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Singapore billionaire Forrest Li’s technology giant Sea will become Southeast Asia’s first enterprise to adopt Nvidia’s next-generation Vera Rubin AI computing platform. Singapore billionaire Forrest Li speaks during a fireside chat at Stripe Tour Singapore on August 2026 The investment will give the parent company of Shopee, Garena and digital financial services business Monee more computing power to develop artificial intelligence models and AI agents at scale, Sea announce

Nike plans to cut an undetermined number of jobs and establish a new campus in India as it seeks to accelerate a turnaround following another downcast quarter. People walk past a store of the sporting goods retailer Nike Inc at a shopping complex in Beijing, China, March 25, 2021 The sports giant unveiled the plan as it reported a modest decline in quarterly profits on lower sales. The company projected sales in the current fiscal year would fall by "high-single digits," acco

Thailand's tourism authority said its Amazing Thailand Ambassador campaign featuring South Korean band Blackpink's Lisa had generated more than THB567 million (US$17 million) in estimated publicity value. Blackpink’s Lisa features in Thailand’s "Feel All the Feelings" tourism campaign, showcasing the country’s destinations and experiences to international audiences The campaign, launched in January 2026 under the "Feel All the Feelings" concept, used her international profile

A Malaysian influencer once famous for promoting gambling says he now drives for Grab about 10 hours a day just to cover basic expenses after running up some RM1 million (US$245,000) in debt. Gambling influencer trades private Aaron Lim, 48, known online as "Genting's little queen," said in an Instagram video on Sept. 21 that he has been driving for the ride-hailing platform for eight months in a car lent to him by a friend, Singapore news site Mothership reported. He usually

China has overtaken the U.S. as the leading workplace for elite AI researchers as more Chinese talent chooses to build careers at home, a new study found. A humanoid robot at a robotics laboratory during a government-organized media trip in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, April 16, 2026 China was home to 41% of the top artificial intelligence researchers tracked in 2025, up from 27% in 2022, according to a study released Sept. 23 by think tank Carnegie China. The U.S. s

Indian space startup TakeMe2Space plans to launch what it describes as ‌the country's first orbital computing satellite aboard a SpaceX rocket on Oct. 1, seeking to process data in orbit rather than transmit raw information back to Earth. A SpaceX rocket launched into space The company's MOI-1A spacecraft, a sub-50 kg satellite carrying Nvidia Orin NX edge-computing processors, is scheduled to fly on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission. TakeMe2Space said on Monday it ha

Tencent has launched a mobile payment app for foreign visitors to China, allowing them to use overseas bank cards and digital wallets across the WeChat Pay network as the country seeks to make its increasingly cashless economy more accessible to international tourists. Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, China The app, TenPayGo, was launched last week by Tencent's WeChat Pay team. Tencent is one of China's largest technology companies and the operator of WeChat, a widely used p

New Delhi will ban construction for six weeks in the country's capital, as part of a slew of measures announced on Sept. 28 to tackle the city’s air pollution. Vehicles are seen on a highway on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, Dec. 2, 2021 Delhi, a sprawling megacity of 30 million people, is regularly ranked among the world’s most polluted capitals due to a mix of emissions from power plants, heavy traffic, construction activity and the burning of crop stubble. The const

Japan has returned to the top of the World Economic Forum's global travel and tourism rankings, as the country seeks to attract visitors also to its lesser-known destinations amid a surge in foreign arrivals. Shibuya’s bustling streets light up at night in Tokyo, Japan, a major tourism hub Japan ranked first among 110 economies listed in the index released Sept. 25, followed by the United States, Spain, Australia, and France. Japan had ranked first in 2021 before dropping to

A 31-year-old Chinese PhD quit her psychiatrist career to deliver food and sing at bars, saying she wanted greater freedom and control over her time. Former Chinese psychiatrist Liu Zihan Seven months ago, Liu Zihan was working as a psychiatrist and postdoctoral researcher at a top-tier hospital in Zhuhai, southern China's Guangdong Province. Now, some evenings find her wearing a delivery uniform and riding an electric scooter through the city's streets with customers' meals.

