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Medtronic to invest about $700M in Hong Kong surgical robotics company Cornerstone

Medtronic plans an approximately $700 million investment in Hong Kong-based Cornerstone Robotics and will gain distribution rights for its Sentire surgical system in select approved markets.

Singapore’s Bitdeer buys 200 acres in Texas for $100M for AI data-center expansion

Bitdeer Technologies Group, a Singapore-headquartered technology company for AI and Bitcoin mining infrastructure, has bought about 200 acres of undeveloped land in Milam County, Texas, for $100 million in cash, to expand its planned AI and high-performance-computing data-center operations.

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Yubico expands OpenAI YubiKey bundle to Singapore

Yubico has added Singapore and nine other markets to the availability of its OpenAI-branded YubiKey bundle as OpenAI strengthens account security.

Eric Cheng, co-founder and group chief executive of CARSOME

Malaysia-based car e-commerce CARSOME reports $8.3M quarterly EBITDA in Q2

CARSOME reported Q2 EBITDA of about MYR 33 million, up 38 percent year on year, as vehicle sales and gross profit increased across Southeast Asia.

Vietnam’s FPT to absorb Poland software unit of Japan’s Nippon Seiki, extends car-software service to Europe

The Japanese unit of Vietnam’s technology giant FPT will take on the Polish software-design operations of Japan's Nippon Seiki, extending an automotive-software partnership between the two companies from Japan and Vietnam into Europe.

ROOMIE launches integrated payment gateway for hotels in Malaysia

Malaysia-based hotel technology company ROOMIE has launched an integrated payment gateway that brings regional payment methods into hotel guest journeys.

Simpaisa, Tencent Cloud assess large-scale fintech cloud transformation

Simpaisa and Tencent Cloud are assessing a cloud transformation covering compute, Kubernetes, databases, messaging, monitoring and security infrastructure.

MyRepublic launches Hyperpeer game-routing service in Singapore and Malaysia

MyRepublic has launched Hyperpeer, a subscription service that optimizes routing for supported online games and is available to users in Singapore and Malaysia regardless of their internet provider.

Nemetschek signs ITE and Singapore Polytechnic MOUs on AI-ready built-environment skills

Nemetschek has signed training agreements with ITE and Singapore Polytechnic focused on BIM, AI-assisted compliance, model validation, and digital-twin workflows.

KKR-Singtel consortium completes takeover of Singapore’s STT GDC at $10.9B

A consortium, led by U.S.-based investment firm KKR with Singapore's Singtel, has completed its acquisition of Singapore's STT GDC, taking full ownership of the data-center operator, STT GDC said in a statement on Wednesday.