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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Days after relaxing restrictions, a jump in daily cases linked to karaoke outlets dealt a setback to the city’s reopening efforts. Singapore believes the vaccination progress puts it in a strong position to reopen once the situation is contained. Just when Singapore’s government pledged that it would ease out of a “Covid-Zero” elimination stance toward... Read more » Read more ›
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At least five global telecommunications companies have been compromised by Chinese state-backed hackers. Phone records and location data were among the data stolen according to cybersecurity researchers. Waging a campaign across Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021, the state-sponsored hackers allegedly also exploited security vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Exchange servers according to a report by Bloomberg.... Read more » Read more ›
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Over the past year and a half, the e-Commerce, e-grocery and delivery scenes have been seeing extraordinary growth as a result of the Covid-19 lockdowns. One happy e-tailer, Happy Fresh, has been reaping the benefits of the increased growth of online users, with thousands of families turning to the platform for their e-grocery needs. According... Read more » Read more ›
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Real-time information is crucial in detecting and responding to potentially disruptive events and fine-tuning risk management strategies. As security teams increasingly face multidimensional threats, risks and opportunities, it’s key to ensure your company’s security operation center (SOC) has access to a diversity of relevant, real-time information. A well-equipped SOC can provide your company with a... Read more » Read more ›
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Smart retail player MissFresh has partnered with Tencent to bolster its Retail Cloud services and ensure that its retail partners will be able to jumpstart their online business and operate more efficiently to cater to a more demanding customer base. In a release shared last week, the company claimed that MissFresh can accurately predict and... Read more » Read more ›
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The country is among the major players in the data center sector in the APAC region. India’s data center industry has been primarily concentrated in the top four cities — Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai. In India, the need for data center infrastructures is growing exponentially, as cloud adoption, as well as data consumption and... Read more » Read more ›
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Data privacy in the healthcare industry remains a constant struggle today. While the industry has always implemented new technologies to help healthcare professionals deal with patients, most health professionals are still unsure about handling patient data. Today, most hospitals have doctors using tablets to get access to patient data and write reports. AI-based scanners and... Read more » Read more ›
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The technology world is full of surprises that take even battle-hardened industry pundits by surprise. There are areas of IT that are pioneered well away from the hothouse environment of the DevOps department; solutions, and cutting-edge platforms that push boundaries. Take as an example, the esoteric buzzword that is IoT (internet of things). In the... Read more » Read more ›
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It seems that Twitter is really making some waves in the AI scene these days. Days after their announcement of an innovative bug bounty challenge to weed out AI bias, the social media giant has shared that they’re working to further put pressure on stamping out misinformation. And this time, they’re collaborating with The Associated... Read more » Read more ›
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Since democratically-elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was deposed by the military in Myanmar in early February, more than 200 people have been killed in mass protests which the coup forces have been trying to suppress with increasingly violent tactics. And accompanying the escalating violence has been the mounting use of technological means to stamp... Read more » Read more ›
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Blockchain-based solutions have the potential to change the way information is produced and disseminated while playing a major role to tackle disinformation over the longer term Due to its traceability, transparency, and decentralization nature of the blockchain, the problem of fake news can be handled effectively Gartner predicts that the majority of individuals in developed... Read more » Read more ›
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With quantum computing gaining traction in the Asia Pacific, quantum engineers are now being highly sought after by companies looking to leverage the technology. From Japan launching its most powerful quantum computer last month to China developing its quantum computers, quantum engineers are a key ingredient in the quantum computing workforce. Compared to other analytical... Read more » Read more ›
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When most of the world went into lockdown in early 2020, organisations around the Asia Pacific (APAC) region were faced with the mountainous challenge of suddenly being able to update their tech capabilities to support a massive influx of workers at home. Those early days were challenging, and while there were definite teething issues shifting... Read more » Read more ›
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Whilst governments of the world have embarked on developing their own digital payment and currency systems, India has gone on a slightly different path this year. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a new digital payment mode called e-RUPI under the country’s UPI (Unified Payments Interface). According to state news sources, this payment mechanism... Read more » Read more ›
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Jack Dorsey’s Square is spending US$29 billion on an Australian buy now, pay later firm Afterpay The deal is set to be Australia’s biggest-ever buyout. Afterpay and Square have the potential to build one of the world’s most important payments networks, according to experts. Australia’s Afterpay Ltd, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) pioneer, was... Read more » Read more ›
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Artificial intelligence (AI) brings with it the promise of a world that’s better and more equitable, such as in cases where its use uplifts people or disrupts monopolies. However, the design of algorithms and models can also perpetuate inequities, which is known as AI bias. Industry’s first AI bias “bounty” Twitter said last week that... Read more » Read more ›
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As details of the effects of the Pegasus spyware saga continue to shock the world, countries like India are actively investigating security allegations that have surfaced. But even before India was alleged to have used the spyware to spy on political leaders and other humanitarian personalities, the subcontinent had already begun implementing stricter rules on... Read more » Read more ›
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Most professionals in the warehousing and distribution sectors would agree that 2021 is shaping up to be both highly challenging for the business, yet it’s also a time of enormous opportunity. There has been a widespread uptake of online retail shopping, with delivery, logistics and fulfilment operations in consequently much-increased demand. Opportunities are coming despite... Read more » Read more ›
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The region has 290 million unbanked, and only 18% have access to credit — giving decentralized finance a large room of opportunity. De-Fi, an alternative banking intermediation system provides an array of opportunities including the ability to be truly financially inclusive, driving development, potentially lifting millions of Asian households. The digital storm coursing through all... Read more » Read more ›
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by Patrick GALEY Scientists last month unveiled the most exhaustive database yet of the proteins that form the building blocks of life, in a breakthrough where observers said would “fundamentally change biological research”. Every cell in every living organism is triggered to perform its function by proteins that deliver constant instructions to maintain health and... Read more » Read more ›
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