A Pew Research Center survey across 25 countries found that only 16% of South Koreans said they were more concerned than excited about AI, the lowest share in the survey. In the United States, 50% said they were more worried than excited. Surveys by South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Korea ... Read more ›
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NVIDIA’s deals in Korea cover AI memory, cloud, robotics, power, and gaming. SK hynix, SK Telecom, and NAVER will work with NVIDIA on memory and AI infrastructure. NVIDIA has outlined new agreements with SK hynix, SK Telecom, NAVER and Doosan Group during CEO Jensen Huang’s visit to South Korea. The deals cover AI infrastructure, advanced ... Read more ›
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Alibaba Cloud Malaysia’s fifth facility marks its largest Southeast Asian infrastructure footprint to date. A suite of agentic AI services, already live globally, is now being brought to Malaysian enterprises in the second half of this year. Alibaba Cloud Malaysia has launched a new public cloud region in Johor, bringing two new data centres online ... Read more ›
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Digital Realty Malaysia has launched its Cyberjaya campus, targeting 32MW across three sites by mid-2028 The company confirmed it is evaluating locations in Johor as part of a broader national connectivity play Five months after announcing its entry into the Malaysian market, Digital Realty has formally launched operations in Cyberjaya and is already scoping its ... Read more ›
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Tin demand from AI servers is projected to triple by 2030, yet global supply remains hostage to a handful of politically volatile mining nations Prices have surged more than 55% year-on-year as the world’s data centre buildout quietly drives one of the least-discussed commodity stories of the year Every conversation about what AI needs eventually ... Read more ›
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WeChat’s decision to open its platform to smartphone AI agents signals a fundamental crack in the super app model, one SEA cannot afford to ignore. As AI agents reshape how users navigate digital services, super apps built on closed ecosystems face a reckoning over relevance. There is a quiet irony in Tencent’s latest move. WeChat, ... Read more ›
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Alan Ni confirms TNG eWallet is actively exploring agentic payments as the next frontier for Malaysia’s most-used digital wallet. The TNG Digital CEO sees Bank Negara’s progressive stance as a signal that the regulatory ground is shifting in the right direction. On the sidelines of TNG Digital’s Media Briefing 2026, after the cameras had stopped ... Read more ›
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AI could drive 40% of data centre power use by 2030. UN researchers said AI relies on data centres, grids, chips, land, and water. Data centres are projected to use almost twice as much electricity and water by 2030, according to a report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). ... Read more ›
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Profitability crossed. Non-payment revenue now leads. TNG eWallet is redefining what Malaysia’s most-used digital wallet actually is. The bigger challenge isn’t financial anymore, it’s convincing 26 million users to see the app they know for tolls as something far more. Malaysia’s most widely used e-wallet has reached a turning point that goes well beyond a ... Read more ›
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Nvidia announced RTX Spark for Windows PCs at GTC Taipei, targeting local AI, creative apps, and gaming. Nvidia also detailed Vera, Vera Rubin, DSX, and DOCA updates for AI data centres. Nvidia used GTC Taipei at Computex to outline new hardware and infrastructure plans for Windows PCs and AI data centres. The announcements included RTX ... Read more ›
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Huawei’s Her’s Law focuses on AI chip performance beyond smaller transistors. IDC data showed Nvidia still led China’s AI accelerator market in 2025. Huawei is promoting a new chipmaking principle as Chinese technology companies compete to reduce reliance on Nvidia’s AI accelerators. The development, reported by Reuters, comes as Huawei, Alibaba, and other Chinese chipmakers ... Read more ›
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Alipay’s new AI Wallet raises a question worth asking: when your AI agent spends your money, what oversight do you actually have? Token Pay signals Alipay is positioning itself as the default payment backbone for AI model companies, a quiet but significant land grab in the emerging AI economy. When Meituan launched its Xiaomei AI ... Read more ›
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Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, today announced two major expansions in Singapore: the availability of Dedicated Cloud Gateways and the regional hosting of the Kong Konnect control plane. Organisations in Singapore are showing growing interest in modern platforms to safely and reliably connect AI to data and applications, reflecting ... Read more ›
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AWS data centre sustainability efforts in Southeast Asia now span reclaimed water partnerships, renewable energy deals, and first-of-kind green infrastructure across four markets The scale of Amazon’s environmental commitments in the region is starting to match the scale of its cloud investment The hyperscaler conversation in Southeast Asia has mostly centred on who is spending ... Read more ›
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Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law signals a fundamental break from Moore’s Law, with chips targeting 1.4nm-equivalent density by 2031 The LogicFolding architecture, debuting in Kirin chips later this year, is already backed by six years of mass production across 381 chips At the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems in Shanghai today, He Tingbo, ... Read more ›
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China opens an underwater AI data centre near Shanghai. The facility uses offshore wind and seawater cooling. China has started commercial operations at an offshore wind-powered underwater AI data centre near Shanghai’s Lingang Special Area. The facility houses nearly 2,000 servers inside pressure-resistant subsea modules located close to offshore wind turbines. The modules sit about ... Read more ›
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OpenAI Daybreak brings AI cybersecurity into code review, threat modelling, and patching. Tanium said Daybreak pressures Malaysia’s monthly patching cycles. OpenAI has announced Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative that uses AI models and coding agents to support software defence in enterprise development. The company launched Daybreak on May 11th, according to details cited from OpenAI’s announcement. ... Read more ›
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SkyeChip Berhad’s blockbuster Bursa debut signals a turning point for Malaysia’s semiconductor ambitions The Penang-based AI chip designer’s IPO was oversubscribed 95 times, raising RM352 million in the country’s largest IPO haul in 16 years. Malaysia has spent decades being very good at the part of semiconductors that doesn’t require owning the idea. Assembly, testing, ... Read more ›
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Google expanded AI agents across Search, Gemini, shopping, and Workspace at I/O 2026. Google announced AI Search, Gemini 3.5, Universal Cart, lower pricing, and smart glasses. Google used its annual I/O developer conference to announce AI updates across Search, Gemini, commerce, and smart glasses. The company also lowered pricing for some AI subscription plans for ... Read more ›
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ESET announced a $40 million AI cybersecurity investment to secure AI systems. ESET outlined OpenClaw risks, launched ESET Private, and entered network security. ESET has announced a $40 million investment in AI-powered cybersecurity. The investment will support its internal AI capabilities, protections for AI-driven systems, and new methods for processing security data. The announcement was ... Read more ›
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The data centre market in Malasyia is now shaping what operators build and how they build it Two major facilities announced this month show the market’s new design logic, and it goes beyond the numbers Two data centres landed in Malaysia’s pipeline within days of each other this month. Read as individual news items, they ... Read more ›
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