2020/12/08 |
China’s Online Meddling Goes Beyond the Great Firewall
Supporting the human rights movement in China should include fostering a fact-based Chinese-language information environment in which activists can get reliable news and analysis.
2018/11/22 |
OPINION: Blockchain Offers Chinese Consumers Food Safety Solace
Blockchain can help food manufacturers prevent against fraud and help those with a mind ensure that producers receive fair pay for their toil.
2018/09/08 |
Rodrigo Duterte: 'Patient Zero' of the Modern Disinformation Era
The Philippine president's 2016 campaign offers novel insights into the psychology of internet trolls spreading 'fake news.'
2019/03/14 |
PHILIPPINES: Independent Media Decries Cyberattacks, Accuses Government
Several groups held protests against continued cyberattacks which they claim are backed by the Duterte administration.
2018/10/13 |
PHILIPPINES: Meet 'Gabbie,' a Chatbot Helping Sexual Harassment Victims
The chatbot helps women report sexual harassment, but it depends on Facebook to secure private chats.
2021/07/23 |
AI Protein Database Reveal is “a Great Leap” for Biology
The transformative AlphaFold neural network has predicted the structures of more than 350,000 proteins from various organisms. This could “fundamentally change biological research.”
2017/09/21 |
Creating Visual Effects for China’s Billion-dollar TV Industry
A visual effects supervisor discusses the future of the profession that brings fantasy to life.
2017/11/01 |
HTC's Future: VR Headsets or Failed Bets?
Once a leading light of the global smartphone market, Taiwan's HTC has been hemorrhaging for the past nine quarters. Having bet on sales of its Vive virtual reality (VR) headset to drive future revenues, it will need VR to become a mass market technology sooner rather than later to survive long-term.
2016/11/19 |
Mourning by Rote: The Dynamics of Weibo Commemoration
As news spreads rapidly across the microblog network, Internet users are engaging with tragedies in ever more formulaic and predictable ways.
2018/05/03 |
Why Is Rain-Soaked Taiwan Running Out of Water?
Desalination plants are being planned in a country that gets more than 160 rainy days per year.
2018/05/15 |
Taiwan Gets Its Act Together on Cybersecurity
Taiwan is following up the establishment of an Electronic Warfare Command with legislation that will demand tighter security measures from private enterprise.
2018/04/24 |
Taiwan Struggles amid Impending Electricity Shortage
Politically inconvenient choices define the search for more power as AC units switch on for the summer and Taiwan's renewable push struggles to make headway.
2018/08/08 |
INTERVIEW: Formosa Financial CEO Ryan Terribilini on Banking for ICO Innovators
The bank's core offering of custodial, brokerage and risk management services for crypto companies is unique.
2018/05/23 |
TAIWAN: Keeping the Internet of Things Safe and Secure
Toys, cars and even refrigerators are being hooked up to the internet, but more must be done to stop your appliances turning into botnets.
2016/08/26 |
High Hopes for Taiwan’s ‘Genius’ Hacker Minister
The appointment of a young 'Internet genius' and hacker to Tsai Ing-wen's cabinet has created high expectations in Taiwan.
2018/02/14 |
OPINION: High-Tech Taiwan Must Truly Digitize Its Government
Taiwan could do more to roll out the carpet for internet businesses, a move that would improve the country's economic and political situation.
2017/02/22 |
Trump Expands Social Media Checks to Chinese; China Passes US on AI; Indonesia Teams with Twitter on Fake News; Kim Jong-nam's Exile Offer
Asia Morning Update: A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2018/05/11 |
ANALYSIS: How Facebook Is Damaging Myanmar's Fragile Democracy
Myanmar is becoming a forceful example of how unrestrained social media can polarize opinion and damage democracy.