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…

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.

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…

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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…

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…

Oracle plans global HPE Juniper rollout for AI data centers

Oracle plans to expand HPE Juniper routing, switching and telemetry across its global AI data center network, though commercial terms remain undisclosed.

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Australia proposes social media algorithm opt-out

Australia has proposed requiring social media platforms to offer users a choice between personalized recommendations and a feed limited to accounts they follow, alongside a…

Zeekr Malaysia, SkyPark to utilize luxury EV for VIP airport transfers in Subang

Zeekr Malaysia, the local arm of China's Zeekr, and SkyPark FBO Malaysia will use the Zeekr 009 luxury electric van for airside passenger transfers at a business-aviation center…

Hong Kong-based events firm BUUU to buy 60% of data-center maker Brightray, move to Singapore

Nasdaq-listed BUUU Group, a Hong Kong-based events and stage-production company, will buy a 60 percent stake in Brightray Science, a maker of prefabricated modular data centers,…

Analysts maintain overweight stance on the Malaysian technology sector

Analysts have maintained its overweight stance on the Malaysian technology sector, underpinned by the broadening semiconductor upcycle and sustained earnings momentum.