My first job out of college has me working US hours from Asia. It's tiring, but I value the flexibility.
Clarence Koh works remotely for a US-based company while living in Asia. He wakes up at noon and goes to bed at 5 a.m.
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I used to see countries I'd visited as places I'd 'done.' Slow travel changed that.
Social media made travel feel like a competition. Seeing country counts in people's bios made Macie Strum start keeping score.
CloudNC raises $20M to automate manufacturing’s most pressing bottlenecks
UK-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC announced Wednesday a $20 million B extension round, bringing its lifetime total raised amount to $128 million.
China's wholesale inflation tops estimates in August on commodity costs, tech demand as consumer price increases meet forecast
Much of the anticipated pickup reflects a favorable base-effect comparison and higher commodity costs, rather than a genuine strengthening in household demand.
Hit TV show 'South Park' becomes 'South America' in apparent reference to Trump's geographic name changes
Show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said in a statement that they were "inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google."
How Asia’s ultra-rich are investing and where wealthy Chinese are migrating, according to Maybank Singapore CEO
Asia's ultra-rich still like gold, but they're branching out to digital assets as well, Maybank Singapore's CEO said.
White House takes down ‘Build the Wall’ game after the Tetris Company complains
The Trump administration's short-lived arcade game "Build the Wall" is now nowhere to be found after the Tetris Company posted that it takes "copyright infringement very seriously."
How one hedge-fund manager built his firm to be powered entirely by AI agents
It's a stark example of a growing reality on Wall Street as firms test the benefits and limits of AI in finance and on their employees.
Snowflake CEO: AI is unleashing a flywheel effect on our business
Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers
Last month, a Claude user noticed his account was consuming tokens even though he wasn't working. Anthropic has since warned users about hackers.
Ships and seafarers increasingly caught in the crossfire of unrelated wars
The global shipping industry is facing a "genuinely unprecedented" convergence of maritime crises, with vessels and seafarers increasingly used as “leverage” in conflicts that have nothing to do with them.