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Southeast Asian nations speeding up plans to transmit renewable energy
Southeast Asian nations are speeding up their plans to transmit renewable energy through a proposed regional power grid. Read more…
Month: October 2021
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Japan startup making $700,000 hoverbike targets supercar users
A Japanese startup hopes to persuade wealthy consumers to swap their supercar for a 77.7 million yen ($680,000) hoverbike. Read more…
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Healthcare is seeing unprecedented investment, innovation and disruption
Healthcare is a sector that we knew would not only survive but thrive in – ironically – the most dangerous pandemic of recent times. Read more…
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Staff warned Facebook for years about failures to police hate speech
Facebook employees warned for years as the company raced to become a global service it was failing to police abusive content and hate speech. Read more…
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India’s Jio explores alliances with global SIs and SaaS firms for 5G launch
Reliance Jio is exploring partnerships with global system integrators and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers for its 5G network in India. Read more…
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Cross-border digital remittances to the Philippines soar amid pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile cross-border payments and digital remittances have increased in popularity among Filipinos. Read more…
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Australian publisher calls on government to enforce law on Facebook
A small Australian publisher is calling for the government to enforce a new law to compel Facebook Inc to negotiate a content deal. Read more…
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Thailand to regulate digital platform service businesses to protect public
Thailand’s cabinet has approved a draft decree to regulate digital platform service businesses to maintain financial and commercial stability Read more…
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The privacy debate might be reaching a tipping point – and it’s about time
The privacy debate has been rumbling on for some time now. However, the pressure is getting to a point where something has to break. Read more…
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Surge in streaming media traffic raises the old concern – who should pay?
SK vs Netflix has drawn attention to the amount of data traffic overtaking networks, and that some rules are outdated for streaming media. Read more…
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Bollywood and Indian cricket celebs launching NFT digital memorabilia
Indian celebrities from the world of Bollywood and cricket are increasingly launching digital memorabilia through non-fungible tokens (NFT). Read more…
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Foreign and local investors eye Malaysia’s growing digital healthcare
Singapore’s UNO Technologies is attempting to profit from Malaysia’s growing investment in the public and private healthcare systems. Read more…
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India’s Paytm and beauty startup Nykaa head for massive IPOs
Indian fintech firm Paytm has received approval for what is likely to be India’s biggest-ever IPO, and beauty company Nykaa aims for $7bn IPO Read more…
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Billions of dollars worth of licenses granted to suppliers of Huawei, SMIC
Suppliers to Chinese Huawei and China’s top chipmaker SMIC got billions of dollars worth of licenses despite their being on US blacklists. Read more…
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Senior execs and CEOs are now being judged by AI – whatever next?
Senior execs are no longer excused from the watchful gaze of AI based Natural Language Processing (NLP). They, too, are being judged. Read more…
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YouTube has popular investment channels and South Koreans are flocking
Investment channels on YouTube are attracting millions of South Koreans who have jumped into stock market trading over the past year. Read more…
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India’s festive sale month to see smartphone sales worth $7.6 billion
Against the ongoing component and chip shortages, the pent-up demand is set to drive smartphone sales during the festive shopping season. Read more…
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Smart clinches 5G deal with South Korea’s KT Corp.
Smart, wireless subsidiary of PLDT, announced a deal with South Korea’s telco KT Corp. to develop 5G use cases for Philippine consumers. Read more…
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Huawei executives discuss how to leverage connectivity to unlock new growth
At the 7th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2021) in Dubai Huawei’s Ryan Ding and Peng Song stressed the growing importance of connectivity. Read more…
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South Korea launches domestically built space rocket
South Korea’s first domestically built space rocket blasted off on Thursday in a test launch that represents a major leap for the country. Read more…
