Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) will launch BusinessSG (BizSG) on Sep 30, an AI-powered portal to give small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs…
A February 2026 study by McKinsey, EDB and Tech in Asia found that 46% of surveyed companies in six Asean markets had moved beyond piloting AI initiatives to scaling them, compared with 35% globally, …
China's exports surged 25% year on year in August in US dollar terms, matching forecasts and accelerating from 23.9% growth in July, as overseas demand for high-tech and AI-related products buoyed the…
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike reported that births in the capital rose by 1.02% to 85,064 in 2025, the first increase in 10 years, and marriages rose by 3,040 to 79,481, with the momentum continuing int…
Singapore and Luxembourg are deepening cooperation in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, space, and satellite communications, as announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during a lunch for L…
A Deloitte survey found that 72 per cent of businesses in Singapore plan to deploy agentic AI in several operational areas within two years, even as the gap between what firms believe they can control…
The U.S. government's persistent budget deficits, which have been a concern since the 1970s, are now approaching a critical point as long-term interest rates threaten to breach the 5% threshold, a lev…
Malaysia is seriously evaluating Huawei Technologies' Ascend 910C AI chips for a RM2 billion (US$494 million) sovereign AI initiative, which would mark the first known instance of a foreign government…
Singapore labour chief Ng Chee Meng and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng have raised concerns about AI-driven job displacement, with Ng calling for no 'jobless growth' amid workplace disruption. While w…
Darren Mowry, head of global startups at Google Cloud, said startups are shifting from measuring AI token costs to focusing on task completion and business outcomes, leading founders to use a mix of A…
China is roughly 15 years behind in developing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines, according to Frank Rohmund, head of the semiconductor division at Germany's Zeiss Group, a key supplier t…
Indonesia and Singapore will deploy an AI-powered trade advisory platform called the Trade AI Advisor (Taia), developed by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerc…
Taiwanese companies plan to invest an additional US$20 billion in the United States, driven by demand for artificial intelligence applications, Taiwan's Economy Minister Kung Ming-hsin said on Wednesd…
A roundtable in Singapore on Aug 27, organized by The Business Times and Accenture, highlighted that while 90% of organizations have implemented AI, 46% of technology leaders say no roles have been re…
At a Business Times roundtable on Aug 27, Singapore Business Federation CEO Kok Ping Soon warned that AI's easy availability could lead to 'cognitive surrender' among junior workers, urging employers,…
OpenAI denied Apple's allegations of trade secret theft on Monday (Aug 31), saying the iPhone maker failed to show any confidential information was stolen by former employees. In a filing in the US Di…
South Korea proposed a record 821 trillion won (US$596.9 billion) budget for 2027, a 12.8% increase from 2026, to strengthen its technological edge in the global AI race, with 2.6 trillion won earmark…
Sembcorp, a leading energy and urban solutions provider, said the global push to lead in artificial intelligence is becoming a race to secure energy, with the International Energy Agency projecting AI…
Singapore will invest S$220 million over three years in the fourth tranche of the Financial Sector Technology and Innovation (FSTI) scheme, announced by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Au…
Financial Stability Board chair Andrew Bailey said on Monday that AI-driven cyber risk is the most immediate concern for the global financial system, warning that the technology could change the speed…