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Bureau: Beijing
ARIRANG crossed four million copies on Hanteo in three days — the biggest K-pop album ever, and proof that two years of mandatory military service compressed BTS's fanbase like a spring.
The 2026 tech layoff count has reached 58,121 across 188 companies — and for the first time, one in five cuts was explicitly blamed on artificial intelligence.
xAI is testing AI 'human emulators' that perform white-collar tasks so convincingly that employees inside the company sometimes do not realize they are interacting with software.
Strip out the AI mega-deals and the venture capital market looks like it never recovered from 2022 — which is exactly the point.
SpaceX is planning a mid-2026 IPO at a $1.5 trillion valuation that would raise $30 billion or more — surpassing Saudi Aramco as the largest public offering ever.
WoW Midnight, Slay the Spire 2, Pokémon Pokopia, Resident Evil Requiem, Marathon, and Scott Pilgrim EX all launched in a single month — the most stacked release calendar in recent memory.
Netflix's live-action One Piece: Into the Grand Line premiered March 10 with theatrical screenings in 200+ cinemas, and Season 3 is already in production in Cape Town.
Google, Meta, Amazon, and OpenAI signed a voluntary anti-scam pact at the UN Global Fraud Summit — Apple's absence says more than the accord itself.