SHENZHEN, China — With glowing blue eyes and trusting feline features, a new robot cat by Chinese start-up Elephant Robotics seems happily oblivious to the worries of Chief Executive Officer Joey Song as he shows it off at the company’s lab in Shenzhen.

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CONSUMERS in Southeast Asia are expected to keep their home-centric habits even when physical distancing requirements are lifted, a joint study by Bain & Company, Inc. and Facebook, Inc. found.

TOKYO — Mira Robotics developed its “ugo” robot to reinforce greying Japan’s shrinking workforce, but as the coronavirus threat persists, the Japanese start-up is offering its machine as a tool in the fight against the outbreak, the company’s CEO said.

BANGKOK — Thailand on Tuesday approved a draft bill requiring foreign digital service providers to pay a value-added tax (VAT), becoming the latest country in Southeast Asia to seek to boost tax revenues from international tech companies.

LOCAL regulations on electronic payments (e-payments), especially on blockchain technology, can be improved further to lower remittance costs and make transaction processes more efficient, according to a technology company looking to expand in the Philippines.

ZOOM Video Communications Inc. nearly doubled its expectations for annual sales on Tuesday, driven by a surge in users as more people work from home and connect with friends online during coronavirus lockdowns.

INTERNET security firm Kaspersky has warned app users that unwanted advertisements could result in data leakages.

BEIJING -- China is poised to enshrine individuals’ rights to privacy and personal data for the first time, a symbolic first step as more of the country of 1.4 billion people becomes digitized -- and more vulnerable to leaks and hacks.

A STUDY by Internet security firm Kaspersky showed the majority of consumers in the Asia-Pacific region are now concerned about their privacy online, but many of them are still willing to sacrifice their private data in exchange for a free service.

CHINESE multinational technology company Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. said the coronavirus pandemic will not have a significant impact on its operations in the short term but warned that a further spread of the virus will bring uncertainty to the continuity of its market supply.

MICROSOFT Philippines, technology developers and the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) have worked together to develop tools and applications to help the government combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).