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Singapore, 24 August 2026 – Southeast Asia’s leading electric-vehicle startups have attracted a combined US$622 million in disclosed equity funding since 2016, with Singapore emerging as the region’s…
San Francisco, 24 August 2026 – Oura Health is seeking to raise as much as $3 billion in a potential US initial public offering, a transaction that could…
Western Downs, Queensland, Australia, 24 August 2026 – A proposed data centre in regional Queensland is forcing investors and policymakers to weigh the growth of artificial-intelligence infrastructure against…
Washington, D.C., United States, 24 August 2026 – The United States administration has proposed a US$103,265 fee for new H-1B visas, reopening a high-stakes debate over how the…
Diplomatic tensions escalated between the US and China over Latin American deep-water ports and digital infrastructure connecting South America directly to Asian markets.
Goldman Sachs projects China’s advanced chip supply to grow at 46% annually through 2035, reducing its domestic chip supply deficit from 92% to 34%.
Xpeng’s robotics unit secured over US$900 million at a US$6.3 billion valuation in China’s largest embodied AI funding round to mass-produce humanoid robots.
Kuala Lumpur, 24 August 2026 – CelcomDigi has introduced a nationwide voice firewall that detects suspicious mobile calls in real time, adding a network-level layer of protection against…
Beijing, 24 August 2026 – ByteDance is consolidating its artificial-intelligence productivity tools under Doubao, bringing the teams behind TRAE and Coze into its flagship Chinese AI assistant as…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee has positioned the city as a premier global accelerator for tech unicorns, backed by 5,200 start-ups and deep Greater Bay Area integration.
