Australia accuses Chinese hackers of targeting infrastructure. ASIO warns Chinese hacker groups could plan sabotage. Australia’s intelligence chief has warned that hackers linked to the Chinese government are trying to infiltrate the country’s critical infrastructure, including telecommunications networks. Speaking at a business forum in Melbourne, Mike Burgess, director general of the Australian Security and Intelligence ... Read more ›
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Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 Thinking—a Chinese AI model challenging OpenAI Anthropic—outperformed GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 on critical benchmarks, costing just $4.6M to train The model scored 44.9% on Humanity’s Last Exam versus GPT-5’s 41.7%, while offering API pricing six to 10 times cheaper than American competitors A Chinese AI model challenging OpenAI Anthropic arrived ... Read more ›
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India to make AI curriculum mandatory from Class 3 from 2026-27, among the earliest introducing AI education at primary level. Extensive teacher training for 10m+ educators. Curriculum development led by IIT Madras, and resource materials to be completed by December 2025. India’s Ministry of Education has announced a significant shift in the country’s education system, ... Read more ›
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Huang said Nvidia can’t sell AI chips to China due to US export rules. He warned the US must “run fast” to stay ahead in AI. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said demand for the company’s Blackwell chips remains “very strong,” with its orders for wafers from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) continuing to climb, as reported ... Read more ›
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Google is launching Ironwood, its new TPU. The chips could ease GPU shortages. Many companies training AI models have found themselves stuck — GPUs are expensive, in short supply, and power-hungry. That might soon change. Google is preparing to add a new version of its Tensor Processing Unit, called Ironwood, to its cloud service. The ... Read more ›
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Dubai digital government AI achieves 96% adoption. Uses months-long deployments and binding ethics to outpace global competitors. Predictive services platform coming early 2030s; synthetic data frameworks enable privacy-safe innovation at scale. While most governments measure digital transformation timelines in years, Dubai’s digital government AI initiatives are rewriting the playbook with deployment cycles measured in months ... Read more ›
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At Hong Kong Fintech Week 2025 last week, Ant Group’s Chairman, Eric Jing, positioned the city as a hub for AI-driven and tokenised financial innovation. His remarks highlight a shift in Asia’s financial sector, where regulated artificial intelligence and blockchain-based tokenisation are changing cross-border payments, trade finances, and liquidity management models. For business and technology ... Read more ›
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Malaysia AI adoption surged 35% to reach 2.4 million businesses. 73% remain stuck at basic efficiency levels, not driving innovation. “Two-tier AI economy” emerges: startups outpace large enterprises in advanced AI integration. Malaysia’s AI adoption has reached a important inflection point – but not necessarily the one policymakers might have hoped for. While headline numbers ... Read more ›
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The White House says Nvidia’s top AI chip will not go to China. The move follows debate over smaller models as talks with Beijing remain paused. The White House is holding firm on its position that Nvidia’s most advanced artificial intelligence chip should not be sold to China. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, spokesperson Karoline ... Read more ›
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Microsoft’s zero-water datacenter cooling in Johor Bahru sets a new sustainability benchmark for Southeast Asian cloud infrastructure Southeast Asia 3 region will train 150 graduates and benefit 30,000+ people through water conservation and environmental programs While tech giants race to expand their cloud footprint across Southeast Asia, Microsoft’s latest zero-water datacentercooling approach in its upcoming ... Read more ›
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According to IDC, around 70% of Asia-Pacific organisations expect agentic AI (autonomous, task-executing systems) to disrupt business models within the next 18 months. With cost pressures, competitive disruption and regulatory demands all rising, enterprises look to shift from experimentation to operationalisation of AI-driven capabilities. This reality means senior technology and business leaders should move from ... Read more ›
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The AWS OpenAI partnership commits $38 billion over seven years, providing immediate access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs—one of the largest cloud computing deals in AI history OpenAI is already using the infrastructure, with full deployment targeted by the end of 2026, raising questions about AI infrastructure consolidation among major cloud providers Every ... Read more ›
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Hong Kong unveils Fintech 2030 strategy with four pillars—Data, AI, Resilience, and Tokenisation—to cement its position as a global fintech hub HKMA announces Ensemble Pilot for real-value tokenised transactions and expanded GenAI Sandbox++ to drive responsible innovation Nine years ago, 2,500 curious minds gathered in Hong Kong for what seemed like a modest experiment—the inaugural ... Read more ›
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Univers has launched the Global Impact AI Lab with AMD, Microsoft, and NUS. To help cut downtime, save energy, and scale edge AI. Leaders are turning to edge-to-cloud intelligence because traditional systems no longer give them the visibility, control, or efficiency they need across dispersed operations. Against this backdrop, Univers has launched the Global Impact ... Read more ›
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Tesla returns to China with robotaxis after its share withered from 16% to 6.9%, staging a comeback at Shanghai’s import expo to reverse two years of decline The Cybercab robotaxi debut comes as Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory accounts for less than 5% of China’s EV sales, while domestic rivals capture customers with aggressive pricing and localised ... Read more ›
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A new study finds AI chatbots flatter users, discouraging conflict resolution. Researchers say this behaviour reinforces poor judgement. A recent study suggests that popular artificial intelligence models from the United States and China tend to flatter users too much, and this behaviour may make people less willing to fix personal disputes. The findings add to ... Read more ›
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A Microsoft Azure Front Door misconfiguration caused regional outages. Microsoft rolled back the change and said services were improving. Service issues hit Microsoft’s Azure platform on Wednesday, affecting a range of cloud tools and software across multiple regions. The outage disrupted access to websites and services that depend on Azure, and users shared complaints across ... Read more ›
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Amazon is moving ahead with 2025 layoffs affecting 14,000 workers as it invests in AI. The company says automation is changing staffing as Google and Microsoft ramp up AI. Amazon plans to cut around 14,000 corporate roles as the company shifts more money toward AI and looks for savings in other areas. The move reflects ... Read more ›
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By Aaron Bugal, Field CISO, APJ, Sophos AI is fast becoming the new productivity engine in Malaysia’s corporate landscape. From copilots that summarise reports to chatbots that draft emails, employees are discovering clever ways to work faster and smarter. But in the rush to embrace innovation, a new blind spot has emerged: shadow AI. Shadow ... Read more ›
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Author: Penguin Software. Change in the technology landscape is the only constant. The recent shifts in the virtualisation world, particularly around licensing and subscription models, have acted as a significant catalyst, prompting many IT and OT leaders to re-evaluate their long-term strategies. While these changes can seem disruptive, they also present a golden opportunity to ... Read more ›
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