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Network server room with rack cabling, illustrating a firewall vulnerability at the network edge.

Cybersecurity 5 min

CISA orders agencies to patch an actively exploited Palo Alto firewall flaw by 1 June

Attackers are exploiting a flaw in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS that lets them slip past security controls and open an una...

Parcels moving along an e-commerce sorting line, illustrating Shopee's record quarterly order volume.

ASEAN Tech 6 min

Sea's three engines fire at once: Shopee, Monee and Garena drive a 47 per cent revenue jump

Singapore's Sea Limited posted first-quarter revenue of US$7.1 billion, up 47 per cent, as its e-commerce, fintech and g...

Sarah Chew

Researcher reviewing health data on a screen in a lab, illustrating AI-assisted clinical-trial monitoring.

Health & Wellness 5 min

The FDA wants clinical trials to report in real time, with AI doing the watching

The US Food and Drug Administration has started two pilot trials that send their results to the agency as the data comes...

Amelia Wong

Conceptual image of a headset and a glowing login screen on a dark desk — illustrating the voice-phishing-to-single-sign-on chain behind these breaches.

Cybersecurity 7 min

No Zero-Day Required: Charter and Carnival Confirm Breaches as ShinyHunters Claims Both

Charter and Carnival confirmed breaches days apart, and ShinyHunters claims both. Carnival is notifying nearly six milli...

Digital map of Southeast Asia overlaid with network intrusion indicators representing the SHADOW-EARTH-053 espionage campaign

Cybersecurity 6 min

SHADOW-EARTH-053: China-Aligned Espionage Campaign Hits Government and Defence-Linked Networks Across ASEAN and Beyond

TrendAI says China-aligned SHADOW-EARTH-053 has targeted government and critical infrastructure in eight countries since...

Pub. 1 Jun

Developer typing on a laptop with code on screen, illustrating AI coding-assistant usage and billing.

Developer Tools 6 min

GitHub Copilot moves to usage-based billing, and developers are not happy

From 1 June, GitHub Copilot plans are billed by usage, drawing down GitHub AI Credits measured in tokens. Code completio...

Kenji Tanaka

Pub. 1 Jun

Laptop showing code and a container configuration, illustrating cloud development environments for AI agents.

Developer Tools 6 min

Cursor gives its cloud agents a proper home: multi-repo environments and faster Docker builds

Cursor has built dedicated development environments for its cloud coding agents, letting one setup hold every repository...

Maya Lin

Pub. 1 Jun

Conceptual harbourfront-skyline image — illustrating Hong Kong, home city of the first astronaut in this report.

ASEAN Tech 5 min

Hong Kong's First Astronaut Is a Police Computer-Forensics PhD — and She's Now Aboard China's Tiangong Station

When Shenzhou-23 lifted off on 24 May 2026, one of the three people aboard was Lai Ka-ying — a serving Hong Kong Police...

Sarah Chew

Abstract 3D neural-network rendering in blue and pink — an illustrative image for this report on Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8.

AI & ML 5 min

Anthropic Ships Claude Opus 4.8 Six Weeks After 4.7 — Better Coding, Same Price, and a Pitch Built on Honesty

Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 on 28 May 2026, about six weeks after Opus 4.7. The headline numbers are incremental...

AI Tools Desk

Conceptual cyber scene: green code on a dark laptop over a backlit keyboard — illustrating this week's threat brief.

Cybersecurity 9 min

Threat Brief, Week of 18 May 2026: Suspected State-Backed Espionage in Malaysia, a Malware-Signing Takedown, and the Defender Itself Under Fire

Our weekly threat read: suspected state-backed espionage against Malaysian government networks, a Microsoft malware-sign...

Abstract glowing circuitry and data grid — illustrative image for Pope Leo XIV's encyclical urging caution on AI.

AI & ML 9 min

Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical Tells the World to Slow Down on AI

In his first encyclical, released 25 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV devotes the founding text of his papacy largely to artificia...

Priya Nair