AI
AI is lifting one half of the world economy as geopolitical and trade strife weigh on the other – Moody’s
The global economy is running at two speeds - economies plugged into the artificial intelligence (AI) boom are racing ahead; those with weaker links to AI are struggling under geopolitical upheaval, trade conflict, and policy uncertainty, Moody's Analytics said on Tuesday.
IMDA expands nearly 2,000 job opportunities for Singapore’s Tech Workforce
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said Thursday it is expanding the TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) initiative to offer almost 2,000 tech job and training opportunities with over 20 companies.
Hong Kong’s BOCHK, Singapore’s Ant International partner on cross-border payments, treasury, SME services
Bank of China (Hong Kong), or BOCHK, and Singapore-based Ant International will jointly develop cross-border payments, treasury management, and financial services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME).
Robots need real-world data, not just better hardware, says Ropedia Co-Founder [Q&A]
In an interview, Ropedia Co-Founder and CTO Fangzhou Hong told TNGlobal about why Asia is emerging as a hub for Physical AI, how Singapore can take the lead, whether data or hardware will determine the winners, and how robots entering everyday life could reshape employment.
Voice AI infrastructure firm Deepgram to establish APAC headquarters in Singapore following strategic investment from EDBI
Deepgram, the US real-time artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure company, announced Tuesday plans to establish its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, deepening its commitment to a region where the company is already seeing strong demand for production-grade Voice AI.
How to spot phishing when AI removes the old warning signs
AI can remove obvious phishing tells such as poor grammar. Learn how to spot suspicious context, urgency, links, and requests when messages look polished.
Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered adopt Ant International’s FalconTST AI model 2.0
Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, and Standard Chartered have integrated the Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST), a forecasting AI model built by Singapore-based Ant International, into their foreign-exchange systems.
38% of Malaysian businesses use AI, but most stuck on basics: AWS
The share of Malaysian businesses that consistently use at least one AI tool rose to 38 percent from 27 percent a year earlier, according to "Unlocking Malaysia's AI Potential 2026" study commissioned by Amazon Web Services, though most remain limited to basic applications.
China’s Tencent Cloud to build first Malaysia cloud region in Johor, expand AI training
Tencent Cloud, the cloud unit of Chinese technology giant Tencent, will establish its first cloud region in Malaysia, comprising up to three availability zones in Johor, and will work with a local university to train more than 1,000 people in AI and cloud skills.
China’s domestic AI stack gains momentum despite hardware gap
China’s domestic artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem is gaining momentum as major models demonstrate the ability to train and run on locally developed chips, while Nvidia supply constraints and Beijing’s restrictions on foreign processors accelerate the shift towards domestic hardware, Maybank Investment Bank said on Monday.
