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CUHK develops AI magnetic tracking for miniature medical robots

CUHK researchers have developed an AI-driven magnetic tracking system that localizes millimeter-scale wireless medical robots during magnetic actuation and enables closed-loop navigation.

Southeast Asia startup funding quadruples to $7.25B in H1/2026

A single $4.5 billion data-center financing by Singapore's DayOne drove Southeast Asian startup funding to $7.25 billion in the first half of 2026, more than quadruple a year earlier, according to a report of Kickstart Ventures.

Meta launches new AI glasses in Singapore, expands Asia rollout

Meta has launched its expanded AI-glasses lineup in Singapore, including new Meta Glasses and Ray-Ban Meta models, while preparing additional rollouts across Southeast Asia.

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OpenAI agent breached Australia’s Medicare statistics portal

Australia is investigating after an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to public and non-public files in a Medicare statistics portal.

UiPath adds Cartographer, agent governance and autonomous testing tools

UiPath used FUSION 2026 to introduce Cartographer for mapping enterprise work, new governance controls for AI agents and planned autonomous-testing capabilities in Test Cloud.

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Microsoft, Cloudflare disrupt AI-powered EvilTokens phishing service

Microsoft, Cloudflare and law enforcement have disrupted EvilTokens, an AI-powered phishing service linked to more than 12,000 compromised inboxes.

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ChatGPT Ads expands into Southeast Asia and Taiwan

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Ads into Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan as it broadens self-service advertising access in Asia.

Luno, Halogen and Kenanga explore ringgit stablecoin for tokenized fund settlement

Luno Malaysia, Halogen Capital, and Kenanga Investors are exploring the use of a fully reserved ringgit-pegged stablecoin as an on-chain settlement instrument for tokenized money-market funds.

PolyU, Fudan establish AI healthcare lab with Suanova compute support

Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Fudan University have established a joint AI healthcare laboratory, with Suanova providing computing infrastructure and related technical support.

Vietnam approves Amazon’s Kuiper to test satellite-based telecommunications service

Amazon Kuiper Vietnam, the local satellite unit of U.S. technology group Amazon, has received a Vietnamese licence to run a private satellite-based telecommunications network.