NUS Collaborates in 5G Academy to Develop 5G talent
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As talent is Singapore’s most important competitive advantage, the 5G Academy was created to determine the needs of industries and availability of talent, as well as develop a pool of 5G-ready professionals.
EXCLUSIVE: Monica Hovsepian, Head of Financial Services Industry, OpenText on Making Businesses More Customer-Centric
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Monica elaborates on how organisations must place customers at the centre and deliver fast, intuitive, seamless and personalised high-quality services as customers’ expectations become higher.
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Introduces Digital Transformation Portal
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The portal will help implement the southern economic hub’s digital transformation programme; people can access information about local transformation, provide feedback and search for public services offered on digital platforms.
Managing Pests with AI-Powered App in Australia
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CSIRO is using AI to develop an app that will help keep brown marmorated stink bugs, an invasive species with the potential to wipe out more than 300 different species of plants if it made it past quarantine.
Philippine DICT Help Tech Start-ups Access Government Funding
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Shortly, financing won’t be such a burden for a budding Filipino technopreneur as the Philippine DICT is implementing funding via the DICT Startup Grant Fund.
North Carolina, U.S. Launches Cybersecurity Task Force
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As the latest state to formally establish its own task force, North Carolina aims to improve its cybersecurity posture with technical assistance and incident coordination between state and local agencies.
New Sustainable Data Centre Infrastructure for South Australia
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Over $100 million is being invested in a state-of-the-art data centre to be established in the heart of Adelaide’s central business district to further support and accelerate the growth of the region’s Digital Transformation Strategy.
Taiwan Sets Roadmap for Smart PCB Manufacturing
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In light of growing demands, Taiwan’s only recognised PCB industry organisation with the help of the country’s top research centres rolls a new roadmap for PCB smart manufacturing.
Karnataka, India Unveils Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Technology Park
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The park is set up to be a premier research translation park with a global collaborative ecosystem and will execute projects in healthcare, education, mobility, infrastructure, agriculture, retail and cybersecurity.
China Looking to Speed Up Lithium Mining
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In view of the ever-rising demand for battery-powered vehicles, representatives at the annual Two Sessions urge the country to accelerate mining at its major lithium deposits.
New Zealand to Fund Rural Broadband Network Upgrades
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In what could be a timely boost for the countryside, Wellington is set to fund The Rural Capacity Upgrade — a nationwide COVID-19 initiative to boost rural broadband networks.
China Proposes to Build a Smart City in Bangladesh
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Home to some of the largest mega-cities in the world, China proposes to build a smart city in Bangladesh encouraging greater trade to foster the China-Bangladesh partnership.