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Ai Lei Tao

Ai Lei is a writer who has covered the technology scene for more than 20 years. She was previously the editor of Asia Computer Weekly (ACW), the only regional IT weekly in Asia. She has also written for TechTarget's ComputerWeekly, and was editor of CMPnetAsia and Associate Editor at Computerworld Singapore.
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Asia-Pacific users shop with AI but trust gap slows checkout: Visa

Asia-Pacific consumers are using AI tools to shop but they are wary…

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Nxera opens Singapore’s data centre promising highest power density, energy efficiency

Nxera, Singtel's data centre arm, has opened DC Tuas, a facility touted…

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Organisations ill-prepared as quantum threats accelerate: Entrust study

Organisations are unprepared to face two critical deadlines that will significantly impact…

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Revamped Salesforce Slackbot promises to be “deeply personal agent for work”

The revamped Salesforce Slackbot promises to be a "deeply personal agent for…

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Component costs set to weigh down PC shipments after strong 2025 growth: Omdia

PC shipments grew by a strong 9.2 per cent in 2025 but…

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New OpenAI image model promises faster, more precise edits

GPT Image 1.5, OpenAI's latest ChatGPT latest image generation model, promises faster,…

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Singapore businesses optimistic about AI, but unsure of ROI: SAP study

Singapore organisations are investing about S$18.9 million (US$14.5 million) in AI this…

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OpenAI rolls out GPT5.1 in ChatGPT, promising smarter, more conversational interactions

OpenAI’s latest iteration of its AI chatbot, ChatGPT GPT-5.1, promises improvements in…

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Singapore AI lab to advance uses in energy, transport and other sectors

The Global Impact AI Lab seeks to fasten innovation in AI and…

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Asia-Pacific travellers like AI tools, wary of automation and data demands: Qlik

Travellers in Asia-Pacific are embracing AI tools but wish to retain human…

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Google Cloud Gemini business subscriptions promise AI-driven productivity

Google Cloud last week unveiled Gemini Enterprise to automate complex business processes…

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Southeast Asia hit by almost double the cyberattacks seen globally: Check Point

Organisations in Southeast Asia are being hit by more than 3,500 cyberattacks…

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Misjudging risks, a third of firms have been hit by AI-related breaches: Tenable

AI-related breaches are a worry for organisations rushing to adopt AI because…

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Half of Asia-Pacific businesses lose US$5 million or more from network outages

Network outages are costing Asia-Pacific businesses US$5 million or more in revenue,…

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Student-led apps at Dell hackathon aim to boost mental health support in Singapore

At a Dell hackathon, student-made apps promise to identify signs of anxiety…

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Google Cloud unveils open protocol to enable secure payments by AI agents

Google Cloud has worked with 60 industry partners to develop an open…

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Telcos, cloud providers need to optimise, not just expand for AI: Keysight

Struggling to keep pace with rapid AI adoption, telcos and cloud providers…

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IBM, AMD partner to advance quantum-centric supercomputing

IBM and AMD are working to develop quantum-centric supercomputing, which combines quantum…

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Southeast Asia organisations to pick up on agentic AI in 2026: IDC study

Southeast Asian organisations appear keen to deploy agentic AI, according to a…

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AI-powered tool from Elastic promises smarter threat detection for cybersecurity ops

The Elastic AI SOC Engine (Ease) helps security teams by prioritising threats,…

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