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AI’s real prize is lowering the cost of growth

ACV Capital’s Adrian Li examines how AI can lower the incremental cost of customer service and expansion across Southeast Asia.

Check Point, ITE to train more than 500 Singapore cybersecurity students yearly

Check Point and Singapore's ITE plan to provide cybersecurity training resources and virtual labs to more than 500 students annually.

GMO investigates Onamae breach potentially affecting 26,739 servers

GMO Internet is investigating an intrusion into Onamae.com Desktop Cloud that potentially affected 26,739 servers and exposed customer information.

Singapore invests S$150M in AI materials accelerator

Singapore will invest S$150 million in MARVEL-AI, an A*STAR-led platform combining artificial intelligence with automated laboratories for materials discovery.

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Ant Group rolls out LingGuang 2.0 AI agent in China

Ant Group has begun rolling out LingGuang 2.0 in China with cross-session memory, long-running task management and connected-service controls.

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Meta launches Muse AI agent in Singapore with local connectors

Meta has launched its Muse personal AI agent in Singapore with connectors for shopping, travel, delivery, email, calendars and Instagram.

GSMA secures $1.2M NOAA funding for Pacific mobile emergency alerts

GSMA says $1.2 million from NOAA will support cell-broadcast emergency alert systems in nine Pacific Island countries.

MarCoPay taps Sumsub for fraud checks on seafarer payments in Philippines

Philippine seafarer payments provider MarCoPay is working with Sumsub on identity verification and fraud monitoring amid anti-scam compliance demands.

Synopsys joins NUS tropical data-center testbed for AI cooling research

Synopsys has joined an NUS-led Singapore testbed to study liquid cooling, engineering simulations and digital twins for AI data centers.

Yubico’s Geoff Schomburgk on why MFA gaps persist amid AI phishing

Yubico APJ vice president Geoff Schomburgk discusses AI phishing, the limitations of common MFA methods, security keys and human authorization for AI agents.