ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone dials up a digital backlash from China’s top apps
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, has moved to tighten controls on its artificial intelligence-powered smartphone after several of…
How decades of deforestation turned Asia’s floods into one of the deadliest weather events of 2025
Overlapping tropical storms and “intensified” monsoon systems have unleashed widespread devastation across Asia, with rescue teams still racing…
Asia’s strong equity deals pipeline to be tested by AI bubble concerns in 2026
By Kane Wu, Vibhuti Sharma and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG/MUMBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters) – A strong pipeline of…
Apple stands up for Indians’ privacy (Chinese not so much)
Plus: Thailand cracks down on scam gangs Image: Apple stands up for Indians’ privacy (Chinese not so much)…
Big Shift in AI Stock Trade Drives Hunt for New Stars in Asia
The hunt is on for new Asian equity winners from the artificial intelligence trade, as a technological shift…
China’s rich step up offshore bets as gold and insurance gain favour
More than half of China’s high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) plan to increase the share of offshore investments in their…
Explainer | From railways to Labubus: China’s businesses and their 50-year trip abroad
With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints…
Alibaba’s Qwen app becomes the world’s fastest growing AI app as MAUs surge 149%
Alibaba Group Holding’s new flagship artificial intelligence app Qwen was the fastest growing AI app in the world…
Japan state coffers get record amount of assets of deceased in FY2024
Japanese government coffers have received a record 129.1 billion yen from the assets of deceased people without heirs…
AI could cause a ‘Great Divergence’ between rich and poor, UN report says
BANGKOK (AP) — Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such…
Asia’s Factories Stumble as US Trade Deals Fail to Revive Demand
Dec 1 (Reuters) – Asia’s manufacturing powerhouses struggled with sluggish demand in November, extending declines in factory activity as progress in…
Paleontologists Discover New Species of Mamenchisaurid Dinosaur
A new species of the sauropod dinosaur genus Mamenchisaurus has been discovered in China dating back to the…