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If true, that would be the first time Xiaomi brings its rear-display phone model to Singapore.

MANILA, Philippines – Apple CEO, John Ternus announced a partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) to deploy 170,000 MacBook Neo to teachers and staff. Ternus mentioned this to be the “biggest education deal ever for Mac” as Apple plans to send the MacBook Neos to 16,400 K-12 public schools nationwide.  “Investing in our teachers

Singapore’s manufacturers are in their most buoyant mood in recent memory, and they largely have one customer category to thank: the AI data centre. A net weighted balance of 24 per cent of manufacturers expect business conditions to improve between October 2026 and March 2027, the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) said on Monday. A […] The post Singapore’s factories are riding the AI wave, but the optimism rests on a narrow base appeared first on e27.

Bangkok, October 26, 2026 – SCB 10X, the disruptive technology investment arm of SCBX Group, announced its investment in Tasklet, an AI agent platform that enables businesses to automate complex workflows and delegate operational tasks to AI agents. Tasklet has raised an additional $12.8 million in funding, with participation from investors including Union Square Ventures, 359 Capital, […] The post SCB 10X Invests in Tasklet, AI Agent Platform for Business Workflow Automation, in Its Latest Funding Round appeared first on e27.

North Korea’s TraderTraitor group drained about US$6.4 billion from Binance in the early hours of 30 October, Singapore time, according to a Chainalysis reconstruction that puts the loss slightly above the exchange’s own US$6.3 billion estimate. No cryptography was broken. A compromised engineer’s laptop let the attacker obtain valid signed authorisations from a Binance hot […] The post Ecosystem Roundup: North Korea’s US$6.4B Binance heist took 54 minutes and isn’t over appeared first on e27.

The free-to-play life simulation game arrives first on PC and mobile, where players can build a planet, meet its residents and explore the Starsea.

China’s “Lipstick King” has traded make-up swatches for artificial intelligence. Top live-streamer Li Jiaqi on Monday evening teamed up with an executive from Alibaba Group Holding to pitch AI subscriptions, selling nearly 100,000 monthly packages in just 30 minutes, according to data provided by the e-commerce giant. The broadcast on Taobao and Tmall – Alibaba’s largest domestic online marketplace – marked the first time generative AI products have taken centre stage during the annual Singles’...

Eight months after Amity announced a Series D of more than US$100 million, the round is still open for business. The Thailand-founded AI group said on Monday that Finnoventure Private Equity Trust I, a fund managed by Krungsri Finnovate, has come in as a strategic investor, extending the Series D round led by EDBI, the […] The post Krungsri buys into Amity as the Thai AI group dresses its cap table for an IPO appeared first on e27.

Econili Battery New Energy likes to think big. The Ipoh-based recycler has described itself as the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in ASEAN. It talks about plants on two continents and a listing on Nasdaq. thesun The latest deal is a good deal smaller. Econili has raised an extension round led by Vynn Capital, taking its […] The post Vynn Capital backs Econili as Malaysia bets on recycling its battery waste appeared first on e27.

The leading digital asset fell 1.69 per cent to US$76,940.91 over 24 hours, while the total crypto market capitalisation dropped 1.68 per cent. That near-perfect match matters. I don’t see this as a coin-specific move. It is a unified repricing of risk across global markets, and the largest cryptocurrency is caught in the current. The […] The post The crypto independence story is fragile: Bitcoin now moves on elections, oil and missiles appeared first on e27.

Raising a debut fund in 2026 is hard. Raising one for biotech, a sector investors have spent four years avoiding, is harder still. NeoSci Ventures (NSV) says it has done it anyway. The Singapore-, Taiwan- and US-based venture builder has announced a first close of SGD70 million (US$53 million) for its inaugural institutional fund. The […] The post Taiwan and Singapore back NSV’s US$53M bet on Asia’s biotech pipeline appeared first on e27.

Food allergy in Indonesia is a real concern, and we cannot ignore it. According to CNN Indonesia, about 1.7 million children in Indonesia have allergies, and cow’s milk is one of the triggers. This number was shared by Ray Wagiu Basrowi, a doctor and researcher, during World Allergy Week 2026 with Sarihusada in Jakarta on […] The post Indonesia urgently needs an allergy data centre to support national food security appeared first on e27.