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Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Hong Kong correspondent Cissy Zhou about Lenovo's efforts to use the 2026 FIFA World Cup as a global showcase for its AI capabilities.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story b...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Australia correspondent Shaun Turton about how drones and AI are transforming Australian livestock management, and whether the traditional working dog will remain indispensable as technology and labor shortages resh...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with chief tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about how AI-driven demand is pushing companies like BYD, Google, AMD and Tesla to turn to Samsung for chipmaking as TSMC’s capacity comes under increasing strain. ==...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Seoul correspondent Kim Jaewon about how SK Hynix continues to benefit from the AI boom, and with Tokyo correspondent Tsubasa Suruga about how rising demand for AI infrastructure is opening opportunities for Japan i...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. This week, we are doing something a bit different: taking a look back at one of our recent chats with chief tech correspondent Cheng Ting-Fang, or Annie to her friends, about China's shifting supply chain for chip tools as it ramps up domestic pr...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Hong Kong correspondent Lorretta Chen about how artificial intelligence is shaking up stock trading for Asian retail investors.    == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about about China's top memory chipmaker CXMT, its surprise profit surge ahead of a planned IPO and how the AI boom is accelerating Beijing's push for semicond...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Tokyo correspondent and co-host Shotaro Tani about Japan's place in the nuclear fusion race, and how some of its startups are finding immediate practical use for the "holy grail" of energy technology. ...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Seoul correspondent Kim Jaewon about Samsung’s EV battery push in Hungary, its new Mercedes deal, and rising risks from political and regulatory shifts.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featur...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about China's shifting supply chain for chip tools as it ramps up domestic production. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story belo...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association calling on the government to stockpile strategic raw materials and voicing support for the reopening of nuclear p...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Lauly Li about surging costs across the tech industry as the Iran war and the AI boom strain supply chains.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Hong Kong correspondent Cissy Zhou about the surging popularity of AI agent OpenClaw in China. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Alibaba unveils 5-nm AI chipset de...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Silicon Valley correspondent Yifan Yu about how the environmental impact of manufacturing AI chips and servers is coming under increasing scrutiny.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Shanghai correspondent Wataru Suzuki about the growing role of AI and other tech in China's new five-year plan. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ China lays...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Hong Kong correspondent Cissy Zhou about why China's smartphone market is seeing one of its biggest and widest price hikes ever. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Bangalore correspondent Sayan Chakraborty about how India's local AI firms armed with Indic-language models could give them an edge at at time when calls for developing sovereign AI are growing louder.  == ==...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Tokyo correspondent Tsubasa Suruga about SoftBank's AI investment strategy.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured stories below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ SoftBank profit quintuples as OpenAI bet lifts V...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Shotaro about Japan's strategy to secure non-Chinese sources for rare earth minerals. NOTE: Tech Latest will take a one-week break and be back on Feb. 24 with regular episodes..  == == == == == == == == Check ou...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about how runaway demand for AI computing power is having a powerful knock-on effect throughout the tech supply chain.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode&...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with tech correspondent Yifan Yu and senior business correspondent Cissy Zhou about consumer tech, the China-U.S. rivalry and the latest in AI glasses.  == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured s...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Shotaro speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Lauly Li about Google's move to develop and make high-end phones in Vietnam this year from scratch in a move similar to what Apple has planned for India. == == == == == == == == Check...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with Sydney correspondent Sophie Mak about the rollout of Australia's social media ban for those under age 16, what led to the decision and some of the growing pains the government and businesses are having with impl...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this special year-end episode, Katey and Shotaro look back at the year's top tech stories, as well as predict the sector's trends in 2026. They discuss advancements in generative AI, the rise of robotics, new developments in energy technol...

Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Katey speaks with both India correspondent Sayan Chakraborty and Silicon Valley correspondent Yifan Yu about the true effect that AI is having on the global job market. == == == == == == == == Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠feature...