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

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

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Nikkei Asia

Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

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

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Its new search interface is part chatbot, part creative tool, and part concierge, but whether users will embrace it at scale remains an open question.

Baidu reimagines search as the race to build the first AI superapp continues

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong-listed firm is advancing its pipeline using an mRNA system it says can compete with the industry’s best.

Everest Medicines targets global expansion with proprietary, AI-driven mRNA platform

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T. K. Lin

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

Creative

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

Content

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

Opinion

When AI can create an audio recording of anyone on earth saying literally anything, does that make for a better future? Or is this a Black Mirror episode?

The Bullet: Generative AI — The Good, the Bad, and the Scary

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Degen Hill

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

What fits the world in your pocket? Track device innovation, OS ecosystems, and connectivity shaping smartphone usage.

Smartphones

India

Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production to India. iPhone maker taps South Asian nation again in push to diversify from China.

Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production to India

What defines fully immersive realms? Uncover virtual environments, user-generated content, and monetization models shaping the metaverse.

Metaverse

When the focus is on user retention and maximizing revenue, can we really expect a worthwhile place to spend our time or money?

The Bullet: Metaverse Madness

What unlocks decentralized innovation? Explore blockchain-based platforms, data ownership models, and tools shaping the next internet era.

Web3

The current trend of cartoon animal NFTs needs to be taken out behind the shed.

The Bullet: We’re Not Using NFTs to Their Full Potential

With the Monetary Authority of Singapore pushing back on crypto, is Temasek’s investment a bold move or a risky venture?

The Bullet: Temasek’s $100 Million Bet — Brilliant or Brash?

Bigo’s platforms (like Bigo Live) enable interactive live streaming, connecting users with influencers, events, and entertainment content.

Bigo

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

Southeast Asia

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

Live Streaming

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

Short Video

Chinese apps vie to become the next TikTok without making splash at home. StarMaker, Bigo Live, and Yalla make inroads into Southeast Asia, Middle East.

Chinese apps vie to become the next TikTok without making splash at home

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

From Douyin clone to global sensation: How TikTok took the world by storm. ByteDance’s acquisition of Musical.ly made TikTok one of the most popular apps.

From Douyin clone to global sensation: How TikTok took the world by storm

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Zhang Jun

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

Thinking different: How ByteDance shifted course to launch TikTok as a global hit. Along the way, ByteDance has adjusted its international outlook.

Thinking different: How ByteDance shifted course to launch TikTok as a global hit

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

E-commerce

Coast to coast: TikTok’s long-term plans for global domination. As TikTok diversifies revenue streams, how does the company stack up against competitors?

Coast to coast: TikTok’s long-term plans for global domination

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