MiniMax went public in Hong Kong less than five months ago. Its shares have since roughly quadrupled. Now the Chinese AI startup wants to do it again, closer to home. In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Sunday, MiniMax said it is exploring a…
SoftBank’s market cap topped Toyota’s on Monday for the first time in 23 years, lifted by its ~$65bn OpenAI stake and a Nikkei breaking 67,000 for the first time. SoftBank Group overtook Toyota Motor on Monday to become Japan’s most valuable listed com…
What a deaf K-pop group, Seoul’s first permanent Auracast installation, and a jazz club reveal about culture, accessibility, and market creation.
Samsung Electronics and LG Uplus signed a memorandum of understanding on 27 May to jointly develop Integrated Sensing and Communication, or ISAC, a technology that would allow mobile network base stations to double as environmental sensors. The agreeme…
GPT-5.5-Cyber will reach MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho through a verified-defender programme, the finance minister said, as Tokyo treats frontier AI as both threat and shield. The same models that make cyberattacks cheaper to run are now being handed, delibera…
Artificial intelligence and associated data centers are seen as a pure technology story, but the next wave of investment opportunity is downstream.
Xiaomi is launching two new flagships with Leica Live Moment, a fun feature for those who enjoy snapping candid photos.
Following the reveal of ‘Dragon Quest XII’, fans online have already come up with a cool new theory about the game’s protagonist.
Aengus Tran traded medical practice to build AI software that delivers quick and accurate diagnoses of X-rays and scans. Now, the 32-year-old CEO of Sydney-based Harrison.ai and a 30 Under 30 Asia alum, is targeting America’s overstretched healthcare s…
It’s been a long while since we’ve heard anything about the next mainline entry in the ‘Dragon Quest’ saga, ‘Dragon Quest XII’, but it’s been worth the wait.