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Microsoft appoints Chia Wee Luen as Managing Director for Singapore

American technology firm Microsoft has announced that Chia Wee Luen has joined the business as Managing Director for Singapore.

Indosat, ITA, and Tsinghua University partner to establish AI Application Cooperation Center

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, the Indonesia Technology Alliance (ITA), and the Tsinghua University Wuxi Research Institute of Applied Technologies (Tsinghua University) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish AI Application Cooperation Center in Indonesia.

BEYOND Expo announces XIN Summit – a new China-focused tech summit launching in Shenzhen on November 15-16, 2025

A strategic platform spotlighting China’s next-generation innovators, anchored by AI hardware ecosystem and frontier technologies

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“Growth by design, AI by choice” can be Singapore’s bold SG60 blueprint

As we celebrate SG60, let us leverage the transformative power of AI not just for economic gain, but to build a more inclusive, robust, and future-ready Singapore. We must be a nation that continues to choose growth, not by chance, but by conscious, collective design.

Nvidia to invest $100B in OpenAI

US-based chipmaker NVIDIA and US-based AI firm OpenAI announced a letter of intent for a landmark strategic partnership to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems for OpenAI’s next-generation AI infrastructure to train and run its next generation of models on the path to deploying superintelligence. To support this deployment including datacenter and…

GSMA: five-fold GDP growth positions ASEAN for next wave of digital investment

Five-fold gross domestic product (GDP) growth has positioned ASEAN for next wave of digital investment, the new GSMA report found Tuesday.

Singapore’s DT One acquires DENT Telecom to expand global eSIM connectivity

DT One, the Singapore-based business to business (B2B) firm for cross-border digital transfers, announced Tuesday its acquisition of DENT Telecom (DENT), a Germany-based embedded telecom and eSIM platform.

CIMB partners with PingPong to boost cross-border payments across ASEAN

Malaysian lender CIMB Group Holdings Berhad has announced a partnership with Chinese payment firm PingPong Global Holding Limited to boost cross-border payments across ASEAN.

Brazil’s EBANX expands cross-border payment services to the Philippines

EBANX, a Brazilian technology company specializing in cross-border payment services, has announced its expansion into the Philippines through the integration of the country’s two leading e-wallets GCash and Maya.

Vingroup inks MOU with Sulsel Andalan Energi for solar projects

Vingroup has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PT. Sulsel Andalan Energi, a regional-owned enterprise in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to collaborate on large-scale renewable energy projects, with an initial focus on solar power.