Singapore

China eases barriers for cashless foreigners to use local services

Asia in brief ALSO: Singapore's government LLM, China beats 5G base station target, and Malaysia telecom gives in to 5G bandwidth purchasing policy

Applications24 Jul 2023 | 10

With limited space for tourist attractions, Singapore bets on augmented reality

Will people really hop on a plane to gaze at their phone?

Personal Tech19 Jul 2023 | 15

Singapore tells crypto operators: act like grown up financial institutions

Digital payment skeptics of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but grifters and crims

Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 | 10

Singaporean superapp Grab delivers massive job cuts with after hours email

‘We thought you'd like some terrible news in the comfort of your own home’ was the gist of it

Software21 Jun 2023 | 7

SAP admits HANA Cloud makes for multicurrency messes

Singapore dollar snafu used to illustrate workaround

Software20 Jun 2023 | 13

Singapore to roll out (literally) more Robocops

Stop! Or I'll move very slowly towards you and stream video to HQ

AI + ML16 Jun 2023 | 12

Singapore's government writes a standard for datacenter ops in the tropics

Turning up the heat can turn down cooling bills, even as 30°C and 84 percent humidity prevail

Off-Prem12 Jun 2023 | 7

Singapore to double its submarine cable landing sites by 2033

Anywhere China's navy struggles to reach seems like a nice place for a global internet connectivity hub

Networks07 Jun 2023 | 3

Netherlands digital minister smacks down Big Tech over AI regs

Many people die in car crashes but we don’t outlaw cars, so bad AI might be OK, says Microsoft Asia president

AI + ML06 Jun 2023 | 20

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund regrets investment in crypto-villain FTX

No fault found, but execs responsible punished with reduced compensation

Software30 May 2023 | 9

China's homegrown airliner makes first paid-for flight

Asia in Brief PLUS: Grab founder quits operational role; Meta's fiber-bot crawls to Japan; ChatGPT enhances Taiwan's status

Systems28 May 2023 | 11

Singapore on track to reach cloud migration goals – asks suppliers to re-apply

Renewed SaaS push and purchase of 100,000 PCs in the offing

Off-Prem25 May 2023 |

China lands mysterious reusable spacecraft after 276-day trek

Asia In Brief PLUS: Smartphone sales slump in India, China; Singapore's Temasek denies crypto investment; Dyson's new battery plant; and more

Science08 May 2023 | 25

5G on the high seas brings the Internet of Things to Singapore's port

Inspection drones and telemedicine enabled by island-hopping hybrid network

Networks27 Apr 2023 | 2

Singapore tells its people: Go forth and block those ads

As it preps to launch WhatsApp scam-shredder

Personal Tech25 Apr 2023 | 33

India flies – and lands – reusable autonomous spaceplane

Asia In Brief PLUS Japanese PM grilled by ChatGPT; Singapore slams bank outage; WeChat adds paid tier; and more

Science02 Apr 2023 | 8

Singapore software maker says own hardware in colo costs $400M less than cloud

‘Wouldn’t be profitable, or exist, if our products were 100% on AWS’

Off-Prem13 Mar 2023 | 37

Infosys president leaves to join rival Tech Mahindra as CEO

Asia In Brief PLUS: Singapore tests AWS quantum network; Honda bulks autonomous truck; India tightens crypto laws; and more

Software12 Mar 2023 | 1

Electronics market shows US-China decoupling will hike inflation and slow growth

Singapore's central bank has a gloomy vision of the future

Security10 Mar 2023 | 7

Singapore admits it should have explained COVID app data could be used by cops

Island nation reworks digital infrastructure found to have slowed down pandemic response

Software09 Mar 2023 | 11

Datacenters in China, Singapore cracked by crims who then targeted tenants

Infiltrators tried to create fake remote hands tasks, alter visitor lists

Cyber-crime23 Feb 2023 |

India, Singapore link systems for real-time cross-border cash transfers

The Unified Payments Interface takes an important stride forward – as does India's soft power tech push

Software22 Feb 2023 |

Google's APAC outpost joins the global job cuts club

Almost 200 staff let go with emails that landed late at night

Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 2

Singapore pulls plug on COVID tracking program

Tells residents to turn in dongles and uninstall apps, but keeps registration system alive – just in case

Applications09 Feb 2023 | 10

Atlassian CEO's bonkers scheme to pipe electricity from Australia to Singapore collapses

Analysis 4,000km extension cords are hard to build

On-Prem22 Jan 2023 | 64

Twitter's Singapore landlord says avian network still a tenant, despite eviction reports

This time last year the plan was for lots more hires. Then came Elon

Off-Prem13 Jan 2023 | 10

Tributes flow as Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo - the mind behind Sound Blaster - passes aged 68

Asia In Brief PLUS Tesla China price cuts spark protests; Japan boosts cyber-defences; Google can’t overturn Indian fine

Personal Tech09 Jan 2023 | 33

Blockchain needs a reason to exist, Boris Johnson tells roomful of blockchain pros

