Britain's elite schools bet on Japan's regions as Asia education hub
HACHIMANTAI, Japan -- Prestigious British schools are expanding one after another into Japan, aiming to use the country as an educational hub to attra
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‘The norm will be to trade with agents’: Crypto founders learn to love—and fear—AI
"We're the busiest we've ever been," says Blockaid co-founder Ido Ben-Natan.
Fortune AI3 min readTikTok’s Shou Chew expects an AI science breakthrough within three years
TikTok chief executive Shou Chew expects AI to deliver a major scientific breakthrough within two to three years. He named physics, biotech, chemistry and materials science. Chew spoke on Monday at DBS Bank’s Asia Future Forward Conference in Singapore, CNBC reported.
The Next Web AI2 min readJapan steps up cyber warnings as data leaks hit millions of customers
Japan’s government has told ministries, local authorities and companies to step up their cyber defences. A wave of attacks has exposed the data of millions of customers. The National Cybersecurity Office sent the instructions on Friday, the Associated Press reported.
The Next Web AI2 min readBandai's Tamagotchi gains ground in Asia as licensing business expands
TOKYO -- Japanese toy maker Bandai's digital pet device Tamagotchi, which marks the 30th anniversary of its launch next month, is expanding its presen
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readUS probes Foxconn, Luxshare and 18 others over AI server power patents
AUS trade body has opened a patent case against 20 companies over the power systems inside AI servers. Foxconn, Luxshare and Quanta are among them.The US International Trade Commission acted after a complaint by power-chip maker Vicor, it said on Friday.
The Next Web AI1 min readJapan-led Asia decarbonization bloc pivots to oil stockpiling measures
TOKYO/MANILA -- The Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) agreed on Thursday to strengthen oil stockpiles across member countries in response
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readReport: Physical AI Growing Faster Than Markets Are Ready to Deploy
Insider Brief Physical AI startups are moving from prototypes into commercial use, but customer readiness, access to capital and computing resources remain barriers to deployment, according to a new report from AWS Startups with Strand Partners.
The AI Insider5 min readNo DRAM but plenty of good drama in Asia
Hello everyone! This is Lauly, sending my warm regards from Taipei, where the leaves have started turning red, and temperatures are becoming much more
Nikkei Asia Tech8 min readWill AI kill the Asian entertainment industry, or reinvent it?
Studios in China are turning to models from ByteDance and Kling to generate 100-minute short dramas for less than $3000.
Fortune AI6 min readTSMC and other Taiwan players boost AI spending in US, Southeast Asia
TOKYO -- Taiwanese companies have stepped up overseas investment as they rush to build out supply chains that can handle surging demand for artificial
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readTaiwan opens Phoenix office as $265 billion chip investment in Arizona grows, over China’s objections
Taiwan is turning Phoenix into a bigger hub for its chip industry with a new office and TSMC's investments
Fortune AI2 min readAustralianSuper to more than double private equity investment in Asia
CANBERRA -- Pension fund giant AustralianSuper plans to significantly boost its investment in private equity in Asia as part of a broad push into the
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan’s population is shrinking at an accelerating rate, but the nationalist prime minister is making it harder for foreigners to live there
The latest five-year census showed the number of Japanese nationals declined by 3.5% to 119.1 million in 2025, following a 1.4% drop in the 2020 count.
Fortune AI3 min readTencent leases 100,000 AI chips from Oracle in a $7bn deal, FT reports
Tencent has signed a five-year lease to use about 100,000 advanced AI chips from Oracle. People familiar with the matter told the Financial Times about the deal. The chips, which are not available in China, sit in several Oracle data centres in South-East Asia.
The Next Web AI2 min readZhou Yuxiang hired food delivery riders to sell AI to factories. Now he’s chasing China’s industrial AI breakthrough
China has millions of small factories—and almost no data on them. Yuxiang Zhou thinks AI can fix both.
Fortune AI6 min readJapan eyes $140bn AI data centre push with Dell and JERA, FT reports
Japan’s biggest power generator is teaming up with Dell to build AI data centres across the country. The push could cost as much as $140bn, the Financial Times reported. JERA, Dell and UK developer RHAELM signed a non-binding agreement on Thursday, JERA said.
The Next Web AI2 min readSingapore is tapping a Nobel-winning formula to help its useless singles get dates
FirstDate offers one potential match at a time, testing whether fewer choices can help singles build a connection.
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