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Read from your browser Daily Newsletter Welcome to Tech in Asia's daily newsletter, your essential dose of Asia's tech and startup buzz. Not yet a subscriber? Register here . Got a story tip? Send it to editors@techinasia.com . Ensure our articles appear in your Google searches: IN FOCUS The Grab-Atome deal is more than just an acquisition A look into our archives as the drama at MoneyHero rolls on Philippines’ Globe Telecom plans to splash out US$1 billion in data push Hello Betamax, I’ve never used buy now, pay later. But if I ever do, I’d probably pick a name I recognize. Atome would be on top of that list. So when Grab agreed to spend US$1.5 billion on a 60% stake in the BNPL player, it got me thinking: What exactly is Grab getting with this deal? The comp...

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Read from your browser The Prompt Welcome to The Prompt, your guide to the biggest issues and developments shaping AI, with Asia front and center. Want full access to all our AI reporting? Subscribe here . Hello Betamax, Alexandr Wang correcting the internet’s estimates of his outfit’s price – down to identifying his underwear – cracked me up. But underneath the joke was a much more ambitious Meta. He wore the contentious outfit while Mark Zuckerberg was introducing the world to Muse Charm, Meta’s Tamagotchi-like device for talking to Muse, its personal AI agent. Whether it’s planning trips, booking reservations, or ordering groceries, Meta promises Charm will let users tell Muse what to do without having to open an app on their phones. Image credit: Made by Ulla/Tech in Asia with the help of AI ...

Read from your browser Daily Newsletter Welcome to Tech in Asia's daily newsletter, your essential dose of Asia's tech and startup buzz. Not yet a subscriber? Register here . Got a story tip? Send it to editors@techinasia.com . Ensure our articles appear in your Google searches: IN FOCUS Tracking startups’ financials in SEA Spotlight: Shein’s profit slide continues OpenAI hits pause on GPT-6.1 Astra Hello Betamax, I still get a little nervous whenever I open a company’s financial statement. In 2018, I covered listed companies in India, where earnings season was controlled chaos. Firms with bad numbers often released them after the stock market closed, which meant late nights digging through financial statements and racing to file stor...