Tech in Asia

This decision aligns with the cautious stance of financial authorities in Japan, Switzerland, and the European Central Bank.

Chitu supports Meta’s Llama series and DeepSeek models, running on China-made chips and challenging Nvidia’s dominance.

The region needs to unlock more localized AI models and find a way to support AI startups and fill the talent gap.

This design would rely entirely on wireless charging and cloud-based data syncing.

In this week’s issue of The Prompt, we map out the rise of humanoid robots and discuss why Manus AI made a big splash.

The focus of the negotiations is on BluSmart's assets.

Malaysia, especially Johor, has become a data center hub due to AI-driven infrastructure demand.

Available only through Google’s AI Studio, the tool lacks safeguards against misuse.

Hyundai Card's app includes a map to locate Line Pay-accepting merchants in Taiwan.

The plant will produce control boards for appliances including washing machines, refrigerators, ACs, IT hardware.

Shares of Shift4, Toast, and Bill.com experienced steeper declines of 6.7%, 6.2%, and 4%, respectively.

IdeaSpace and QBO Innovation have invested over 300 million pesos (US$5.24 million), incubated more than 250 startups.

AI talent demand is shifting Hong Kong’s job market, with 67% of recruiters from smart-living sectors.

This follows a memorandum of understanding it inked with Nasdaq-listed Pony AI in July last year.

Users’ commands will be stored and analyzed on Amazon servers to support Alexa+, its new AI-powered assistant.

Joby's eVTOL aircraft, designed for a pilot and four passengers, can fly up to 200 miles per hour.

ListAssist specializes in natural language search functionality for home listing platforms.

Durov was detained at Le Bourget airport near Paris in August 2024 and later released on €5 million (US$5.6 million) bail.

The acquisition is expected to enhance Innoterra’s B2B ecommerce platform, Farmlink.

In contrast, the share of imported EV brands dropped to 26.4%, down from 34.9% in the previous year.