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, […]
ANZ honours Women in AI
The inaugural Australian and New Zealand Women in AI Awards was held on March 26 to honour women who have made invaluable contributions in the field of AI. Held at MCA in Sydney, the awards […]
GS1 celebrates 50th anniversary of GTIN
On March 31, 1971, GS1 introduced the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) that transformed the global economy and took commerce towards digitalisation. GTIN is the code in the barcode that contains product information stored in […]
80% of IT leaders to adopt cloud-based IAM
Four in five global IT decision-makers have already adopted, or plan to adopt or expand, cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) initiatives over the next two years, according to a ForgeRock and Google Cloud commissioned […]
Half of APAC healthcare organisations to increase IT spending
With COVID-19 vaccinations underway in many countries, more than 45 percent of healthcare organisations in the Asia-Pacific region are planning to increase IT spending to prepare for the next normal, according to IDC. The India […]
Lotte Hotels & Resorts deploys IBM’s ITSM system
Korea’s Lotte Hotels & Resorts has successfully deployed an IT service management (ITSM) system from IBM. The implementation gives it an established standardised IT service processes and systems for chain hotels around the world and […]
Microsoft in Discord acquisition talk
Microsoft is reportedly in talks with Discord over a US$10 billion acquisition. According to sources, the messaging platform has been on the lookout for either a deal or even to go public. It seems that […]
Brazil slaps Apple with US$1.2m fine for selling iPhones without chargers
Apple’s decision not to include a charger for the iPhone 12 series has cost it US1.2 million. Brazil’s Procon-SP consumer protection agency has dished that fine on the smartphone maker. While Apple has defended its […]
Global PC monitor up 8.3% in 2020
Persistent demand powered by the impact of COVID-19 drove the global PC monitor market up 8.3 percent in 2020. This trend is set to continue with another 8.7 percent rise in 2021, according to IDC. […]
Informatica accelerates with NVIDIA
Informatica has boosted its serverless, Spark-based cloud data integration engine with NVIDIA RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark. The accelerated computing power will give users access to end-to-end machine learning operations capabilities by operationalising machine learning […]
Qualcomm seals NUVIA deal
Qualcomm Technologies has completed hte US$1.4 billion acquisition of CPU and technology design company NUVIA. It expects to integrate next generation CPUs across a wide portfolio of products, including powering flagship smartphones, laptops, and digital […]
Facebook to end Watch Party on April 16
Facebook’s Watch Party, which lets users watch videos together, will become history on April 16, 2021. No reason was given for the removal of this feature, which was introduced in 2018. Watch Party comes in […]
VinBrain improves quality of healthcare with AI-infused solutions
Driven by its mission to infuse artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare, VinBrain has developed AI-based healthcare solutions that help doctors make faster and better-informed decisions, improving the quality and consistency of healthcare to the public. […]
Wearables market shoots up 28.4% in 2020
2020 was a remarkable year for the wearables market. With more people working and learning remotely, demand for such devices rose an astonishing 28.4 percent to 444.4 million units, according to IDC. The research firm […]
Xiaomi off US blacklist
Xiaomi has gotten a reprieve from the US court — it has been taken off the list of companies the US claimed to have links to China’s military. If effected, the blacklist would make it […]
Baidu Apollo wins bid for 5G intelligent driving project in Chengdu
Baidu Apollo has won a US$16.1 million bid to build a 5G intelligent driving project in Chengdu. Under the first of its kind project in Sichuan Province, it will develop 30 kilometres of intelligent connected […]
Renowned AI pioneers to speak at GTC21
This is usually around the time of the year when thousands will gather in San Jose for the annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC). With the pandemic still in the air, this year’s event will be […]
IBM adds executive team members to new services business
IBM has made two key leadership appointments for its new managed infrastructure services business. They are Elly Keinan as Group President and Maria Bartolome Winans as Chief Marketing Officer. Keinan has more than three decades […]
WhatsApp enables voice and video calls on desktop app
WhatsApp has made its desktop app more appealing by adding voice and video call features, bringing it on par with Signal and an edge over Telegram which only allows voice calls. These features were previously […]
Neuron Mobility expands to Korea
Singapore-based Neuron Mobility is launching its fleet of safety-first e-scooters in Seoul, Korea on March 5. This is hot on the heels of the rental electric scooter operator’s success in three cities in Australia and […]
Upping drone flying experience
Drone flyers are in for a treat with the new DJI FPV (first person view). Instead of viewing the flight on a screen, they can now have a cockpit view that takes the flying experience […]
Baidu and China Huaneng Group ink MoU on intelligent energy
Baidu and China Huaneng Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to drive the intelligent transformation of the energy industry. Under the MoU, the partners will collaborate on information technology, digital technology and other […]
Pandemic fuels growth in India tablet market in 2020
It took a pandemic to stem four years of decline in India’s tablet market. COVID-19 fuelled a 14.7 percent year on year growth to 2.8 million units in 2020, according to IDC. The rising demand […]
HP guns for HyperX
HP has agreed to acquire HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, for US$425 million. The move will strengthen HP’s offerings and drive growth in the gaming and peripherals market. HyperX’s gaming-related products include headsets, […]
Australia passes news media bargaining code
Australia has passed the News Media Bargaining Code to get Facebook, Google and other tech platforms to pay Australian publishers for showing their contents in posts and searches. Under the code, Facebook and Google will […]
NVIDIA to speak on AI and HPC in COVID-19 battle at SCA21
With the world still reeling from COVID-19, NVIDIA will be sharing at SupercomputingAsia (SCA) 2021 how high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) are playing integral parts in the battle against the pandemic. At […]
Facebook and Australia: Friends again
Australia should be able to view news on their Facebook feeds again in the next few days. This about turn comes after the Australian government agreed to change its proposed media bargaining law aimed at […]
Samsung tops smartphone market in 2020 as Apple inches closer
Despite a 14.6 percent year-on-year decline, Samsung maintained its pole position in the global smartphone market in 2020, according to Gartner. Apple sailed past Huawei to take the second spot with 3.3 percent annual growth. […]
Dell opens US$50m Global Innovation Hub in Singapore
Dell Technologies has set up a US$50 million research and development (R&D) facility in Singapore that’s plugged in to its network of Global Innovation Hubs around the world. The Singapore centre will focus on R&D […]
TransferWise becomes Wise
London-based TransferWise has been renamed as Wise and expanded its Singapore office to larger premises with more than 70 additional headcount in 2021. Launched in 2011, the money transfer company has built a cross-border payments […]
WhatsApp presses on with update
Despite the pushback from users, WhatsApp is determined to press on with its privacy updates. Since news broke of the changes to privacy terms and conditions, the messaging app has faced what it deemed as […]
Enter the CMP
NVIDIA seems to have adopted a two-pronged approach towards solving its GPU availability challenge and the high demand from cyptocurrency miners. The first step by halving hash rate or cryptcurrency mining efficiency of the new […]
Epic takes Apple battle to EU
Epic Games has upped the ante in its battle with Apple by filing an antitrust complaint in the European Union (EU). The move follows similar lawsuits in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. […]
No more news sharing and viewing on Facebook in Australia
Facebook has taken the drastic step of blocking publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news. This ban is in response to the Australian government’s proposed new Media Bargaining law, […]
Parler returns
One month after it was hooked offline by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Parler has returned online. In various reports, it seems that Parler’s lifeline came from SkySilk, a Los Angeles-based cloud platform. Its resurrection must […]
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