To retire or not to retire? Malaysia divided over working past 60
Chew Kin Wah spent seven seasons gracing Malaysian television screens as “Kee Tat” in the hit sitcom Kopitiam in the late 1990s and early...
AI breakthroughs in robotics won’t change your life any time soon
The story is a collaboration between MIT Technology Review and Aventine, a non-profit research foundation that creates and supports content about how technology and...
Iron cage beds at elderly home in Thailand fuel anger, owner defends ‘innovation’
A care scandal has erupted in Thailand after a nursing home was exposed for confining old and sick residents in beds covered by iron...
China’s AI chipmaker Biren tumbles 12% as it seeks US$510 million in share placement
Shares of artificial intelligence chipmaker Shanghai Biren Technology tumbled more than 12 per cent in Hong Kong on Thursday amid plans to raise HK$4...
Building a safer path to autonomous industrial AI
In partnership withAVEVA Industrial AI is entering a new phase. After decades of predictive analytics and other specialized applications, advances in foundation models, physical...
In Indonesia, will VP Gibran’s ‘diploma-gate’ haunt his future after court ruling?
A legal challenge to the vice-presidency of Indonesia’s Gibran Rakabuming Raka could haunt his political future even though he has survived damning court findings...
Hong Kong IPO boom at risk as cornerstone backers get cold feet, sources say
Exuberance among cornerstone investors in Hong Kong’s booming initial public offering (IPO) market seems to be fading, forcing some issuers that had hoped to...
Police recover HK$30 million in gold swapped for fabric softener in hotel theft
Published: 4:06pm, 8 Oct 2026Updated: 5:27pm, 8 Oct 2026 Hong Kong police have recovered about HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) worth of stolen gold and...
Chinese team says its all-in-one mini artificial pancreas offers next-gen diabetes care
Chinese scientists have created a wearable all-in-one device combining a glucose sensor and insulin micropump that they say paves the way for a fully...