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After transforming data storage with its single-chip USB flash controller, Phison Electronics is turning to artificial intelligence. Its new platform, aiDAPTIV+, embodies Founder and CEO Pua Khein Seng’s vision of ‘Poor Man’s AI’: bringing powerful, affordable computing to every student, startup and nation through cost-effective edge-based technology.

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The corporate slogans splashed across Taiwan Pride may be light on activism, but they reveal who’s paying the bills. With public funding dwindling, corporate sponsors have become essential to keeping Asia’s biggest LGBTQ+ celebration alive.

Yet as some companies pull back amid shifting DEI politics abroad, activists face a question: if the corporate rainbows fade, what will keep the march going?

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Europe’s race to secure #RareEarths has begun, but can it succeed without China? In its biggest resource test yet, the EU is stepping up as export bans tighten and costs soar.

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Resource-rich Australia is emerging as a contender to challenge China’s #RareEarths dominance. As Beijing tightens exports and Washington scrambles to secure supplies, Canberra aims to be the game changer.

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We’ve just released a conversation with an expert on Taiwan’s diplomatic strategy. Unlike China, which, the expert notes, uses cash handouts to pressure nations into cutting ties with Taipei, Taiwan takes a very different approach. But is it working?

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As China consolidates its global influence, Taiwan has carved out a different path — rejecting checkbook diplomacy in favor of partnerships built on expertise and shared growth.

Political scientist Mandy Liao of National Taiwan University explains Taiwan’s ‘trade not aid’ strategy. The question now: can it sustain Taiwan’s dwindling circle of allies?

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Somaliland is the world’s largest self-governing territory without official statehood — and it’s aligning with Taiwan, not China, to build its economy and gain international standing.

With signals from the Trump administration suggesting U.S. recognition of the East African nation may be near, Somaliland’s representative to Taiwan, Ambassador Mahmoud Adam Jama Galaal, explains how this seemingly unlikely partnership is reshaping the Horn of Africa.

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Every new tech shift has redrawn the way music industry operates. Now, it’s AI’s turn. Experts unpack how artificial intelligence and blockchain could transform copyright, royalties and creative ownership — and why protecting artists has never been more urgent.

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AI is rewriting the rules of music — but not in the way you might think. While skeptics fear automation, our guests see opportunity: a chance to make music more inclusive, creative, and fair for everyone. Can technology actually give artists more control, not less?

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