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For autonomous vehicles, the hardest lessons to learn are the ones that can test the skills of even the most experienced human drivers: an errant cyclist darting through a red light, or an animal bolting into oncoming traffic from behind a corner. The Chinese tech giant Baidu has developed a new AI-driven simulator to prepare its Apollo robotaxis for just such rare but high-stakes road hazards, as the firm looks to gain an edge in the fast-growing self-driving taxi market. The system, Apollo...

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

Banks perform a useful trick. They let customers withdraw money from checking and savings accounts at short notice, while using much of that funding to support mortgages and business loans that may not be repaid for years. The system works because customers do not all ask for their money back at the same time. Most […] The post Could AI agents break fractional-reserve banking? appeared first on e27.

In the earnings call today from Apple, new CEO John Ternus mentioned its collaboration with the Philippine market, specifically the Department of Education. The DepEd will be able to distribute 170,000 MacBook Neo devices to teachers around the country to more than 16,000 K-12 schools across the country. After we published this news, our comments

US artificial intelligence giant Anthropic’s initial public offering prospectus has exposed a vast profitability gap between it and rivals Z.ai and MiniMax, highlighting the challenges facing China’s AI model developers in turning technological advances into sustainable businesses. The Claude developer’s filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week revealed a significant financial advantage over its most direct Chinese counterparts, despite the latter’s continued...

Despite being one of the few gaming phones out there left, it still packs in the latest and greatest.

Just like past Galaxy W releases, this is specifically made for a Chinese telco partnership.

One photograph in a recent Nikkei Asia report says more about Southeast Asia’s tech economy than most investor decks I have read this year. It shows Myanmar refugees working on a data centre construction site in Chonburi, eastern Thailand. Sit with that for a moment. People who spent years, sometimes decades, in border camps without […] The post Thailand’s labour crisis and the refugees building its AI future appeared first on e27.

If true, that would be the first time Xiaomi brings its rear-display phone model to Singapore.

MANILA, Philippines – Apple CEO, John Ternus announced a partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) to deploy 170,000 MacBook Neo to teachers and staff. Ternus mentioned this to be the “biggest education deal ever for Mac” as Apple plans to send the MacBook Neos to 16,400 K-12 public schools nationwide.  “Investing in our teachers

Singapore’s manufacturers are in their most buoyant mood in recent memory, and they largely have one customer category to thank: the AI data centre. A net weighted balance of 24 per cent of manufacturers expect business conditions to improve between October 2026 and March 2027, the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) said on Monday. A […] The post Singapore’s factories are riding the AI wave, but the optimism rests on a narrow base appeared first on e27.

Bangkok, October 26, 2026 – SCB 10X, the disruptive technology investment arm of SCBX Group, announced its investment in Tasklet, an AI agent platform that enables businesses to automate complex workflows and delegate operational tasks to AI agents. Tasklet has raised an additional $12.8 million in funding, with participation from investors including Union Square Ventures, 359 Capital, […] The post SCB 10X Invests in Tasklet, AI Agent Platform for Business Workflow Automation, in Its Latest Funding Round appeared first on e27.