Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free AsiaApril 15, 2026
US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free AsiaApril 10, 2026
Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free AsiaApril 8, 2026
PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free AsiaApril 7, 2026
Sino-US competition for rare earths triggers Pacific seabed mining project near Guam – Radio Free AsiaApril 1, 2026
Sources say Ola’s AI venture Krutrim’s smart assistant, Kruti, is not available to users and development of its Indian multilingual LLM, Krutrim 3, is stalled (Swathi Moorthy/The Economic Times)April 16, 2026
European venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2026 increased almost 30% year-on-year to $17.6 billion, AI claimed more than 50% of all European funding for the quarter and deal volume fell 40% year-on-year (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)April 16, 2026
Filings: Caterpillar acquires assets of autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, after raising more than $200 million and struggling to pivot into software services (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)April 15, 2026
Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in ticketing market, in case brought by state attorneys general after DOJ settlement (NBC News)April 15, 2026
Adobe unveils Firefly AI Assistant, capable of orchestrating and executing multi-step tasks on Creative Cloud applications, available in public beta in the coming weeks (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)April 15, 2026
Technology Sources say Ola’s AI venture Krutrim’s smart assistant, Kruti, is not available to users and development of its Indian multilingual LLM, Krutrim 3, is stalled (Swathi Moorthy/The Economic Times)Stacey D. WallsApril 16, 2026
European venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2026 increased almost 30% year-on-year to $17.6 billion, AI claimed more than 50% of all European funding for the quarter and deal volume fell 40% year-on-year (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
Filings: Caterpillar acquires assets of autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, after raising more than $200 million and struggling to pivot into software services (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)
Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia
A look at the challenges some AI developers face in building models to extract billions of high-quality tokens from hard-to-parse PDFs for training purposes (Josh Dzieza/The Verge)February 24, 2026
How Kalshi shakes American sports betting, because his member of the board of directors and candidate for the president of the CFTC, Brian Quintenz, takes a permissive position on the sports prediction markets (Financial Times)September 13, 2025
Samsung updates its TVs to add new AI features, including a Sound Controller feature to independently adjust the volume of dialogue, music or sound effects (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)January 5, 2026
Asia Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free AsiaBy Frank M. EverettApril 15, 2026
US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free AsiaApril 10, 2026
Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free AsiaApril 8, 2026
PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free AsiaApril 7, 2026
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Technology Sources say Ola’s AI venture Krutrim’s smart assistant, Kruti, is not available to users and development of its Indian multilingual LLM, Krutrim 3, is stalled (Swathi Moorthy/The Economic Times)
Technology European venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2026 increased almost 30% year-on-year to $17.6 billion, AI claimed more than 50% of all European funding for the quarter and deal volume fell 40% year-on-year (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
Technology Filings: Caterpillar acquires assets of autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, after raising more than $200 million and struggling to pivot into software services (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)