Pokémon Go spinout Niantic Spatial, Singapore Land Authority to collaborate in positioning system
Niantic Spatial, the U.S. spatial-computing firm spun out of Pokémon Go developer Niantic, and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) will jointly study the feasibility of building…
September 22, 2026
Vietnam’s Bonbon Mobility raises $500,000 pre-seed round led by Tasco, GenAI Fund co-investing
Bonbon Mobility, a Vietnamese platform connecting car owners with garages and car-care providers, has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed round led by conglomerate Tasco, with GenAI…
September 22, 2026
NewsBlockchain / CryptoVietnam
Ministry says Vietnam eyes Q3 crypto-exchange launch, analysts doubt feasibility
In May, Vietnam's Ministry of Finance said the country's official digital-asset exchange could see its first activity as early as the third quarter of 2026, with five companies…
September 22, 2026
83 percent of Singapore consumers trust AI to compare loans, Experian-Forrester study finds
An Experian study conducted by Forrester Consulting found 83 percent of Singapore respondents trust AI to compare loans, while 82 percent cite manipulation through fake offers or…
September 22, 2026
Alibaba targets 20GW global data center capacity by 2032, maps next Qwen and AI chip roadmap
Alibaba says it aims to operate more than 20GW of global data center capacity by 2032 as it expands its full-stack AI roadmap across Qwen models, proprietary processors, cloud…
September 22, 2026
Philippines’ Billease Bank gets rebrand, elects former BSP deputy governor Eduardo Bobier as independent director
Billease Bank has elected former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Eduardo G. Bobier as an independent director, subject to BSP confirmation, as the lender integrates…
September 22, 2026
NewsMalaysiaTelecommunications
Malaysia’s U Mobile, ZTE test three-day off-grid 5G deployment in East Malaysia
U Mobile and ZTE have completed a proof of concept for a portable solar-powered 4G and 5G site using satellite backhaul at two rural locations in Sarawak and Sabah.
September 22, 2026
OpenAI urges U.S. to lead global technical standards for frontier AI, including self improvement
The United States-based OpenAI has called for the United States to lead an international effort to set shared technical standards for the most advanced AI systems, including for…
September 22, 2026
NewsSEAeCommerceElectric Vehicles & Mobility
Southeast Asia logistics-tech funding hits $17.7B, Singapore leads: Tracxn
Startups in Southeast Asia's logistics-technology sector have raised $17.7 billion in equity funding to date, with investment recovering to $339 million so far in 2026, the…
September 22, 2026
Clear Robotics, ReSustainability deploy electric semi-autonomous vessel on Singapore river
Singapore's Clear Robotics and ReSustainability have deployed an electric semi-autonomous Clearbot vessel on the Pandan River for daily waste interception and data-driven marine…
September 22, 2026







































