Japan’s Kao is making a renewed marketing push for cosmetics brand Kate across Asia, quintupling promotional expenses there ...

Splat is an app that turns arguments into entertainment, where AI judges your roasts and fighting is framed as a form of ...

DeepSeek’s updated R1 model has tied Google’s Gemini 2.5 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 on the WebDev Arena coding leaderboard. Released in May, the enhanced R1 reportedly improves reasoning and halves ...

Alipay has integrated in-store payment functionality into Rokid’s new AR glasses, enabling users to complete purchases using voice commands and QR scans. With over 250,000 units reportedly preordered, ...

Temu has signed a cloud hosting deal with Oracle amid ongoing US lawsuits and rising scrutiny over data privacy. The Chinese-owned app is accused of mishandling user data and is following TikTok’s ...

The Trump Organization's new USD 499 T1 smartphone, marketed as US-made, was likely designed and assembled in China, according to experts. The Android device uses various components from Asia, ...

The Trump administration has issued a third executive order delaying TikTok’s US ban, granting ByteDance 90 more days to divest. The app remains subject to a 2024 law requiring a qualified sale over ...

InstaPay Technologies has secured USD 3 million in a Series A2 funding round, led by US family offices with renewed backing from ACA Investments. With this funding, the Malaysia-based fintech firm ...

China has begun its first clinical trial of wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, with a paralyzed patient reportedly controlling games by thought weeks after surgery. The implant, said ...

Tencent has denied media reports that it is pursuing acquisitions of South Korean firms Nexon and Kakao Mobility. The company rejected claims of a USD 15 billion bid for Nexon and a 40% stake purchase ...

Southeast Asia is emerging as a key player in the global space economy, fueled by a surge in space-related deal activity, a ...

Chinese major hotelier H World Group aims to add about 9,000 hotels by 2030, mostly on its home turf, betting that demand for ...