Japan has decided it does not want to depend on Elon Musk to keep its phones connected from space. The government is set to provide up to ¥150 billion, roughly $926 million, in subsidies to a consortium led by Rakuten Group to build a homegrown low-Ear…
The opposition KMT is proposing NT$240bn for unmanned systems just days after stalling the government’s plan, in a fight with real implications for the island’s defence. Few militaries have watched the war in Ukraine more closely than Taiwan’s, and the…
South Korea has placed its biggest bet yet on the AI era. The plan commits at least $880bn over a decade to chips, data centres and robots. It is the boldest South Korea AI investment to date, and the government says speed is now the only way to surviv…
Firmus Technologies, an Australian AI infrastructure company valued at $5.5 billion, will build its first data centre in Indonesia through an eight-year partnership with Nvidia. The 360-megawatt Nvidia DSX AI Factory campus in Batam, an island just off…
New models are launching in Asia that promise Mythos-like capabilities without fear of an export ban. U.S. AI labs may never recover this enormous market.
The shipment passed through Kuala Lumpur declared as ordinary computer components. Inside the 72 server units, Malaysian customs officers found something the paperwork did not mention: advanced artificial-intelligence chips worth 52.9 million ringgit, …
The number arrives with the bluntness of a government tally. TikTok and YouTube have deactivated roughly 4.7 million accounts belonging to children under 16 in Indonesia, the country’s communications minister said on 25 June. The bulk of the cuts came …
Online gaming exploded in the Philippines following the broad adoption of mobile Internet gambling during the pandemic. It rose 30% to 201 billion pesos ($3.3 billion) last year.
South Korean chip stocks rallied on Thursday after Micron Technology reported a record quarter and an upbeat outlook, reviving optimism that demand for AI memory will stay tight well into next year. The benchmark KOSPI rose about 4.1%, with the country…
Wang Bing, chairman and CEO of semiconductor component maker Chongqing Genori Technology, has amassed a fortune of $4.7 billion as shares soared almost 1,200% after its Shanghai listing.