Singapore

Asian tech ministers fear effective AI regulation will prove elusive

New Zealand isn't bothering. Singapore fears harms are inevitable

Public Sector16 Oct 2024 | 1

OpenAI appoints international expansion boss

Picks Singapore as APAC hub and outlines desire to get governments onside

AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 4

Singapore tires of Big Tech's slow and half-hearted help for abused users

PM promises agency to handle complaints as he outlines new digital nation plan

Public Sector02 Oct 2024 | 3

Binance claims it helped to bust Chinese crypto scam app in India

ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more

Cyber-crime30 Sep 2024 | 5

Alibaba Cloud waiting for hardware to dry out before trying to restore customer data

Digital Realty's Singapore disaster still complicating cloud after a week

Off-Prem17 Sep 2024 | 8

Alibaba Cloud struggles after blaze at Digital Realty Singapore datacenter

Chinese giant claims lithium batteries exploded, now one server hall is waterlogged

PaaS + IaaS10 Sep 2024 | 4

Huawei debuts triple-folding Mate XT smartphone

Asia In Brief Plus: 550MW more DCs for India; Australia poised to use decryption powers; Indonesia creates cyber warfare unit

Personal Tech09 Sep 2024 | 9

Police take just 2 days to recover $40M stolen in business email scam

Timor-Leste is a known cybercrime hotspot

Cyber-crime07 Aug 2024 | 9

MDM vendor Mobile Guardian attacked, leading to remote wiping of 13,000 devices

Singapore Ministry of Education orders software removed after string of snafus

Security06 Aug 2024 | 9

Chinese researchers create four-gram drone that might fly forever

Asia in brief Plus: Former Samsung worker jailed for leaking secrets; Robo-cabs reach Shanghai airport; and more

Science22 Jul 2024 | 8

Singapore's banks to ditch texted one-time passwords

Accessibility be damned, preventing phishing is the priority

Security12 Jul 2024 | 41

Eldorado ransomware-as-a-service gang targets Linux, Windows systems

US orgs bear the brunt of attacks by probably-Russian crew

Malware Month09 Jul 2024 | 21

SoftBank boss says 'artificial superintelligence' could be three years away

Asia In Brief Plus: Huawei closer to divorcing Android; India probes Amazon warehouses; Singapore gets autonomous street sweepers

AI + ML24 Jun 2024 | 31

China lands probe Chang'e-6 on the far side of the Moon

ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: Singapore intros AI safety tools; Satya Nadella fined by Indian gov; China stops influencers flaunting bling

Science03 Jun 2024 | 2

Singapore to offer enterprises incentives to buy greener hardware

Tropical nation ends DC build hiatus and calls for energy optimization everywhere – even software

Public Sector31 May 2024 | 1

Indonesia sneakily buys spyware, claims Amnesty International

A 'murky' web sees many purchases run through Singapore in a way that hides potential users

Public Sector03 May 2024 | 2

Singapore infosec boss warns China/West tech split will be bad for interoperability

When you decide not to trust a big chunk of the supply chain, tech (and trade) get harder

Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 3

Singapore expands regulations for digital payment token service providers

More entities will need a license

Public Sector03 Apr 2024 | 2

Singapore improves the AI it uses to detect smokers

Past versions struggled to spot a lungbuster – this time authorities think they've reduced false positives

Public Sector28 Mar 2024 | 21

Singapore startup SiliconBox to open packaging fab in Northern Italy

Shared cultural values sealed the deal and we're struggling to figure out what they are

Systems12 Mar 2024 | 2

Singapore's central bank warns AI isn't ready to handle monetary policy

LLMs show promise, but are 'not yet capable of providing credible explanations for their own predictions'

AI + ML12 Mar 2024 | 9

Bank boss has pay slashed after presiding over tech outages in 2023

Singapore's DBS wants accountability for digital dropouts

CxO07 Feb 2024 | 4

Singapore finally deletes its COVID-era contact tracing data

Except for the data used for a controversial murder investigation. That stays. Forever

Software06 Feb 2024 | 8

Singtel does the 'we’re building datacenters to host Nvidia clusters’ thing

Renames its bit barn business as ‘Nxera’ as it plans three new facilities, some built just for AI

Off-Prem01 Feb 2024 | 1

Programmable or 'purpose-bound' money is coming, probably as a feature in central bank digital currencies

Interview Governments may dictate where or when you use it, but it's not a gift card

Software21 Dec 2023 | 156

Singapore wants datacenters, clouds, regulated like critical infrastructure

Even systems located outside city-state could be considered 'foundational' and face performance demands

Off-Prem20 Dec 2023 | 3

Microsoft hikes prices across Asia

Asia In Brief PLUS: Japan Moon landing scheduled; Mastercard's APAC pay-by-face trial; Scammers feast on restaurant QR code

Software11 Dec 2023 | 1

China's first undersea datacenter sinks – as planned

Asia In Brief PLUS: India's landmark digital law delayed; Singaporean banks de-digitize some accounts; AUKUS to unleash AI

Off-Prem03 Dec 2023 | 3

Singapore to deter crypto investors with tactics like those used on smokers, gamblers

Buying on credit forbidden, affordability tests imposed, and accreditation required for big bets

Legal24 Nov 2023 | 13

Use AI to accelerate adoption of central bank digital currencies, says IMF head

No turning back for cash replacement tokens, especially if they make credit more accessible

Software16 Nov 2023 | 15

Overheating datacenter stopped 2.5 million bank transactions

Running infrastructure in the tropics has its challenges – but so do failed disaster recovery plans

On-Prem07 Nov 2023 | 20

Telcos should compensate phished subscribers, suggests Singapore

Regulator reckons letting scam texts through is a culpable act

Cybersecurity Month26 Oct 2023 | 6

Governments resent their dependence on Big Tech

Singapore summit hears how private sector's constant security sins create risk for sovereigns

Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 22

India drops plan to place PCs on restricted import list

PLUS: TSMC chips away at export restrictions; Singapore's COVID model challenged; Japan's banking and ID systems wobble

Systems16 Oct 2023 |

Nukes, schmukes – fuel cells could power future datacenters

At least in the tropics, say Equinix and the National University of Singapore

Off-Prem04 Oct 2023 | 45

Yes, Singapore immigration plans to scan your face instead of your passport

No, that does not mean you can leave it at home just yet

Security02 Oct 2023 | 16

Singapore may split liability for phishing losses between banks and victims

Won't someone please think of the banks?

Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 14

Activist investor KKR buys 20 percent of Asian datacenter outfit

Owner of Cloudera and Barracuda likes the look of Singtel's portfolio

Off-Prem18 Sep 2023 | 3

Apples to apples: Boffins find a way to make e-waste edible

We're rubbish at recycling plastic, but Singaporean scientists think they can make more of it recoverable. Even the hard cases used in electronics

Science18 Sep 2023 | 7

Singapore opens to stablecoins – once they jump through some hoops

After regulators are done with them, providers will look a lot like boring old banks

Personal Tech16 Aug 2023 | 12

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