Technology

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario and Zelda, received Japan’s Order of Culture on November 3 — the first game creator to do so. The full list of 2026 recipients and why it matters.

HKMA launches an agentic-finance initiative as HSBC plans a Hong Kong institute for early 2027. The governance questions, research priorities and next steps.

India’s four-day clean-energy summit is scheduled for November 2–5 in New Delhi, alongside the ISA Assembly and a green-hydrogen conference. What to watch.

Digi Yatra has begun trials for international passengers at Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Cochin and Amritsar. Who is eligible, how the e-passport credential works and what does not change.

GSLV-F18 placed the NVS-03 navigation satellite into transfer orbit on October 30, and its first orbit-raising burn is done. Mission numbers, the NVS series and why NavIC matters.

The FBI says North Korea’s TraderTraitor group stole about $6.3 billion from Binance, the largest crypto theft on record. What Binance has covered, what is frozen and what it means for Asia.

India’s November 1–30 life-certificate campaign promotes face authentication and assisted access. Check the official targets, local camps and service details.

Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK runs November 2–6, with the main conference on November 2–3. See the programme, themes and regulatory context.

A new BIS CPMI report examines central bank money, fast payments, stablecoins and tokenisation. Its four institutional roles and relevance to Asia explained.

Amazon reports $201.9 billion in Q3 sales and 39.3% AWS growth. Operating profit, AI investment, negative free cash flow and holiday guidance explained.

LG Electronics reports KRW23.82 trillion in Q3 revenue. AI-cooling orders, nine-month profit growth and the distinction between orders and sales explained.

SK hynix reports Q3 revenue of KRW104.6 trillion and plans around KRW100 trillion in 2026 shareholder returns. HBM4 and the Solidigm IPO review explained.