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BTSE Bhutan announces final license for virtual asset trading, custody in Gelephu
BTSE Bhutan has announced its final Financial Services License for virtual asset trading and custody in Gelephu Mindfulness City.
PRECISE, Temus form center to support Singapore’s genome program’s Phase III
Singapore's national precision-medicine agency (PRECISE) and Temasek-backed technology firm Temus will jointly build the data and computing systems for the next phase of the country's effort to sequence hundreds of thousands of residents' genomes.
Sumsub’s Penny Chai on workforce identity risks in the AI era [Q&A]
Sumsub's Penny Chai discusses help-desk impersonation, event-driven identity checks, employee privacy and governance for AI agents and other non-human identities.
SoundHound powers Kia Sorento generative AI in India
SoundHound AI has deployed its conversational voice and generative AI technology in Kia's Sorento for India, supporting cabin control and live queries.
Seeing Machines demonstrates real-time 3D human understanding for Physical AI on NVIDIA Jetson Thor
Seeing Machines says its Human Mesh Recovery technology can reconstruct people in 3D in real time on NVIDIA Jetson Thor, targeting robotics and Physical AI systems that operate around humans.
IMDA partners TikTok to develop local microdrama expertise and fuel a new pipeline of original IP
Singapore’s media professionals will be given support to develop microdrama expertise across live-action and artificial intelligence (AI)-animated formats, under a new IMDA-TikTok Microdrama Program jointly launched by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and TikTok Singapore.
Taiwan’s AVC plans $500M Vietnam expansion, R&D center amid AI-cooling boom
Asia Vital Components (AVC), a Taiwanese maker of cooling systems for computers and AI servers, plans to invest about $500 million more in Vietnam and build a research-and-development center there.
[Stripe Singapore Tour] A conversation with Sea Ltd’s Forrest Li
Speaking at Stripe Tour Singapore in a fireside chat with Stripe Chief Revenue Officer Tyler Bryson, Li reflected on Sea’s journey, from its early days selling prepaid gaming cards to the expansion of Shopee and SeaMoney, as well as the company’s growing use of artificial intelligence.
Amazon to buy Malaysian land for data center in $75M deal
Amazon Data Services Malaysia, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Amazon, will buy a plot of land in Malaysia's Selangor state to build a data center, paying MYR316.84 million ($75 million) in cash to local property developer Sunsuria.
Singapore’s Temasek to open first Middle East offices in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi
Singapore's Temasek will open its first Middle East offices, in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, and engage with institutions in Qatar.
