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 […]
Doctor Anywhere raises US$65.7m to drive SEA expansion
Singapore-headquartered Doctor Anywhere (DA) raised US$65.7 million in Series C funding, bringing total investment to more than US$104 million. Led by Asia Partners, this round of funding includes investors such as Novo Holdings, Philips and […]
Razer cans e-wallet service
Razer is shutting down the Razer Pay eco-system, which covers the e-wallet and credit card, in Singapore and Malaysia on September 30. Beta launched to much excitement in mid-2019, the service was targeted at the […]
IBM reveals Telum processor
IBM has unveiled its new IBM Telum processor that brings deep learning inference to enterprise workloads to help address fraud in real-time. The first Telum-based system is expected to be out by the first half […]
NVIDIA announces global availability of NVIDIA AI Enterprise software
NVIDIA has announced that it now has the NVIDIA AI Enterprise, a full software package that includes AI tools and structures that can virtualise AI workloads on NVIDIA-Certified Systems for hundreds of thousands of organisations […]
Sinet picks Juniper for network upgrade
Cambodian telco Sinet has picked Juniper Networks to upgrade its network infrastructure. With the upgraded network infrastructure, enterprise users in Cambodia can use a common framework to manage the exponential increase of endpoints accessing campus […]
CyberLink teams up with QNAP on smart facial recognition solution
CyberLink is partnering with QNAP Systems to integrate CyberLink’s FaceMe facial recognition engine into QNAP’s QVR Face and QVR Face Link smart facial recognition solutions. The integration will enable QVR Face Link to recognise people’s […]
Xiaomi launches Redmi 10 in Singapore
Xiaomi has introduced the latest generation of its entry level Redmi 10 smartphone in Singapore. Under the hood are a 50MP hi-res camera, 90Hz 6.5-inch FHD+ AdaptiveSync display and a 2.0GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio G88 […]
hoolah partners Jumper.ai on BNPL solution
hoolah is partnering Jumper.ai to offer buy now pay later (BNPL) to merchants in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. This new payment option will let customers pay later in a convenient, flexible and transparent way […]
Baidu upgrades AI platform, starts mass producing AI chip
Baidu has launched the Baidu Brain 7.0 open AI platform and started mass producing the Kunlun II AI chip. The newly upgraded Baidu Brain 7.0 offers greater integration of a wide array of knowledge sources […]
Norton adds Game Optimizer to maximise PC performance for gamers
NortonLifeLock has released the Game Optimizer feature that frees PCs from power-hungry programs running in the background to maximise gaming performance. By freeing power-hungry programs to a single CPU core, Game Optimizer reduces performance interruptions […]
ForgeRock appoints Smith as CPO
ForgeRock has named Tschudy Smith as Chief People Officer to lead talent strategy, including employee experience, rewards, attraction, retention, development, diversity, and inclusion for ForgeRock’s global workforce of more than 760 employees. Smith was formerly […]
Women in AI: It’s about attitude and passion
By Chloe Lim While data science is a relatively new field, the percentage of women data scientists is low compare to men. However, panellists at a H2O.ai online session believe that it’s just a matter […]
Kofax brings on Printix
Kofax has acquired Printix to strengthen its intelligent automation platform. According to Reynolds C Bish, Chief Executive Officer of Kofax, the acquisition allows Kofax to continue enhancing its intelligent automation platform, increase its customer and […]
NTT launches private 5G network-as-a-service platform
NTT has launched the first globally available private LTE/5G network-as-a-service platform to helps enterprises leverage the benefits of private 5G to solve business problems and innovate. The NTT Private 5G (P5G) platform is based on […]
Mahidol University powers drug discovery research with NVIDIA platform
Thailand’s new AI Center at Mahidol University (MU) is powering drug discovery research with the NVIDIA DGX A100 systems and the NVIDIA Clara platform. Housed at the university’s Salaya campus, the centre will initially support […]
NVIDIA announces compact RTX A2000 GPU
By KL Lim NVIDIA has expanded its professional GPUs range with the compact NVIDIA RTX A2000, which is deigned to fit even small form factor workstations. Based on the Ampere architecture, RTX A2000 will empower […]
Xiaomi leads as India smartphone market recovers
Xiaomi grew an impressive 84 percent year-over-year in Q2 as India’s smartphone market recovered from the pandemic with a 86 percent rise, according to IDC. Overall the China phone maker snagged a 29.2 percent market […]
Baidu rolls out Apolong II autonomous minibus
Baidu is rolling out the new Apolong II multi-purpose autonomous minibus in Guangzhou Huangpu District, China. Equipped with advanced autonomous driving capabilities and the latest in-vehicle smart cabin technologies, Apolong II is customisable for public […]
ForgeRock adds 2 board members
ForgeRock has appointed two new members to its Board of Directors — Rinki Sethi, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Twitter and Johanna Flower, former Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of CrowdStrike. Sethi has more than […]
Qualcomm makes Veoneer offer
Qualcomm has offered to acquire Veoneer in an all-cash transaction of US$37 per share or about US$4.6 billion in total. The move will bring on board Veoneer’s automotive technology to better position Qualcomm in the […]
TPG accelerates 5G deployment with Nokia antenna
