Chamber of Progress circulates tech 'to-do list' for Democrats

Nine in ten Singapore internet users now reach for an AI tool every month. Barely a third say they are comfortable doing so. That gap between habit and confidence is the most telling finding in Digital 2027: Singapore, the annual report released today by creative agency We Are Social and media intelligence firm Meltwater. According […] The post Nine in ten Singaporeans use AI. Only a third are comfortable with it appeared first on e27.

Southeast Asia’s tech startups have raised more funding in the first ten months of 2026 than almost anyone in the ecosystem would have forecast in January. Add up the monthly figures in Tracxn’s latest snapshot and the region has drawn about US$16.55 billion between January and October. October alone delivered US$3.68 billion across 14 rounds, […] The post US$16.5B and counting: Inside the lopsided year that rewrote SEA’s funding charts appeared first on e27.

I think this crypto advance deserves attention, but not full conviction. Bitcoin rose 4.77 per cent to US$80,721.27 in 24 hours and led a broad move that lifted the total crypto market 4.73 per cent to US$2.69T. The move showed an 87 per cent correlation with the S&P 500 and an 86 per cent correlation […] The post Can Bitcoin hold US$80,000 after a US$386M short squeeze and US$1.16B in ETF outflows? appeared first on e27.

Over the last decade, Southeast Asia has built an increasingly sophisticated infrastructure for startups, and countries such as Singapore and Vietnam are known for their reputation as regional startup hubs. Southeast Asia’s tech startup ecosystem was valued at US$454 billion in the first half of 2024, more than triple its value from five years earlier, […] The post The step zero problem of the startup ecosystem appeared first on e27.

International expansion has always been regarded as the defining milestone for business success. The playbook was seemingly straightforward – identify promising markets, establish local presence and scale the international business as quickly as possible. The more borders a business crossed, the more successful it was deemed to be. That era is over. In a world […] The post Why global expansion demands a different mindset today appeared first on e27.

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Modern retailers are used to disruption. They regularly have to navigate shifting algorithms, platform outages at odd hours, and ever tightening privacy rules with every legislative cycle. Yet a quieter threat is doing more damage than any of these, and most brands will not spot it on a dashboard until their customer base has already […] The post The Great Unsubscribe: Why shoppers are tuning out brand messaging, and how retailers can stop it appeared first on e27.

Earlier this year, I was staring at our 2026 plan and thinking: there are too many things in here. Payroll, billing, cross-border payments, payment licences, more salespeople, more product development. Individually, almost every initiative had a reasonable argument behind it. The problem was that they couldn’t all be equally important. So I uploaded the numbers, […] The post AI might be the final boss for your best ideas appeared first on e27.

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MANILA, Philippines — Nokia is reviving the “old school” flip phone design with the launch of the Nokia 2360 Flip. Priced at P2,790, the device features a 1.77-inch external screen and a 2.8-inch QVGA main display, along with built-in safety features aimed at helping users, particularly senior citizens. Safety features for senior users The Nokia

MANILA, Philippines — Ten engineers from the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) completed rocket training in South Korea, marking a significant milestone toward the country’s first-ever rocket launch, slated for early next year. The training provided hands-on experience in the assembly, integration and testing of a liquid-fueled sounding rocket under SIKLAB: Building Industrial Space Launch Systems

The Democratic Party’s sweeping midterm election victory and takeover of both houses of Congress could slow down the pace of artificial intelligence development in the US, with implications for both the global AI trade and the technology rivalry between Washington and Beijing, analysts said. The assessment comes as concerns about AI and the data centres that power it proved to be a contributing factor in the backlash against the Republican Party and US President Donald Trump, a vocal supporter...