republicans, spok...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unveiled new proposals Monday for regulating cryptocurrency markets, after an effort to pass digital asset legislation through Congress came up short la...

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a former Pennsylvania judge’s challenge to his suspension for making partisan Facebook posts, a dispute that touches on issues of free speech and judicial ethic...

The Tech Oversight Project is laying out a closing message for Democrats on data centers as candidates head into the final stretch ahead of the midterm elections. In a memo shared first with The Hill,...

MANILA, Philippines —The Philippines slipped two places to 52nd in the 2026 Global Innovation Index (GII), as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) called for increased government and privat...

For most artificial intelligence companies, Singapore is either a regional sales base or a policy-friendly testbed. For Zero Gravity, better known as 0G, the city-state is now becoming something more ...

Husted joined "NewsNation Prime" to argue his case on lowering energy prices ahead of the midterms....

At a TikTok Table Talk with the social media app’s local executives, I got the perfect chance to ask about brainrot content on the platform, and whether it’s getting in the way of children’s creativit...

Singapore’s electric vehicle (EV) market is no longer waiting for a breakthrough moment. In 2026, the shift is already visible on the road, in dealerships, and across public car parks where chargers h...

For many large companies in Southeast Asia, the challenge with artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer access. The models are available, the cloud infrastructure is ready, and boards have approved A...

Stablecoins are beginning to look less like a niche crypto product and more like a possible payments tool for mainstream consumers in Asia Pacific, according to new research from Visa. But the same st...

In November, ASEAN leaders are scheduled to sign the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), the first region-wide pact written specifically for the digital economy. Negotiators closed the text in...

For the past three years, much of the AI debate inside Southeast Asia’s engineering teams has centred on a familiar question: which model is best? Founders, CTOs and developers compared GPT-4, Claude,...

Bitcoin rose 1.81 per cent to US$86,350.24 in 24 hours, slightly outperforming the broader market, which gained 1.45 per cent. The move looks modest on the surface. Underneath, two forces drove the ga...

In my work with organisations, I often hear people describe barely adjusting to one restructure before the next one begins. The remark is usually made in passing, which tells you something on its own....

Progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday backed Pope Leo XIV's call to prioritize art made by humans over that made by artificial intelligence. “Pope Leo is right. Art is not some kind of sup...

In February 2023, the budget shopping platform Temu announced itself on the world stage in the brashest way possible: becoming one of the youngest ever brands to buy a Super Bowl advertising spot. “Do...

The months after a funding round can make a company look dramatically stronger. Revenue rises. The team grows. New markets open. Customer logos multiply. The board deck becomes easier to read because ...

This week, two numbers came out of the same region within days of each other, and almost nobody put them side by side. On September 3, Singapore’s central bank committed SG$220 million over three year...

President Trump on Sunday morning announced the creation of the "Super IntelligenceForce" amid his push to keep the U.S. in the lead on artificial intelligence development after warnings from the tech...

An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data — such as what Flock Safety's hallmark technology collects — may violate the Fourth Amendment...