Cyberport completed its fifth-phase project in Hong Kong, featuring offices and a Tier III+ data centre to drive AI development, according to Simon Chan Sai-ming.
The Japanese government has formed a parliamentary taskforce to investigate regulating the multi-billion-dollar trading card market. Soaring prices for Pokémon cards have sparked concerns over scalping, counterfeiting, financial ruin, and money laundering.
Scotland's tourism industry is thriving in 2026 with a 15% rise in flight bookings and increased visitor numbers driven by cooler climates, screen tourism, and direct flights, despite cost-of-living pressures and lower spending per head.
Bumble has abandoned its signature rule requiring women to make the first move, as the online dating industry faces declining user engagement, falling share prices, and a pivot toward artificial intelligence features.
Sohan Sethi, a 29-year-old Indian-origin data analyst, faced three H-1B visa rejections before successfully obtaining an O-1 visa for extraordinary ability, allowing him to continue his career in the US.
Hong Kong authorities have launched an expressions of interest exercise for the first five sites in the Hung Shui Kiu logistics cluster to gauge industry demand and development views.
Andy Burnham criticizes water companies for raising bills to fund repairs and infrastructure, despite failing to address pollution and leaks, sparking calls for nationalization.
A venture capital fund backed by China's YMTC has acquired a stake in semiconductor manufacturer SOI Micro, boosting Beijing's push for domestic chipmaking alternatives using FD-SOI technology.
At the Ai4 conference in Las Vegas, AI experts Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng debated the risks and benefits of open-weight AI models, warning against tech gatekeepers and discussing global competitiveness.
Cryptocurrency asset manager Bitwise has laid off roughly 14% of its staff, reducing its headcount from about 180 to 155 amid a wider industry downturn and shifting retail investor focus.
China is accelerating its brain-computer interface industry through coordinated state initiatives, highlighted by the nation's first commercial insurance policy for BCI surgery in Hangzhou.
A Lake Como-inspired estate in Hillsborough, California, has sold for a record $70m to an AI industry buyer, marking the most expensive home sale in northern California this year and highlighting a tech wealth-driven housing boom.
Latin America’s largest private sector bank, Itaú, has partnered with OpenAssets to participate in a Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association pilot testing tokenized fixed-income securities and investment funds using DLT.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay advocating a laissez-faire approach to AI development, while tech billionaires pour hundreds of millions into Super Pacs to elect pro-AI candidates and defeat regulators.
China's Comac C919 passenger jet is scheduled to make its first international commercial flight from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar, marking a milestone for China's aviation ambitions despite reliance on Western parts and stiff competition from Boeing and Airbus.
Kazakhstan's government signed a decree offering a three-year personal income tax break on digital asset transactions to encourage citizens to move holdings to regulated domestic platforms and revive its crypto sector.
Dubai maritime tokenization platform Shipfinex has partnered with ADI Chain to tokenize a pipeline of 35 vessels valued at $500 million, utilizing stablecoins for distribution and settlement.
Public health groups and pharmaceutical leaders sharply criticized Donald Trump's new executive order targeting childhood vaccines. The order demands separating the MMR shot into individual injections, drawing immediate pushback for lacking scientific backing.
Russia's small arms industry has adapted to the conflict in Ukraine by shifting high-precision rifle production to meet combat needs, according to Kalashnikov Group CEO Alan Lushnikov.
Cryptocurrency companies and the Bitcoin Policy Institute urged frontier AI labs to grant Bitcoin developers and open-source defenders early access to advanced models, citing rising security threats and AI-assisted cyber attacks.
Michael Knowles refuses to moderate a proposed debate between Candace Owens and Andrew Wilson over Charlie Kirk's murder, advocating for the legal system to handle the case instead of public media spectacles.
Arron Banks, a Reform UK backer, is under pressure to disclose the full scope of his surveillance of journalists, including those at The Guardian and Sunday Times, after admitting to hiring private investigators, sparking concerns over press freedom and democracy.
Despite China's sluggish retail sales and store closures by competitors like Zara and H&M, US apparel brand Gap plans to open 50 new stores in mainland China and return to Hong Kong by year-end, driven by a successful 'China-for-China' localization strategy under new operator Baozun.
Vietnam's private space company VinSpace signed a deal with SpaceX to launch its first satellites in 2027 under the Transporter rideshare program, marking a step in the country's aerospace ambitions.
