Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Cloud Service trend intelligence tracks cloud computing market trends, AI infrastructure demand, hybrid cloud adoption, edge deployment, platform competition, and data centre capacity pressure in Asia-Pacific, giving readers a fuller view of the demand shifts, capacity constraints, platform strategies, capital timing, regulatory pressure, and operating assumptions behind the market.

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China will host a forum next month to promote the digital economy
China will host a forum next month to promote its digital economy growth model and foster the development of digital infrastructure in the Belt and Road Initiative partner countries. The Digital Silk Road Development Forum The Digital Silk Road Development Forum of the World…

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Alibaba drops Hong Kong IPO plan for logistics unit Cainiao
Alibaba Group Holding has decided to withdraw the initial public offering (IPO) of its Hong Kong logistics business, Cainiao, and has offered to buy all remaining shares in the unit. Alibaba’s big change The Hangzhou-based e-commerce giant said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock…

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Ant eyes Europe and US for its Alipay+travel payment service
Chinese financial company Ant Group is looking to expand the global reach of its cross-border mobile payments service, Alipay+. Alipay+ in Japan Unit president Douglas Feagin said in Tokyo on Tuesday that Ant International aims to considerably boost the number of partner wallets…

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ByteDance-owned Douyin launches stand-alone shopping app in China
ByteDance-owned Douyin, the Chinese sister app of TikTok, has introduced a stand-alone e-commerce platform on the mainland. Douyin mall Douyin Mall was launched last week as a downloadable app for Android users in mainland China, the world’s largest smartphone market. A…

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APAC CDN Summit 2024: Looking to the future of CDN technology
Discover 2024 APAC CDN Summit in Beijing, where industry leaders showcase digital infrastructure advancements to enhance user experiences.

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Apple to install Baidu AI on its iPhone 16 and other products in China
US tech giant Apple has picked Chinese search engine giant Baidu to provide the generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology for its coming iPhone 16 and other products in the mainland market this year. The cooperation Apple will use Baidu’s Ernie Bot for its iPhone 16, Mac…

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Chinese generative AI developers rush to upgrade chatbots to handle super-long texts
China’s biggest generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers, including Baidu and Alibaba Group Holding, have rushed to upgrade their chatbots so they can handle super-long texts of up to 10 million Chinese characters. Google Gemini The move follows Google, which in…

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Unmanned wonders: Japan trials fully automated dam building
In the village of Higashinaruse, Akita Prefecture, Japan, an extraordinary development is underway: a dam construction site where 20 heavy machines operate autonomously, tirelessly working without a human in sight. This project represents the world’s first fully automated dam…

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Aubot’s Teleport: This robot will make your meetings more social
Aubot’s Teleport is a mobile teleconferencing robot designed to offer a more natural social experience. Founder of Aubot Marita Cheng, an Australian engineer with Hong Kong roots founded Aubot in 2013. This is a robotics company that aims to create products that help people with…

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Dutch chip equipment maker ASML’s supplier Neways is to build a new plant in Malaysia.
Neways, a key supplier to Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML, announced on Friday that it will build a new plant in Klang, Malaysia. Neways Netherlands-based Neways, the global innovator in mission-critical technology for leading semiconductor, connectivity, and smart…

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World’s longest internet shutdown: How it wreaked havoc in Manipur
Disruption in Manipur: What happens when the Internet shuts down? When the Internet goes dark, its absence casts a profound shadow over communities. In early May 2023, in Manipur, a state in northeastern India, life was upended by outbreaks of violence between communities…

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China’s Zhipu looks to Sora to chase artificial general intelligence
Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology says they are developing Sora-like technologies as a way to achieve artificial general Intelligence (AGI). Impact of sora OpenAI’s text-to-video generator Sora, will be available to the public later this year, prompting many firms in China…

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Dutch chipmaking firm VDL to build semiconductor parts factory in Vietnam
Dutch high tech firm VDL will build a new factory to make semiconductor manufacturing components in Vietnam, it said on Wednesday, as the Asian country grows in importance as an assembly and packaging hub in the chipmaking industry. Why in Vietnam Against the background of the…

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Alipay launches blockchain vouchers at milk tea shops in Asia
Alipay has joined forces with Avalanche, a smart contract blockchain platform, to introduce a voucher program powered by Web3 technology.

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Top tech news stories today: March 21, 2024
Keep up with the latest tech trends, exploring the future with us together. You will see Hong Kong’s CBDC trial, SpaceX building US spy satellites, Nvidia expanding their partnership, and Intel’s investment in the US. 1. Apple co-founder wins against YouTube in bitcoin scam…

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Game tech firm Square Enix boosts Web3 gaming with HyperPlay
Japan’s Square Enix teams up with HyperPlay, a web3 games platform, aiming to expand the HyperPlay game store.

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Global patent trends: Huawei, Samsung, and Qualcomm lead, India surges
China-based firm Huawei Technologies, Samsung Electronics of the Republic of Korea, and U.S.-based Qualcomm emerged as the top users of WIPO’s international patent system in 2023. Meanwhile, innovators in India witnessed a nearly 50% surge in patent filing activity, despite a…

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Hong Kong prepares to launch ethereum ETFs ahead of US
Hong Kong’s financial institutions are seizing the lead in the crypto industry with the launch of ethereum ETFs ahead of U.S.
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Chinese electric vehicle Xpeng plans to launch a mass-market brand in a month
OUR TAKEIn China, price wars are hurting the profitability of nearly all EV makers. By introducing the first right-hand drive electric car in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, Xpeng aims to tap into these markets, leveraging competitive pricing and its strong foothold in China’s…

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Rebellions seek to become the first Korean startup AI chips company
OUR TAKE The global semiconductor industry has seen a surge in demand for AI chips, fuelled by the popularity of US start-up OpenAI’s ChatGPT.The establishment of Rebellions will be an important milestone for the South Korean chip industry, as Atom (the latest chip Rebellions…
