Asia

The global oil crisis triggered by the U.S.-Iran war is making Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, and India get conservative with energy.

Washington’s move to lift export controls could turn Vietnam from a chip assembly hub into a manufacturing partner — and a strategic alternative to China.

As countries start enforcing new age-limit laws, platforms like Roblox use facial technology — but critics warn of privacy leaks and surveillance.

And Indonesian creators are leading the charge.

As chipmakers rush to serve AI data centers, consumer electronics are left in short supply.

A consolidation among Chinese carmakers is flooding markets from São Paulo to Dubai.

Despite seeming ideal for crowded cities, these compact cars captured just $11 billion of the $800 billion global EV market.

In the Philippines, BPO and AI workers say companies require them to report in person during disasters, citing client demands and safety compliance.

A new Microsoft study shows where AI usage is taking off.

Aggressive expansion of wind energy to power the semiconductor industry is upending the livelihoods of farmers and fishers.

In his new book “Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI,” writer Nick Srnicek details how a few tech companies, and the U.S. and China, are jostling to control the development of AI.

Visualizing the ups, downs, and standout stats from 2025’s biggest tech stories.

The boom in AI data centers is colliding with weak power grids, soaring energy demand, and growing local pushback.

In 21 countries, all data centers are located in climates that are too hot.

After years of investing in Europe, Chinese EV and battery firms are turning to Asia, Africa, and Latin America

In an industry studded with megastars like BTS and Blackpink, virtual idols are building powerful new fandoms even while their true identities remain obscured.

Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.

In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.

South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.

Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.

30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.

Livestream sellers have built booming careers. Now, bots are threatening to steal their spotlight and their customers.

South Korea’s top battery makers are losing ground as Chinese firms dominate with cheaper technology, factory scale, and state backing.

Facing bans in the U.S. and Europe, the Chinese tech giant is targeting emerging markets to build data centers and push its AI chips, clashing with America’s goal to dominate the AI stack.

As countries pursue self-sufficiency in AI, they risk depending on foreign companies, undermining their independence and their goals.

Over two decades, Viettel grew from a state telco into a tech powerhouse that makes everything from 5G chips to robots to affordable mobile phones.

Here’s a roundup of research, including that AI companions are emotional manipulators and whether AI voice agents make good recruiters (they do).

As Taiwan’s fertility rate plummets and young women increasingly choose to remain single, the island’s Silicon Valley is bucking the trend.

ChatGPT-powered robotic dolls are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.

Egune is one of several linguistically and culturally aware AI models built by smaller nations to reduce reliance on American and Chinese tech giants.

OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.

Impersonators for OnlyFans models said their sales quotas are soaring, and once AI improves, they could be out of work.

In The New Geography of Innovation, writer Mehran Gul examines the increasing competition for talent in Singapore, where big tech firms are luring people away from once-prized government jobs.

Manufacturing powerhouses Mexico, Malaysia, and India want to become less reliant on expensive imports — without competing with Nvidia or TSMC.

Vietnamese chip component suppliers are responding to growing market demands for products with no Chinese link. 

Indonesia dominates the EV nickel supply chain. But prices are falling, threatening workers in high-risk, high-reward smelting jobs.