Scaling Up Hong Kong’s Fintech Future
HK Fintech Week 2021, organised by various government agencies, provides a platform for IT and fintech companies, investors, regulators and more, from across the globe to explore how emerging tech and innovative advances can power the future of financial services.
Thailand to Regulate Digital Platform Service Businesses
Thailand’s cabinet recently approved a draft decree to regulate digital platform service businesses including online marketplaces, social commerce, food delivery, space sharing, ride/car sharing and online search engines.
COVID-19 Risks Explained Via New Australian Online Tool
An online calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVID-19 infection and vaccination has been launched by the Immunisation Coalition in collaboration with Australian researchers.
New Hi-Tech RNA Pilot Manufacturing Facility Launched in NSW
The University of Sydney announced that is part of the NSW government’s first-of-its-kind $96 million pilot facility which will include laboratories and pre-clinical trial spaces to enable early-stage RNA-based drug development.
HKSTP Unveils New Roadmap to Drive I&T Impetus
The agency unveiled a new roadmap that will help realise the government mission to establish world-class I&T as a pillar of Hong Kong’s next era of economic success.
Establishing Sydney as a Global Tech Hub
Tech Central precinct is set to become a global tech hub with a tech giant set to establish its headquarters at the site; Central Station and delivery of Tech Central will create a commercial core in the City’s south.
Catalysing Data Technology Adoption Across Malaysia
MDEC recently announced a week-long curation of virtual events featuring talks and panel discussions by data and industry experts to foster a thriving data and AI ecosystem in the country.
Ramping Microgrids Tech in Regional Australia
The six-year program aims to improve the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in regional communities and demonstrate solutions to technical, regulatory or commercial barriers to the deployment of microgrid technologies in Australia.
ASTRI Leverages “Federated Learning” Tech to Facilitate Credit Scoring
ASTRI and its industry partners are collaborating to leverage a privacy-preserving technology, called “Federated Learning”, to develop AI models and output in the form of encrypted parameters to MSMEs get access to financing.
Australian Researchers to Develop AI For Geospatial Intelligence
University of Wollongong researchers will share in $1.2 million in funding as part of a Federal Government program to strengthen Australia’s critical geospatial intelligence capabilities.