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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 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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ChatGPT edges towards artificial general intelligence with GPT-5

The GPT-5 AI model is a “major upgrade” over GPT-4o and a…

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Singapore payments firm AXS taps SAP to drive regional growth, B2B expansion

Singapore payments provider AXS has tapped on Grow with SAP enterprise resource…

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Robots make last-mile deliveries in Singapore, in FedEx-QuikBot tie-up

Robots are now moving corridors and taking lifts up high-rise buildings in…

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New Indonesia AI Center of Excellence aims to turn country from AI consumer into innovator

Partnering Nvidia, Cisco and Indosat, the Indonesia AI Center of Excellence seeks…

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Grab goes driverless with electric shuttle trial for employees in Singapore

Grab is partnering Autonomous A2Z (A2Z), a Korean autonomous vehicle technology provider,…

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Agentic AI optimism grows in Asia-Pacific but implementation a challenge: Salesforce

IT security leaders in Asia-Pacific are optimistic about agentic AI but significant…

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Robots at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands cut labour dependency by 30 per cent

Using automated mobile robots (AMRs) for manpower-heavy tasks, Marina Bay Sands has…

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Singapore brands bet on AI but consumers need convincing: Twilio

AI adoption is accelerating for Singapore businesses seeking to deliver personalised experiences…

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Singapore’s HTX, Google Cloud to develop AI for public safety

HTX will adopt Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Air-Gapped, aimed at organisations with strict…

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