Tech In Asia

Last to board: why travel may be AI’s final frontier

2026-09-19T08:37:50.000Z
The country’s cheap engineering labour is becoming less differentiated, and AI is accelerating that change.

Why ‘cheaper’ no longer wins development deals for Vietnam

2026-09-19T03:15:00.000Z
FuriosaAI co-founder and CEO June Paik with a Furiosa RNGD card. The South Korean firm, founded in 2017, is one of the few startups in Asia to have secured production for its advanced AI chips.

What’s stopping Asia’s chipmakers from taking on Nvidia? The answer lies in this bottleneck

2026-08-16T08:41:00.000Z
On top of that, sellers are spending more on advertising, logistics, returns, affiliate commissions, and platform campaign incentives.

Rising fees are changing the role of South-east Asia’s e-commerce enablers

2026-07-17T10:37:19.000Z
As chips become the dominant cost in AI infrastructure, a new financing market has emerged around the hardware itself – one with its own lenders, risks, and rules.

Asia’s AI hardware bet has a financing problem

2026-06-20T00:21:27.000Z
BT editor Chen Huifen says the businesses that will win are the ones that understand that instability is the new operating condition.

Next advantage for Asean firms lies in ability to operate amid uncertainty: BT regional survey

2026-06-17T12:21:00.000Z
Singapore also intends to deepen cross-border data flow mechanisms, says Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo.

Singapore to advance AI agenda as Asean chair, focus on cross-border data flows, smaller firms

2026-06-17T12:00:19.000Z
From left: Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid; Singapore's Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo; and Tech in Asia's Terence Lee.

Singapore taking first steps on ‘nutrition label’ for AI apps with voluntary roll-out, Asean engagement

2026-06-17T11:30:38.000Z
Mandatory frameworks range from existing data protection laws to new AI regulations, as well as industry-specific rules that you should already be familiar with.

AI rules in South-east Asia: risks, fines and everything else you need to know

2026-06-07T01:58:07.000Z
The generative AI legal market will expand by US$2.1 billion between 2024 and 2029, says research firm Technavio.

Asia’s courts are drowning in paperwork. Can AI save them?

2026-05-31T03:04:45.000Z