Asia’s tech News:
November 2022
Technology headlines from startup ecosystems across South & Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand, drawn from online coverage of tech, startup and VC funding developments across the broad Asia Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions.
Links here will take you to an index page for that location’s tech news summary for November 2022, with headlines linked to the online news articles behind them.
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Australia: November 2022
- “Hundreds of undersea cables link up the worldwide web, with about a dozen connected to Australia. How does this little-known network work – and what happens if it’s sabotaged?”
Cambodia: November 2022
- Cambodia: Gov’t launches web portal with aim to be a central hub for all information about doing business in Cambodia, alongside providing step-by-step guidelines for registering businesses online…
China: November 2022
- China pushes ambitious 5-Ministry plan to deliver 25M VR headsets by 2026, aiming to cultivate 100 domestic companies in its own VR industry…
HONG KONG: November 2022
- Hong Kong Science & Tech Parks Corp’n partners Amazon Web Services for Idea Launcher initiative, aiming to boost innovation and IT with support, mentoring and coaching for early-stage startups…
India: November 2022
- Taiwan’s Foxconn to boost southern India workforce to 70K, adding 53K more workers over 2 years in part to address disruptions in China-based production…
Indonesia: November 2022
- Indonesia Stock Exchange inks MOU with Singapore’s Metaverse Green Exchange for IDX emissions trading scheme, launching in 2025, with MVGX to build blockchain-based carbon registry and exchange…
Japan: November 2022
- Japan formally joins NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, following on from 2021 participation in NATO Locked Shields large-scale cyber-attack war-gaming exercise…
South Korea: November 2022
- South Korea: Poen, which started as a Hyundai venture project, takes event win with refurbishment and renewal method to bring new life to used electric vehicle batteries…
Malaysia: November 2022
- An interview with Dzuleira Abu Bakar, CEO of Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology and Innovation on why Malaysia needs to speed up technological innovation to drive future economic growth…
Philippines: November 2022
- Philippines: BayaniPay raises $4.5M with cross-border digital financial services for the Filipino American community…
Singapore: November 2022
- GrabPay and StraitsX are set to test ‘purpose-bound’ digital Singapore dollars, enabling senders to dictate conditions for the use of their digital SGD…
Taiwan: November 2022
- Taiwan: “…increasingly likely that some future Apple chips will be made in the US, following a new report about A-series and M-series chipmaker TSMC.”…
Thailand: November 2022
- Thailand: Siam Commercial Bank’s SCB 10X invests $10M in Singapore’s digital asset custodian, RakkaR Digital…
Vietnam: November 2022
- Vietnam: Google launches digital wallet in Vietnam, allowing Android users to add Visa credit and debit cards to their phones for payment, replacing physical cards…
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