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MG Motor India boards metaverse bandwagon with ‘MGverse’
MG Motor India launches its own metaverse platform called MGverse as it looks for ways to strengthen relations with GenZ and GenAlpha. Read more…
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Mercedes to produce its luxury EQS EVs in Thailand
Mercedes-Benz is set to begin production of its electric EQS sedan in Thailand, one of only seven locations in the world to produce it. Read more…
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Apple says it will integrate its software deeper into car systems
Apple announces a lot of stuff at WWDC, including its plan to more deeply integrate its software into the core driving systems of cars. Read more…
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India reissues rules for social media firms, citing constitutional violations
India says its new rules on social media companies are necessary because the companies have violated Indians’ constitutional rights. Read more…
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DoCoMo and NTT unveil 6G partners – spot the metaverse reference!
NTT DoCoMo and NTT will partner with Fujitsu, NEC, and Nokia to conduct 6G experiments – which may or may not include the metaverse. Read more…
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ATC to invest $263m in India to make its tower portfolio 5G-ready
American Tower Corp (ATC) is planning to invest $263m in India by 2023 to expand its towers portfolio as 5G approaches. Read more…
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Blibli could merge with Tiket.com as it finalizes its $500 million IPO
Indonesian e-commerce company Blibli is reportedly raising $500m in an IPO, and could merge with sister firm Tiket as part of the offering. Read more…
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Asia’s wealth managers don’t “get” digital assets yet, says Accenture
A new Accenture survey says wealth managers in Asia aren’t offering digital assets to investors due to a lack of understanding of them. Read more…
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Didi and other apps may return soon as China probes wind down
Chinese regulators are concluding probes into Didi, Full Truck and Kanzhunm, and may allow their apps back on local app stores this week: WSJ Read more…
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Scientists are using AI to listen to Indonesian coral reefs
Scientists from British and Indonesian universities use audio clips to train AI to monitor the health of a coral reef by listening to it. Read more…
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India’s stumbling unicorns a sign of things to come for SPACs
India’s unicorns are scrambling to conserve cash, sending a clear sign of what is to come next in the ongoing SPAC crash. Read more…
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Xiaomi appoints founding member Tse as GM of India unit
The Indian unit of Xiaomi has appointed founding member Alvin Tse as its general manager as the company faces government scrutiny. Read more…
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Green Link Digital (GLDB), first fully digital bank to launch in Singapore
Green Link Digital Bank (GLDB) is the first digital bank to launch in Singapore, offering banking and financial services to enterprises. Read more…
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Is Elon Musk the ‘canary in the coal mine’ with warnings of recession?
Elon Musk’s “super bad feeling” about the economy could be the auto industry’s “canary in the coal mine” moment, signaling a recession. Read more…
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Atlassian co-founder takes on Musk over remote working
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Elon Musk got into a Twitter spat with Australia’s third-richest man on Friday over the value of putting an end to the pandemic-era habit of remote working. In an internal email this Read more…
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IAMAI slams India’s cybersecurity rules as promoting fear over trust
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has asked the government for a one-year delay before new cybersecurity rules take effect. Read more…
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Physical neural networks aim to let the universe do the math
Digital neural networks don’t scale because of the massive computation involved. Could physical neural networks be the future instead? Read more…
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ExpressVPN to pull its servers out of India over new CERT-In law
ExpressVPN will remove its servers from India due to the new CERT-In law on user data storage – its’s the first major VPN provider to do so. Read more…
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Apple is moving some iPad production from China to Vietnam
Apple is reportedly moving some of its iPad production out of China to Vietnam in response to the strict COVID lockdowns in Shanghai. Read more…
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CSRC cybersecurity rules put foreign financial firms at risk: lobby group
Cybersecurity rules for financial firms proposed by China’s CSRC could make data of western firms vulnerable to hacking, says ASIFMA. Read more…
