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Economy
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast files US IPO, selects T-Mobile as internet provider
Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. and selected T-Mobile as its connectivity pr...
Carl Samson
News
14-year-old inventor from California named ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’
This year’s 3M Young Scientist Challenge grand prize was awarded to 14-year-old Leanne Fan for inventing “Finsen Headphones,” a smart devic...
Ryan General
China
Chinese YouTuber creates world’s first foldable iPhone
Chinese- language YouTube channel 科技美学 (Technological Aesthetics) recently uploaded a video of an engineer using custom parts to create the...
Culture
Teaser trailer drops for new ‘Silent Hill’ spinoff game set in 1960s Japan
Video game publisher Konami is returning to “Silent Hill” with “Silent Hill f,” a spinoff game set in 1960s Japan. The game is being writt...
Chandler Treon
Biden’s new export curbs place many Chinese Americans at risk of losing their jobs or their citizenships
New export controls recently mandated by the Biden administration have placed hundreds of Chinese Americans at risk of losing either their ...
Video: Chinese astronauts deliver live science lessons from space
Three Chinese astronauts of China’s Shenzhou 14 flight crew gave a science lecture live from the Tiangong space station on Wednesday mornin...
Michelle De Pacina
Elon Musk teases turning Twitter into ‘everything app’ like China’s WeChat
Elon Musk on Tuesday teased the creation of an “everything app” called “X.” The world’s richest man, 51, made the announcement after offer...
Crime
Chinese company denies installing cameras in employee bathrooms
Chinese state-owned battery maker China Aviation Lithium Battery has denied reports that it has been using surveillance cameras in employee...
Business
Google, partners to give Nest cameras to AAPI small businesses to boost security
Google has partnered with the National Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (National ACE) and the Asian...
Japan
Electric spoon and bowl that makes food taste saltier set for release next year
A new set of bowls and spoons that use electric currents to make food taste saltier is close to commercialization and set to release sometim...
Rebecca Moon
Environmental
Sightseeing train in Japan is fueled by used cooking oil, discarded ramen soup lard
Takachiho Amaterasu Railway, a train company operating in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, started using biodiesel fuel created from used tempur...
Bryan Ke
Social Media
Samsung shades Apple for new ‘deep purple’ iPhone 14 Pro
Samsung recently shaded Apple in a tweet for allegedly copying its BTS-inspired Bora Purple Galaxy Z Flip4 smartphone. The official Samsun...
The ultimate clean energy? Scientists create green hydrogen fuel from air
A team of scientists has managed to invent a device that could turn water from the air into green hydrogen fuel, according to a Nature Comm...
Chinese astronauts successfully grow rice in space
Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice on the Tiangong space station as an experiment into how astronauts can grow food on long sp...
Feature
Ex-Apple worker Sam Sung auctions business card from his first Apple store
Former Apple employee Sam Sung is auctioning another business card, this time from the first Apple store he ever worked at. Sung, who has ...
Tech
Samsung reveals world’s largest gaming monitor, priced at $3,500
Samsung announced the launch of the world’s largest curved gaming monitor on Tuesday. The Odyssey Ark will be able to rotate, tilt and pi...
Chinese smartphone brand Honor copies iPhone features, sees sales double
Chinese smartphone brand Honor saw its sales double in the second quarter (Q2) of 2022 by incorporating some features of Apple’s iPhone, su...
Indonesia
Facebook, Twitter and Google escape Indonesia ban by complying with imposed registration at last minute
The Indonesian government imposed mandatory registration for both local and foreign tech companies for new licensing regulations that would...
Hyundai takes on Tesla Model 3 with unveiling of its first electric sedan; SUV set for 2024
Hyundai unveiled its latest electric vehicle model — the sleek and powerful IONIQ 6 — at the Busan International Motor Show on Thursday, wh...
Jane Nam
Vietnamese EV automaker VinFast to open first 6 showrooms in US this week
Vietnamese Electric Vehicle (EV) automaker VinFast is scheduled to open six U.S. showrooms on Jul 14 and 30 more by the end of 2022, all of...
Chinese researchers develop AI that can read minds and determine party loyalty, report reveals
Chinese researchers have reportedly developed artificial intelligence (AI) that can read the minds of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officia...
Japanese company creates trash can that freezes your garbage to prevent odor
A Japanese company has designed a trash can that stores garbage at 12 degrees Fahrenheit to prevent odor and the production of bacteria. T...
The futuristic, transparent OLED TV wowing the internet is made by a Chinese electronics company
Xiaomi became the first manufacturer to mass-produce a transparent OLED TV available to the public after releasing the Mi TV Lux Transparen...
‘I was just making money’: Netflix engineer leaves $450,000-a-year job out of boredom
Lacking motivation, Michael Lin left his job as a senior software engineer at Netflix despite earning $450,000 a year and enjoying unlimite...
Design
Chinese amputee ‘Iron Leg Man’ shares his hi-tech prosthetic leg design online so others can use it
Liang Kaiyu, 30, created his own prosthetic leg and then modified it by adding LED lights, shock absorbers and a self-charging interface. ...
Entertainment
Video game streamer Sykkuno moves to YouTube after Twitch misspells his name in an email
Video game streamer Sykkuno left Twitch this month after receiving an official email from the streaming platform in which his name was miss...
Video of China plane carrying 132 passengers shows nosedive before mountain crash
A China Eastern Airlines jet crashed into a mountain in southern China on Monday afternoon. The aircraft reportedly carried 132 people, in...
Japanese company 3D-prints spherical house in under 24 hours
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to identify Clouds Architecture Office as the designer of the Sphere. The New York-based ...
Elon Musk shares conspiracy theory about Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto in viral tweet
In a viral tweet on Wednesday, Elon Musk posted an image suggesting that Satoshi Nakamoto — the pseudonym of the person or people behind Bi...
Watch: Self-driving ‘car’ that delivers ramen on the counter with no spills to dine-in customers
As a part of its e-4ORCE RAMEN Counter research project, Japanese automobile company Nissan has developed a self-driving car that delivers ...
International Students Allegedly Scammed Apple Out of Almost $1 Million With Chinese ‘iPhones’
Two college students from Oregon are facing a criminal complaint from Apple after allegedly using thousands of counterfeit iPhones from Chin...
The Philippines Just Made Moves to Create Their Own Space Agency
While the Philippines has been involved in space technology for decades, its space program was decentralized and maintained by various agenc...
‘Jaywalker’ Caught By China’s Facial Recognition AI Turns Out to Be a Bus Ad
China doesn’t shy away publicly shaming citizens who commit traffic violations using its facial recognition artificial intelligence (AI) sof...
Asia
Amazing 11-Year-Old Drone Pilot From Thailand Becomes First Female World Drone Racing Champion
A talented eleven-year-old girl from Thailand recently captured the women’s gold at the first-ever FAI World Drone Racing Championships. &nb...