In the age of AI, it’s timely to recognise women who have conributed to championing the technology. In Australia and New Zealand, the Women in AI (WAI) Awards 2021 aims to support and reward excellence to women in AI.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure launches NVIDIA A100 GPU instances
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has become the first to offer general availability of bare-metal instances featuring the NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU.
IBM to train 800 Singapore professionals in AI and cybersecurity
IBM has launched in Singapore a programme to train around 800 mid-career professionals in artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity.
D-Link wi-fi camera comes with edge-based person detection
D-Link has announced the DCS-8302LH Full HD outdoor wi-fi camera with artificial intelligence edge-based person detection. It can identify human movement to minimise false alarms.
Amazfit Band 5: Smarter and lasts longer
Huami has release the Amazfit Band 5 that packs the same functions as a sports gym band plus a thorough health management assistant and smarter interactions.
Parcel Perform and AWS collaborate on improving delivery experience
Ever been kept waiting for your parcel to arrived? Parcel Perform has introduced a machine learning algorithm that reliably predicts date of arrival of any e-commerce delivery.
Samsung GEMS Hip receives top safety certification
Samsung Electronics has obtained the ISO 13482 (Robots and robotic devices — Safety requirements for personal care robots) certification for its assistive personal care robot GEMS (Gait Enhancing and Motivating System) Hip.
Oracle and Walmart acquire combined 20% stake in TikTok Global
ByteDance has received a reprieve from the US ban on TikTok following the creation of TikTok Global, in which Oracle and Walmart will have a 20 percent stake.
Oracle to take a 12.5% stake in TikTok Global
In a double announcement, Oracle has become TikTok’s secure cloud technology provider and taken a 12.5 percent stake in TikTok Global.
No more TikTok and WeChat downloads in the US from September 20
The US government is tightening the noose around TikTok and WeChat. From September 20, both China-originated apps will no longer be downloadable from App Store and Play Store in the States.
Ericsson onboards Cradlepoint
Ericsson has agreed to acquire US-based Cradlepoint, provider of wireless edge WAN 4G and 5G enterprise solutions, for US$1.1 billion.
Apple Store online to debut in India on September 23
Apple will open its online store in India on September 23. Residents in the world’s second most populous nation will be able to order the full range of Apple products on the platform.
Oculus Quest 2 ships on October 13
The long-awaited Oculus Quest 2 is out. And with it’s availability on Amazon, it is ready for pre-order and will ship out from October 13 to practically everywhere in the Asia-Pacific region.
TCS rolls out goIT programme in the Philippines
India’s Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has joined hands with the Philippines Department of Education in Cordillera Administrative Region to help students improve their technology skills through the goIT initiative.
Google Drive trash to automatically delete after 30 days
This has been a long time coming. From October 13, trash items in Google Drive will be automatically deleted after 30 days.
Johnson Controls opens S$50m innovation centre in NUS
Johnson Controls has opened its S$50 million OpenBlue Innovation Center to create a future-ready built environment for Singapore and the region.
AI robot serves customers at Gangnam restaurant
South Korea’s biggest telco KT has introduced an AI-powered smart robot food server at Mad for Garlic in Seoul.
Innotech and Osaro set up AI lab in Japan
Japan’s Innotech and US-based Osaro have established the Innotech AI Picking Lab in Yokohama City to support Japanese customers in various industries through improved warehouse and distribution operations.
Do you need a new iPad?
By Edward Lim
Apple unveiled two new iPads early this morning — the 8th generation iPad and 4th generation iPad Air. If that has gotten you excited, it’s understandable because the specifications and features are amazing.
Infrastructure is important but customer identity will future proof success
By Ajay Biyani, Asean Managing Director of ForgeRock
The COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps more than any other event in human history, has pushed people towards digital. New research from Facebook and Bain & Company shows that Southeast Asia will be home to 310 million digital consumers by the end of this year, reaching a number previously forecasted for 2025.
Penta Security appoints Indonesia distributor
South Korea’s Penta Security Systems has named PT Prospera Aswindra Teknologi as its distributor in Indonesia.
Most C-level expect COVID-19 changes to be permanent
More than eight in 10 C-level executives expect the changes made in people, processes and applications as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to become permanent.
8 in 10 Singaporeans more receptive to video technology amid COVID-19
The pandemic has steered many organisations towards using video technology out of necessity. According to a study commissioned by Milestone Systems, eight in 10 Singaporeans are receptive to the usage of video technology, such as thermal imagining cameras and crowd management video analytics, when underpinned by a health benefit.
Tencent makes Singapore its Asia hub
Tencent is opening an office in Singapore that will serve as its Asia hub.The WeChat owner has offices in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, highlighting the importance of the region to the company.
SmallRig builds cage for Sony Alpha 7C
SmallRig has announced a cage for the newly-launched the Sony Alpha 7C full-frame compact mirrorless interchangeable lens camera that sports a 24.2MP back-illuminated sensor and 4K video capabilities.
CenturyLink becomes Lumen
CenturyLink in now called Lumen Technologies. The newly-named company aims to help lead enterprises through the challenges and opportunities of the 4th Industrial Revolution.
EXL enables virtual coding classroom
With schools in various parts of the world still being held online because of the pandemic, Hong Kong startup EXL has developed a solution that enables coding to be taught online in a virtual classroom.
ByteDance picks Oracle for TikTok
Move aside, Microsoft and Walmart. It seems that ByteDance has decided to partner with Oracle to solve its TikTok challenge in the US.
It’s official! NVIDIA to acquire Arm for US$40b
After weeks of speculation, it’s now official. NVIDIA will acquire Arm from SoftBank Group Corp (SBG) for US$40 billion.
NVIDIA closes in on Arm
It seems like SoftBank is on the brink of selling Arm to NVIDIA. The deal is reported to be worth more than US$40 billion, representing more than 25 percent gain for SoftBank, which bought Arm for US$32 billion in 2016.
