Singapore-headquartered LingoAce has raised US$105 million in Series C funding led by Sequoia Capital India, and included Owl Ventures, Shunwei Capital and SWC Global. The latest round, which brings total funding to US$180 million, will […]
Oppo Reno6 Pro: Short videos made easy
By Edward Lim If you’ve watched the China version of Running Man called Keep Running, Oppo is a name you’d be highly familiar with. As one of the show’s sponsors, its ads are placed throughout […]
NUHS embarks on AI endeavour
Singapore’s National University Health System (NUHS) has placed the NVIDIA DGX A100 system at the heart of its newly-launched Endeavour AI production platform. The first projects to run on the platform are range from predictions […]
Baidu gets nod for autonomous cars on Beijing open roads
Baidu has gotten the green light for commercial operation of its autonomous car service in Beijing. With its first-ever commercial deployment on open roads, Apollo Go is taking a step towards large-scale commercial operation. The […]
Say it and a picture is painted
Not a painter? No problem because all you need to do is say a few words and the latest version of GauGAN2 can produce a picture. Building on the power of artificial intelligence (AI), the […]
Global AI software market to grow 21.3% in 2022
Pandemic notwithstanding, artificial intelligence (AI) adoption continues to power ahead with global AI software market expected to grow 21.3 percent to US$62.5 billion in 2022. According to Gartner’s definition, this market covers applications with AI […]
iCandy becomes SEA/Australia’s largest game developer with Lemon Sky acquisition
iCandy Interactive has acquired Lemon Sky Studios for US$32.4 million to become the biggest pure-play game developer in Southeast Asia (SEA) and Australia. Building on the growing interest in metaverse, iCandy Interactive and Lemon Sky […]
DIY repair with Apple parts
Apple iPhone users, rejoice! You can now try fixing your smartphone instead of sending it to Apple or an authorised shop. Apple will start selling about 200 parts and tools — with manuals to boot […]
Informatica Cloud Data Marketplace delivers data democratisation
Informatica has announced the Cloud Data Marketplace that lets organisations share data, improve productivity and make more informed decisions. Cloud Data Marketplace allows onboarding of curated data assets from any source, across multi-cloud and hybrid […]
Streaming adoption grows 46% in Asia
Streaming became highly popular during the pandemic as people were faced with movement restrictions and many had to work from home. According to a Conviva report, streaming adoption in Asia grew 46 percent in Q3 […]
See the future with Earth-2 supercomputer
Earth-2 was first mentioned by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at the close of his GPU Technology keynote address earlier this week. It’s obviously a topic that’s close to his heart because he has written a […]
Supply challenge stifles India smartphone market growth
The supply chain challenge is impacting smartphone market growth. In India, Q3 shipment dropped by 12 percent to 48 million units — after four consecutive quarters of increase, according to IDC. According to Navkendar Singh, […]
ForgeRock unlocks passwordless cloud migration
Moving to the cloud usually means more passwords are needed to authenticate and secure access. However, this is a major stumbling block for enterprises planning a cloud migration. New passwordless features in ForgeRock Identity Cloud […]
7 key announcements at GTC
True to form, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered a stirring keynote address at GTC yesterday. Clad in his usual black leather jacket, he announced a million developments (or at least, it felt like it) in […]
Xiaomi 11T: Flagship features at a sensible price
By Edward Lim Let me start off with a caveat. This is my first review of a smartphone that I did not buy and use myself. Previously, I only wrote about smartphones that I paid […]
H2O.ai receives US$100m boost with CBA stake
H2O.ai has received US$100 million Series E funding from a group led by Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), its customer turned part owner. With the latest cash injection, the AI Cloud company has now raised […]
H2O.ai champions bushwire fight
Bushwires are deadly and destructive, causing many to lose their homes and possessions every year. H2O.ai has launched the Wildfire Challenge to get contestants to build AI prediction models to tackle this disaster. The challenge […]
GTC keynote to focus on AI advances, including metaverse
GPU Technology Conference (GTC) will kick off with a keynote by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on how AI is impacting industries. In his address on November 9, 4pm, Huang will reveal the latest technology for […]
GIC, Google and SoftBank take stake in DCG
Digital Currency Group (DCG) has received more than US$700 million from investors such as GIC, Google’s Capital G and SoftBank, bringing its value to US$10 billion. The parent company of several digital asset players itself […]
Zendesk to buy Momentive
Zendesk will acquire Momentive, which owns the SurveyMonkey platform, with the deal targeted to be completed in the first half of 2022. The companies’ respective sizable customer bases and complementary capabilities are expected to provide […]
Facebook becomes Meta
Facebook (the company) has rebranded as Meta in a move towards a new way of connecting, finding communities and doing busines. The social media app’s name remains unchanged. A metaverse is where people and everything […]
