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AI startups - register now: Jan 15th in Hanoi, Tasco Group is inviting global AI startups to engage directly with business units, together with @genaifund_ai. Register by January 9th at: luma.com/mpg8wiu1?utm_s… #TechStartups #TechNews #VentureCapital #BigData #MobilityTech

ICYMI: Kazakhstan authorities are considering converting a part of the country’s National Fund assets and gold and foreign exchange reserves into crypto timesca.com/kazakhstan-wei… #centralasia #fintechnews #cryptonews #digitalcurrency

Indonesia’s digital economy 'one of the fastest-growing in the world', thanks to the QR payment system, QRIS, according to Bank Indonesia Governor jakartaglobe.id/tech/indonesia… #indonesia #digitaleconomy #fintechnews #bankingtech #retailtech

'Microsoft launches second cloud region in Johor Bahru, boosting Malaysia data-centre development' businesstimes.com.sg/international/… #malaysia #datacenters #technews #techinasia

ICYMI: 'Navigating the cross-border payments evolution' a look at 4 key trends by JP Morgan jpmorgan.com/insights/payme… #fintechnews #bankingtech #digitalpayments #ecommerce #technews

China: XIN Summit - Xplore Innovation Network - is set for November 15–16 in Shenzhen, focusing on the AI hardware ecosystem, and cutting-edge technologies xinsummit.com/?utm_source=St… #china #technews #AI #technologynews #techconference #chinatechnews

Australia's hull-cleaning robotics startup, Hullbot, raised $16 million in Series A funding, led by US-based Regeneration VC smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/a… #australia #startupaus #shippingnews #maritimetech #techstartups

"Australian households in three states will be promised access to at least three hours a day of free solar power, regardless of whether they have rooftop panels..." theguardian.com/australia-news… #australia #energytech #solarpower #startupaus #govtechaus #technews

Pakistan launches its first Google Chromebook assembly line, marking a new phase in Pakistan’s journey from tech consumer to tech producer thedailycpec.com/google-launche… #pakistan #technews #supplychains #googlenews #asiatechnews

Visa and DealMe launch NanuPay, allowing Vietnamese Visa cardholders to choose instalment payment plans while shopping abroad, with first live service in South Korea taiwannews.com.tw/news/6235162 #vietnam #korea #fintechnews #retailtech #digitalpayments #ecommerce #fintech

ICYMI: CrowdStrike, Amazon Web Services, and NVIDIA announce global expansion of Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator, focusing on early-stage AI-driven cloud security itbrief.asia/story/crowdstr… #cybersecurity #datasec #technews #techstartups

Indonesia's J&T Global Express Limited, an integrated logistics service operator, launches 'J&T Express Greater Bay Area Digital Supply Chain Industrial Park' in China technode.global/2025/11/03/jt-… #indonesia #china #logistics #supplychains #technews

'China’s First Atomic Quantum Computer, Hanyuan-1, Achieves Commercialization and Secures Export Order to Pakistan' quantumcomputingreport.com/chinas-first-a… #china #pakistan #quantumtech #cybersec #datasec #technews #quantum

Singapore: Global AI firm for energy, Univers, launches Global Impact AI Lab with AMD, Microsoft, and Nat't University of Singapore, supported by Infocomm Media Dev Authority technode.global/2025/11/04/uni… #singapore #AI #technews #govtechasia

Bank of Thailand launches cross-border QR payment linkage between Thai banks and China's Alipay, UnionPay, and WeChat Pay technode.global/2025/11/04/tha… #thailand #china #retailtech #ecommercenews #fintechnews

Philippines national hackathon, Breaking Enigma, is set for November 12–14 - applications close November 7th filipinotimes.net/latest-news/20… #philippines #hackathon #technews #startups #startupPH

"Taiwanese authorities have frozen over NT$4.5 billion in assets belonging to Cambodia-based fraud organization Prince Group..." thestandard.com.hk/china-news/art… #taiwan #cambodia #cybercrime #scamcompounds

"China’s biggest [oil] refiner, Sinopec, has set up a venture with South Korea’s LG Chem to develop sodium-ion batteries for the storage industry and for 'low-speed' electric vehicles..." oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-… #china #korea #EVs #batterytech

"These '100-hour batteries' could solve renewable energy’s biggest challenge: storing power for days instead of hours." oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-… #batterytech #energytech #lithiumion #technews

South Korea: Ministry of SMEs & Startups unveils new initiatives under Startup Rookie Leap Plan, the 'Everyone’s Startup Project' and Startup One-Stop Support Center koreatechdesk.com/korea-startup-… #korea #techstartups #startupkorea #asiatechnews #technologynews