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Daily Digest | It’s a food fight!

When it comes to delivering groceries, one’s “barrage must be unrelenting, reactions must be fast.”

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Koo has carved out a corner in social media by being the anti-Twitter.
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Daily Digest | The cuckoo coup by Koo on Twitter
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China will likely become a chipmaking powerhouse. But how long will it take to get there, and what are the bottlenecks?
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Daily Digest | Superfluous semiconductor squander?
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After a series of gig worker demonstrations, little has changed.
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Daily Digest | Gojek’s courier strike didn’t move the needle
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The people of Thailand are no stranger to censorship. Online spaces may soon become even more restricted.
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Daily Digest | Thailand’s prime minister is coming after your Facebook posts
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There’s no shortage of colorful characters and canaries on the popular audio chat app.
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Daily Digest | Informants, ‘show-offs,’ and cyber police on Clubhouse
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Imagine the horror of having to pay off loans that you never took out.
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Daily Digest | The slow creep of phantom debt
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Will Chinese users shell out for an app for mental wellness?
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Daily Digest | Take it Ease-y
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