Sixty-One Years Against the Odds. Majulah Singapura, and Go Beyond.
Singapore turns 61 today, and the reasonable forecast in 1965 was failure. Rather than assert that the country has done...
Wire
ASEAN edition · Wed, 19 Aug 2026 · Signal over noise
ASEAN Tech News tagged ASEAN
AI-curated tech news, ASEAN business intelligence, and cybersecurity updates — written for the region.
546 articles
78 this week
14 desks
Privacy & Data
19
Health & Wellness
18
Cloud & Infra
16
Cyber Threat Intel
14
Consumer Tech
11
Sustainability
7
Statistics
4
Science
3
Advertisement
Indonesia Switched On a Marketplace Tax. Four Days Later It Switched It Off.
Indonesia's four largest marketplaces began withholding 0.5% of seller turnover on 1 August. The finance minister postpo...
Two MPs Asked What the Johor Rail Link Does to Singapore Retail. The Numbers Come Later
The government says the RTS Link brings net benefits and that its taskforce reports later this year. The projected effec...
Advertisement
ASEAN Signs One Digital Rulebook in November. Its Members Keep Writing Their Own
DEFA negotiations concluded in May and signature is set for November. In the ten weeks between, five member states legis...
ASEAN Tech Summit Convenes in Manila as the Region's Digital Trade Pact Heads for a November Signing
Organisers expected more than 4,000 delegates in Pasay City on 28–29 July, under the Philippine chairship. Negotiations...
Southeast Asia's Tech Funding More Than Doubled. Take Out One Data-Centre Company and It Shrank
The region raised $7.4 billion in the first half, against $3.2 billion a year earlier. One Singapore data-centre operato...
Vietnam Calls for a Connected ASEAN Fintech Ecosystem at the AFF 2026 — but the Standards Are the Hard Part
At an ASEAN Future Forum 2026 seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam's Deputy PM Nguyen Van Thang urged the region to connect its fin...
Even Apple Reportedly Rents Its AI: What WWDC 2026's Day One Signals for ASEAN Businesses
The standout signal from Apple's WWDC 2026 day-one keynote isn't Siri AI's new tricks — it's that the most vertically in...
Singapore Bets on Being AI's Neutral Ground — Just as US Chip Rules Put the Middle Under Scrutiny
As Singapore AI Week and SuperAI 2026 open with a pitch to be 'neutral ground' for a fracturing AI industry, fresh US ch...
Indonesia’s AI Ready ASEAN Pact Turns AI Literacy Into Regional Infrastructure
Indonesia’s new AI Ready ASEAN agreement with the ASEAN Foundation shows how AI adoption in Southeast Asia is becoming a...
Mastercard Switches On AI-Agent Payments in Singapore and Malaysia
Mastercard has taken agentic commerce live in its first two ASEAN markets, letting verified AI agents pay on a cardholde...
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...
MAS Issues Binding GenAI Banking Guidelines — Five-Bank Sandbox, Cross-Border Implications for ASEAN Finance
The Monetary Authority of Singapore published its long-awaited binding guidelines on generative AI use by banks on Tuesd...
Grab Rolls Out ML Dispatch v3 Across Six SEA Markets — Driver Earnings Up 4%, Indonesia Drivers Cry Foul
Grab's revamped dispatch system began rolling across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam o...
ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers Chart Unified Cross-Border Payment Future as Tokenisation Emerges as Next Frontier
The 29th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers' Meeting endorsed connected cross-border payment architecture and tokenisation, with...
Indonesia's Digital Economy Hits $90 Billion — And SMEs Are Finally Getting Their Share
Indonesia's digital economy reached $90 billion in 2025 and is accelerating in 2026, with SME fintech access expanding r...
ASEAN Data Centre Boom: 15 New Facilities Announced in 2026 as AI Demand Surges
15 new data centre facilities were announced across ASEAN in 2026 as AI compute demand surges. Here is what this infrast...
Singapore Developers Report 40% Productivity Gains From AI Coding — But Security Reviews Are Becoming the Bottleneck
A survey of Singapore-based developers finds that AI coding assistants are delivering substantial productivity improveme...
Vietnam Emerges as ASEAN's New Tech Manufacturing Hub as China+1 Strategies Mature
Vietnam is consolidating its position as ASEAN's leading tech manufacturing hub as China+1 strategies mature. Here is wh...
Singapore Tops ASEAN Digital Competitiveness for 15th Year — But AI Skills Gap Widens
Singapore topped ASEAN digital competitiveness rankings for the 15th consecutive year in 2026, but a widening AI skills...
Thailand's EV Revolution: How Southeast Asia's Car Industry Is Being Reshaped
Thailand is becoming ASEAN's electric vehicle manufacturing hub as Chinese EV makers enter the market. Here is what the...
The Philippines Becomes ASEAN's Fastest-Growing Digital Economy in 2026
The Philippines is emerging as ASEAN's fastest-growing digital economy in 2026, driven by e-wallet adoption, BPO expansi...
Singapore's S$37B RIE2030 Plan — What It Means for Tech Startups and Researchers
Singapore's Budget 2026 committed S$37 billion to the RIE2030 Research, Innovation and Enterprise plan. Here is what thi...
How to Use AI Tools Responsibly in Your Business — A Practical Guide for ASEAN SMEs
A practical guide to using AI tools responsibly in ASEAN SMEs. Covers data privacy, PDPA compliance, staff training, and...
Advertisement