Nearly half of reported scam incidents go unresolved across Southeast Asia, undermining digital trust, new GSMA Findings reveal
Nearly half of reported scam incidents go unresolved across Southeast Asia, undermining digital trust, new GSMA Findings reveal on Wednesday.
September 9, 2026
Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou retains top spot in WIPO innovation cluster ranking
Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou has retained the top spot in WIPO’s 2026 ranking of the world’s largest innovation clusters.
September 9, 2026
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Universal Quantum picks Singapore for first R&D center outside Europe
Universal Quantum will establish its first dedicated R&D center outside Europe in Singapore, which will also become the company’s Asia-Pacific hub.
September 9, 2026
Zankore secures up to $3.1B financing for Southeast Asia AI infrastructure buildout
Zankore has signed a senior term loan facility of up to $3.1 billion and is building an initial 100 MW of NVIDIA AI infrastructure in Indonesia.
September 9, 2026
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Hong Kong’s Reap launches ledger for spending bitcoin and other virtual assets by card
Hong Kong-based Reap has launched a Virtual Asset Ledger that lets card-issuing clients make bitcoin and other virtual-asset balances spendable at the point of sale.
September 9, 2026
Malaysia targets $5B in GDP gains from AI annually: Communications Minister
Malaysia is targeting as much as MYR20 billion ($4.7 billion) a year in additional economic output from artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 and wants to shift from building data…
September 9, 2026
Singapore data center annual investment to reach $19.2 billion in 2050 – PwC
PwC has forecasted annual data center investment in Singapore to reach $19.2 billion in 2050, in real 2025 prices, up from approximately $7 billion in 2026.
September 9, 2026
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Vietnam seeks to halt rare earth export
Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade suggested that rare earth minerals stay off the list of minerals permitted for export in the current period, without details of the length…
September 9, 2026
Meta launches Muse personal AI agent in the US
Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent that can work across connected apps, continue tasks in the background and seek approval for sensitive actions. It is rolling out first…
September 9, 2026
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Philippine EV adoption to accelerate despite charging infrastructure constraints – BMI
BMI Country Risk and Industry Research has forecasted electric vehicle (EV) sales in the Philippines to increase by 11.2 percent year-on-year in 2026, from 29,479 units to 32,776…
September 9, 2026
Vietnam seeks to halt rare earth export
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