Singapore is putting S$220M into fintech as private funding hits a decade low
Singapore is putting S$220M into fintech as private funding hits a decade low

Singapore has committed S$220M, about $173M, to its fintech sector over the next three years. It made the announcement three days after KPMG reported that private investment in Singaporean fintech had fallen to its weakest first half in roughly a decad…

The ‘Dragon Quest The Dive’ Exhibition In Tokyo Is Great Fun

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of ‘Dragon Quest’, there’s a new exhibition and VR ride called The Dive, and it’s a lot of fun.

Tokyo Toy Show 2026 Had Some Great New ‘Gundam’ Figures On Display

The first of the two business days for the Tokyo Toy Show was today, and there were a lot of new figures and toys on display.

Former Professor Becomes Billionaire As China Bolsters Its Semiconductor Supply Chain

Liu Jianfang quit his teaching job at China’s Jilin University in 2019 to focus full-time on his semiconductor component maker GK Precision. He is now a billionaire after the company’s shares surged nearly 400% since its August listing.

Japan wants stock and bond settlement to happen instantly, on a blockchain
Japan wants stock and bond settlement to happen instantly, on a blockchain

Japan is studying whether to move the settlement of stocks and government bonds onto blockchain infrastructure capable of running in real time around the clock, according to Nikkei, in a project involving the Financial Services Agency, the Ministry of …

Unitree shares fall 45% from their debut peak, wiping out $30bn
Unitree shares fall 45% from their debut peak, wiping out $30bn

Unitree’s shares have fallen roughly 45% from the peak they hit on their first day of trading in Shanghai. The slide has turned a national success story into an argument about how China prices its listings. The stock steadied on Tuesday after three con…

China called off its ice-hunting Moon shot a day before launch
China called off its ice-hunting Moon shot a day before launch

China called off its most ambitious Moon mission the day before it was due to fly. The announcement runs to a single sentence. Chang’e 7 does not meet the conditions for launch, the China Manned Space Agency said on Sunday. It cannot go ahead in this y…

Southeast Asia is planning four times the data centre capacity it runs
Southeast Asia is planning four times the data centre capacity it runs

Southeast Asia has 306 data centres running and 173 more in the pipeline, according to figures published on Tuesday. The capacity being planned is nearly four times what is already operating. Southeast Asia data centre investment will rise from $15.72b…

Nine charged in Taiwan over 130 Nvidia B300 servers bound for China
Nine charged in Taiwan over 130 Nvidia B300 servers bound for China

Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted nine people over the alleged illegal export of high-end AI servers to China, among them an employee of Nvidia’s Taiwan operation and two from Super Micro. The charges are the first to emerge from an investigation tha…

‘Earth Defense Force 6.2’ Will Have Double The Amount Of Aliens To Shoot At

Since the release of ‘Earth Defense Force 6’ back in 2022, developer Sandlot has been rather quiet, but it seems another alien ant-squishing masterpiece is on the way.