Technology

Singapore will invest SGD15 million (US$11.6 million) to expand the use of AI and other emerging technologies in social services, aiming to improve support for vulnerable families and strengthen frontline work. View of Singapore's skyline featuring the famous Merlion fountain The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) announced partnerships with local technology companies NCS and ST Engineering on Thursday to develop AI-powered solutions for social services. Speaking

Thirty seconds before kick-off, humanoid robot footballers in red and blue jerseys await the referee's signal in the South Korean port city of Incheon. Robots take part in a football match at RoboCup 2026, a robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) competition in Incheon on July 3, 2026 The match setting is RoboCup, branded as the world's largest robotics competition, where engineers are betting on a fully autonomous robot team that can one day defeat the FIFA World Cup cham

Singapore will allocate SGD12 million (about US$9.4 million) to develop water-saving and water reuse solutions for the two water-intensive industries semiconductor manufacturing and data centers. A data center in Singapore The initiative was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong at the opening of the Singapore International Water Week on Tuesday.For the semiconductor industry, the funding will support the development of cost-effec

Indonesia is positioning Batam as a global-scale hub for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, as the island industrial zone accelerates efforts to attract investment inflows for a major data center from international technology firms, according to the Batam Indonesia Free Zone Authority (BP Batam). A view of a Nvidia logo at their headquarters in Taipei, May 31, 2023 A flagship project driving this ambition is Indonesia's first AI data center initiative led by Austral

Reliance Industries, controlled by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, said Wednesday that it will build India’s first AI-driven data center designed for Facebook parent Meta Platforms. Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, arrives to address the company's annual general meeting in Mumbai, India July 5, 2018 Under the agreement, Reliance will develop a 168-megawatt data center that will be leased to Meta once it is completed in two years, the Mum

Hong Kong will soon open its first 24-hour convenience store operated by a humanoid robot capable of serving customers in multiple languages. Galbot's humanoid robot stocks retail goods Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said Sunday that the 24-hour store, located on the waterfront in Hung Hom, will feature a humanoid robot developed by a mainland Chinese company that can assist both residents and tourists, the South China Morning Post reported. Chan said the outlet will be

Apple is preparing to enter the global eyewear market—a sector nearly as massive as smartphones—deploying a strategy similar to the one it used to disrupt traditional giants Swatch and Fossil. Apple targets the smart glasses market When the iPhone manufacturer rolled out the Apple Watch in 2015, the smartwatch segment was still nascent and highly fragmented. Within just a few years, the tech titan transformed into the world's largest watchmaker by volume. The impact on tradit

Despite posting double-digit growth in its first six weeks driven by the highly sought-after Ultra variant, Samsung's Galaxy S26 series is already showing signs of a swift slowdown. The Galaxy S26 series recorded double-digit growth in the US and South Korea, but declined in China and Japan Latest data from market research firm Counterpoint Research indicates that Samsung's premium Galaxy S26 smartphone lineup initially achieved highly favorable commercial results. During the