Thailand’s bold e-commerce sector eyes metaverse as next frontier
Under the government’s e-commerce development plan, Thailand is targeting e-commerce revenue of 5.35 trillion baht this year rising to 7.1 trillion baht by 2027.
China launches 16 new satellites
The new batch of satellites will mainly used be in the fields such as commercial remote sensing and atmospheric imaging.
Lawmakers float bill to triple tax benefits for chipmakers
The new bill, unveiled on Aug 2, is designed to triple the tax incentives for chipmakers– an apparent move to encourage more investment from semiconductor players.
South Korea develops nanotech tattoo as health monitoring device
Hooked up to an electrocardiogram (ECG) device or other biosensor, it can send a readout of a patient's heart rate and other vital signs such glucose and lactate to a monitor.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to launch world’s first virtual campus
Once completed, the university’s students will be among the world’s first to receive their diplomas and transcripts in the form of blockchain-secured digital documents.
Coins like ‘luna, terraUSD had obvious design flaws’: Crypto pioneer
As a founding member of the ethereum platform, Joel Dietz is viewed as a visionary and a “renaissance man” in the crypto sphere.
QR codes are essential, but some may hurt you
Popular among modern tech users, QR codes have become essential in transferring large amounts of data by providing an easy and quick way to promote website URLs.
China’s drone market set to hit $15 billion this year
Since 2020, China's drone market bucked the trend and maintained a 30 per cent growth thanks to contactless delivery and smart applications.
South-east Asian crypto exchange Zipmex suspends withdrawals
Zipmex is the latest in a string of crypto players globally to run into difficulties following a sharp sell off in markets that started in May with the collapse of two paired…
Digital RMB application continues to expand in China
Compared with physical currencies, digital renminbi has the characteristics of lower cost, higher payment efficiency, wider application scenarios, higher anti-fake levels and is…