A very brief snapshot of SIngapore’s tech news in April

Belfer Center: Critical and Emerging Technologies Index – June 2025
- Singapore: Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency partners Oracle to pilot and test an air-gapped cloud platform / full item
- Taiwan’s UMC semiconductor firm announces new fabrication facility for Singapore, looking at investing up to $5 billion in phase 1, with the possibility of second phase expansion / full item
- National University of Singapore’s NUS Enterprise is to expand its Japan presence with the launch of its second BLOCK71 office, in Tokyo, adding to 2024 opening of Nagoya office / full item

World Bank Group: Future Jobs – Robots, AI, and Digital Platforms
- Singapore: QuikBot unveils Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority partnership for Autonomous Final-Mile Delivery Platform-as-a-Service at Dubai Silicon Oasis Here’s a video intro to QuikBot: / full item
- Asia Tech Week: Australia quantum, geothermal Taiwan, Korea chips fund, Nio AI EVs, new TSMC chips, Philippines 7-Eleven bank, GITEX Asia conference… / full item
- In Singapore, April 23-25: GITEX Asia 2025 tech conference, the inaugural Asia edition of GITEX Global / full item

McKinsey: The State Of AI – March 2025
Plus: Asia’s Tech News, Weekly in April