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Singapore students divert 892 kg of waste in 6-week sustainability program

More than 120 Singapore tertiary students diverted 892 kilograms of food and plastic waste over six weeks in national sustainability program SG Eco Loop 2.0.

Southeast Asia divided over AI’s environmental impact – ISEAS survey

Public opinion across Southeast Asia is divided over artificial intelligence (AI)’s environmental impact, with 47.9 percent of respondents viewing AI positively but 30.2 percent holding negative views, while 21.9 percent say they lack enough knowledge to assess its environmental costs and benefits, a survey launched by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute…

Vietnam to host SEMIEXPO chip exhibition in December, drawing global firms

Vietnam will host SEMIEXPO Vietnam 2026, an international semiconductor exhibition, in Ho Chi Minh City on December 13-14, drawing some 200 companies and global chip leaders,

BTSE Bhutan announces final license for virtual asset trading, custody in Gelephu

BTSE Bhutan has announced its final Financial Services License for virtual asset trading and custody in Gelephu Mindfulness City.

PRECISE, Temus form center to support Singapore’s genome program’s Phase III

Singapore's national precision-medicine agency (PRECISE) and Temasek-backed technology firm Temus will jointly build the data and computing systems for the next phase of the country's effort to sequence hundreds of thousands of residents' genomes.

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SoundHound powers Kia Sorento generative AI in India

SoundHound AI has deployed its conversational voice and generative AI technology in Kia's Sorento for India, supporting cabin control and live queries.

Seeing Machines demonstrates real-time 3D human understanding for Physical AI on NVIDIA Jetson Thor

Seeing Machines says its Human Mesh Recovery technology can reconstruct people in 3D in real time on NVIDIA Jetson Thor, targeting robotics and Physical AI systems that operate around humans.

IMDA partners TikTok to develop local microdrama expertise and fuel a new pipeline of original IP

Singapore’s media professionals will be given support to develop microdrama expertise across live-action and artificial intelligence (AI)-animated formats, under a new IMDA-TikTok Microdrama Program jointly launched by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and TikTok Singapore.

Taiwan’s AVC plans $500M Vietnam expansion, R&D center amid AI-cooling boom

Asia Vital Components (AVC), a Taiwanese maker of cooling systems for computers and AI servers, plans to invest about $500 million more in Vietnam and build a research-and-development center there.

Amazon to buy Malaysian land for data center in $75M deal

Amazon Data Services Malaysia, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Amazon, will buy a plot of land in Malaysia's Selangor state to build a data center, paying MYR316.84 million ($75 million) in cash to local property developer Sunsuria.