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BEYOND Tonight comes to KL again to promote Asia’s largest tech expo

Distinguished attendees of the event encompassed a diverse spectrum, including investors, prominent figures from the tech ecosystem, representatives from government agencies, venture capital firms, corporations, family offices, startups, as well as notable presences including Khazanah Nasional Bhd, Malaysia Venture Capital Management (MAVCAP), Sunway Group,…

Alibaba Cloud open sources Tongyi Qianwen with 7 billion parameter model

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has announced its latest contribution to the open-source community by open-sourcing its 7-billion-parameter Large Language Models (LLM), Qwen-7B and Qwen-7B-Chat, through its artificial intelligence (AI) model community ModelScope, and the collaborative AI platform Hugging…

Standard Chartered partners Ant Group to promote global sustainable development

Standard Chartered and Ant Group have entered into an agreement to deepen their partnership in driving green and inclusive finance, global fund management and sustainable development. Both parties will jointly contribute to tackling global issues such as climate change and ocean protection.

Malaysia, Hong Kong plan economic hub near Singapore border – report

Hong Kong and Malaysia also signed 11 MoUs, including the one involving MTR Corporation.

Cainiao launches first warehouse in Jakarta as part of regional cHub expansion plan

Cainiao Group, the logistics arm of Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group Holding Limited, has on Thursday announced the launch of its first warehouse, Cainiao Cikarang Logistics Park, in Jakarta, Indonesia as part of its regional cHub expansion plan. In addition to the Indonesia cHub, Cainiao said that its smart infrastructure business is currently expanding…

NTU, Ant Group collaborate on privacy-preserving computing research

Chinese financial services firm Ant Group and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have begun a research collaboration to explore privacy-preserving computing technology innovations.

Alibaba Cloud sees increase in demand from various industries in Malaysia market, says VP [Q&A]

In the interview, Alibaba Cloud Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Service Cloud William Xiong also shared about how digitization can help carbon neutralisation, insights on the latest development and technology for carbon management, Alibaba’s own approach to carbon reduction, among others.

Trip.com partners Chope to provide instant restaurant reservations to Southeast Asian-bound travellers

China-based global travel platform Trip.com Group has partnered with Singapore-based dining platform Chope to provide instant restaurant reservations to Southeast Asian-bound travellers.

Alibaba injects $845M into Southeast Asia unit Lazada- report

Founded in 2012, Lazada Group is one of the leading eCommerce platforms in Southeast Asia. It is available in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

China’s EHang raises $23M in private placement led by South Korean investor Lee Soo Man

EHang Holdings Limited (EHang), the United States-listed Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, has raised a total of $23 million in private placement led by strategic South Korean investor Lee Soo Man.