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Taiwan’s AVC plans $500M Vietnam expansion, R&D center amid AI-cooling boom

Asia Vital Components (AVC), a Taiwanese maker of cooling systems for computers and AI servers, plans to invest about $500 million more in Vietnam and build a research-and-development center there.

[Stripe Singapore Tour] A conversation with Sea Ltd’s Forrest Li

Speaking at Stripe Tour Singapore in a fireside chat with Stripe Chief Revenue Officer Tyler Bryson, Li reflected on Sea’s journey, from its early days selling prepaid gaming cards to the expansion of Shopee and SeaMoney, as well as the company’s growing use of artificial intelligence.

Amazon to buy Malaysian land for data center in $75M deal

Amazon Data Services Malaysia, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Amazon, will buy a plot of land in Malaysia's Selangor state to build a data center, paying MYR316.84 million ($75 million) in cash to local property developer Sunsuria.

Singapore’s Temasek to open first Middle East offices in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi

Singapore's Temasek will open its first Middle East offices, in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, and engage with institutions in Qatar.

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Asia’s AI-first development culture is making application security harder

AI-assisted development is accelerating software production across Asia, but security teams are struggling to match machine-speed code generation with remediation, identity controls and governance.

Malaysia unveils top 100 startups with MYR8.5B in FY2024 revenue

Startups demonstrate stronger profitability, global reach and adoption of AI and data-driven technologies.

Singapore leads regional crypto activity at $284 billion despite overall decline: Chainalysis

Singapore was the largest cryptocurrency market in a region spanning Central and Southeast Asia and Oceania, with $284 billion in activity in the year to June, blockchain-analytics firm Chainalysis said.

DeepSeek and Huawei open Ascend AI programming tools

DeepSeek and Huawei have developed open-source compute, communication and programming tools for Huawei's Ascend AI chips.

Singapore’s Zeya Health acquires startup ConnectLah to build AI healthcare booking

Singapore's healthtech startup Zeya Health has acquired ConnectLah, a clinic-automation company, to expand its AI platform for booking medical appointments.

ThreatBook acquires CyberStrikeAI security testing platform

ThreatBook has acquired the open-source CyberStrikeAI penetration testing platform and plans an enterprise rollout across Asia-Pacific.