Vietnam's AI Law Has Been In Force Since March, And The Deadlines Start Next Year
Southeast Asia's first standalone AI law took effect on 1 March, applies to foreign as well as domestic entities, and gi...
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Malaysia's Under-16 Rules Let Platforms Check Your Age Without Ever Seeing Your ID
Age verification has been in force since 1 June for platforms above eight million users, with penalties to RM10m. MyDigi...
From 30 September, Indonesia, Singapore And Thailand Get Android's New Sideloading Rules First
On certified devices in four launch markets, apps will need a verified developer behind them to install or update normal...
Twenty-One US States Now Regulate Clinical AI, And They Do Not Agree
Thirty-three healthcare AI laws were enacted by the end of 2025, from more than 250 bills introduced across 47 states. T...
The Project Linking ASEAN's Payment Systems Has A Company, A Tender And Two Go-Live Dates
Nexus would connect India's UPI, Singapore's PayNow and Thailand's PromptPay through one hub. Governance sits in a Singa...
California Now Requires The Big AI Providers To Publish A Detector For Their Own Output
SB 942 became operative on 2 August. Generative AI services with more than a million monthly users must ship a free publ...
Korea's AI Law Has Been In Force Seven Months. The Maximum Fine Is About US$20,000.
The AI Basic Act and its Enforcement Decree took effect on 22 January. Penalties cap at ₩30m, are suspended for a year e...
Nevada Approved Thousands Of Robotaxis. Tesla's Own Engineer Says They Will Not Arrive.
The Nevada Transportation Authority granted Tesla up to 5,000 vehicles, Waymo 1,000 and Uber 1,000 across Clark County o...
Singapore Will Hold Infrastructure Boards Accountable for Recovery, Not Just Defence
CSA said on 22 July that the rewritten Code of Practice will require critical-infrastructure boards to maintain an annua...
Amazon Is Taking Drone Delivery To Nearly 500 US Towns This Year
A sixfold expansion from 11 sites, with the MK30 limited to five-pound packages. That limit turns out to cover most of w...
Claude Now Watermarks Its Text. Here Is Who Else Does, and How to Read Any of It.
What Claude marks and since when, what C2PA and Article 50 actually require, what Vietnam and Singapore demand, and whic...
The Card Networks Just Agreed to Run Nodes on a Blockchain
Visa, Mastercard, DTCC, ICE and BlackRock are among eleven founding validators on Circle's Arc. Fees are paid in USDC, w...
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