As for Twitter, politicians need to grow thick skins and stop mistaking it for advertisement

Software02 Dec 2022 | 107

Singapore branches out onto internet of trees

LiDAR, AI and sensors manage millions of plants, and have greatly reduced accidents

Edge + IoT28 Nov 2022 | 15

Japan successfully propels steam-powered spacecraft

Asia In brief PLUS: Criminal probe of Singapore crypto exchange; Bosch invests in China R&D; $2B APAC datacenter fund formed; and more

Science28 Nov 2022 | 23

Singapore's fintech boss says stablecoins might win before CBDCs even get started

Monetary authority presses ahead with Ubin+ cross-border CBDC trial anyway

Software04 Nov 2022 | 2

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin: If Musk's Twitter flops, it's not such a bad thing

Predicts replacement, without Elon's problems, is waiting to fly

Software03 Nov 2022 | 28

Singapore to phase out checks for businesses by 2025

Also testing digital cash tied to specific purposes – like only letting kids spend allowances on school supplies

Software02 Nov 2022 | 24

Terraform Labs and crypto bro Do Kwon face $57 million court case in Singapore

But will Kwon show up in court? Probably not.

Legal01 Nov 2022 | 10

China promises its digital currency will offer 'controllable anonymity'

This means personal info will be captured but not used – unless you're a suspected crim

Software01 Nov 2022 | 30

Hong Kong wants to be the world’s home for virtual assets

The Capital of VA? Virtual assets have to live somewhere and HK thinks it has the regulation for it

Personal Tech31 Oct 2022 | 14

HPE supercomputer to tell Singapore that it's hot, humid, probably going to rain

Cray EX beast deployed to improve weather forecasting in country that has basically one season

HPC28 Oct 2022 | 5

President Biden still wants his cybersecurity labels on those smart devices

May follow Finland and Germany in adopting Singapore's standard

Security20 Oct 2022 | 20

So, the US, China, and Russia walk into an infosec conference

Suffice to say things got a little awkward

CSO19 Oct 2022 | 3

Singapore suggests blockchain to speed cross-border payments

Monetary Authority director calls current system 'not fit for 21st century'

Software11 Oct 2022 | 9

South Korea relieved US China chip ban won't bite, as Beijing fumes

Asia In Brief PLUS: SK hynix outgasses Putin; Canon's new litho plant; Equinix into Indonesia; and more!

On-Prem10 Oct 2022 | 5

No Shangri-La for you: Top hotel chain confirms data leak

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree

Security05 Oct 2022 | 7

Founder of cybersecurity firm Acronis is afraid of his own vacuum cleaner

It is the exponential changes in the course of human history that worry Serg Bell

Security03 Oct 2022 | 32

India seeks verified IDs to register email accounts

Asia In Brief PLUS: Warnings on Chinese payment schemes; AWS brushes up its Cantonese; Hong Kong ponders digital dollar; and more!

Security26 Sep 2022 | 3

Where in the world is Terraform Labs' alleged crypto-crasher Do Kwon?

South Korean prosecutor believes he is on the run from charges laid over Luna stablecoin crash

Legal19 Sep 2022 | 8

Arrest warrant issued for Do Kwon – the man blamed for 'crypto winter'

Terraform Labs CEO was boss of the TerraUSD and Luna crypto crash. South Korea wants him in cuffs

Legal15 Sep 2022 | 32

Singapore struggles to curb cryptocurrency enthusiasm

City-state can’t beat them, so plans to regulate them, starting with consumer suitability tests

Software30 Aug 2022 | 4

Singapore distances itself from local crypto companies

Consumer protection regulation coming soon as anti-crypto rhetoric ratchets

Security20 Jul 2022 | 4

Security vendor splits – not quits – to address Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Singapore's Group-IB was once a Moscow startup and will now conduct 'regional diversification'

Security07 Jul 2022 | 1

Singapore reveals international talks on protection for retail crypto investors

Again warns investors that alterna-cash is a very risk proposition

Software07 Jul 2022 | 2

Singapore promises 'brutal and unrelentingly hard' action on dodgy crypto players

But welcomes fast cross-border payments in central bank digital currencies

Cyber-crime27 Jun 2022 | 3

Singapore's Grab enters maps-as-a-service market

Takes on global players with data sourced from customers, plus paid contributions from delivery drivers

Software09 Jun 2022 | 3

Alibaba continues international expansion – adds two datacenters and a bank

Bit barns in Saudi Arabia, all-digital bank in Singapore

Off-Prem08 Jun 2022 |

Metaverse privacy maturity lags enthusiasm for new virtual worlds

Let's dive in and do it anyway, because that worked so well for social media

Software02 Jun 2022 | 11

Retail investors should not invest in crypto, says Singapore deputy PM

Blockchain still has a role to play - if properly regulated - says Heng Swee Keat

Legal31 May 2022 | 3

Landmark case recognizes Bored Ape NFT as an asset

Singapore issues injunction against the sale of image procured through questionable foreclosure

Legal19 May 2022 | 36