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What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

As smart glasses gain traction, they could soon redefine how we see and interact with technology.

Smart glasses: The optics behind the comeback of wearable displays

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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

China

The personal care brand plans to open 300 stores to build a retail network around its expanding product lineup.

Laifen turns to offline retail to anchor its next phase of growth

Photo of CTO Lou Tiancheng (left) and CEO James Peng ringing the bell at Pony.ai’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Pony.ai develops self-driving technologies for cars and trucks, collaborating with automakers to bring safer, fully autonomous mobility to public roads and fleet services worldwide.

Pony.ai

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Hong Kong

Lou’s relentless pursuit of excellence has been central to Pony.ai’s resilience through years of highs and lows.

Inside Pony.ai’s staying power and the mindset of its CTO, Lou Tiancheng

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

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Microsoft develops Windows, Office, and Azure cloud platforms, enabling productivity, collaboration, and scalable computing worldwide.

Microsoft

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

Middle East

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

Microsoft acquires Israeli-founded video tech firm Peer5 to enhance live video. Its platform optimizes bandwidth usage via mesh networking technology.

Microsoft acquires Israeli-founded video tech firm Peer5 to enhance live video

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How are digital assets protected? Analyze threat detection, encryption standards, and cybersecurity solutions safeguarding data.

Cybersecurity

Riskified's share price soars on IPO day as it targets East and Southeast Asia in global expansion. It raised USD 367 million during its debut on the NYSE.

Riskified's share price soars on IPO day, firm targets Asia in global expansion

Riskified&#8217;s share price soars on IPO day, firm targets Asia in global expansion

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AJ Cortese

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

Japan

SoftBank leads USD 56.4 million investment in sneaker e-commerce platform Soda.

SoftBank leads USD 56.4 million investment in sneaker e-commerce platform Soda

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Khamila Mulia

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Grocery delivery giant Instacart taps Israel's Fabric for automated fulfillment.

Grocery delivery giant Instacart taps Israel's Fabric for automated fulfillment

Grocery delivery giant Instacart taps Israel&#8217;s Fabric for automated fulfillment

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

Amazon Web Services maps out new strategy for China. AWS is already the frontrunner in cloud computing. Its annual revenue could reach USD 54 billion

Amazon Web Services maps out new strategy for China

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Wiley Zhang shares his thoughts on effective leadership and impactful influence.

Be proactive and stay connected in the era of hybrid work, says Logitech regional head of video collaboration

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Julianna Wu

Google dominates online search, digital ads, and cloud solutions, powering discovery, analytics, and smartphone operating systems.

Google

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

YouTube’s video streaming platform features music, vlogs, educational channels, and brand content reaching global audiences.

YouTube

What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

Two-year-old simsim has raised a total of USD 16 million to date from investors like Accel Partners and Shunwei Capital.

YouTube to acquire local social commerce startup simsim

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Moulishree Srivastava

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

Cybertino Lab launches NFT marketplace for influencers to create and trade digital assets. It may also develop blockchain-powered virtual avatars.

Cybertino Lab launches NFT marketplace for influencers to create and trade digital assets

Tesla’s electric cars, battery storage systems, and solar energy solutions shape sustainable transportation and power grids.

Tesla

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

Singapore

Tesla will open a service center in Singapore in July. It will operate out of a space formerly occupied by Tan Chong Motor’s Nissan dealership.

Tesla slated to open service center in Singapore this July

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