AI is disrupting the 2024 US election, and worldwide. Regulation slow, leaving elections vulnerable to manipulation. For several years now, AI has disrupted the public’s ability to trust what it sees, hears, and reads. A noteworthy example is the Republican National Committee’s recent release of an AI-generated ad depicting an imagined nightmarish future in which... Read more » Read more ›
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Major China mobile phone brands are seeing robust demand in Russia lately. Xiaomi, Realme and Honor alone accounted for almost half (42%) of Russia’s smartphone sales. South Korea’s Samsung even lost its spot as the market leader in May this year, with only 14% of devices sold versus 28% last year, while Apple’s share dropped... Read more » Read more ›
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Razer Fintech’s acquisition of PT E2Pay Global Utama expands the organization’s digital payment solutions into Indonesia, one of SEA’s fastest-growing digital economies. E2Pay is one of Indonesia’s very few digital payment players that has a comprehensive set of licenses across various payment gateway services, e-money, and remittance. The fintech arm of Singapore-based gaming-centric tech company... Read more » Read more ›
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For most governments, data protection is essential in safeguarding their citizens and also ensuring the information does not fall into the wrong hands. However, many countries around the world still struggle in implementing and enforcing proper data protection for their citizens. In Malaysia, there are several bodies that oversee the use of data, including how... Read more » Read more ›
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Article by Abhijit Sengupta, Senior Director and Head of Business for Southeast Asia and India, HERE Technologies With traffic congestion being a frequent pain point in many Southeast Asian countries, electric vehicles (EVs) have become the solution to tackling congestion and pollution by offering environmental-friendly and sustainable modes of transportation. As a result, interest in EVs... Read more » Read more ›
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Currently GrabMaps has been powering Grab services in seven out of the eight countries it operates in. The ride hailing giant plans to be fully powered by its own mapping technology by the third quarter of this year. It also plans to commercialize its technology, targeting Southeast Asian tech platforms, telcos, logistics companies, e-commerce platforms... Read more » Read more ›
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Mainland China saw its expenditure on cloud infrastructure grow 21% YoY to US$7.3 billion in the first quarter of this year–making up to 13% of global cloud infrastructure spend. The market leaders in China remained unchanged with the top four cloud service vendors being Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Tencent Cloud and Baidu AI Cloud. The... Read more » Read more ›
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Industrial cybersecurity is a prerogative that enterprises and governments that shouldn’t be taken lightly. In recent times, the number of cyberattacks targeting the manufacturing industry as well as critical infrastructures demonstrate the potential havoc and disruption that can be brought about by cybercriminals. While cyberattacks on critical infrastructures are normally brought about by state-sponsored hackers,... Read more » Read more ›
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Phishing emails are a big problem for all organizations today. Despite numerous training exercises on employees, many still fall prey to phishing emails and end up compromising the organization they work for. While some employees are now paying attention to the emails they receive, including the links in them, cybercriminals are also constantly coming up... Read more » Read more ›
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The past year has seen a sharp increase in the digital transformation of a variety of industries, causing boardroom leaders to have heightened awareness and urgency to bolster cybersecurity across critical sectors, including industrial infrastructure. Embracing technological innovation means that more industrial systems are being connected to each other permanently, across a broader network. But... Read more » Read more ›
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The private market exchange became the first financial institution in Singapore to recognise cryptocurrency assets for the purposes of onboarding accredited investors. The move opens the way for more individuals to qualify for accredited investor status. ADDX will implement appropriate risk management measures that take into account the price volatility of crypto assets. Singapore has... Read more » Read more ›
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Cisco unveils new strategy to help enterprises connect their entire security architecture via a new platform, Cisco Security Cloud. The Cisco Security Cloud is designed to be the “industry’s most open platform, protecting the integrity of the entire IT ecosystem—without public cloud lock-in. Managing enterprises’ security has dramatically changed over the last 24 months or... Read more » Read more ›
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As demand for products in the e-commerce industry gains traction, logistic companies have been setting up integrated logistics centres around the world to ensure they are able to cope with this. In Southeast Asia, the e-commerce market is one of the biggest in the world and is expected to reach US$1 trillion by 2030. With... Read more » Read more ›
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The 2022 CommunicAsia Summit has just concluded, after three days of discussions, forums, and presentations on a broad range of subjects revolving around the ICT industry in the Asia Pacific region. The anchor event of Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG ) has been held virtually over the last two years, and for the first time... Read more » Read more ›
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Known as ANEXT Bank, the digital wholesale bank in Singapore will focus on providing digital financial services to local and regional MSMEs, especially those with cross-border operations. Ant Group also signed an MoU with online marketplace Proxtera to create an open framework for collaboration with financial institutions. Jack Ma’s Ant Group is the world’s largest... Read more » Read more ›
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As the world continues to embrace 5G technology, some countries and organizations have already set their sight on 6G technology. The next generation of mobile connectivity is still about a decade away before being implemented but the innovation in the technology continues to gain traction. According to reports, 6G will require dramatic advances in communications... Read more » Read more ›
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Everyone is familiar with SEGA Corporation’s video games for the longest time. As one of the most successful gaming companies in the world, SEGA continues to entice fans with new gaming concepts as well as evolving classic video games to cater to the growing mobile gaming community. In fact, the mobile gaming market in the... Read more » Read more ›
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It’s been testing times for Google in Australia over the last few years. Last year, Australia passed a world-first law-making Google and social media giant Facebook pay for news content on their platforms. Despite the legislation being fiercely opposed initially, both companies eventually came to an agreement with the Australian government. Now, Google has found... Read more » Read more ›
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Geely successfully sent nine satellites last week into low earth orbit as it builds out a network to provide more accurate navigation for autonomous vehicles. The company expects another 63 to be in orbit by 2025 and eventually plans to have a constellation of 240. Increasing number of automakers are opting for satellite connectivity to... Read more » Read more ›
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As innovation in the quantum computing industry continues, Singapore has committed itself to being part of the journey as well. Last week, the Singaporean government announced its increasing investments in the industry by setting up two new initiatives to boost talent development and provide better access to the technology. The National Quantum Computing Hub in... Read more » Read more ›
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Water cooling in data centers is currently one of the best ways to reduce carbon emission and be sustainable. Data centers operators are looking to water or liquid cooling options for processing intensive computing applications. Despite being celebrated for nearly half a century, World Environment Day continues to highlight the challenges in nature that is... Read more » Read more ›
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