Australian AI firms test Singapore market opportunities
32 minutes agoMore than 100 meetings in Singapore showed buyers want AI tools that solve specific problems, as Australian firms sought regional contracts.
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Lacuna joins IAB Europe transparency & consent framework
The registration gives the Singapore-headquartered adtech firm a clearer route into Europe's privacy-sensitive programmatic market under GDPR rules.
SITA buys Collins Aerospace airport solutions unit
The deal broadens SITA's airport technology reach as airports seek more integrated systems to manage rising passenger volumes and disruption.
TBC Bank Uzbekistan launches Apple Pay for customers
The rollout gives TBC Bank Uzbekistan customers a faster way to pay in shops and online as digital wallets gain ground in the market.
HSBC launches RedCoin stablecoin on PayMe in Hong Kong
More than 3.3 million PayMe users can soon use HSBC RedCoin for instant transfers and merchant payments, as Hong Kong tightens its digital asset rules.
Soramitsu marks 10 years of Hyperledger Iroha in Bakong
Bakong's scale underscores how the open-source ledger has moved from prototype to core payment infrastructure, handling 1.326 billion transactions in 2025.
Aspire launches AI accounting tool AspireBooks in Singapore
The new software could cut month-end bookkeeping drudgery for Singapore firms by updating records as transactions happen and keeping reports current.
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Adobe is using the post to help customers navigate AI adoption while feeding regional priorities back into its global product strategy.
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Weeks before a planned August debut, the app aims to entice more than 2 billion Muslims with chat, video and faith-based AI tools.
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Hackers are already stockpiling encrypted data for Q-Day, when quantum machines could break RSA and ECC in minutes.
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DHL adds automation to Sydney healthcare logistics hub
The upgrade is meant to help more than 40 healthcare clients handle rising order volumes while meeting strict pharmaceutical compliance demands.
H2O.ai launches TimeH2O-v1 forecasting model, tops fev-bench
The model targets business forecasting tasks such as demand planning and inventory management, with H2O.ai saying it beat 31 rivals on fev-bench.
TitanX launches Precision Dialer to boost cold-call rates
Sales teams could lift connect rates to more than 20% by narrowing prospect lists, as TitanX argues single-line calling beats parallel diallers.
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Fascinated by the technology industry after a visit to a Computer Faire in 1998, Donovan Jackson first worked as a public relations consultant for enterprise software and hardware distribution companies in 2000, then as a journalist for IDG-affiliated channel and trade publications, and as a producer of commercial content as an agency owner through the 2000s and 2010s. He has served as ITBrief editor in the last days of the printed magazine, and has a long association with TechDay as a contributor to special projects. Donovan has wide interests spanning technology, philosophy, bicycles, literature, psychology, motorcycles, travel, geography, history, general knowledge, and various combinations of these and other subjects.
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Warehouse operators are driving a shift towards software and robots as labour shortages and delivery pressures lift the intralogistics market to USD $133 billion by 2030.
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NiCE named Gartner CCaaS leader as AI revenue jumps
AI annual recurring revenue climbed to USD $362 million in the second quarter, as NiCE won a top Gartner ranking in cloud contact centre software.
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Oracle launches Fusion Claw for autonomous business tasks
Businesses can now delegate more complex finance, HR and supply chain work to governed AI, as Oracle expands its agentic software suite to 75 applications.
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Smart Communications boosts AI migration for enterprises
By cutting template rebuilds, the update could lower switching costs for insurers, banks and other regulated firms modernising customer communications.
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