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ITMA Asia + CITME opens in Singapore
The region’s premier textile machinery exhibition, ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025, opened today at the Singapore Expo, marking the event’s return to the city-state after two decades. The opening ceremony was officiated by Mr Alvin Tan, Minister...
Robin AI listed for distressed sale nine months after making the Sunday Times 100 Tech list
Robin AI has been listed for a distressed sale just nine months after it achieved 10th place in The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025 list. The sale was first reported by financial publication City AM, and its listing on an insolvency marketplace has...
Powering Data in the Age of AI: Part 4 – Geopolitics of the New AI Cold War
(Shutterstock AI Image) We started the Powering Data in the Age of AI series with an examination of what might be AI’s most ignored constraint: energy. Not a shortage of models, but simply not enough power to run them as things stand at the...
Singapore: ASEAN Strengthens Digital Integration and Innovation
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong expressed satisfaction with the progress achieved at the 26th ASEAN Economic Community Council (AECC) Meeting, ahead of the ASEAN Summit scheduled later this week. He noted...
TechInnovation 2025: Global Startups and SMEs meet in Singapore to explore Asia's technology market and business transformation potential
TechInnovation 2025: Global Startups and SMEs meet in Singapore to explore Asia's technology market and business transformation potential October 29, 2025 | Wednesday | News The event features 100 emerging “Tech Offers” spanning artificial...
IEA chief warns of energy demand surge caused by AI, data centers and EVs
SINGAPORE — International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol warned of an impending global electricity consumption surge driven by air conditioners, data centers, and electric vehicles during a roundtable with international media...
FTSE 100 hits all-time high as HSBC flies – follow the BusinessBite live tech blog
Bite-size news in business & technology, from big breaking stories to funding, appointments & deals Alan Turing Institute: Doug Gurr rubbishes toxic culture claims Published: October 28, 2025 at 5:01 pm Author: Patrick Killeen Alan Turing...
Carney's visit to Singapore focuses on attracting investment in Canada
Breadcrumb Trail Links Canada PM planned to encourage more investment in areas like AI, clean technology, critical minerals and nation-building projects. Author of the article: Canadian Press Sarah Ritchie Published Oct 28, 2025 • 5 minute read...
Dean Kamen Shares Knowledge, Progress, and Innovation at the Panama Canal
Renowned inventor and engineer Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway, the iBOT wheelchair, and founder of the organization FIRST Global, delivered a keynote lecture on October 28 at the Ascanio Arosemena Training Center of the Panama Canal. During his...
A look at Singapore's new draft agentic AI, quantum frameworks
In a Hogan Lovells blog post, Partner Charmian Aw, AIGP, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP and Associate Ciara O'Leary explore the new draft frameworks developed by Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, the Government Technology Agency of Singapore...
Sequoia Commits US$950M to Early-Stage Startups in AI, Emerging Tech
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Sequoia Capital has unveiled a US$750 million Series A fund and a US$200 million seed fund, its sixth dedicated seed vehicle, to support early-stage innovation in...
NUS and IBM’s new AI centre in Singapore will help predict climate change
A new AI centre in Singapore will use patented energy-efficient computer chips to create artificial intelligence models that can provide climate change predictions and aid in the deployment of emergency services to tackle disasters. A...
Vietnam OID 2025 Unveils Tech Breakthroughs Driving Green and Digital Futures
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Innovation Day (OID) 2025 marks Vietnam's most comprehensive annual program series for open innovation and technology collaboration, continuing its mission to connect public and...
Watch the making of S-E Asia’s largest digital plant database at Singapore Botanic Gardens
SINGAPORE – For the first time, the process of preserving plants for posterity can be viewed by the public, following the launch of the Singapore Herbarium’s largest digitalisation effort on Oct 28. At the Singapore Botanic Gardens, visitors can...
VDMA Members At ITMA ASIA + CITME In Singapore
SINGAPORE — October 28, 2025 — With 69 exhibiting member companies, ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025 is once again marked by a strong presence of VDMA companies. Altogether 82 companies from Germany will exhibit at the show, covering about 3,500 square...
Global Tech Leaders Form Strategic Alliance
Ankabut Information Technology, the UAE’s advanced technology provider for the education and research community, have partnered with global technology leaders Huawei Technologies UAE, RONG CLOUD H.K. LIMITED, Neuxnet (Singapore) PTE. LTD., and...
Schoolchildren create a robot that will represent Peru in global competition in Singapore
Peruvian high schoolers Isabella Gonzales Portocarrero (16) and Vania Alexandra Pachas Acuña (18) qualified for the World Robot Olympiad (WRO 2025), which will take place in Singapore from November 26–28, with their invention Kyra, which is a...
Beaver Moon and Taurids meteor shower to light up Singapore skies in early November
SINGAPORE – Cosmic spectacles will grace the skies above Singapore in early November, with the Beaver Moon and the annual Taurids meteor shower expected to put on a celestial show. The Beaver Moon, which is the second of three consecutive...
Vietnamese, Singaporean PMs hold second annual meeting
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on Singapore to support Vietnam in developing strategic industries, including semiconductors, renewable energy, innovation and the digital economy, and proposed closer cooperation to make science,...
What Will DeFi’s Next Phase Look Like? 5 Key Takeaways from 1inch’s Unite DeFi Singapore
Unite DeFi is a flagship initiative by 1inch to bring together builders, protocols, and liquidity across decentralized finance through shared infrastructure and interoperability. The program embodies 1inch’s mission to make DeFi simpler, safer,...