Archive - Asia Tech Review

China sees early fruit from tech self-sufficiency investment

Baidu, Alibaba, DeepSeek and others lead the charge to build with local resources

Sep 1 •

August 2025

July 2025

PayPal taps Tencent and UPI in bold global shopping push

US payment firm missed its chance and is banking on network of global payment winners

Jul 29 •

Nvidia reboots China business after US green light

After writing off billions, Jensen Huang prompts Trump administration U-turn

Jul 21 •

Manus is moving to Singapore to get access to Nvidia tech again

The up-and-coming AI startup is closing its China offices and moving to escape the impact of US-China tensions—will it catch on?

Jul 14 •

Startup incubator Antler hits its biggest milestone with first unicorn

Global eSIM startup Airalo becomes first billion-dollar graduate right as Antler pushes US expansion

Jul 11 •

US leads the fight against North Korea crypto hacking expertise

Reactive measures taken to stop $1.5B ByBit heist, but preventing attacks is a lot harder

Jul 7 •

June 2025

Hong Kong sees IPO boom as tech listings stack up

Chinese chipmakers, secondary listings and maybe even Shein rush to go public

Jun 30 •

WhatsApp assures Indian users everything is fine ahead of advertising rollout

JD’s Richard Liu eyes a return with a fresh push into China’s food delivery market after years on the sidelines.

Jun 24 •

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