To help Facebook reach sustainability goals in the region. One of Singapore’s solar energy company, Sunseap Group will supply Facebook with renewable energy to support the tech company’s operations in Singapore. This will include one of Facebook’s first custom-built data centre in Asia. The transaction with Sunseap will help Facebook—one…
Read MoreThailand opens 5G Ecosystem Innovation Centre
Doubles down on social media. The Ministery for Digital Affairs has opened the Thailand 5G Ecosystem Innovation Centre (5G EIC) to drive the development of technology for the digital economy at the Office of Digital Economy Promotion. Located at the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa), the 5G EIC Centre, will…
Read MoreIndia panel proposes new regulator for non-personal data: draft report
There’s need for a regulator or authority for data business. By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India should set up a data regulator and require companies to disclose how they collect and store data devoid of personal details or which has been anonymised, a panel tasked to draw up…
Read MoreUS tech giants face hard choices under Hong Kong’s new security law
Companies are now in the cross hairs of a national security law that gives China authority to demand that they turn over user data. By Brenda Goh and Pei Li SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – U.S. tech giants face a reckoning over how Hong Kong’s security law will reshape their businesses,…
Read MoreNTU Singapore and Facebook work together to develop local data centre talent
Combining NTU’s tech expertise with Facebook’s data centre expertise. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Facebook have joined together  launch a pilot program to develop local talent in the data centre sector in Singapore, one of the major data investment hubs in the region. The newly developed nine-month pilot program by…
Read MoreTwitter works with UN and Women in Asia
Charitable Tweet, among a firestorm for social media platform. It has been reported that Twitter in partnership with United Nations (UN) Women Asia Pacific (APAC) and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has launched a dedicated gender-based violence (GBV) search prompt for hotlines and support in various local languages. The service is…
Read MoreFacebook faces legal action from Australia
The Australian Information Commissioner (AIC) has been given by the Australian Federal Court to serve legal documents to US-Facebook and Facebook Ireland. According to the “Federal Court the material demonstrates a genuine argument about contravention, sufficient to justify causing the respondents to be subject to the litigation in Australia where…
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