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SoftBank just announced plans to spin out a robotics company that builds data centers using autonomous machines — and the Japanese conglomerate is already eyeing a $100 billion IPO before the end of 2026. If that sounds ambitious, it is. But it's also a signal that the infrastructure powering AI isn
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Google just added 25 million paid subscriptions in Q1 2026, bringing its total to 350 million across YouTube Premium, Google One, and bundled AI services. The growth signals a shift: consumers now pay for integrated AI features, not standalone tools. For developers building in Asia, this trend matte
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Elon Musk took the stand Tuesday in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and while the legal arguments centered on breach of contract and charitable mission drift, the most revealing testimony came from an unexpected place: a decade-old friendship that shaped how we think about AI safety today. Musk describe
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Google Translate just turned 20, and the timing couldn't be more relevant for developers building across Asia's linguistic landscape. As Google rolls out AI-powered pronunciation practice and celebrates supporting nearly 250 languages, the broader lesson hits home: language barriers are code barrier
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David Silver — the DeepMind researcher who led the team behind AlphaGo — just raised $1.1 billion for a startup that's only months old. His new company, Ineffable Intelligence, is building AI systems that learn through self-play rather than human-labeled data. For developers across Asia working with
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Google and Kaggle just reopened registration for their five-day AI Agents Intensive Course, running June 15-19, 2026. The course reached 1.5 million learners in its first iteration last November, and this time they've doubled down on what Asian developers need most: production-ready skills in natura
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ComfyUI just closed a $30 million Series B at a $500 million valuation, proving that developers and creators don't want black-box AI — they want precision control. The node-based workflow platform, which started as an open-source project in 2023, now serves creative professionals who need to fine-tu
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Google just planted a flag in the Austrian Alps — its first data center in Kronstorf signals more than regional expansion. It's a blueprint for how tech giants are racing to deploy AI infrastructure closer to emerging markets, and that shift is about to change everything for developers in Asia. When
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John Ternus takes the helm at Apple this year, and the choice signals something clear: hardware is back at the center of Cupertino's strategy. While competitors chase the largest language models and the flashiest AI demos, Apple's incoming CEO spent two decades engineering the devices people actuall
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A Mill Valley homeowner just listed a 13-acre estate with an unusual price tag: Anthropic equity instead of cash. Storm Duncan, an investment banker who bought the property in 2019 for $4.75 million, created a LinkedIn page advertising the swap — calling it a "diversification play" for young AI engi
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Anthropic just ran an experiment that shows where AI development is headed — and it's not about chatbots answering support tickets. The company built a classified marketplace where AI agents negotiated real deals for real goods using real money, with humans only watching from the sidelines. This mat
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Google's Gemini just released eight productivity tips for spring cleaning—and while they're aimed at organizing your home, the underlying pattern reveals something bigger. AI development tools in Asia are evolving from simple code assistants into full-stack productivity platforms that handle everyth