Tech Collective SEA wrote that Shopee’s Vietnam share fell from 61% to 53% between May 2025 and April 2026 as TikTok Shop rose from 33% to 44%, showing how social commerce is reshaping regional ecommerce infrastructure.

#social commerce #Southeast Asia #Vietnam ecommerce

August 7, 2026Read More →

Alibaba Tests Revenue Sharing For Commercial Qwen AI Use

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Alibaba Tests Revenue Sharing For Commercial Qwen AI Use

AI News reported that Alibaba plans revenue-sharing terms for some commercial users of its next Qwen open-weight AI model, following a licensing pattern already used by Moonshot for Kimi K3.

#Alibaba #Qwen #open weight AI

August 8, 2026Read More →

AWS Adds Persistent Runtime Instances For Production AI Agents

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AWS Adds Persistent Runtime Instances For Production AI Agents

AWS announced runtime instances for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime, adding managed infrastructure for multi-agent workflows, shared sessions lasting up to 14 days and GPU-supported production agent deployments.

#AWS AgentCore #AI agents #Amazon Bedrock

August 7, 2026Read More →

SoftBank Earnings Shift AI Focus From OpenAI To Intel And Arm Costs

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SoftBank Earnings Shift AI Focus From OpenAI To Intel And Arm Costs

CNBC reported that SoftBank beat June-quarter profit expectations after a 1.3 trillion yen Intel gain, while OpenAI produced no investment gain and the AI computing segment widened its loss.

#SoftBank #Intel #OpenAI

August 6, 2026Read More →

SpaceX Asks FCC To Wind Down $4.5bn Rural Broadband Support

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SpaceX Asks FCC To Wind Down $4.5bn Rural Broadband Support

Light Reading reported that SpaceX urged the FCC to sunset High-Cost rural broadband subsidies, while rural telecom and electric-cooperative groups said LEO satellite coverage cannot replace terrestrial network support.

#SpaceX #Starlink #FCC

August 7, 2026Read More →

China Opens Security Review Of Palo Alto Networks Products

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China Opens Security Review Of Palo Alto Networks Products

China's cyberspace regulator opened a security review of Palo Alto Networks products, with no named product line, technical flaw or decision timetable disclosed.

#cybersecurity #Palo Alto Networks #China

August 7, 2026Read More →

Disney and TikTok Set Creator Clip Deal After Sora Talks Collapse

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Disney and TikTok Set Creator Clip Deal After Sora Talks Collapse

Disney and TikTok agreed a creator clip programme for Disney films and franchises, with a US launch, no disclosed financial terms and unresolved creator-safety guardrails.

#devices consumer tech #Disney #TikTok

August 6, 2026Read More →

DOJ Trade-Fraud Unit Raises Payment Compliance Exposure

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DOJ Trade-Fraud Unit Raises Payment Compliance Exposure

PYMNTS reported that a new U.S. Justice Department trade-fraud section and more than $1 billion in recent task-force recoveries are pushing banks to compare payment flows with customs and supply-chain records.

#trade fraud #payments compliance #DOJ

August 7, 2026Read More →

Bending Spoons Airtable Deal Expands Its Enterprise Software Roll-Up

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Bending Spoons Airtable Deal Expands Its Enterprise Software Roll-Up

The Next Web reported that Bending Spoons agreed to buy Airtable for $1.285 billion, moving its acquisition playbook from consumer apps into enterprise workflow software.

#Bending Spoons #Airtable #enterprise software

August 5, 2026Read More →

Harvey Funding Talks Could Lift Legal AI Startup To $15.5B Valuation

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Harvey Funding Talks Could Lift Legal AI Startup To $15.5B Valuation

SiliconANGLE reported that Harvey AI is seeking at least $500 million in new funding that could value the legal AI startup at $15.5 billion after annualized revenue passed $350 million.

#Harvey AI #legal AI #AI funding

August 8, 2026Read More →

Power Constraints Push Data Centre Growth Into Secondary Markets

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Power Constraints Push Data Centre Growth Into Secondary Markets

Data Center Knowledge reported that DCByte rankings now put power delivery ahead of demand in data centre site selection, with constrained hubs such as Ashburn and Tokyo losing some growth momentum to markets including Johor, Pittsburgh and Zaragoza.

#data center site selection #power infrastructure #DCByte

August 6, 2026Read More →

Nintendo Keeps Forecast After Earnings Beat Masks Switch 2 Unit Drop

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Nintendo Keeps Forecast After Earnings Beat Masks Switch 2 Unit Drop

CNBC reported that Nintendo beat fiscal first-quarter revenue and profit estimates while Switch 2 hardware sales fell 34.4%, leaving the company to rely on software, pricing and its unchanged annual outlook.

#Nintendo #Switch 2 #earnings

August 6, 2026Read More →