Hyundai Motor Group has pumped in US$1.1 billion for a majority stake in mobile robot maker Boston Dynamics with a SoftBank affiliate retaining the remaining 20 percent share. The acquisition will take Hyundai toward being […]
Rikkeisoft and Oraichain form strategic alliance
Vietnamese IT software provider Rikkeisoft and AI data Oracle blockchain firm Oraichain have formed a strategic partnership to develop complementary solutions and services. Under the alliance, Oraichain will boost its staff strength to accelerate the […]
Huawei opens health lab in Xian
The new Huawei Health Lab in Xian, China will give more than 40 researchers, engineers and developers the platform to innovate and create applications of new sports and health technology through smart wearables. This builds […]
Facebook under fire
Facebook has come under fire in the United States for anti-competitive practices. The Federal Trade Commission and 48 states alledges that the socila media giant has become a monopoly by gobbling up its competitors, namely […]
Volocopter plans for air taxis in Singapore by 2023
Volocopter has put a three-year timeline to introdeuce air taxi services in Singapore. The pioneer in urban air mobility (UAM), announced this after two years of close collaboration with the Economic Development Board of Singapore […]
Mech-Mind gets US$15m fund injection
Mech-Mind Robotics has secured US$15 million in Series B+ funding from Sequoia Capital China and Source Code Capital to accelerate technology commercialisation and global expansioon. The Chinese AI industrial robotics startup utilises cutting edge deep […]
AWS to open 2nd region in Australia
Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to open a second infrastructure region in Australia in the latter half of 2022. The new AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region will consist of three availability zones (AZs) at launch. […]
Shippit raises A$30m to fuel SEA expansion
Shippit has raised an A$30 million in Series B funding to fuel its further expansion into Southeast Asia. The fund will also support the Australian logistics technology company in product and technology enhancements and boosting […]
NVIDIA trains AI with smaller datasets
NVIDIA has achieved a breakthrough in training AI with a limited dataset. Its latest generative adversarial network (GAN) can learn complex skills such as emulating renowned painters with as little as 1,500 images. Researchers at […]
Baidu gets first automonous driving test permits in Beijing
Baidu Apollo has received clearance from Beijing transportation authorities to put five of its fully driverless vehicles on road tests, making the company the first and only to get the permit to trial on Beijing […]
Singapore launches Asian Institute of Digital Finance
A week after granting four digital banking licences, Singapore has moved further in the fintech space. with the launch of the Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF). Hosted by the National University of Singapore and […]
Samsung’s One UI 3 gives users better control and experience
Samsung Electronics’s One UI 3 will give its Android 11 users a new design, enhanced features and greater customisation. The upgraded interface has started rolling out on Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra smartphones in […]
CSIRO to create helmet that detects and prevents brain seizures
Researchers at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) will use a A$1 million Australian government grant awarded to Anatomics to develop a smart helmet to monitor brain swelling in stroke and traumatic brain injury […]
Malwarebytes strenthens protection against remote attacks
Malwarebytes has enhanced its protection suite with Brute Force Protection and next generation scan and detection engine to help enterprises cope with a remote workforce. kers. By detecting high volumes of invalid login attempts, Malwarebytes […]
Promise enables seamless collaborative video editing
Promise Technology is making seamless collaborative video editing on Adobe Creative Cloud possible with its new PegasusPro Series storage solution. With seamless integration with Adobe Premiere Pro, the series supports digital collaborative editing of 4K/5K […]
Baidu leads in AI patents in China
Baidu has as of October 2020 filed an astonishing 9,364 AI-related patent applications, of which 2,682 has been granted — the most of any organisation in China. Its the third year running that the search […]
NVIDIA and Thai universities collaborate on AI and HPC
NVIDIA and a consortium of Thai universities have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on driving research and accelerating scientific breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing (HPC). The partnership will help spur […]
Apple snares major slice of wearables market in Q3
Apple Watches and AirPods have helped to place Apple top of the heap with 33.1 percent share of the global wearables market in Q3, according to IDC. Next was Xiaomi, which experinenced 26.4 percent year […]
Certis introduces smart networked security solution
Certis has unveiled its Smart Networked Security solution at Our Tampines Hub (OTH) in Singapore to help businesses keep guests and visitors secure. Designed to provide elevated security control for large, high density spaces, Smart […]
Infineon inks 4 agreements to boost Singapore’s AI ecosystem
Infineon Technologies has signed agreements with four organisations that will help boost the AI ecosystem in Singapore. This follows the company’s announcment to make Singapore its global AI innovation hub, which involves getting its workforce […]
Salesforce picks up Slack for US$27.7b
Salesforce has agreed to acquire Slack for US$27.7 billion, creating the operating system for the new way to work. Slack will be deeply integrated into every Salesforce Cloud. As the new interface for Salesforce Customer […]
Viettel trials 5G
Viettel Group has launched Vietnam’s first 5G commercial trial with 5G services available to subscribers after a period of technical tests. Subscribers with 5G phones can test the service without SIM card upgrade in the […]
AWS and BlackBerry to partner on intelligent vehicle platform
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and BlackBerry have inked a multi-year agreement on developing and marketing the BlackBerry IVY intelligent vehicle data platform. The scalable cloud-connected software platform will help automakers create personalised driver and passenger […]
NVIDIA adds US$399 GPU to RTX 30 series
NVIDIA has inserted the GeForce RTX 2060 Ti to its product line, making it the lowest cost RTX 30 series GPU so far. At US$399, it is the kid brother of the GeForce RTX 3080 […]
NexTech AR expands into SEA
NexTech AR Solutions has exapnded its Asia Pacific channel network from one to eight to support the US$35b e-learning market and US$229b MICE industries. From its first collaboration with South Korea’s Coex, NexTech has added […]
Infineon Singapore embarks on AI transformation journey
Transformation begins with the mind. That’s why Infineon Technologies is investing S$27 million over the next three years to train 1,000 of its Singapore workforce to be AI-skilled. The end goal is that the Singapore […]
Annke unveils full colour night vision security cameras
Annke has launched ACE true full color night vision security cameras that features NightChroma to turn night into day. The NC400 and NCA500 NightChroma Series devices display true full colour pictures at ultra clarity even […]
Chengdu to advance next gen AI
Chengdu plans to make a strong push to advance next generation artificial intelligence (AI). The capital of China’s Sichuan province is working on developing an AI-centreed pilot zone. More than 100 billion yuan (US$15.2 billion) […]
5G focus drives up phone prices in China
With more local brands shifting their focus to 5G, the average selling prices (ASPs) of smartphones in China is expected to edge up 11.4 percent year over year in 2020, according to IDC. However, weaker […]
Infocan launches digital Transformation Programme in HK
Infocan has introduced a customised comprehensive digital transformation consultation programme to help businesses in Hong King accelerate their digital transformation. Under the programme, Infocan will analyse organisations’ needs and recommend cloud-based applications, such as those […]
