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Singapore invests S$150M in AI materials accelerator
Singapore will invest S$150 million in MARVEL-AI, an A*STAR-led platform combining artificial intelligence with automated laboratories for materials discovery.
Ant Group rolls out LingGuang 2.0 AI agent in China
Ant Group has begun rolling out LingGuang 2.0 in China with cross-session memory, long-running task management and connected-service controls.
Meta launches Muse AI agent in Singapore with local connectors
Meta has launched its Muse personal AI agent in Singapore with connectors for shopping, travel, delivery, email, calendars and Instagram.
GSMA secures $1.2M NOAA funding for Pacific mobile emergency alerts
GSMA says $1.2 million from NOAA will support cell-broadcast emergency alert systems in nine Pacific Island countries.
MarCoPay taps Sumsub for fraud checks on seafarer payments in Philippines
Philippine seafarer payments provider MarCoPay is working with Sumsub on identity verification and fraud monitoring amid anti-scam compliance demands.
Synopsys joins NUS tropical data-center testbed for AI cooling research
Synopsys has joined an NUS-led Singapore testbed to study liquid cooling, engineering simulations and digital twins for AI data centers.
HKT opens AI Exchange linking Hong Kong data centers
HKT has opened an AI Exchange at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park to link AI users with computing capacity across Hong Kong data centers.
GoTo posts third consecutive quarterly profit as fintech growth offsets commission cap
GoTo Group recorded a third consecutive quarterly net profit as its fintech business expanded rapidly, offsetting pressure from Indonesia's ride-hailing commission cap.
Hong Kong fintech PhotonPay raises $40M Series C led by Blockchain Capital
Hong Kong fintech PhotonPay has raised $40 million in a Series C led by Blockchain Capital to expand stablecoin, payment and card infrastructure.
Korea’s Samsung to manufacture substrates in Vietnam to serve AI servers, large data centers
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Vietnam (SEMV), under South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEM), will expand activities in Vietnam by manufacturing Ultra Large Flip Chip Ball Grid Array (UL FCBGA) to serve AI servers and large data centers.
