ASEAN Tech

GoTo Releases a 27-Billion-Parameter Indonesian Language Model, Built With AI Singapore

The Gojek and Tokopedia owner calls it open-source. It ships under Google's Gemma licence, needs up to 60 GB of GPU memory and has no published scores yet.

20 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

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Singapore Weighs Legal Action Over the Haze. Malaysia Says That Would Mean Severing Ties

Timor-Leste has shut schools and the region's haze monitor is at its highest alert. Singapore's environment minister says relief is three to four weeks away.

17 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

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Ubisoft Cuts 70 Jobs at Its Singapore Studio, Which Singapore Helped Fund

About a fifth of the studio's staff go as Ubisoft cuts costs worldwide. How much public money it received, and whether any can be clawed back, has never been disclosed.

15 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

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Anthropic Opens in Singapore and Signs an AI Safety Pact. What It Commits To Is Less Clear

The MOU with the digital ministry covers model evaluation and incident response, a day after Singapore asked AI firms for immediate transparency when things go wrong.

15 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

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Tabung Haji Restores Services After Cyberattack but Has Not Said What Was Hit

Malaysia's pilgrims fund was offline for about four days. Savings are safe, it says, but three THiJARI functions remain down and the regulator for personal data was notified.

14 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

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Singapore Passes a Law Putting Its Biggest Data Centres and Cloud Providers Under Licence

Facilities above 3MW must meet efficiency rules, and the largest face outage reporting and fines of up to 10% of turnover. MPs pressed ministers on household power bills.

12 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

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A Quarter of Singapore's Small Firms Now Use AI. Most Workers Who Want Training Have Not Had It

IMDA's annual report puts the digital economy at 19.3% of GDP. Workers say employers not sending them is the main barrier to learning the tools they already use.

8 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

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Infineon Opened a Chip Plant in Thailand. The 5,000 Jobs Depend on Four More Buildings

Thai officials cite US$1.4 billion and more than 5,000 jobs. Infineon commits to one module with about 1,000 staff, and ties further expansion to demand.

5 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

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West Java Stopped a Singapore Firm's AI Data Centre a Week After It Broke Ground

BDx began building a 640 MW campus by the Jatiluhur reservoir without its environmental assessment or building approval. The governor wants its water use debated in public first.

2 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

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Vietnam Edged Past Thailand in the Global Innovation Index. WIPO's Own Ranges Call It a Tie.

The 2026 rankings put the two neighbours one place apart, inside overlapping confidence intervals. Singapore held 5th, and Indonesia has climbed from 85th to 55th since 2020.

1 Oct 2026 · 3 min read