Author: Techy AI
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Lazada has partnered with Chinese art toy company POP MART to support POP TOY SHOW Singapore 2025, organisers announced on Friday (22 Aug). The event will be held from 22 to 24 August at Sands Expo and Convention Centre, and is expected to attract more than 40,000 visitors from across Southeast Asia. Lazada’s Role in…
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With more people turning to online personal training to achieve fitness goals, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has warned users to stay alert to growing digital risks. The rise of virtual coaching, driven by social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, has created new opportunities for trainers to reach global audiences. The global online fitness market…
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StarHub has unveiled a new mobile application designed to help Singapore residents fend off scam calls and fraudulent messages, as digital scams continue to rise in scale and sophistication. The app, named ScamSafe, was developed in collaboration with Gogolook, a global artificial intelligence (AI) firm specialising in anti-scam technologies. It works by blocking known scam…
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Most companies continue to juggle multiple cybersecurity vendors despite the mounting costs and operational challenges this approach creates, according to new research by Kaspersky. The study, Improving Resilience: Cybersecurity Through System Immunity, found that 72 per cent of organisations operate in multi-vendor ecosystems. Nearly half of security professionals (43 per cent) said their security stacks…
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Singaporeans are increasingly embracing agentic artificial intelligence (AI) – systems that can interpret intent, make decisions and act autonomously – according to new research by Adobe. Almost one in five consumers in Singapore (18 per cent) have used agentic AI, with another 31 per cent expecting to adopt it within the next year, Adobe’s study…
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Digital travel platform Agoda has launched the Property AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) Bot, an AI-powered chatbot that provides real-time answers to travellers’ hotel-specific questions. The chatbot, developed using a connection between Agoda’s systems and ChatGPT enriched with live property data, is designed to cut through lengthy descriptions and reviews, offering quick responses to queries such…
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WhatsApp is rolling out new features that allow users to schedule group calls in advance and interact more seamlessly during conversations, in a bid to make the platform more versatile for both social and professional use. The update introduces Scheduled Calls, enabling users to set up group calls ahead of time by inviting individuals or…
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If you’ve been scrolling through the news this week, you’ve probably seen the headlines: SIMBA Telecom is buying M1’s telecom business from Keppel for S$1.43 billion. It’s the first big telco shake-up in Singapore’s history — and it’s got people wondering, “Wait… who exactly is SIMBA?” From TPG to SIMBA SIMBA hasn’t been around as…
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As online scams in Southeast Asia grow more organised and cross-border, the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) will bring together over 1,200 leaders from 60 countries in Singapore this September for its largest regional anti-fraud event yet — the Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) Asia 2025. Held on 2–3 September at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre,…
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More than 11 million gaming account credentials were exposed in 2024 due to infostealer malware attacks, with Asia-Pacific (APAC) emerging as the most affected region, according to new research by Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence (DFI). Kaspersky’s analysis revealed that 5.7 million Steam accounts were compromised last year, alongside 6.2 million accounts from other platforms including…
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