Meta's billionaire AI chief Alexandr Wang says the Meta Connect outfit that social media users priced at US$3,500 in luxury labels began with a deer-print shirt he bought at a Santa Cruz thrift store for $30. Alexandr Wang at Meta Connect 2026 on Sept. 23, 2026 Wang wore the 1990s-style camouflage tee, printed with a large deer head above a wooded trail and more deer, with "Lake Tahoe" on the sleeve, during his keynote at the developer conference on Sept. 23. He paired it wit

Shares of South Korean publisher KRAFTON have plummeted to a 52-week low, shedding over US$150 million in market capitalization as the company was the center of a controversy involving two prominent Vietnamese PUBG players. Himass (R) and TanVuu represent Vietnam at a PUBG tournament in 2025 The publisher of PUBG: Battlegrounds closed at 198,000 won ($145.32) per share during the Wednesday trading session, which is a nearly 2% decline from the previous day. This drop brings t

Meta has disrupted more than 3.7 million scam-linked accounts, pages and other content this year based on information provided by the Singapore police, the company said Wednesday. Meta's ecosystem The social media giant said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) has been helping Meta's investigators "identify and dismantle entire ecosystems of scammers" through an information-sharing collaboration in place over the past two years. Between January and June, Meta removed more than 1

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged cooperation with the United States, Beijing's state media reported, hours after being greeted in Washington on Wednesday evening local time by President Donald Trump. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping stand beside Marine One in the U.S. on Sept. 24, 2026 "Our two countries should be partners rather than rivals," Xi said in written remarks published by state news agency Xinhua, adding that "the Chinese and U.S. peop

Venice is looking at expanding its tourist entry fee, applying it for a longer period of the year ​and raising the daily charge to as much as €30 (US$34), ‌a senior official in the city government has said. Gondoliers row their gondolas through the Venice Canal as the city prepares for the Redentore Festival celebrations in Venice, Italy, July 15, 2023 Budget and taxation councilor Michele Zuin said the current fee of €5 to €10 was too low to safeguard against overtourism, bu

The 139-year-old Raffles Hotel has ranked 17th in the 2026 edition of The 50 Best Hotels list, making it the only Singapore property in the top 50 based on reviews from hoteliers and experienced luxury travelers. The facade of Raffles Hotel in Singapore Opened on Dec. 1, 1887, the hotel has 115 rooms and is widely regarded as the oldest hotel still operating in Singapore. It was gazetted as a national monument in 1987 and used to host many world-famous political leaders. The

Volkswagen's sweeping turnaround plan foresees more than 4,000 further job cuts at Porsche, following a profit warning linked to problems at the sports car subsidiary. The logo of Porsche Files documenting a recent agreement by Volkswagen's supervisory board to usher in the German auto group's largest restructuring yet propose a reduction of "about 4,100 employees" at the brand, addressing an overhead shortfall of some EUR700 million (US$803.8 million), according to German bu

Pop star Ed Sheeran's opening acts and his own band have quit his U.S. tour in solidarity with rapper Macklemore, who was cut from the musical lineup over his "free Palestine" ​remarks on stage criticizing Israeli government actions in Gaza and the West Bank. Ed Sheeran performs during the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball concert at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, U.S. on Dec. 12, 2025 The backlash from Sheeran's touring companions came after the English-born singer-songwrite

Zhang Yiming, founder of TikTok's parent company ByteDance, has become the richest person in Asia as his wealth surged to US$105.5 billion. Zhang Yiming, founder of tech company Bytedance, attends a meeting in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 18, 2016 The Chinese billionaire's estimated net worth rose more than $12 billion this month after Bloomberg analyzed the latest valuations from investment firms including BlackRock, Fidelity Investments and T. Rowe Price.

Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a cybersecurity capabilities test, the first known example ‌of the company's AI systems autonomously committing such an act. Gemini's logo is seen on a smartphone The hacks occurred in May during a cybersecurity test conducted by Irregular, an independent company that conducts cybersecurity evaluations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. An Irregular spokesperson said the incident involved