It looks like one of former US President Donald Trump’s final orders against China’s technology companies is coming to pass. China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom have issued warnings to investors about being delisted […]
Capgemini strengthens SAP offering with acquisition
Capgemini has agreed to buy Mutibook’s SAP global services line to boost its SAP capabilities and enrich its client portfolio of business services in Japan and Southeast Asia. The acquisition will reinforce Capgemini’s partnership with […]
SPH to spin off media business
Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) will be hiving off its media business amid declining advertising revenue. Despite its efforts to digitalise and provide contents online, revenue has kept dropping. While media used to be the core […]
TPG Telecom deploys MATRIXX Software
With its 5G rollout in progress across major Australian cities, TPG Telecom is deploying the MATRIXX digital commerce platform to to improve customer experience while laying the foundation for future innovation. It is building a […]
Acronis receives US$250m injection
Acronis has received more than US$250 million funding from CVC Capital Partners VII and other investors to further accelerate growth by expanding its product portfolio. A significant portion of the investment will be used to […]
Marriage over for Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates have pulled the plug on their 27-year marriage. In a tweet, they that they could no longer grow together as a couple. But, the couple will continue their philathrophic together at […]
Colorful unleashes iGame M600 Mirage Gaming PC
Colorful Technology has launched the iGame M600 Mirage series of gaming PCs powered by the 11th generation Intel core processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30-Series graphics cards. Available in a range of configurations for different […]
Apple expands tablet market share in Q1
Apple enjoyed 64.3 percent growth in the tablet market in Q1, expanding its leadership from 30.0 percent to 31.7 percent, according to IDC. Second placed Samsung inched up slightly to 20.0 percent share on 60.8 […]
Google to introduce multi-skin tone handshake emoji in 2022
If you’ve ever wished for a handshake emoji featuring two different skin tones, Google will make your dream come true in 2022. The process to be inclusive in this regard started in November 2019 when […]
ForgeRock expands Google Cloud partnership
ForgeRock has availed its Identity Cloud platform on Google Cloud Marketplace, enabling deeper product integration, unified billing and an expanded relationship to better serve customers’ needs globally. Joint customers can now integrate the powerful identity […]
Microsoft takeover ends in Discord
It seems like Microsoft’s rumoured acquisition of Discord is over. Just a month ago, rumours emerged that the software giant was in talks to buy the game messaging platform for US$12 billion. According to reports, […]
NTT Cyberjaya 5 receives Uptime and TIA certifications
NTT’s Cyberjaya 5 (CBJ5) data centre has received three certifications — UPTIME Tier III Certificate of Design Documents and the Tier III Certificate of Constructed Facility, as well as the TIA-942 Rated-3 certification by EPI. […]
RoboSense, Banma and AutoX team up on autonomous driving platform
RoboSense, Banma Network Technology and AutoX have teamed up to build a high-level autonomous driving platform for intelligent vehicles. They will combine their expertise in 3D LiDAR sensor, AI algorithm and intelligent automobile operating system […]
Huawei unleashes MateBook X Pro 2021 in Singapore
Huawei has launched the MateBook X Pro 2021 premium notebook for working professionals and content creators in Singapore. This model sports the 11th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, Iris X graphics, 16GB of RAM, 13.9-inch […]
China to lead APAC in IT security spending in 2021
China will lead the way as organisations in the Asia-Pacifc (except Japan) spend more in IT security this year, according to IDC. China will account more than 40 percent of total APAC security spending in […]
Microsoft establishes its first data centre region in Malaysia
Microsoft will establish its first data centre region in Malaysia as part of the “Bersama Malaysia” (Together with Malaysia) initiative to advance the country’s digital transformation across the private and public sectors. With this move, […]
Vingroup supercharges AI initiatives with NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD
Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup has become the first in Southeast Asia to install the newly-announced NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD AI supercomputer. The powerful system will power VinAI Research, Vingroup’s machine-learning lab, in global initiatives that span […]
KITT returns in virtual world
Remember the advanced, intelligent and almost indestructible car in the 1980s Knight Rider TV drama? KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) was a car way ahead of its time, powered by artificial intelligence and loaded with […]
NVIDIA unveils first cloud-native, multi-tenant supercomputer
At GTC21, NVIDIA unveiled the next-generation NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, the world’s first cloud-native, multi-tenant AI supercomputer. It features BlueField-2 data processing units that offload, accelerate and isolate users’ data to provide users with secure connections […]
Jarvis makes great conversations in multiple languages
Speech to text is so old school. How about speech to real-time multi-language translation? Or text to speech? Imagine the massive possibilities if such capabilities are available. The good news is that the newly-announced NVIDIA […]
NVIDIA Drive tops 1 trillion operations per second
NVIDIA announced at GTC its NVIDIA Drive Atlan next-generation AI-enabled processor for autonomous vehicles that can top more than 1,000 trillion operations per second (TOPS). The new system-on-a-chip combines AI and software with computing, networking […]
Global semiconductor market soars 10.4% in 2020
Amid the current chip shortage, Gartner has reported that the worldwide semiconductor revenue rose 10.4 percent to US$466.2 billion in 2020. Intel retained its pole position by revenue in 2020, followed by Samsung Electronics, SK […]
NVIDIA arms with Grace
While its acquisition of Arm is still awaiting approval, NVIDIA has forged ahead by launching Grace, its first Arm-based data centre CPU that is said to deliver 10x the performance of today’s fastest servers on […]
Huawei Band 6 to debut in Singapore on Apr 15
The Huawei Band 6 entry-level fitness tracker will launch in Singapore on April 15. Customers can enjoy get one for just S$68 (usual price is S$88) from launch till May 15, 2021 when they present […]
US blacklists 7 China supercomputing organisations
Under the Biden Administraion, the US Department of Commerce is continuing on its trend of blacklisting China companies deemed to be linked to or supporting China’s military. The latest strike involves seven supercomputing — Shanghai […]
OnePlus partners with M1
OnePlus is finally teaming up with a telco in Singapore. The OnePlus 8T is now available at M1 for just S$90 with a two-year plan. This is a evolution of sorts for the China phonemaker […]
RIKEN and Fujitsu team up on quantum computing
RIKENand Fujitsu have established the RIKEN RQC-Fujitsu Collaboration Center to research and develop foundational technologies to put superconducting quantum computers into practical use. The partners will develop hardware and software technologies to realise a quantum […]
Photogram shooting for a smarter camera
Ever wished for a better camera for the smartphone to take nicer photos? While camera capabilities are limited by the phone’s size, startup Photogram is developing an alternative that brings the benefits of the mirrorless […]
LG shuts mobile phone business
LG Electronics has confirmed the closure of its mobile phone business after its faillure to find a suitable buyer. According to the company, the decision to exit the incredibly competitive mobile phone sector will enable […]
Social and collaboration software market to grow 17% in 2021
The worldwide social software and collaboration market is expected to reach US$4.5 billion in 2021, up 17.1 percent from 2020, according Gartner. Two key growth factors are the need to support remote work during COVID-19, […]
