The burden of mental health issues and disorders is increasing in all countries worldwide, with considerable health effects and severe social, economic, and human rights consequences. According to the International Journal of Mental Health Systems, these are significant public health challenges, especially in low- and middle-income ASEAN countries with a chronic shortage of mental health... Read more » Read more ›
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China has been facing this problem for years; a talent pool that is not keeping pace with the country’s semiconductor ambition. The country is suffering from a chronic shortage of scientific and engineering talent within the semiconductor industry. If anything, it is hampering its efforts to become a semiconductor superpower. The semiconductor market in China... Read more » Read more ›
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PayPal has been enabling business payments around the world for years. Despite the rise of new payment methods, PayPal feels they still have an important role to play in helping businesses achieve the best outcomes. In Asia, the final quarter of the year is often filled with shopping festivals. Despite the pandemic disrupting retail sales... Read more » Read more ›
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Alibaba Cloud is growing its strength in the enterprise industry. The tech company has already made several major announcements at its Apsara Conference 2021 including the launch of a new server chip, Yitian 710. Yitian 710 will be used in new servers, named Panjiu, and is designed to further boost its cloud computing business. This... Read more » Read more ›
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Cloud backup is becoming increasingly adopted among enterprises today. As ransomware cases rise rapidly in Southeast Asia, organizations need to rely on backup of their data to ensure business continuity. Yet, a big problem for most organizations when turning to their backup is the amount of time it takes for their systems to recover and... Read more » Read more ›
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Femtechs, or, feminine technology companies, aren’t just in the business of bringing products to women — some are using the power of technology to help combat the most nefarious disease in the world — breast cancer. October puts the spotlight on breast cancer, which, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), affected 7.8 million women... Read more » Read more ›
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In the second quarter of this year, Tokopedia’s webpage became the most visited e-commerce site in Indonesia, followed by Shopee. Other e-commerce firms, namely Bukalapak, Lazada and Blibli, had fewer than 30 million web visits. E-commerce pioneer Tokopedia has amassed the most website visitors in Indonesia for the second quarter of this year, reclaiming its... Read more » Read more ›
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In a rush to adapt to the norm of social distancing by going digital and introducing more self-service touchpoints, businesses in Asia Pacific may not realise that they are distancing their customers by neglecting to care for the human element in digital touchpoints. A Forrester report commissioned by CINNOX, which surveyed 1,200 customers across Australia,... Read more » Read more ›
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Singapore and agritech may sound like a strange combination of words to some, but there’s a good reason for this — the nation is (pre-emptively) addressing food security and a lack of self-sufficiency. The densely-populated Southeast Asian nation only has 1% of land dedicated to agriculture. However, it does have a surprisingly thriving agricultural sector,... Read more » Read more ›
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As China tries to foster self-sufficiency in semiconductors, Alibaba unveiled a new server chip that’s based on advanced 5-nanometer technology. Alibaba’s new chip is designed for servers as the company aims to boost the competitiveness of its cloud computing business. China’s chip dreams of self-sufficiency may be coming true sooner rather than later with an... Read more » Read more ›
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Australia’s fintech sector is getting a huge boost soon. In a press release, the Morrison-led government is aiming to attract “record investment” and talent to create more jobs in Australia. According to an EY FinTech Australia Census 2021 survey, there is growing industry employment and rising entrepreneurship in the country. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, there... Read more » Read more ›
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While the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the demand for flexibilities in cloud computing and data centers to speed up digital transformation for businesses, picking the right technology has often been challenging for them. For most businesses that have workloads on-premise, remote working required them to have access to their data centers or the private cloud. As... Read more » Read more ›
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While the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the demand for flexibilities in cloud computing and data centers to speed up digital transformation for businesses, picking the right technology can often be quite a challenge. For most businesses that have workloads on-premise, remote working required them to have access to their data centers or the private cloud. As... Read more » Read more ›
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Syariah-compliant payment gateway PayHalal has partnered with Atome, to enable Murabaha buy now pay later (iBNPL) acceptance across the former’s merchant touchpoints in Malaysia. PayHalal and Atome also plan to roll out the iBNPL acceptance in Indonesia in the coming months. Asian leading buy-now-pay-later company Atome has collaborated with the world’s first syariah-compliant (Islamic) payment... Read more » Read more ›
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Tech companies are looking to revolutionize the electric vehicles industry in India. Over the years, the electric vehicle industry in the subcontinent has been slowly picking up the pace. However, with new investments and advancements in technology, there might just be an increase in the number of electric vehicles in India. According to a report... Read more » Read more ›
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Shopee have been dipping its toes into the Indian market since last month with a recruitment campaign launched for sellers to sell on “Shopee India” Shopee has yet to make any official announcement on its entry into the market, but online postings shows that the company is also actively hiring. Last month, reports were circulating... Read more » Read more ›
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Cyber attacks today are becoming more rampant. In the past, when vulnerabilities at discovered, organizations may have some time to patch them up once. However, this is now changing as attackers are exploiting new zero-day exploits even before enterprises can patch them up. In Southeast Asia, cyber attacks are continuing to increase with zero-day exploits... Read more » Read more ›
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The Singapore government recently announced that 5G in Singapore will be available across the entire island by 2025. The government is currently running trials on 5G applications on various use cases with communication service provider (CSP) Singtel and other tech companies to deliver high-quality solutions. For CSPs like Singtel, to support the massive growth of... Read more » Read more ›
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Hyundai’s US CEO claims that the “worst has passed” in semiconductor shortage — but still plans to make its own chips. The carmaker’s latest production schedule for October is very close to the company’s original plan. The auto sector has been slammed with one of the worst global chip shortages since 2020, forcing automakers to... Read more » Read more ›
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Cybersecurity awareness is still not as high as it should be today. While businesses continue to advocate the importance of cybersecurity to its employees, the awareness normally wears off when it comes to doing non work tasks. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in digital payments around the world. While online banking has... Read more » Read more ›
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