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Singapore’s digital economy reaches 19.3% of GDP as AI adoption deepens: IMDA
Singapore's Digital Economy grew to S$144.1 billion ($113 billion) in 2025, or 19.3 percent of the country's GDP, up from 18.8 percent in 2024.
MBSB keeps tech sector neutral as talent crunch caps AI upside
MBSB Research has maintained its neutral recommendation on Malaysia’s technology sector, citing strong semiconductor demand driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and data center infrastructure spending, but warned that a severe talent shortage, rising regional competition and potential AI regulation could limit earnings growth.
Half of Asia-Pacific consumers open to stablecoins within 5 years: Visa
Nearly half of consumers in the Asia-Pacific region say they are likely to use stablecoins within five years, according to Consumer 360 study, a survey conducted by payments company Visa.
Singapore’s OneByZero raises $20M Series A from Jungle Ventures for enterprise AI
OneByZero, a Singapore-based company that deploys and manages AI systems inside large enterprises, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Jungle Ventures, also the venture fund's first outside funding.
UST’s Rohan Chowdhary on the factory constraints behind Singapore’s semiconductor growth [Q&A]
UST's Rohan Chowdhary discusses brownfield factory integration, semiconductor AI, cybersecurity, talent and the Singapore-Malaysia manufacturing corridor.
MetaGO’s Kunal Kapoor and Dr. Kaushal Patel on clinician-led digital GLP-1 care [Q&A]
MetaGO's Kunal Kapoor and Dr. Kaushal Patel discuss clinical oversight, health-data tracking, AI safeguards and long-term outcomes in digital GLP-1 care.
WhatsApp introduces new parental controls for teens
WhatsApp is rolling out optional parental controls covering teen privacy settings, group alerts, Channels, Status and Meta AI while keeping messages end-to-end encrypted.
US’ First Solar sues China’s JA Solar, Vietnam unit over solar cell patent
The US-based solar cell maker First Solar has sued Chinese rival JA Solar and the US-based distributor American Panel Solutions, alleging they infringed its patent on making TOPCon solar cells
Singapore students divert 892 kg of waste in 6-week sustainability program
More than 120 Singapore tertiary students diverted 892 kilograms of food and plastic waste over six weeks in national sustainability program SG Eco Loop 2.0.
AI cycle enters second phase as infrastructure bottlenecks shift, Kenanga says
The artificial intelligence (AI) investment cycle is entering a second phase in 2026, with demand broadening beyond GPUs to inference, AI agents and commercial applications, creating new opportunities across optical connectivity, power, advanced packaging and semiconductor equipment, Kenanga Research said on Monday.
