Marvie Basilan

Many observers hailed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bid to cement his country's position as the Global South's "voice" and a "bridge" to the West during the G20 summit as a success.

Chinese technology major Huawei created shockwaves with a smartphone that boasts of 5G-like speeds and, crucially, has at its heart a homegrown 7nm chip -- technology that China was not known to possess. IBT speaks to experts on whether U.S. curbs on China's access to advanced chip technology are failing.

The G20 Summit in New Delhi is expected to become a venue for a power showdown between India and China, and with Xi Jinping's absence, Japan is expected to prop up its ally in becoming the "voice" of the Global South.

China has been asserting its territorial claims across virtually the entire South China Sea through its 9-dash line in the past years, and while it has faced resistance from other claimants, opposition to its new 10-dash line appears to be more serious.

The gatekeepers, which the European Union says are companies that provide "an important gateway between businesses and consumers in relation to core platform services," have six months to provide a "detailed" report to prove they comply with the DMA's provisions.

After news of the layoffs emerged, Roku stocks jumped about 3% higher.

At a time when relations between the U.S. and China have soured, Beijing passed a foreign state that "stipulates the rules for Chinese courts to handle civil cases involving a foreign State and its property."

Indonesia has been promoting AI adoption in recent years as part of its national strategy through 2045, and it appears OpenAI's Sam Altman is first on its list of investors to woo.

Tokyo continues to find ways to boost its fishery industry after China imposed a blanket import ban on its seafood products over its decision to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

The Chinese tech giant's Huawei Cloud Riyadh office, which was announced Monday at the Huawei Cloud Summit Arabia 2023, will focus on serving consumers across the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.

More than two years after Myanmar's military junta overthrew the government, unity in the ASEAN bloc is being questioned – Myanmar remains barred from attending summits and Thailand seems to be ready to welcome the country back against an adamant majority.

ChatGPT has been found to have high "emotional awareness," but some experts are concerned about the possible risks that come with its application in the mental health field.

The Taiwan issue isn't unnoticed in Southeast Asia, experts said, but there is an apparent reluctance in taking a side as Washington and Beijing fire up the debate on the self-governing island's arduous path to total autonomy.

Two more neighbors are calling out China over its new map that highlights its claims over the South China Sea, but Beijing insists that its map launch was just routine practice for "public awareness."

Pegasystems is cutting another 4% of its headcount after it slashed its workforce in January, joining several other software firms affected by the greater tech reckoning.

Malaysia became the first ASEAN member to reject China's claims in its new map, followed by the Philippines. The tensions come as ASEAN countries prepare for its 43rd summit.

SkyKick, which has been in a years-long legal standoff with British media conglomerate Sky, has implemented a new round of layoffs around five months since it last conducted job cuts.

Nvidia shares rose Tuesday after it announced an expansion of its AI partnership with Google Cloud, becoming the best performer so far this year in the S&P 500.

Super Typhoon Saola is leaving the Philippines with more than P41 million in infrastructure damage, nearly 200,000 individuals affected, and 52 totally damaged houses.

Chinese AI company SenseTime has reportedly cut its workforce after an earlier restructuring last year. The company recently won the Best Paper Award at the CVPR 2023 conference.

Xpeng continues to forge partnerships as it explores possibilities in shared smart mobility, with its latest move coming through the acquisition of ride-hailing giant DiDi's smart EV arm.

Typhoon Saola, locally known as Goring, continues to pour heavy rains across parts of the northern Philippines – the same area that Super Typhoon Doksuri battered in July.

China's Shanghai Micro Electronic Equipment is reportedly poised to deliver the country's first home-grown lithography machine capable of producing 28-nanometer chips by the end of the year. Although much behind the current 3nm and 5nm chips, these can still help China make progress in rapidly growing industries like electric vehicles.

Japan is pushing for a tech-driven defense strategy amid geopolitical tensions, and it has already laid out several key priorities in this year's plan which includes virtual reality capabilities.

Just two months after it laid off 20% of its staff, Chingari has reportedly implemented another workforce reduction, this time affecting a larger portion of its headcount.

Hours after news of Prigozhin's presumed death broke, theories emerged about the Russian mercenary chief possibly "faking death," or even evading death, after a second private plane linked to him landed safely near Moscow around the same time as the one supposedly with Prigozhin on board crashed.

Shopify customers can now use USDC to pay through the e-commerce platform's integration with Solana Pay.

The leader of Russia's Wagner Group has reportedly died alongside nine other passengers and crew onboard a plane that crashed en route to St. Petersburg on Wednesday.

BioWare is laying off 50 workers weeks after parent company Electronic Arts moved the SWTOR game to an outside studio.