January, 2022 - Disruptive.Asia

Thai ‘crypto cafe’ serves up investment advice along with coffee and cakes

January 31, 2022 News Centre 0

A cafe in Thailand has become home to cryptocurrency traders, providing banks of screens and investment advice alongside coffee and cake. Read more…

Facebook’s Diem cryptocurrency dream ends – a sign or isolated event?

January 31, 2022 Alex Leslie 0

Facebook’s Deum has been wound up, ending the cryptocurrency dream of Mark Zuckerberg. Is it a sign or an isolated event? Read more…

Airtel will not develop exclusive smartphone with Google: CEO Gopal Vittal

January 31, 2022 Staff Writer 0

Bharti Airtel has clarified it is not developing any exclusive smartphone in partnership with Google and will work with different players. Read more…

Singapore edtech Cialfo bags $40m to make education accessible globally

January 31, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

Singapore edtech Cialfo announced in a tweet that it raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Square Peg and SEEK Investments. Read more…

China issues draft rules to crack down on deepfakes in cyberspace

January 30, 2022 News Centre 0

China’s cyberspace regulator issued draft rules for content providers that alter facial and voice data to crack down on “deepfakes”. Read more…

Easier to produce COVID-19 vaccines and nasal spray show promise

January 30, 2022 News Centre 0

New COVID-19 vaccine could be manufactured like flu shots plus an Intranasal booster uses virus spike to enhance immunity. Read more…

Google to invest $1 billion in India’s Bharti Airtel to expand its hold in India

January 29, 2022 News Centre 0

Alphabet Inc’s Google will invest up to $1 billion in India’s Bharti Airtel as the US technology giant expands its hold in India. Read more…

Our brains are amazing – what is their connection with The Universe?

January 28, 2022 Alex Leslie 0

Our brains are awesome and powerful in ways we can’t fathom. Given Elon Musk’s interest, we probably should know more about them. Read more…

Middle-aged and elderly will drive India’s digital growth to 2025

January 28, 2022 John C. Tanner 0

Middle-aged and elderly users will drive internet growth in India over the next few years, which is also great news for fintech firms. Read more…

Ericsson’s Ekholm says cheap spectrum key to faster 5G rollouts in India

January 28, 2022 Staff Writer 0

Ericsson Group chief Börje Ekholm said India’s TRAI must make 5G spectrum affordable to enable commercial service launches sooner. Read more…

Thai authorities to regulate digital assets amid rising cyber fraud

January 28, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

Thailand’s regulatory bodies will be laying down rules for the usage of digital assets such as cryptocurrencies in commercial transactions. Read more…

Tesla’s biggest products this year: self-driving cars and a humanoid robot

January 27, 2022 News Centre 0

Tesla’s most important products this year and next will not be cars, but autonomous driving software and a humanoid robot for factories: Musk Read more…

Cloud business has plenty of growth in it, Microsoft assures Wall Street

January 27, 2022 News Centre 0

After a brief scare, Microsoft reassures tech investors that the enterprise internet cloud business category has plenty of room to grow. Read more…

The metaverse will top the agenda at MWC – and you have to ask why

January 27, 2022 Alex Leslie 0

The Metaverse will be the most popular topic of discussion at MWC this year. Ironically, the first viable physical event for two years. Read more…

The metaverse is coming for your biometric and health data

January 27, 2022 Jouko Ahvenainen 0

Meta, Apple and Microsoft want to collect your biometric and health data. We need to change the way we deal with data before it’s too late. Read more…