Non-alcoholic wine: a booming business searching for quality
Adam Plowright Bertrand Degat, vineyard manager for French zero-alcohol wine producer French Bloom, winces visibly when recalling some…
All-in on AI: what TikTok creator ByteDance did next
After soaring to global attention with its hugely popular TikTok app, Chinese tech giant ByteDance is now positioning…
Mount Fuji cherry blossom festival cancelled due to overtourism
A cherry blossom festival boasting a highly Instagrammable view of Japan’s Mount Fuji has been cancelled after residents…
Musk merges xAI into SpaceX in bid to build space data centres
Elon Musk has announced that his rocket company SpaceX will take over his artificial intelligence outfit xAI, as…
Trump picks former US Fed official as next central bank chief
President Donald Trump said Friday he would nominate former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh to be the next…
Tourists hit record in Japan, despite plunge from China
People visit a shopping street in Asakusa district near Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist location in Tokyo. (Photo…
South Koreans go cuckoo for ‘Dubai-style’ cookies
This photo illustration shows a general view of plated “Dubai-style” chewy chocolate cookies. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je /…
Wall Street intends to stay open around the clock
The closing and opening bells of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) may become a ringing ritual of…
Cold winter and AI boom pushed US emissions increase in 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump exits the White House before speaking to members of the media in Washington, DC…
Dancing isn’t enough: industry pushes for practical robots
The Sentigent Technology ROVAR X3 outdoor companion robot is demonstrated during CES in Las Vegas, Nevada on January…