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'Loneliness' in China is now a $1 trillion 'singles economy' in the world's second most populous country with 1.4 billion peopleChina’s growing number of people living alone is driving a $1 trillion singles economy, with businesses offering products and services tail...- Quote of the day by Wong Kar-wai: ‘People are stuck in certain routines that don't make them happy. They want to change, but need something to push them. It’s love that…’ - Award-winning director on how love can help us find freedomQuote of the day by Wong Kar-wai: Director Wong Kar-wai suggests that love serves as a catalyst for individuals to break free from their un...
- China has cracked down on AI companions. What can we learn from this?Generative AI companions offer constant availability and support for lonely individuals. However, these virtual relationships risk dependen...
- 'Like my lover': Chinese users bid farewell to AI companionsChina implemented new rules on Wednesday to limit emotional reliance on AI companions. Major AI providers suspended custom agent and compan...
- Loneliest people in the world are not the elderly sitting alone at home; according to a survey across 142 countries, they are adults in their 20sA global survey spanning 142 countries found that nearly one in four people reported feeling very or fairly lonely. But the most unexpected...
- Being alone vs feeling lonely: At 60, Salman Khan shares one life lesson - 'Alone is by choice and lonely...'On Sunday (May 17), Salman Khan shared a shirtless picture and a thoughtful message about being alone versus feeling lonely. He is also pre...
- As Korean domination fades, young Indians are diversifying their content palette to shows from other Asian nationsYounger Indian viewers, especially Gen Z and millennials, are moving beyond Korean content and exploring a wider range of Asian shows from ...
- China population down by 3 million from previous year, birth rate lowest since 1949. Is Beijing's one-child policy backfiring big time?China’s population is considered both an internal and an international issue due to several factors including the U.S. and India.
- Analysis: China’s birth-rate woes revive a long struggle to manage populationChina's population is shrinking for the first time since 1949. This marks a significant shift from its historical reliance on a large popul...
- Why China’s No. 1 app asks users, ‘Are You Dead?’ And why it is going viralA new app named "Are You Dead?" has topped China's paid app charts, addressing the growing fear of dying alone and unnoticed. This "safety ...
- He earned degrees in New York, Paris, and Sydney but now lives on just ₹1,250 a month: Man, 32, chooses homelessness, finding joy in simplicityZhao Dian, a 32-year-old Chinese man with two bachelor’s and three master’s degrees, chose to abandon a privileged life to live on just 100...
- Man walks away from wife with over Rs 3 crore pension to live solo, but regrets followTetsu Yamada's retirement dream of a solitary countryside life turned sour after his wife opted for 'sotsukon,' a separated marriage. He st...
- 75-year-old man obsessed with AI avatar seeks divorce from wife until his kids expose the illusionA Chinese man, Jiang, divorced his wife to be with an AI avatar. He became obsessed with the digital woman. His family intervened and revea...
- What happens when 30 million Chinese men can’t find wives? Dating coaches step in with special campsAs marriage rates fall and China’s gender imbalance deepens, millions of single Chinese men are turning to dating coaches, virtual partners...
- PCI’s MDR plea; India’s AI startups, acceleratedHappy Tuesday! The Payments Council of India has urged the PMO to reinstate the merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI and RuPay debit card pa...
- Why women in this country are turning to AI boyfriendsFacing difficulties to meet real boyfriends in real life, women in China are now turning to AI boyfriends. They feel AI boyfriends are avai...
- People with low literacy rate more likely to suffer from depression: StudyThere are about 773 million adults, globally who cannot read or write.
- Across the world, virus anxiety and depression taking holdHis bewilderment as France suffers its fifth wave of the pandemic, with cases of the delta variant rising sharply along with omicron anxiet...
- Nothingness, Chaos, Desire: How the three modes of creation have influenced corporate thinkingThere was nothing and somebody invented something. Thus the bulb was invented and it changed the way we saw time. Thus the clock was invent...
- One in five consumers in Mumbai, Bengaluru anxious about finances due to COVID-19: SurveyThe findings are based on a survey of 1,000 residents in Mumbai and Bangalore by the Swiss Re Group, a global reinsurer. The survey was con...
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