50 rising startups in Singapore
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Zhou Yuxiang hired food delivery riders to sell AI to factories. Now he’s chasing China’s industrial AI breakthrough
China has millions of small factories—and almost no data on them. Yuxiang Zhou thinks AI can fix both.
Fortune AI6 min read
Japan eyes $140bn AI data centre push with Dell and JERA, FT reports
Japan’s biggest power generator is teaming up with Dell to build AI data centres across the country. The push could cost as much as $140bn, the Financial Times reported. JERA, Dell and UK developer RHAELM signed a non-binding agreement on Thursday, JERA said.
The Next Web AI2 min read
Singapore is tapping a Nobel-winning formula to help its useless singles get dates
FirstDate offers one potential match at a time, testing whether fewer choices can help singles build a connection.
Fortune AI4 min read
Carney Invokes New Powers to Fast-Track Pacific Oil Pipeline
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expediting regulatory approval for a new, high-capacity oil pipeline to expand Canada’s access to Asian markets, with the aim of starting construction in September 2027.
Bloomberg Technology1 min read
Nvidia-backed GMI Cloud raises $668m as contracted revenue tops $600m
GMI Cloud, a Mountain View company that rents out Nvidia GPU servers, has raised $668m in new financing, the company said on Wednesday. That is $223m of Series B equity and a $445m credit facility. The Taiwanese bank CTBC led the credit facility.
The Next Web AI2 min read
DeepSeek open-sources Huawei chip tools as a simpler alternative to CUDA
DeepSeek has open-sourced a set of programming tools for Huawei’s Ascend AI chips. They include a version of TileLang, a programming language DeepSeek offers as a simpler alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA. The Chinese AI lab announced the release on Wednesday in a post on its WeChat account.
The Next Web AI2 min read
50 rising startups in Southeast Asia
Which startups are on the path to becoming the next big thing?
Tech in Asia1 min readTokyo court rules the human voice is protected, in a TikTok AI clone case
A Tokyo court ruled on Wednesday that Japanese law protects the human voice. Anime voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda had sued TikTok over videos he says used an AI clone of his voice. He won in part, as the court turned down his request to remove the videos, Agence France-Presse reported.
The Next Web AI2 min read
Chinese tourists shun Japan for Southeast Asia during long holiday
SHANGHAI -- China's seven-day National Day holiday kicks off Thursday, with many of the more than 2 billion expected passenger trips heading to and fr
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min read
Tinder Launches Group Hangouts Feature to Take the Pressure Off First Dates
Tinder is launching a new feature called Group Hangouts designed to take the pressure off one-on-one dates, marking its latest effort to court younger users who have otherwise grown jaded with dating apps.The feature will roll out gradually in select US markets starting Wednesday, the company said…
Bloomberg Technology1 min read
Singapore Records First AI-Linked Data Breach After Email Addresses Exposed
Singapore received its first notification of an AI-related data breach after a food company accidentally disclosed customers’ email addresses to other recipients of a bulk email, the Straits Times reported, citing the country’s Personal Data Protection Commission.
Bloomberg Technology1 min read
‘No way’ the yuan challenges the U.S. dollar—though it might gain ground against the yen and the pound, says Standard Chartered’s China CEO
“There is no way—at least in my career—for the RMB to challenge the USD,” Jean Lu said during a media roundtable in Singapore.
Fortune AI4 min read
How ‘Industry 5.0’ integrates human expertise with artificial intelligence
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] The European Commission defines Industry 5.0 as placing human-centricity, sustainability and resilience at the core of industrial progress.
South China Morning Post Tech4 min read
Apple Will Sell 6 Million iPhone Duos in 2026, Counterpoint Says
Apple Inc. is set to sell about 6 million units of the iPhone Duo this year, Counterpoint Research said, offering the first estimate for how the company’s inaugural foldable device will fare.
Bloomberg Technology1 min read
Uzbek finance hub heats up Central Asia investment race
ISTANBUL -- Central Asia's race for foreign investment is intensifying after Uzbekistan said it enlisted BlackRock to help establish its financial cen
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min read
Japan's China derisking has lessons for Southeast Asia
Priyanka Kishore is the founder and principal economist at research company Asia Decoded in Singapore.Not for the first time, visas have become tools
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min read
‘It was a big loss’: Thailand approves $122 million in emergency funding following flooding that killed at least 19 since September
According to government spokesperson Ekkapob Pianpises, the approved funds of 4.1 billion baht would be disseminated by the Interior Ministry to compensate people impacted by the floods nationwide.
Fortune AI3 min read
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