Australia digital ID gets boost from industry players


The program involves using data that resides on a person’s smartphone or other mobile devices as well as information from that person’s financial accounts or other sources to bypass the need for a centralized identity database.
Malaysia’s ICT spending to reach US$25 billion in 2023


Manufacturing in Malaysia continues to be the most significant revenue contributing sector, with its revenue contribution to the overall ICT spending expected to marginally increase from 18.4% to 18.5% of the total ICT revenues in period (2018-2023).
Hong Kong government calls for pedestrian flow data solution


The solution must apply to the areas of Development, Infrastructure as well as Transport, and must employ Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Analytics technologies.
Coronavirus technology solutions raise data privacy concerns


Privacy and data protection laws cannot and should not get in the way of government strategy to saving lives. But even at times of crisis, data privacy should still be respected, and frameworks put in place.
Vietnam to export SARS-CoV-2 test kits to Ukraine and Finland


The kit uses a real-time Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique developed by the Military Medical Academy and Viet A Corporation.