ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at next summit – Radio Free AsiaApril 24, 2026
Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free AsiaApril 22, 2026
Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free AsiaApril 21, 2026
A profile of Dwarkesh Patel, whose podcast has become a must-listen in the AI community, with guests including Jensen Huang, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg (Benjamin Wallace/New York Times)April 26, 2026
Sources: Genki Robotics, a Tokyo-based humanoid robotics startup co-founded by Andy Rubin, raised a Series A at a valuation of approximately $1 billion; it raised around $50 million in 2025 (Lucinda Shen/Axios)April 26, 2026
Inside Andon Market, billed as the first retail boutique managed by an AI agent; Andon Labs experiment uses an agent based on Claude Sonnet 4.6 to manage the store (Heather Knight/New York Times)April 26, 2026
An interview with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Executive Vice President Matt Booty on the “Return of Xbox” memo, making Xbox Series X and S a “first-class experience again,” and more (Stephen Totilo/Game File)April 26, 2026
Google controls about 25% of global AI computing, with about 3.8 million TPUs and 1.3 million GPUs; Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says demand and revenue justify spending (Stephen Morris/Financial Times)April 26, 2026
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A profile of Dwarkesh Patel, whose podcast has become a must-listen in the AI community, with guests including Jensen Huang, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg (Benjamin Wallace/New York Times)April 26, 2026
Sources: Genki Robotics, a Tokyo-based humanoid robotics startup co-founded by Andy Rubin, raised a Series A at a valuation of approximately $1 billion; it raised around $50 million in 2025 (Lucinda Shen/Axios)April 26, 2026
Inside Andon Market, billed as the first retail boutique managed by an AI agent; Andon Labs experiment uses an agent based on Claude Sonnet 4.6 to manage the store (Heather Knight/New York Times)April 26, 2026