Online now: March 2024's collected tech news summaries from across Asia and the Indo-Pacific

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#australia #china #india #japan #malaysia #taiwan #singapore #korea #technologynews #asiatechnews #indopacific #asean #asiapacific #southeastasia

Video: 'The power of fully driverless taxis in China', a 15-minute overview from Nikkei Asia ow.ly/Z6SY50RhMkB

#china #driverless #autonomous #robotaxi #china tech #asiatechnews #smartcities

Japan and NASA partner for lunar exploration with Japan to develop rover vehicle for crewed and uncrewed use, and NASA providing launch and delivery ow.ly/jeJP50RfGZv

#japan #nasa #spacetech #startupjapan #spacetech nology #technologynews #asiatechnews

Taiwan: Foxconn institutes rotating chief executive and chairperson system, aiming to nurture successors and develop management talent ow.ly/pvkO50RiHss

#taiwan #management #governance #taiwan tech #asiatechnews

Taiwan Generative AI Applications Hackathon set for May 18-19 with components including AWS and Anthropic's Claude 3 LLM, and corporations including Trend Micro and Hitachi ow.ly/IzEv50RiHvi

#taiwan #genAI #AI #LLMs #claude3 #hackathon #asiatechnews #technologynews

Japan to increase penalties for monopolistic practices by tech firms to 20% or more of applicable nationwide sales, more than tripling the current antitrust law penalty ow.ly/5zFy50Rjwab

#japan #ecommercenews #asiatechnews #bigtech #antitrust #technologynews

A brief overview of trends in North Korea's illegal cyber activities, drawn from the Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report 2024 ow.ly/2hpn50RiHYA

#northkorea #cybercrime #dprk #asiatechnews #cybersecurity #datasec

China: Huawei now building huge Shanghai semiconductor R&D center, hiring globally-experienced personnel in bid to develop home-grown industry, de-fang tech restrictions, and gain global market advantage ow.ly/3VXq50RhMgl

#china #semiconductors #asiatechnews #china tech

Thailand: PM announces much-delayed election-pledge digital wallet scheme, with 50 million citizens able to register in Q3 for 10,000 baht giveaway wired to accounts in Q4 ow.ly/eklu50RgIFE

#thailand #cryptonews #digitalcurrency #digitalassets #asiatechnews #fintechnews

China: Nationwide computing power network moves forward, targeting operation in 2025 and aiming to widen access both to computing resources and the energy requirements underpinning them ow.ly/ri3V50RfFfj

#china #china tech #asiatechnews #technologynews #datasecurity

China-South Korea researchers publish on potential semiconductor breakthrough, with tellurium-based approach to materials ow.ly/C8v650RjvVP

#china #korea #semiconductors #deeptech #asiatechnews #supplychain #criticaltechnologies

South Korea: Korea AeroSpace Administration, the country's NASA equivalent, preps for formal May launch with recruiting drive to secure the strongest talent pool ow.ly/pGZi50RiHAN

#korea #spacetech #asiatechnews #spacetech nology #nasa #indopacific

Philippines: A video interview intro to Packworks, digitizing corner 'sari-sari' stores with solutions including online sales and digital payments ow.ly/hmvt50RgJ4j

#philippines #retailtech #ecommercenews #startupPH #socialimpact #mobilepayments #asiatechnews

'Breakthrough Energy Fellows - SE Asia' launches focusing on early-stage climate -tech, an initiative by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy, Temasek, and Enterprise Singapore ow.ly/zPnZ50RgKAb

#singapore #climatech #techstartups #climatech ange #asiatechnews #sustainability

South Korea to invest near $7BN in AI by 2027 in bid to retain global position in global semiconductor industry ow.ly/RhNJ50ReCnI

#korea #semiconductors #asiatechnews #technologynews #criticaltechnologies #deeptech

Japan: Semiconductor materials maker, Shin-Etsu Chemical, to invest near $550M in new plant, targeting production in 2026 ow.ly/REsJ50RcKz7

#japan #semicon ductors #asiatechnews #deeptech #criticaltechnologies #semicon

China: ByteDance Singapore affiliate, Picoheart, invests in InnoStar Semiconductor's licensable IP for system-on-chip tech, with use cases including in AI datacenters ow.ly/TVEQ50RgI4I

#china #singapore #semiconductors #AI #asiatechnews #china tech #technologynews

South Korea to chair UN Security Council meeting focusing on cybersecurity, looking at issues including North Korea's cyberspace activities ow.ly/Sfvj50RcM7m

#korea #cybersec #datasec #cybercrime #northkorea #dkprk #asiatechnews #technologynews

Indonesia: 'We put our money in the bank for security. But if hackers can get in so easily and find all our data, BRI must have a big problem with their security.' ow.ly/v79S50RcL0z

#indonesia #cybercrime #cybersecurity #datasec #bankingtech #asiatechnews

Malaysia: 'The government reported nearly 52K cases of harmful content on various social media platforms, including Meta’s Facebook and TikTok, in the first 3 months of 2024, compared with 43K for the whole of 2023.' ow.ly/8yo850ReC7J

#malaysia #asiatechnews # #technology