India’s AI summit garners US$250+ billion in infrastructure pledges and new sovereign AI. Scaling AI beyond the summit floor presents a distinct challenge altogether. When India hosted its AI summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi last week, the optics were impossible to miss. French President Emmanuel Macron was in the audience. UN Secretary-General António ... Read more ›
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Giving AI agents AI agent skills–structured guides written by domain experts–can more than double their success rate on complex tasks, new research shows Smaller, cheaper AI models equipped with the right AI agent skills can outperform far more expensive ones running without them Think of an AI agent like a smart new hire. Brilliant in ... Read more ›
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Tune Talk’s cloud-native move shows telecom shifting from hardware to software. The shift may speed rollout, boost automation, and enable AI tools in cloud-based telecom networks. Malaysia’s Tune Talk has shifted its mobile network operations into a fully cloud-native setup, a move the company says makes it the first operator in ASEAN to run entirely ... Read more ›
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A prompt-injection test showed an OpenClaw AI agent could trick assistants into installing software. The case shows growing risks as AI gains command access, with calls for stronger safeguards. Security concerns around autonomous AI tools moved from research papers into real-world testing this week, after a viral open-source agent known as OpenClaw was used in ... Read more ›
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Vietnam slashes 5G spectrum prices by 90% after failed 2023 auction. Deploys 30,000 base stations in 12 months. Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh prepare billion-dollar auctions. Vietnam’s spectrum discount approach is forcing a reckoning in Asia-Pacific: when Hanoi’s telecom regulator slashed 5G spectrum auction prices by up to 90% after a 2023 bidding failure, industry observers ... Read more ›
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Apple’s iPhone 17 achieved 28% shipment growth in China’s Q4 2025. Cupertino reclaims market leadership, Huawei and Xiaomi’s double-digit declines. The iPhone 17’s 8% growth in Jan, only smartphone to gain in 23% market contraction. Apple’s comeback story in China isn’t just about numbers – it’s a masterclass in positioning that’s catching Chinese smartphone manufacturers ... Read more ›
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ByteDance pushes into AI as Doubao tops 100 million users. Analysts link the change to AI’s rise and TikTok pressure. Pressure on TikTok’s global operations is coinciding with a stronger push by its parent company, ByteDance, to build a larger presence in artificial intelligence, signalling how the Chinese tech firm is trying to expand beyond ... Read more ›
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OpenAI warned US lawmakers that DeepSeek may be copying AI models. This raises concerns about competition and model protection. Competition between US and Chinese AI developers is moving beyond model performance and into how those models are trained. A growing concern in Washington and Silicon Valley is whether advanced systems can be copied through indirect ... Read more ›
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AI commerce adoption in APAC reveals a critical trust gap: 74% use AI for product discovery, but 45% demand stronger payment security before completing transactions Digital maturity breeds caution, not confidence—affluent consumers and developed markets show the highest scepticism toward AI-powered checkout AI commerce adoption in the Asia Pacific has hit an unexpected ceiling, with ... Read more ›
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A Schneider Electric Wuhan factory has been recognised as a Global Lighthouse for Talent by the World Economic Forum (WEF), becoming just the third facility to achieve this distinction globally. The energy management, automation and digitisation specialists have nine Lighthouse factories and distribution centres worldwide, as well as five Sustainability Lighthouses, but the Wuhan site ... Read more ›
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Some Chinese women are choosing virtual boyfriends in romance games. Digital companionship helps meet emotional needs alongside real relationships. For some young professionals in China, romance is no longer limited to real-world relationships. Mobile games built around fictional partners are becoming part of daily emotional life, blending entertainment, storytelling, and digital intimacy into something that ... Read more ›
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Memory chip shortage driving smartphone prices up 7% in 2026, hitting Asia’s budget device markets hardest Chinese brands like Honor, Vivo, and Oppo are facing the biggest shipment declines as the memory chip shortage squeezes margins The memory chip shortage is poised to significantly increase the cost of Asia’s smartphone market. Manufacturers can’t get enough ... Read more ›
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OpenAI, Samsung and SK begin Korea AI data centre construction in March. The build highlights rising demand for local AI infrastructure. Work to construct new data centres in South Korea by OpenAI, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix is set to begin in March, government officials said this week, marking a major step in the expansion ... Read more ›
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The UK’s Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) regulation from July 2026 forces fintech providers to rebuild core infrastructure for real-time affordability checks, potentially triggering market consolidation Regulatory wave mirrors Australia’s 2025 move and could ripple across Asia-Pacific markets where BNPL is booming, including Malaysia’s 215% projected growth by 2027 When Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ... Read more ›
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India’s US$100bn investment in AI data centres raises environmental concerns A report from commercial real estate services and investment firm, CBRE Group, indicates India’s data centre investments will surpass $100 billion in value by 2027, despite reduced expansion in other regions due to environmental and power concerns. According to Channel News Asia‘s (CNA) series, ‘India’s ... Read more ›
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Nxera’s 58MW DC Tuas achieves 1.25 PUE using Singapore’s largest liquid cooling data centre deployment, proving tropical climates can support AI workloads efficiently Over 90% pre-committed capacity signals desperate demand in a market where vacancy rates sit below 2% and new approvals require 50% green energy sourcing When Singapore imposed its data centre moratorium in ... Read more ›
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Blockchain has made tremendous progress. The technology has moved from a niche concept tied mostly to cryptocurrencies into a powerful, real-world tool that is steadily finding its footing in industries. It’s a big part of why Grand View Research recently valued the global blockchain market at $31.28 billion, expecting it to jump to $1.4 trillion ... Read more ›
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AutoFlight tested an aircraft billed as the world’s largest flying car. It marks China’s shift toward larger eVTOL aircraft and commercial rules. China’s push into low-altitude aviation is starting to move from concept to hardware, with larger electric aircraft aimed at cargo and passenger use. A recent flight test by Shanghai-based AutoFlight shows how quickly ... Read more ›
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Maxis becomes the first Malaysian telco to migrate 100% of its digital workloads to AWS Malaysia Region, moving mission-critical systems from Singapore Migration eliminates cross-region data traffic costs while supporting Malaysia’s data sovereignty ambitions When Maxis Berhad moved its mission-critical workloads from Amazon Web Services’ Singapore Region to the AWS Malaysia Region in early February, ... Read more ›
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Deloitte finds enterprises scaling agentic and physical AI. Productivity gains show, but governance gaps remain. Deloitte’s AI Institute has released the 2026 edition of its State of AI in the Enterprise report, offering a snapshot of how organisations are using artificial intelligence and what that shift means for leadership, operations, and governance. Titled The Untapped ... Read more ›
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