Lim Hsin Yin is SAS’ new Singapore MD
SAS has appointed Lim Hsin Yin as its new Managing Director for Singapore. She will be responsible for driving the growth of SAS’s business in Singapore, with a focus on accelerating customer adoption of AI […]
Infineon strides ahead with innovation partners
Infineon Technologies has expanded its innovation ecosystem with the inking of collaborations with CapitaLand Investment and Hyundai Motor Group. Having already nurtured 11 start-ups in its Co-Innovation Space, the semiconductor giant will now partner the […]
Developing a DX platform for Japanese companies in SEA
Vietnam’s FPT Software is collaborating with Industrial Growth Platform (IGPI Singapore) to develop a digital transformation (DX) platform for Japanese companies to invest and support industrial reform in Asean. Through this platform, investors will provide […]
NVIDIA deepens support for ROS
NVIDIA has added tools in its Isaac developer toolbox to provide greater support for the Robot Operating System (ROS). Announced in conjunction with ROS World 2021, the deepened support will deliver performant perception technologies to […]
Rubrik adds Yvonne Wassenaar to its board
Rubrik has named Yvonne Wassenaar to its Board of Directors. Wassenaar brings deep experience in SaaS and enterprise go-to-market, having previously held key leadership positions at VMware, Accenture and New Relic. She is CEO of […]
Acronis appoints Paul Maritz as chairman
Acronis has appointed Paul Maritz as Chairman of its Board of Directors Backed by 40 years of experience in computer science and software, Maritz will be responsible for the governance and leadership of Acronis. He […]
Baidu’s AI algorithm helps in COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Stemirna Therapeutics has leveraged Baidu’s LinearDesign AI algorithm to complete pre-clinical studies on mRNA vaccine sequences for COVID-19. According to the studies, the LinearDesign-based mRNA sequences significantly outperform benchmark sequences designed by traditional algorithms in […]
Nokia launches first 5G FWA gateway designed for Japan
Nokia has unveiled its first 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband gateway designed to meet Japan’s Local 5G specification. Available in January 2022, the FastMile 5G Gateway 3.2 Japanese model The Nokia 5G Gateway 3.2 […]
SUTD wins innovation challenge with EV charging fire detection solution
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has won Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) X IBM Lifesavers’ Innovation Challenge: Call for Code 2021 with an innovative solution that aims detects fire early during high voltage […]
Hitachi Vantara reveals hybrid cloud data storage vision
Hitachi Vantara has outlined its vision to extend its storage virtualisation capabilities to deliver a distributed hybrid cloud data fabric. The new hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions will help organisations cost-effectively meet the demands of enterprise, […]
Thoughtfull raises US$1.1m to fuel SEA growth
Healthtech startup ThoughtFull has raised USD 1,100,000 in a seed fund to drive its expansion into Southeast Asia. This round of investors include The Hive SEA, Flybridge, Vulpes Investment Management, and several family offices and […]
Creston enhances hybrid meeting experience
Crestron is enhancing the Crestron Flex platform with intelligent video support from Jabra and Huddly to facilitate meetings both in the office or at home. The Crestron Flex platform provides purpose-built devices for every space […]
STT enters Japan data centre market with 2 Tokyo centres
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) is marking its entry into the data market in Japan with two data centres in Tokyo to be developed by and leased from Goodman. With a combined 60,000 […]
The future of ERP: How automation is redefining work
By Andy Brockhoff, President of APAC at Unit4 The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably accelerated digital transformation worldwide. Technology is more ingrained in our daily lives than ever before, and we’re spending even more time in […]
MonetaGo and IBM team up on secure financing solution deployment
MonetaGo and IBM are partnering to deploy the recently-announced global secure financing solution in Asean. Digitising key trade finance processes will create opportunities for financial institutions to collaborate in new ways while maintaining privacy of […]
Facebook apologies after 6-hr outage
In an age where many lives evolve around social media, a six-hour platform outage may feel like an eternity. It’s not only one platform but three — Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram — that went down, […]
Demand for gaming PCs and monitors to remain high till 2025
The currrent surge in demand for gaming PCs and monitors is expected to continue till 2025, according to IDC. Worldwide shipments of these products are predicted to continue to grow at rates faster than their […]
Ripple devotes US$250m to support NFT projects
Ripple has set aside a US$250 million fund to provide creators with the financial, creative and technical support needed to explore and craft premium non-fungible token (NFT) and other tokenisation projects on the XRP Ledger. […]
NVIDIA unveils stellar speaker line-up for GTC
Come November 8 to 11, NVIDIA will host another virtual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) with a stellar line-up of speakers, including some of the world’s top AI research and industry leaders. Headlined by NVIDIA Founder […]
