Asia’s digital economy needs a new fair play rulebook

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Signs indicating the available electronic payment methods in a store in China : Alipay, WeChat pay, Western Union card, and Apple pay. Photo: iStock

Company digitalization accelerated throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Digitalization provides e-commerce systems with constant marketplace presence and eternal trading hours. E-commerce is expected to grow by 8. 1% from 2020 to 2025 across the Asia Pacific — quicker than in the United States and Europe. Digital sales in the Asia-Pacific region totaled almost US$3 trillion in 2021. The particular McKinsey […]

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Japan wants to point 1,000 cruise missiles at China

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Japan is thinking about the deployment of 1, 500 long-range cruise missiles to improve its counter-strike capabilities against Cina, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported on August 21. The record notes that the missiles will be modified from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’ s (JGSDF) Type 12 subsonic anti-ship missiles, maximizing their range from hundred to 1, 000 kms. The missiles […]

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You really need to update your iPhone. Here’s how.

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Apple regularly issues updates towards the software powering the iPhone, and sometimes it’s OK to dawdle when it comes to installing all of them. But that’s incorrect with its latest – an upgrade that Apple released on Aug 17 to close a security pit that could allow cyber criminals to seize power over iPhones and several additional popular Apple items. Study full story Continue Reading

CHIPS Act lures Taiwan’s GlobalWafers to Texas

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Taiwan’s GlobalWafers is set to build a new semiconductor wafer factory in Texas, leveraging into the subsidies on offer from the new CHIPS Act signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 9.   GlobalWafers is expected to spend about US$2 billion on the facility initially and $5 billion eventually as wafer production, sales […]

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