Time Horizon
Medium
Within the Time Horizon facet, Medium time-horizon intelligence organises articles by the period over which a signal is expected to matter. The page helps readers distinguish immediate operational changes from longer-cycle governance, investment, standards, and infrastructure shifts that may unfold across quarters or years. It connects timing assumptions with public evidence, related actors, market context, customer exposure, policy pressure, and infrastructure planning so readers can judge whether a development is urgent, strategic, or still waiting on confirming evidence. The page also explains how time horizon changes the meaning of a signal, which organisations may be exposed, and which infrastructure decisions require short-term action or long-cycle monitoring.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Tiny Japanese startup brings AI dating to the elderly
Samansa Company’s Loverse app is addressing Japan’s loneliness crisis among its ageing population through the provision of AI companionship.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
TikTok sees k-culture market doubling to $143B by 2030
Global spending on Korean cultural products is forecast to double by 2030, fuelled by their growing popularity on social media.

Companies
US court rejects challenges to FCC approval of SpaceX satellites
A U.S. appeals court supports SpaceX’s plan to deploy thousands of Starlink satellites.

Companies
Amazon’s AI assistant ‘Refus’ is now available to all U.S. users
Amazon has announced the nationwide deployment of its AI-powered shopping assistant, Rufus, integrated into the Amazon mobile application for all U.S. consumers.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Yarooms launches Yarvis, the AI-powered workplace assistant
Yarooms is revealing a beta version of Yarvis, its pioneering AI-powered office assistant designed to transform the manner in which teams interact with their physical work environments.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
TSMC Q2 profit soars 30% on AI demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is expected to report a 30% increase in second-quarter profits to $7.25 billion, driven by heightened demand for its advanced semiconductors used in AI applications, with its ADRs recently surpassing a trillion-dollar valuation.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Partior raises $60M to advance blockchain cross-border payments
Singapore’s blockchain fintech firm, Partior, declared the successful closure of its Series B funding round, securing $60 million.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
iPhone shipments rebound thanks to AI and discounts
OUE TAKEApple’s iPhone sales rebounded slightly in the June quarter, with 45.2 million units shipped, up 1.5% year-on-year despite a slight decline in market share. This recovery was largely fuelled by heavy discounting during China’s 618 shopping festival. Apple’s strategic use…

Global National Telecom Trends
AT&T paid $370,000 to delete stolen customer data
AT&T faced criticism for reportedly paying a $370,000 ransom in Bitcoin to the ShinyHunters hacker group to delete stolen customer data, following negotiations mediated by an intermediary named Reddington, who also arranged similar deals for other victims.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Intel invests $15M in Israeli AI startup Buildots
Intel Capital is leading an investment in AI construction startup Buildots, using technology to enhance project management efficiency.

North America Cloud Services Trends
US lawmakers demand assessment on Microsoft-G42 $1.5B deal
Republican lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to assess Microsoft’s $1.5 billion investment in AI firm G42.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
Australia plans to introduce a law against online scams
Australia will introduce a law mandating internet companies to proactively prevent online scams, with substantial fines for non-compliance.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
SoftBank acquires Graphcore, boosting UK AI chipmaker’s future
Japan’s SoftBank Group has acquired UK-based AI chipmaker Graphcore, providing the resources needed for competitive growth in the AI sector.

Asia-Pacific Institutional
Indonesia recovers data after major cyber attack
Indonesia is recovering from a ransomware attack initiated by Brain Cipher, impacting over 160 government agencies.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is grounded after Starlink failure
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the FAA following a rare failure, resulting in the loss of 20 Starlink satellites.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Equinix considers to sell minority stake in Hong Kong assets
OUR TAKE Founded in Silicon Valley in 1998, Equinix has expanded globally and now has about 260 data centres worldwide, including nine markets in the Asia Pacific region, with top partners such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Oracle. The Nasdaq-listed company has a…

North America Cloud Services Trends
What is metaverse? Future of digital world
Metaverse as a new concept in the era of artificial intelligence is rapidly attracting people’s attention and imagination. It is not a fictional concept in science fiction, but a digital platform that is gradually becoming a reality, bringing us unprecedented experiences and…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Differences between mixed reality and virtual reality
In today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape, mixed reality and virtual reality represent two compelling new interactive experience technologies. Although they share common ground and are committed to improving user experience and expanding application fields, there are…

Leaders
Is Apple Vision Pro mixed reality?
Apple Vision Pro not only allows users to experience games, movies and work in an immersive manner, but also projects the outside world into a virtual environment through sensors. With EyeSight’s reverse perspective function, it reduces the barrier between people around it and is…

Global Cloud Services
Application of augmented reality and mixed reality in life
Augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) have a wide range of application cases in various industries, each playing an important role in different application scenarios and needs, bringing innovation and convenience to users and enterprises by enhancing user experience…