TPG Telecom has become the first global site for Nokia’s integrated 5G Interleaved Passive Active Antenna (IPAA). To be installed at a site in Brisbane, the Twin Beam version of IPAA delivers both 5G capability […]
AEye opens in Japan
LiDAR solution provider AEye has opened an office in Tokyo to better support and grow its automotive, mobility and industrial partners suppliers, customers, and system integrators. AEye’s intelligent LiDAR (iDAR) leverages deterministic AI to focus […]
Square to acquire Afterpay
Square has agreed to acquire Afterpay for US$29 billion. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2022. According to Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder and CEO of Square, both companies have a […]
Zadara expands into Malaysia
Enterprise cloud service provider Zadara has set up base in Malaysia as part of its Southeast Asia expansion plans. It has also formed a strategic partnership with KH Datagate, which will see the rollout of […]
Acronis intros advanced protection pack for service providers
Acronis has announced the new Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud advanced protection pack, which includes Advanced File Sync and Share, for service providers. Building on the file-sharing capabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Advanced File Sync […]
Asus hops on hoolah BNPL platform
Asus is hopping on the buy now pay later (BNPL) trend to offer customers a more flexible and convenient way of payment. The new payment option will kick off in Singapore across all Asus physical […]
Walmart to help businesses with digital transformation
Walmart will begin offering its own technologies and capabilities to help other businesses and brands better serve both onsite and online customers. Over the past several years, the US supermarket giant has developed technologies and […]
Raise a pet in metaverse
Remember the wildly popular Tamagotchi pet game that got the world hooked on caring for and feeding a digital pet? Korean pet curation platform Mongplus is revisiting the virtual pet raising concept by working with […]
Quadpay rebrands as Zip
A year after its acquisition of Quadpay, Zip is renaming the buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform to increase brand presence for its growing global business. It is investing deeply to escalate its brand awareness […]
SambaNova and ScaleWorX align to drive AI adoption in APAC
SambaNova Systems and ScaleWorX are partnering to drive AI adoption in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the partnership, ScaleWorX will offer innovative and best-in-class AI solutions from SambaNova to its end users. It will implement SambaNova’s […]
NVIDIA AI software halves inference time for language queries
NVIDIA has launched the eighth generation of the TensorRT AI software that slices inference time in half for language queries to help developers build search engines, ad recommendations and chatbots. TensorRT 8 delivers the speed […]
2 in 3 Indian organisations in early AI adoption
Artificial intelligence (AI) is THE must-do technology these days. In India, two out of three organisations are exploring AI technologies to enhance customer experience, improve operations, and enhance decision-making, according to IDC. However, only 8.4 […]
Singapore is top global innovation hub
Singapore has retained its pole position in KPMG’s global ranking of leading technology innovation hubs outside of Silicon Valley/San Francisco. The 2021 KPMG Technology Industry Survey of more than 800 global leaders ranked Singapore ahead […]
Informatica expands APAC footprint with Azure
Informatica has launched its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform on Microsoft Azure to expand its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region. The move follows Informatica and Azure’s collaboration which grew 109 percent year-on-year in 2020. […]
Hubilo enhances all-in-one event platform
With the pandemic still impacting the events industry, Hubilo has enhanced its virtual and hybrid event platform with better overall attendee engagement, human connections and ROI of events. The improved version integrates attendee experience and […]
Palo Alto Networks develops firewall using NVIDIA DPU
Palo Alto Networks has introduced the first virtual next-generation firewall (NGFW) to be accelerated by a DPU to boost the network defence of data centres. NVIDIA’s BlueField data processing unit (DPU) is used to accelerate […]
Uzabase introduces Speeda Edge research platform
Tokyo-based Uzabase has announced its Speeda Edge research platform for professionals in venture capital, corporate strategy and innovation, mergers and acquisitions, and at funded startups. The emerging industry intelligence platform contains custom profiles and proprietary […]
HP launches light Pavilion Aero for Gen Zs
HP Singapore has released the lightweight HP Pavilion Aero 13 laptop designed with Gen Zs in mind. Weighing under one kilogramme, it lets them work and play with the laptop wherever they go. Besides being […]
Acronis names Patrick Pulvermueller as CEO
Acronis has appointed Patrick Pulvermueller (above) as Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Serguei Beloussov, who founded the company in 2003 and has served as CEO since 2013. Most recently President of the Partner Business at […]
Choco Up pumps US$8m into Janio to fuel expansion
Fintech firm Choco Up has invested USD$8 million in Janio, a cross-border platform that provides integrated, end-to-end e-commerce logistics solutions in Southeast Asia. Singapore-based Janio aims to simplify deliveries across borders and integrate the logistics […]
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