DeepSeek V4 and the AI Battlefront
I still vividly remember the glowing green phosphor of my first TRS-80 PC. Back then, the bleeding edge of “artificial … Read more
Dr. Phan
From AI Scaling Pains to Robot Assembly Lines: APAC Tech’s Next Chapter
The past week showed us, from the boardrooms in Jakarta to assembly lines in Shenzhen, that AI has definitively moved … Read more
Vietnam’s Đổi Mới 2.0 and What to Expect
Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia. It is aggressive and ambitious and looks set to outpace some … Read more
Cobots, Ping-pong Aces and AI Neckbands
This past week has felt like a pivot point for the Asia-Pacific. We are moving past the “chat” phase of … Read more
Agentic Leap and the Power of Simplicity
I have always been a geek. My journey with technology began in the 1970s, wrestling with BASIC on a Sinclair … Read more
A Brief Review of “The Prince” from Machiavelli
For centuries, the name Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolò Machiavelli) has been synonymous with “evil” and “match-a-villain” schemes. It … Read more
Silicon, Spirit, and the Agentic Shift in Asia
It seems that the recent news is all about the move from “tools” to “agents.” For years, we have treated … Read more
More localization, more on-device, and more efficient technologies
From groundbreaking cybersecurity frameworks in ASEAN to the hardware powerhouses of Northeastern Asia, the developments over the last week are … Read more
Getting Around Asia’s AI-Powered Infrastructure and the Foldable Frontier
The last seven days have been nothing short of life-changing, from the heart of ASEAN to the busy commercial aerospace … Read more