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Twitter antics have led to three arrests, and fears over the end of the sushi train tradition. Here's how the terror escalated so fast.

Entrepreneurs and investors in India, Mexico, Morocco, Singapore, and China are worried about the fallout of the crisis on the funding and regulatory environment.

Rest of World has obtained a previously unseen draft of a new cybersecurity law that experts say is ripe for abuse.

Superstar monks have built massive followings — but dancing, singing, and fame-seeking are all violations of the monastic code.

Indonesians spend more time on their smartphones than anyone else. And 70% of those smartphones are Chinese.

The trend ran rampant in Indonesia until the government stepped in.

Some Japanese FTX customers are being told they're ineligible for withdrawals.

A new app promises to help you find Japan's hottest public baths.

Gogoro, the company that revolutionized EVs in Taiwan, is launching pilot projects from Korea to Germany.

Wuling outsells the Tesla Model 3 in China. In Indonesia, EV buyers are flocking to it for lower-cost prestige.

Lawmakers have floated policy responses to protect artists, but some question whether they can follow through.

The game has hooked young people, but its Chinese origins are stoking privacy fears.

Background illustrators worry they’re being automated out of a job.

Wildly popular in the Philippines, Lyka collapsed and left users with stores of tokens worth nothing. Now the CEO is plotting a comeback.

Lê Thị Thu Thủy on why Vietnam's Vingroup went from making instant noodles to EVs.

VinFast wants to be Vietnam’s Tesla. Its drivers can feel like product testers.

Taipei Blockchain Week was full of boundless optimism.

From Bukele’s bitcoins to the number of accounts banned by Twitter in India, the best stats of the year.

Articles from around the world which we loved, obsessed over, and still can’t stop thinking about.

One day, that could be normal. Here’s what we need to do about it.

From Jakarta to Kazakhstan, the picture is bleak. “We will sell our graphics-processing units to gamers,” says one crypto miner.

Come for a sound system that costs as much as an apartment, stay for a game of Pong.

Every kind of tech part, from the obvious to the super rare, can be found in this space-age mall.

The pandemic and the rise of e-commerce were death blows.

From counterfeit Apple II to the Nintendo Switch, Hong Kong's "golden" tech market supplies every niche electronics enthusiast.

Articles forbidding “humiliation” of the government continue an unsettling trend of pressure on online speech.

Doubts swirl even as FTX Japan claims it's solvent and working hard on a plan.

The app tried to relieve pandemic stress for teachers — but instead, triggered cries of “gaslighting” and frustration.

In neighboring Indonesia, nickel extraction is causing environmental and social devastation.

Indonesia's “pandemic darlings” are now the biggest casualties of cost cuts.

Sunguk Moon, CEO and co-founder of the anonymous workplace forum Blind, reveals how workers at Twitter and Meta really feel.

With pristine beaches and robot waiters, the country is luring back digital nomads — but it’s also making early stumbles.

Casual trafficking, calls to parents, misleading ads: even with global pressure, recruitment is rife.

Even as Apple and others move suppliers in, the boom has its skeptics.

Deddy Corbuzier, a master of conflict-as-entertainment, is now a defining force in the country’s influencer industrial complex.

Dall-E might be the hot new thing, but outside Silicon Valley, fear and outrage are ramping up.