Kofax appoints SVP of Technology Strategy and Experience
Kofax has appointed Adam Field in the newly-created position of Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy and Experience. Field will leverage his vast experience to drive innovation and optimise Kofax customer experiences to maximise the […]
Nanyang Poly and Materialise to drive 3D adoption
Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) and Materialise are teaming up to drive 3D printing adoption in Singapore. Also known as additive manufacturing (AM), 3D printing improves performance and saves weight, and time and cost when compared to […]
LG to take 64% stake in Cybellum
LG Electronics has agreed to acquire Israeli vehicle cybersecurity risk assessment solution provider. The deal will initially involve the South Korean tech giant taking a 64 percent stake valued at U$140 million with plans to […]
Arm-based servers ace AI benchmark on debut
Arm-based server has received a massive endorsement from industry benchmarking group MLCommons. The new server aced the group’s MLPerf benchmarks on inference tests in the data centre category. The latest benchmarks show that NVIDIA GPU-powered […]
Global semiconductor market to grow 17.3% in 2021
The global semiconductor shortage is real. IDC is predicting that the market will grow 17.3 percent this year, compared to 10.8 percent in 2020. However, the research firm expects the industry to normalise by the […]
Fivetran raises US$565m in funding, to acquire HVR
Fivetran has raised has raised US$565 million in Series D funding, bringing total raised to US$730 million for a valuation of US$5.6 billion. The new round of funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz and comprised […]
DeepWay reveals Xingtu heavy-duty truck
DeepWay has unveiled the Xingtu smart new energy heavy-duty truck with a computing power of more than 500 TOPS and ultra-long-distance sensing capabilities of more than one kilometre. The Baidu-backed company’s new vehicle is powered […]
NVIDIA CEO makes Time most influential list
Jensen Huang has been recognised as one of Time Magazine’s top 100 most influential people. The NVIDIA CEO was described as among the world’s most technically savvy CEOs. “He’s also a compassionate steward of his […]
Satellite link? Not for the iPhone 13
Rumours of Apple’s newest iPhone having a satellite connectivity got the Internet all abuzz. After the smartphone maker unveiled its latest line-up, it remains just a rumour. If it does come true some day, it […]
Baidu trials robotaxis in Shanghai
Shanghai has become the fifth city in China to have Baidu’s robotaxis. The search giant is road testing the Apollo Go fleet from 9.30am to 11.00pm daily. About 150 stations will be opened in phases […]
Asus unwraps 3 bags
Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) has unveiled the new ROG SLASH fashion line with the first three products being a messenger bag, draw string bag and sling bag. Modelled after the cyberpunk culture, the new […]
Wilstech partners Selangor government to digitalise 200 SMEs
Wilstech is collaborating with Selangor Information Technology & Digital Economy Corporation (Sidec) to help 200 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia kickstart their digitalisation efforts. The partnership will cover digitalisation of areas such as […]
BT rolls out cloud solutions for financial services sector
BT has announced the BT Cloud Control for Financial Services portfolio of solutions to help those in the sector address the challenges of balancing risks and rewards of moving their applications and secure data to […]
Declutter the desktop with Logitech all-in-one dock
Gadgets and associated cables can create quite a mess on the desktop. Logitech aims to declutter personal workpace and improve video call experience with the Logi Dock all-in-one docking station. Designed with the aim of […]
Toku raises US$5m to enhance digital transformation offerings
Singapore-based Toku has completed a US$5 million Series A funding round backed by DX Ventures and existing investors such as Tembusu Partners and Neptune Invest Asia. The cloud communications provider will use the funding to […]
ASUS expands creator range
ASUS has expanded its creator range with new laptops, displays, peripherals, a desktop, among others. Powering the devices for creators are NVIDIA RTX GPUs with NVIDIA Studio — including app accelerations, dedicated Studio drivers, and […]
Apple loosens App Store rules
Apple has finally relented and is cutting loose its payment fees for selected types of apps, thanks to the Japan Trade Commission (JTC). The concession covers reader or content subscription apps such as Kindle, Netflix […]
Ericsson and Qualcomm complete first 5G call on CBRS
Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologie have successfully completed the first over-the-air 5G New Radio (NR) call on CBRS (Citizen Broadband Radio Service). The trial took place at Ericsson’s North America headquarters in Plano, Texas, utilising the […]
Xiaomi enters EV market
Xiaomi has moved into the electric vehicle (EV) market with the establishment of Xiaomi EV Backed by a registered capital of RMB10 billion, the new company marks a major milestone in Xiaomi’s smart EV initiative […]
Towards expressive speech in conversational AI
Synthesised speech is nothing new — think virtual assistants for smartphones and smart speakers, and GPS assistance. They may sound robotic and monotonous, even when there are choices of voice or accent. All these is […]
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