Malaysia
A manufacturing and semiconductor hub racing to move up the value chain before its neighbors get there first.
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Jul- 2026 -22 JulyTech & AI
Southeast Asia’s AI scam networks are now targeting Western children
A UN report documents $114.1 billion in 2025 scam losses orchestrated by integrated criminal syndicates deploying deepfakes, agentic AI, and encrypted channels to produce child sexual abuse material on demand.
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22 JulyCapital
Singapore’s FDI surge masks Indonesia’s hidden long-term capital bets
Southeast Asia drew a record US$244 billion in 2025, with Singapore capturing US$151 billion and Malaysia surging 51% on digital infrastructure, yet Indonesia's 14% decline conceals sustained investor commitments through…
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22 JulyTech & AI
Google’s AI now speaks Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian fluently
In Q1 2026, 89% of Vietnamese Gemini prompts arrived in native language, reshaping who can trade and learn without English intermediaries.
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20 JulyCompass
Bandung airport opens to jets. Singapore gets a direct line in.
Six airlines including Scoot have applied for permits at Husein Sastranegara ahead of September 17 operations, giving Western travellers a one-stop connection that bypasses Jakarta's four-hour ground transfer entirely.
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18 JulyCapital
Philippines has the laws. It needs the ports and power plants.
With $170 billion in infrastructure spending and tax breaks stretching 40 years, Manila is racing Vietnam and Malaysia to convert legislative reform into functioning factories before boardrooms lock in capacity…
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18 JulyEarth
Western AI demand is forcing Malaysia to burn more coal
Data-centre electricity demand could surge sevenfold by 2035, but grid upgrades and renewable buildout cannot keep pace, leaving coal as the fastest available power source.
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18 JulyCapital
Singapore’s property boom rests on two mega-deals worth S$6.4 billion
Savills raised its full-year investment forecast to S$55–60 billion after Q2 transactions hit S$15.02 billion, but strip out the Paragon and Asia Square Tower 2 sales and momentum evaporates.
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16 JulyTech & AI
Asia’s AI agents are ransomware now. Security hasn’t caught up.
On July 1, Sysdig disclosed JADEPUFFER, the first autonomous AI ransomware attack, which encrypted 1,342 configuration records and destroyed the decryption key, while 44% of Asia-Pacific companies hit by ransomware…
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16 JulyCapital
Iranian drones just rewired Asia’s data centre map
JPMorgan estimates Malaysia's pipeline at 13GW—exceeding Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore combined—as hyperscalers flee Middle Eastern conflict exposure.
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15 JulyTech & AI
Nvidia just cut half its Asian customers off the GPU list
The Financial Times reported July 14 that Nvidia removed more than half its previously approved Asian customers after intensified compliance screening, threatening Southeast Asia's neo-cloud providers that depend on advanced…
