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As AI agents multiply, identity becomes the enterprise control plane

Enterprises across Asia Pacific and Japan are moving AI agents into core workflows. As non-human identities multiply, organizations need consistent identity governance across platforms, clouds, and autonomous systems.

Singapore’s iterco opens creative hub-café in South Jakarta to support Indonesia’s game developers

Singapore-based game publisher iterco has opened iterhaus, a creative hub, and Porch, a community café, in South Jakarta, marking an expansion beyond game publishing into physical community infrastructure for Indonesia's creative industry.

Malaysia to trial Starlink satellite-to-phone internet service – report

The service could help bridge connectivity gaps in remote and underserved areas, complementing existing terrestrial mobile networks rather than replacing them.

Singapore completes solarization of Marina South Pier

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said Thursday it has completed the installation of a solar energy generation system at Marina South Pier (MSP).

Jaewha Choi of Bunjang on AI authentication and trust in cross-border recommerce [Q&A]

Jaewha Choi, CEO of Bunjang, discusses why AI-assisted authentication, buyer experience, and trusted transaction infrastructure are becoming critical as cross-border recommerce scales across Asia.

Wise integrates with Malaysia’s national payments network PayNet

Wise, the global technology company, now has direct access to Malaysiaʼs national payments infrastructure, operated by Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet).

Southeast Asia sees $2.7B in combined equity funding across 12 companies – Tracxn

Southeast Asia's 12 leading payment startups have collectively raised over $2.7 billion in equity funding till date, with the top two companies accounting for approximately 83 percent of the total capital raised, Tracxn said Wednesday.

Hong Kong’s HashKey proposes to acquire entire equity interests in Singapore’s APEX

Hong Kong digital asset financial services group HashKey Holdings Limited announced Wednesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, HKDAG (Singapore) Pte. Ltd, has entered into a non-legally binding framework agreement with the major shareholder of Asia Pacific Exchange Pte. Ltd. (APEX) and APEX in relation to a possible acquisition of the entire equity…

FAR.AI establishes first international office in Singapore

FAR.AI, an independent nonprofit research organization dedicated to the trustworthy and secure development of advanced artificial intelligence (AI), has on Thursday announced the opening of its first international office in Singapore.

Singapore awards France’s Thales contract for AI-enabled air traffic management system, towards 2030 launch

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has awarded France's Thales a contract to develop Singapore's next-generation air traffic management system (NexGen ATMS) and air traffic control radars, Thales said without financial details.