The startups turning Southeast Asia’s AI hype into working agents
From healthcare to customer service, startups in the region are racing to build AI agents. Here’s who’s doing it and where the money is going.
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BLACKPINK superstar Rosé doesn’t feel ‘completely comfortable’ in her own skin
21 March 2026 BLACKPINK singer Rosé isn’t “completely comfortable” in her own skin. Rosé is still working on her self-confidence The 29-year-old star is marking a decade with the K-pop girl group this year and has also released successful solo material but she still has to work on her confidence. Rosé told CR Fashion Book:…
U.S. issues 30-day sanctions waiver for sale of Iranian oil at sea
Ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Altaf Qadri | AP The Trump administration on Friday issued a 30-day sanctions waiver for the purchase of Iranian oil at sea to ease energy supply pressures since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on…
BTS Leans Into Korean History With ‘Arirang.’ Here Are the Major References.
The group’s new album “Arirang” includes a nod to a beloved Korean folk song and other important historical references.
Men’s March Madness 2026: Ranking the remaining 32 teams
Myron MedcalfMar 21, 2026, 01:00 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Multiple Authors We’re back to rank the remaining 32 teams in the 2026 men’s NCAA tournament. In past years, we called this a reseeding, but we’ve scrapped that approach to answer this question: Who…
Mosquitoes get the ‘I’m full’ signal from their butts, not their brains
Mosquitoes have an appetite dampener in their derrières. When mosquitoes’ bellies are full, special cells in their rectums block their bloodthirst, researchers report March 20 in Current Biology. The finding may unlock a way to stop the insects from biting in the first place. Female mosquitoes feed on blood to give their eggs a boost…
Elon Musk misled investors during his Twitter takeover, jury finds
A group of former Twitter investors have prevailed at a federal civil trial over Elon Musk’s actions amid his $44 billion acquisition of the social platform in 2022. A jury in San Francisco found Friday that tweets made by Musk about fake accounts on the platform had defrauded investors in the company. The jury sided…
CPH:DOX Awards Go To ‘Whispers In May,’ ‘Amazomania’ And More
Whispers in May, Dongnan Chen’s film exploring the rite of passage of a 14-year-old girl in rural China, won the top award at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen Friday night, automatically qualifying the documentary for Oscar consideration. “Telling mythical stories about hidden worlds is a gift. Giving breadth and depth to quotidian moments is a talent,” the…
Chelsea Chief Under Abramovich Could Face Scrutiny Over Soccer Cheating
A former key aide to the Russian oligarch would face an investigation into her time overseeing the Premier League club should she return to soccer.
Agnes Pockels’ pioneering work was unfairly dismissed by tropes about women’s domestic roles
This bonus episode of Lost Women of Science’s season on Katharine Burr Blodgett is a co-production with Distillations, a podcast produced by the Science History Institute. Agnes Pockels did pioneering work in surface science. Her invention, the Pockels trough, became the basis for an instrument that helped Katharine Burr Blodgett and Irving Langmuir make discoveries…