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China’s Tencent Cloud to power Pakistan-originated travel platform Bookme’s regional expansion

Tencent Cloud, the cloud unit of Chinese technology giant Tencent, will provide cloud infrastructure to Bookme, a Pakistan-born travel and e-ticketing platform, to support its expansion across the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Singapore’s OneByZero, AWS to jointly scale governed AI agents across Asia-Pacific

Singapore-based OneByZero, an AI-focused systems integrator, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will cooperate to expand the deployment of governed AI "coworkers" for enterprises across Asia-Pacific and Japan.

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China’s embodied AI race is entering its deployment era

Lawrence Wu of Agora argues that China’s embodied AI competition is shifting from model demonstrations toward deployment reliability, modular architectures and faster real-world iteration.

Cohesity adds managed clean-room capability to HCLTech VaultNXT

Cohesity and HCLTech have added a managed clean-room environment to the VaultNXT cyber-resilience offering for investigation, validation, and recovery after cyber incidents.

Singapore startup Estha launches private AI suite for Mac

Singapore startup Estha has launched a Mac-based AI workforce that processes supported business documents and data locally on Apple Silicon devices.

Citi Hong Kong to launch virtual card with dynamic CVC for online payments

Citi Hong Kong will launch a virtual credit card with a dynamic CVC for eligible Mastercard customers to add protection to online transactions.

F5, MuleSoft integrate AI guardrails into Agent Fabric workflows

F5 and MuleSoft have integrated F5 AI Guardrails into Agent Fabric to add inline runtime security and policy enforcement for agentic AI workflows.

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Microsoft updates responsible AI governance as agentic systems advance

Microsoft’s 2026 Responsible AI Transparency Report details governance changes, global safety research, and continued collaboration with institutions in Singapore.

AppsFlyer’s Joen van Driel on reading APAC app growth beyond installs [Q&A]

AppsFlyer VP of Sales APAC Joen van Driel discusses why marketers should weigh payer behavior, long-term retention and fraud alongside app-install growth.

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Cathay Pacific expands Google AI contrail trials in Asia

Cathay Pacific and Google are expanding AI-powered contrail-avoidance trials across Asian and trans-Pacific routes after an initial operational test.