Careful what you subscribe to—Black Mirror’s latest episode reveals a dark hidden fee. Few television shows capture society’s deepest anxieties about technology as vividly as
Singapore – 14 April, 2025: Southeast Asia’s (SEA) digital economy is thriving, rapidly growing year-on-year through accelerated digital adoption and government-backed investments. With the World
Last Friday, AWS & WHub hosted StartupSphere, a dynamic gathering that brought together over 100 attendees from Hong Kong’s vibrant tech ecosystem. The event offered
Hong Kong, March 2025 – AllStarswomen did it again with their Hong Kong’s premier Web3 and AI event, Not Your Token, delivered an electrifying experience
CENTRAL, HONG KONG, July 15, 2024 — WealthRyse, a leading provider of digital wealth management solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been honored
MACAO, May 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The BEYOND Expo 2024 commenced with a spectacular opening ceremony on May 22 at the Venetian Theatre in the Venetian Macao. The ceremony
The Techsauce Global Summit 2023, the largest technology conference in Southeast Asia, took place on August 16- 17. The event concluded with great success amidst
Do you have any idea how Bitcoin mining works? You might know that it is the process of adding new transactions to the blockchain, but do you understand what is really going on? Bitcoin mining is an intriguing process that many people have questions about.
3D printing has already made its way into major industries worldwide, but did you know it is also transforming the food industry? You’ve probably heard of plant-based meat, like the Impossible burger, but 3D-printed meat may sound like something from a sci-fi movie or an early April Fools’ Day joke, but it’s neither. The concept has become a reality, with multiple startups scaling the production of 3D-printed meat products
On October 26, 2021, a cryptocurrency called “SQUID”—inspired by the popular Netflix show Squid Game—was launched. Within a week, the token’s value increased by 23,000,000% to US$2,862, after which it came crashing down to nearly zero dollars as the developers pulled almost US$3.4 million from investors. It took five minutes for the token’s value to fall to nothing.
A financial or economic bubble occurs when the cost of a particular asset rises above its fundamental value. This “fundamental value” of an asset is not a specific figure but rather a spectrum of values. So, when people wrongly estimate that the value would skyrocket, they keep on buying that asset.
For a startup to thrive, capital is crucial. Typically, to raise capital, startups can choose various routes, such as participating in investor rounds (including seed rounds and series rounds), crowdfunding, bootstrapping and more. Now, there’s a new option rooted in cryptocurrency: Initial Coin Offering (ICO).
NFT” has been crowned Collin Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2021. After all, NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have amassed a following like no other over the past year. So much so that the use of this abbreviation increased by 11,000% in 2021. Collins Learning managing director, Alex Beecroft, told the Guardian,
As we continue to see more and more advancements in technology, it has become much easier for people to age without suddenly losing their independence. As of 2019, the global average life expectancy has become over 70 years, nearly doubling from what it was in the 1900s. With rising life expectancy, it has become integral to focus on how to better the lives of the elderly population.
2021 has been a great year for startups. As of September, over 800 startups have reached the valuation of US$1 billion and become unicorns. Within this year, some exciting new startups have burst onto the global scene and taken center stage.
On November 14, Bitcoin underwent the Taproot upgrade which was activated at block 709,632. The groundwork for this upgrade was laid down back in June when 90% of the Bitcoin miners chose to signal their “support”
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