Refutes claims 530 million users’ social media pages accessed through hacking. Social media giant, Facebook has released a statement rebutting claims personal user data was accessed through hacking. According to Mike Clark product management director at Facebook, on April 3 Business Insider published a story saying that information from more…
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Hong Kong Telecom builds 5G standalone for smart apps
Smart mobility is one of the key elements of the HK Govts Smart City Blueprint. HKT has built a 5G Standalone (SA) network architecture capable of network slicing which supports industrial grade applications. The HKT’s 5G SA network has the technological advantage of dedicating a network slice for ensuring ultra-high…
Read MoreBank Indonesia strengthens financial digitalisation
Develops retail payment system infrastructure and standardised open API. Bank Indonesia (BI) has accelerated the digitalisation of the national economy and finance through the development of a real- time and round-the-clock retail payment system infrastructure with BI FAST, and the preparation of Open Application Programming Interfaces (Open API) Standards for Payments industry players. Both initiatives are implementations of the Blueprint Indonesia…
Read MoreAPAC businesses use AI in isolated projects
AI is fast becoming the focal point for many organisations in the region. With an increasing number of enterprises reaching the later stages of their digital transformation (DX) initiatives, they are looking to extract more value from their data in order to help employees increase efficiency, augment decision making, and…
Read MoreSingapore amends Postal Services Act to support digital initiatives
Amendments will bring convenience to level the playing field for logistics providers. The Singapore Government will support the growth of e-commerce and the resultant increased use of the postal network for e-commerce items. The Ministry of Communications & Information (MCI) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) updated the Postal…
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