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Prenetics partners with David Beckham for new health brand
Prenetics, a United States-listed health sciences company, has announced that former international footballer, entrepreneur and philanthropist David Beckham has become a strategic investor in the business.
Report: 84% of Singapore travel companies see fragile margins due to inefficient payment systems
66 percent of travel companies are seeing their profit margins impacted by outdated or complicated payment systems, with nine in ten expected to prioritize modernizing their financial operations this year, a report said Tuesday.
Report: generative AI is set to be adopted by 85% of the software workforce over the next two years
Generative artificial intelligence AI (Gen AI) is expected to play a key role in augmenting the software workforce, assisting in more than 25 percent of software design, development, and testing work in the next two years, Capgemini Research Institute said Thursday.
Report: Southeast Asia’s retailers bet big on social commerce despite economic climate
Southeast Asian retailers are placing big bets on social media as 68 percent plan to increase investment in social commerce over the next 12 months, Shopify Inc said Thursday.
Securities Commission Malaysia’s FIKRA ACE seeks FinTech startups to enhance Islamic capital market
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is seeking FinTech startups to enhance Islamic capital market via the second cohort of its FIKRA ACE accelerator program, part of the FIKRA ACE initiative.
Malaysia’s Sime Darby Property and TNB’s GSPARX join forces to undertake rooftop solar projects
Malaysian property developer Sime Darby Property and utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)’s solar solution provider subsidiary GSPARX have joined forces to undertake rooftop solar projects in Malaysia.
Filipino startup Packworks bags $60k government funding to develop AI-powered marketing tool for ‘sari-sari’ stores
Filipino startup Packworks has secured PHP3.5 million ($60,000) from Philippine government to launch $85,000 artificial intelligence (AI)-powered precision marketing tool for ‘sari-sari’ stores (neighborhood mom-and-pop stores).
Singapore’s Keppel DC REIT acquires a data center in Japan for $149M
Singapore-listed data center real estate investment trust Keppel DC REIT Management Pte. Ltd has entered Japan with acquisition of a hyperscaler data center in Tokyo for S$201 million ($149 million).
Sumsub partners Nexus Technology, PT Secure Pasifik Technologi, Spectrum Edge to strengthen security, verification in Southeast Asia
Sumsub, a global full-cycle verification provider, has partnered Nexus Technology, PT Secure Pasifik Technologi, Spectrum Edge to strengthen security, verification in Southeast Asia.
Malaysia’s CelcomDigi launches AI Experience Center
Malaysia-based telecommunication firm CelcomDigi Berhad has on Tuesday launched its CelcomDigi AI Experience Center (AiX) - a one-stop immersive innovation and collaboration hub to lead, inspire, and advance the creation of world-class digital solutions across a range of sectors and verticals.
