Asia

Check Point and Singapore's ITE plan to provide cybersecurity training resources and virtual labs to more than 500 students annually.

GMO Internet is investigating an intrusion into Onamae.com Desktop Cloud that potentially affected 26,739 servers and exposed customer information.

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 has begun rolling out LingGuang 2.0 in China with cross-session memory, long-running task management and connected-service controls.

Meta has launched its Muse personal AI agent in Singapore with connectors for shopping, travel, delivery, email, calendars and Instagram.

GSMA says $1.2 million from NOAA will support cell-broadcast emergency alert systems in nine Pacific Island countries.

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.

Hong Kong fintech PhotonPay has raised $40 million in a Series C led by Blockchain Capital to expand stablecoin, payment and card infrastructure.

China's Internet technology giant Tencent and American multinational payment company Visa have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore broader collaboration on payments and commerce across Tencent’s ecosystem.

Ant International CEO Peng Yang has called for a new, inclusive "re-globalization" project that harnesses AI and digital connectivity to give small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) greater access to global markets and opportunities.