2025 recaps show how tightly streaming data is now woven into the way people understand their own media habits. For the platforms, they are also powerful annual marketing campaigns. For users, they have become a kind of digital diary of what they listened to, watched, and talked about throughout the year.

Concerns mount that some users may not be able to distinguish between neutral information and messaging aligned with Chinese state narratives.

We were all sold a false bill of goods from a bunch of snake-oil salesmen. We were promised that the World Wide Web would democratize access to info, that it would flatten the pre-existing class structures, and increase human capacity to a level not seen since the Industrial Revolution. We were promised that computers in classrooms would give “21st century skills.” It’s done none of these things. In fact, it’s done the complete opposite.

Hengchun Industrial & Commercial Vocational High School’s AI robotics team has once again defeated university competitors, capturing a record-setting fourth consecutive gold medal. (Photo courtesy of school)

Taiwan Digital Night brought more than 150 tech workers, founders and creators to a rooftop pool bar on Nov. 8, turning the TAi Urban Resort’s 24th floor into one of southern Taiwan’s most international gatherings of the year organized by Second Space and Nomad Taiwan.

The Liberty Times reports that according to Ministry of the Interior transaction data, Ciaotou’s average housing prices climbed nearly 70% over the past 2 years. No other district in Kaohsiung recorded comparable growth.

The redevelopment of Kaohsiung’s waterfront moves away from port-heavy industrial land use to a mixed waterfront district integrating corporate R&D, finance, culture, and public space; a 20-year transition, implemented in defined steps.

On October 24, the Kaohsiung Film Festival handed out its XR International Competition prizes, capping a two-week push that turned Taiwan’s southern port into a hands-on launchpad for immersive creators, studios and buyers.

Photo Credit: Anchor Taiwan Business Feature, by Teddy Tsai I first connected with Elisa Chiu, founder of Anchor Taiwan, several years…

Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Lin Chin-jung (left) meets with OASC Chairman Karl Filip Coenegrachts (right) By Staff KAOHSIUNG — The Kaohsiung…