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ADB to mobilize $50B to accelerate regional connectivity projects

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is mobilizing $50 billion by 2035 through new financing tools, policy support, and partnerships to help countries build cross-border power grids across some of the world’s most complex regions, aiming to lower energy costs, strengthen reliability, and expand clean energy trade, ADB President Masato Kanda said on Tuesday.

Teleport records higher cargos, parcels in the first quarter

Teleport, the logistics arm of Malaysia-based Capital A, has recorded a significant increase in operations for the first quarter of 2026.

Singapore’s AI adoption remains limited and at an early stage

The artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in Singapore remains limited and at an early stage, its Ministry of Manpower said in a recent report.

Germany’s AIXTRON SE inks deal to build greenfield manufacturing facility in Penang

AIXTRON SE, the German provider of deposition equipment for the semiconductor industry, has concluded an agreement on greenfield manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia, with the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA).

Singapore’s Brano Therapeutics raises $6.8M seed funding to advance heart failure treatments

Brano Therapeutics, a spin-off from Singapore's Duke-NUS Medical School, has secured $6.8 million in seed funding to support the development of new treatments for heart failure, including heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a condition with limited therapeutic options.

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The agent computer: The PC era, amplified

The PC remains the machine you use. The Agent Computer becomes the machine that works for you. The future of computing is not only personal. It is also agentic.

BEYOND HACK DAY Official Announcement: Call for AI Innovative Hardware

When AI no longer remains confined to screens, what does it take to truly enter and reshape the physical world? Marking its debut at BEYOND Expo—Asia’s largest technology innovation and ecosystem event—BEYOND HACK DAY has officially opened applications for its “AI Innovative Hardware” track.

Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands launches $10M investment for AI agent platform

Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands will invest up to $10 million in selected early-stage projects building on its AI agent platform, known as “Minds.”

Global spending on digital identity verification to rise 55% by 2030: Juniper Research

Global spending on digital identity verification will increase by 55 percent between 2026 and 2030, rising from just under $19 billion in 2026, according to a new study by the United Kingdom-based Juniper Research.

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Enterprise AI is stalling, the bottleneck is not the technology

The technology gap closed faster than most people expected. The talent gap is next. The companies that close it first will have a durable advantage that is harder to replicate than the tools themselves.