South-east Asia fintech funding trebles to US$2.3 billion in 9M 2026 even as deal volume sinks

As a southie, I really make it a point to make my trips up north worth the drive. After discovering the MIDEA Xpress Hub was unveiling its new product line...

A Chinese start-up has unveiled a prototype extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light-source machine – a component often described as the “heart” of advanced lithography systems – marking an early but critical...

We may be using AI to save hours of work, only to fill those hours with more work. This is something I have been thinking about as organisations accelerate their...

Most Singapore office workers know the ritual. A message lands at 10.47pm. It is not urgent. You answer it within 90 seconds anyway, not because the work demands it, but...

Human rights are getting diluted or ignored in the oft-neglected “S” (social) of ESG, even though the rules for protecting them have been clear for a decade and a half....

The cryptocurrency sector experienced a severe and sudden decline over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin fell 2.28 per cent to US$81,370.58. The broader digital asset ecosystem mirrored this downward trajectory,...

Here is an uncomfortable finding for anyone building a 2027 marketing plan this month: audiences are warming to advertising, and marketers are growing less sure that theirs works. That tension...

Every few weeks, another report tells the same story about Southeast Asian tech: capital has fled, deals have dried up, and the region’s startup engine has stalled. The most recent...

For many companies expanding into Southeast Asia, hiring is no longer the hardest part. The bigger challenge is often what comes after: setting up a local entity, complying with employment...

Southeast Asia’s online shoppers spent the better part of a decade being nudged to stop handing cash to the courier. They are finally listening, though not in any single, tidy...

Anyone who has spent 10 minutes pressing “0” to escape a voice bot knows how the last automation wave ended. Call centres were promised dramatic savings from IVRs and chatbots....

The interface change affects how information is presented and restores lost connections to its smart home appliances.