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Bhutan’s crypto experiment shows how hard digital money is in the real world

2026-02-18 16:00:26

Nine months into its big push for cryptocurrency payments, Bhutan isn’t finding many takers for its plans. Last May, Bhutan became the first country to launch a nationwide crypto payment...

Polymarket courts Chinese users despite strict online gambling ban

2026-02-17 19:00:00

Cryptocurrency prediction site Polymarket is trying to tap into the Chinese market by hiring Mandarin-speaking staff and listing bets related to the Lunar New Year, even though it has little...

I let Alibaba’s AI agent plan my holiday. I ended up doing more work

2026-02-14 01:00:00

Like most people, I first heard the term “AI agent” early last year, when a Chinese startup called Manus announced it had built the world’s first general-purpose one. Unlike chatbots...

Chinese boxing robots win fans in San Francisco

2026-02-13 19:00:00

The Super Bowl wasn’t the only sporting event that drew excited fans to the Bay Area last weekend. An event at a much smaller venue in San Francisco was hailed...

OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of “free-riding” on American R&D

2026-02-13 18:13:43

OpenAI has accused DeepSeek of malpractice in developing the next version of its artificial intelligence model — even before any official launch. “DeepSeek’s next model (whatever its form) should be...

How cheap Chinese phones catapulted Kenya into the global digital economy

2026-02-12 19:00:00

When I first embarked on the project to write about the encounters between Chinese digital capital and Nairobi’s booming innovation scene, I imagined myself rubbing shoulders with software developers, venture...