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Go summons taxis and the company behind it is Japan's newest unicorn.

In the U.S., TikTok is under scrutiny for perceived censorship. In Vietnam, the government wants the company to meddle more.

Under the Muslim-majority country’s blasphemy laws, the TikToker faces up to five years in prison.

From Bali to Bangkok, people are ditching cards for QR code payments. There’s a catch: For now, it’s for locals only.

Bor Hung Chong from Nefin Group discusses green energy solutions beyond solar panels.

After decades of slumber, the country that brought us bullet trains and Nintendo has mustered some momentum.

Force 47 abuses Facebook's safety tools to silence government critics at home and anywhere in the world.

70% of Japanese people use the platform, for everything from booking vaccinations to trading securities.

TikTok Shop has caught fire in the app's second-biggest market. “This is truly the year of TikTok,” says one seller.

How the office grind is being outsourced from Silicon Valley to Manila.

In Vietnam, a key production base, a former safety officer alleges the factory also dumped chemicals into waterways.

An NGO in Indonesia uses monitoring technology to track the gentle giants and prevent human-animal conflict.

Harassment by day, homework by night: In Jakarta, women take to the roads with grit, often out of desperation.

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.

The ambitious EV startup aims to design and produce original two-wheelers for Southeast Asia.

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.

Piotr Jakubowski, co-founder of Jakarta-based Nafas, on clean air and career pivots.

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.