News
US travel management firm CWT paid $4.5mn in ransomware attack
US travel management firm CWT paid $4.5mn to ransomware hackers who stole sensitive corporate files and threatened to take computers offline. Read more…
Month: July 2020
Features
The search for aliens goes on but are we looking in the right place?
The search for aliens has been going on for some time. So has the search for the Loch Ness monster. And both share similar patterns. Read more…
Features
How Huawei and ONDE are helping Thailand fight COVID and go digital
Thailand’s ONDE is in collaboration with Huawei to fight COVID-19 with digital technologies and accelerate it becoming a digital nation. Read more…
Features
Security professionals lack appropriate tools and executive leadership
Report finds that security professionals lack the tools to detect known security threats and suffer inadequate executive leadership. Read more…
News
Samsung expects global recovery in demand for smartphones
Samsung expects a global recovery in demand for smartphones and consumer electronics to underpin profits in the second half of the year. Read more…
News
Uber cans move to shift Asian HQ to Hong Kong – they are not alone
Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday halted a plan to move its Asian headquarters to Hong Kong in another business blow for the Chinese-ruled city Read more…
Off the Wire
SK Telecom and Coactus help taxi drivers with hearing loss
SK Telecom with Coactus, operating Goyohan Taxi service driven by deaf drivers, have come up with tablets and app to help in communication. Read more…
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Will Congress succeed in splitting up Big Tech – should it even try?
The session between the US Congress and the four Big Tech companies took place on Wednesday but what, if anything, did it achieve? Read more…
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The food industry is facing massive disruption, starting in SE Asia
The food industry is massive and growing. Now, the game is about finding meat alternatives that taste good and SE Asia is leading the charge. Read more…
Features
Mobile industry generates $1.6 trillion of economic value to Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific region is one of the fastest-growing in the world and home to over half of the total global subscribers. Read more…
News
India may have finally realised it needs to reduce 5G spectrum base price
India may finally give in to telecom operators’ demand to lower the base price of the 5G spectrum paving the way for better competition. Read more…
News
ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50 billion in takeover bid
Some investors of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance seeking to take over the popular social media app are valuing it at about $50 billion Read more…
Features
ACMA offers new resources to protect Australians from phone scams
Scam activity on telco networks has a significant social and economic impact on Australians says ACMA that has resources avaiable to help. Read more…
News
Philippines takes a step closer with bill to tax tech giants
A proposed bill in Philippines to tax tech giants like Facebook, Google and Youtube, and Netflix, has moved a step closer to becoming law. Read more…
Off the Wire
ZTE and True Corporation partner to build 5G network in Thailand
ZTE Corporation has announced a collaboration with True Corporation (True) to build a commercial 5G network in Thailand. Read more…
Views
Amazon has another run at getting a piece of the Jio action
Even as Amazon boss Jeff Bezos prepares for the congressional hearing, the giant octopus that is Amazon is continuing its Indian campaign. Read more…
Views
CEO Interview: Why is TM ONE driving Cloud Alpha for Malaysia?
Deep Dive with TM ONE Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ahmad Taufek Omar on why Cloud Alpha is a major cog for national transformation. Read more…
News
Satellite broadband provider Hughes invests $50mn in Bharti-led OneWeb
Satellite-based broadband networks provider Hughes is investing $50mn to join OneWeb consortium led by India’s Bharti and UK government Read more…
Features
Leveraging digital technology to support farmers in Myanmar
Farmers in Myanmar will gain climate-resilient farming experience throughout the season while benefitting a package of virtual services. Read more…
News
Chinese website takes aim at HSBC over the arrest of Huawei CFO
A Chinese government-backed website took aim at HSBC it of “maliciously” playing a role in the arrest of Huawei Technologies’ CFO. Read more…