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An MPA report forecasts total screen revenue across Asia Pacific rising from $171B in 2025 to $196B by 2030; premium VOD is expected to rise by $12.5B to $52B (Patrick Brzeski/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Study: Asia-Pacific Video Revenue to Reach $196 Billion by 2030, Driven by Streaming and Social
The report says AI is reshaping workflows across Asia’s content ecosystem, lowering costs and speeding delivery — advantages that increasingly accrue to the largest streaming and video platforms.

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Vaccine Rollbacks Fuel New Disease Outbreaks, Remove RFK Jr
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In DeepSeek's first public appearance since R1's success, a senior researcher told a state-run conference he was pessimistic about AI's impact on humanity (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

💥Landmines that sparked Thai-Cambodia clash were likely newly laid, experts say
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/asia-pacific/politics/landmines-thailand-cambodia-clash/
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Land mines that sparked Thai-Cambodia clash were likely newly laid, experts say
Cambodia denies Thailand's accusation that it laid the mines along parts of their joint frontier.

Qualcomm buys open-source electronics firm Arduino.
“Qualcomm said Arduino
‘will retain its independent brand, tools and mission.’”
(I wonder how long that independence will last)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

🇺🇦 Auf #radioeins läuft...
808 State:
🎵 Pacific State
#NowPlaying #808State
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@… I used portmaster years ago, I remember nothing about it (sorry).
For pkgbase: <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/

India's Tata Electronics signs up Intel as the first prospective client for its upcoming chip facilities; Tata is investing ~$14B to build in Gujarat and Assam (Nandan Mandayam/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

Chinese AI company Zhipu opened up 3.3% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising ~$558M in its IPO at a valuation of about $6.55B (Yantoultra Ngui/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-tech-companie…

SoftBank Group agrees to acquire ABB's robotics business, which generated sales of $2.3B last year, for $5.38B in a deal expected to close in mid-to-late 2026 (John Revill/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/abb-se…