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GSMA MWC26 Shanghai open doors as AI, robotics, and drones lead packed agenda

MWC26 Shanghai, Asia’s largest and most influential connectivity event, officially opened on Wednesday at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC), as the global mobile ecosystem convenes in China for a landmark 13th edition of keynotes, summits and live showcases.

Indonesia’s digital competitiveness score rises to 42.2 in 2026 as Jakarta, West Java lead: East Ventures

Indonesia's digital competitiveness score rose to 42.2 in 2026, up from 38.8 in 2025, according to East Ventures's Digital Competitiveness Index 2026, marking a more than 50 percent increase in the average provincial score since 2020.

SoftBank-backed car marketplace Carro said to explore US IPO – report

Backed by Japan-based SoftBank Group, Carro is also considering a second listing in Singapore, the report added.

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Every job in your GBS needs an upgrade, so does every person in it

Across Global Business Services, the centralized finance, HR, and IT operations that serve much of the corporate world, and a major professional employer in Malaysia, job descriptions have quietly fallen out of step with what the work now demands.

MBSB sees positive impacts of data center development to Malaysia economic growth and various sectors

MBSB Research said Wednesday that it sees positive impacts of data center development to Malaysia economic growth and various sectors.

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Southeast Asia’s $30 billion data center boom is racing into a power wall

Southeast Asia's governments have made bold commitments on AI sovereignty and digital competitiveness. Those commitments are only as credible as the power infrastructure behind them.

Vietnam’s Thai Nguyen province urges China’s Luxshare to expand investment, join Samsung supply chain

Vietnam's Thai Nguyen province has urged China's electronic manufacturer Luxshare-ICT to expand its investment in the province and join the electronics supply chain, including those linked to South Korea's Samsung and other tech giants corporations

Malaysia pushes drone, eVTOL sector as new economic frontier

Malaysia is seeking to position itself as a regional leader in the emerging low altitude economy (LAE), with the government working on a regulatory framework to support new aviation technologies such as drones, air taxis and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, its Transport Minister Loke Siew Fook said Tuesday.

Malton partners NVIDIA cloud partner Ricloud for AI compute centers in Malaysia

Malaysia's property firm Malton has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NVIDIA cloud partner Ricloud to establish artificial intelligence (AI) compute centers in Malaysia.

HSBC, Google Cloud sign AI partnership, eyeing $100M return per use case

HSBC and Google Cloud will jointly build and deploy AI capabilities across HSBC's global operations, targeting more than 200 new AI use cases over the next two years, each of which HSBC estimates could return more than $100 million in direct revenue gains or efficiency improvements.