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Amazon made a number of product announcements on Wednesday, including an upgrade to its array of voice-controlled gadgets and e-readers, as well as a contactless device that can track people’s sleep. The online store claims that its sleep device, which is called Halo Rise and costs $139.99, monitors the temperature, humidity, and light levels in the room in addition to …

The world’s largest e-commerce platform, Shopee, is coming under fire on the internet after it teased the identity of its newest ambassador, who netizens immediately identified as Toni Gonzaga. A “face reveal” event is scheduled to take place on September 29, but Shopee has already published a teaser video of its brand ambassador. Shopee came under fire from internet users …

It once operated as a DVD distribution company, but it has now expanded its operations to include production and streaming. It would appear that Netflix is placing its next major wager on the development of the gambling industry. According to an announcement made by Netflix on Monday, the streaming media giant will establish its first in-house video game studio in …

After Actress-host Toni Gonzaga and her husband filmmaker Paul Soriano had officially signed aboard former Senator Manny Villar’s Advanced Media Broadcasting System (AMBS) Channel 2, it would appear that Actress-host Toni Gonzaga is back to making significant waves in the endorsement arena as well. Just over two hours ago, Shopee Philippines had uploaded a short snippet with the caption “Finally …

As part of a crackdown on the notoriously murky online gaming industry, the Philippines is going to stop the operations of 175 offshore gambling firms and deport approximately 40,000 Chinese workers, according to an official from the justice department who made the announcement on Monday, September 26. The industry first started up in the Philippines in 2016, and it has …

What is the richest country in the world? As a result of China’s skyrocketing economic growth, the typical Chinese citizen today has a higher standard of living than their European counterparts. When compared to the average person in Europe, an adult in China has a net worth of US$26,752 (AU$40,980), while the average person in Europe has a net worth …

The online grocery delivery business HappyFresh has revealed that it will be terminating its operations in the Malaysian market. Due to the current state of the economy, HappyFresh has decided that they are without an option but to immediately halt operations. They made this announcement on their Facebook page by posting about their “final delivery.” The grocery delivery company claims …

In a global ranking list that New York and London have kept their positions atop respectively, Hong Kong has been dethroned by Singapore as the prime financial center of Asia. Singapore now holds that title. The results of the twice-yearly Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), which evaluates 119 cities all over the world and was published late on Thursday, showed …

Yves Bouvier, a Swiss art dealer who was previously known as “the king of the freeports,” has reportedly parted ways with his Singapore freeport to sell it to Jihan Wu, a Chinese crypto billionaire, for a price of $28.4 million. Since his detention in 2014, Bouvier has been a prominent figure in the news ever since the Russian businessman Dmitry …

It won’t be long before Apple’s freshly introduced and much awaited iPhone 14 series arrives in Malaysia. As a result of this, it is only natural for local resellers to lower the prices of previous models in order to make room for the batch of next generation devices. This is great news for customers who do not mind purchasing the …