With the online world constantly changing, effective compliance and security protocols are vital for mitigating risks and enabling successful digital adoption. Yet as digital services scale up, cyber threats become more pervasive, legislative landscapes change, and competitors get easier for customers to find. Compliance and IT security simply can’t be sidelined if a company is ... Read more ›
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OpenAI released GPT-5.2 as pressure from Google and Anthropic grows. GPT-5.2 improves performance while OpenAI weighs safety and user trust. Pressure inside OpenAI has been building as competition around AI models tightens. That strain came into view this week with the release of GPT-5.2, a new model that the company says improves writing, coding, and ... Read more ›
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Purpose-built AI cybercrime agents capable of executing multi-step attacks autonomously are emerging in 2026, fundamentally changing threat landscapes The critical vulnerability isn’t just AI-powered attacks—it’s the “tempo differential” where defenders respond at human speed while attacks execute at machine velocity Every major cybersecurity vendor is sounding alarms about AI-weaponised attacks. It’s become the industry’s consensus ... Read more ›
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Alibaba aims to make Qwen an AI super app that works across devices and services. Alibaba formed a new unit to bring its Qwen chatbot into more parts of daily life. Alibaba is reorganising its consumer-facing AI work as it looks to bring the Qwen chatbot into daily life and position it for broader use ... Read more ›
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Chinese AI models’ global adoption has nearly tripled from 13% to approximately 30% of total usage in 2025, according to OpenRouter’s 100 trillion token analysis Programming and roleplay dominate AI usage patterns, with open-source models capturing one-third of the market Recent data reveals that Chinese AI models’ global adoption has reached unprecedented levels, with models ... Read more ›
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IBM is in talks to buy Confluent for $11bn to advance its cloud and AI plans. Confluent’s platform gives AI agents steady data and aligns with IBM’s shift from large AI data centres. Talks between IBM and Confluent appear to be entering the final stretch, with reports pointing to an acquisition worth about $11 billion. ... Read more ›
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The US will allow Nvidia’s H200 chips into China with a 25% fee. The news came the same day two men were charged with smuggling Nvidia chips to China. The United States will allow Nvidia’s H200 processors — its second-fastest AI chips — to be exported to China with a 25% fee added to each ... Read more ›
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The ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone sold out in hours, then triggered backlash—revealing consumers want AI autonomy more than they’re ready for it Despite leading global AI adoption, Asia-Pacific faces the same challenge: high-autonomy AI weakens consumer trust When ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone prototype sold out within hours of launch on December 2, it seemed like ... Read more ›
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Internet outages in APAC spread fast because many rely on the same cloud platforms. One error can disrupt payments, healthcare, transport, and public services. When major online services fail, the disruption no longer stays in one corner of the internet. Payments slow, travel plans stall, medical systems freeze, and business operations falter – sometimes all ... Read more ›
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Nvidia shows gains for Moonshot AI while AMD and Cerebras ready rivals. Labs are shifting to serving MoE models, raising pressure on Nvidia. New data from Nvidia is drawing attention to how the company hopes to stay ahead in a market that is changing fast. The update focuses on mixture-of-experts models, or MoE models, which ... Read more ›
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The Kyndryl and Microsoft study shows rising use of predictive and agentic AI in Singapore. Many are moving beyond quick wins by forecasting resource and climate risks. Singapore companies are moving faster on sustainability than many of their global peers, according to new findings from the third Global Sustainability Barometer Study. The research, produced by ... Read more ›
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With the online world constantly changing, effective compliance and security protocols are vital for mitigating risks and enabling successful digital adoption. Yet as digital services scale up, cyber threats become more pervasive, legislative landscapes change, and competitors get easier for customers to find. Compliance and IT security simply can’t be sidelined if a company is ... Read more ›
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India is requiring phone makers to install its anti-fraud app. The app can’t be removed, and Apple and privacy groups are expected to object. India is moving to make a government-built cybersecurity app standard on all new smartphones, aiming to slow the rise of online scams and other digital crimes, according to reports. The order, ... Read more ›
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Malaysian-born tech veteran’s return signals chip-maker’s bet on Southeast Asia’s semiconductor ecosystem. Fresh capital injection to bolster assembly operations as RM12 billion Penang facility reaches 99% completion. Intel Corporation has announced an additional RM860 million (US$208 million) investment in Intel Malaysia to strengthen its assembly and testing operations, coinciding with a homecoming visit by the ... Read more ›
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Tencent leaders expect strong growth in online business models and AI adoption in Malaysia. The move adds team space and strengthens its investment in local talent and digital work. Tencent has opened a new office at Menara 1 Sentrum, adding another step in its growth in Malaysia. The move strengthens more than a decade of ... Read more ›
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Coupang’s data leak has expanded to 33.7 million customer records. A massive data leak at Coupang has grown to 33.7 million exposed customer records, affecting about three out of four adults in South Korea. The scale has raised concern not only because of the number itself, but because the company had already been fined for ... Read more ›
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Researchers from DeepSeek, Alibaba, and universities say China’s AI rules are on the right track. But they still see unclear filings and weak oversight of high-risk models. Concerns about the safety of powerful AI systems are growing in China, and a recent academic paper has added more weight to the discussion, according to the South ... Read more ›
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Thailand pushes for AI-ready public services through continued digital investment. AWS shows local cloud progress, and Google Cloud introduces PanyaThAI. Public Sector Day 2025 in Bangkok saw the gathering of government leaders, researchers, and technology specialists to discuss how cloud and AI can support Thailand’s push to modernise public services. As reported by GovInsider, the ... Read more ›
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Google gains ground as Gemini 3 wins praise and its silicon draws interest. Google’s AI stack gets higher TPU demand, company enters new partnerships. Analysts and engineers have spent the past few years saying Google was falling behind in the push to build advanced artificial intelligence. Even some of its own former leaders shared that ... Read more ›
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First smart cochlear implant with upgrade-able firmware and ML launches for 546 million people in the Asia-Pacific. Implant stores hearing profiles internally – lose your processor, sync a new one in seconds. For the 546 million people experiencing hearing loss in the the Western Pacific Region – including 38 million children – the cost is ... Read more ›
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The accounts payable (AP) function as we know it is disappearing. Advanced AI and automation are reshaping what AP teams do, how CFOs view their responsibilities, and where the profession is headed. Sharon Nouh, CEO & Founder, ProSpend, said: “In our latest report, Stop the AP Leak, Duplicate Payments, Slow Approvals and What Top CFOs ... Read more ›
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