malaysia
Crypto exchange Binance says Ireland is part of its HQ plans
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance sees Ireland as part of its plans to establish a number of headquarters across the world, its Chief Executive Officer has told journalists.
Binance removes Singapore products on main platform after regulator’s warning
Embattled Binance, which remains one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said it will restrict its services in Singapore days after the city state’s centra...
Tech giants seek meeting with Malaysian PM on foreign ship cable waiver
Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon are seeking to meet Malaysia’s prime minister to ask that foreign vessels be allowed to repair undersea cables in its waters, a Google ...
Microsoft to invest $1 billion in Malaysia to set up data centres
Microsoft Corporation will invest a cool $1 billion over the next five years in Malaysia as part of a new partnership programme with government agencies and local companies, the So...
Grab to go public in world’s biggest $40 billion SPAC merger
Grab Holdings, the largest ride-hailing and food delivery firm in Southeast Asia, clinched a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Altimeter Growth Corp securing a valuat...
From hate speech to nudity, Facebook’s oversight board launches
Facebook’s independent Oversight Board has announced the first six cases where it might overrule the social networking business’s decisions to remove certain parts of c...
US charges seven in wide-ranging Chinese hacking effort
The US Justice Department has stated that it has charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen in an extensive hacking effort which encompassed targets from video ga...
Singapore lockdown: ‘essential’ chipmakers hope for less supply chain disruption
Chip makers are banking on less disruptions to their factories from this week’s strict lockdown in Singapore than the havoc wreaked on their supply chains last month when Mal...
In Malaysia’s Silicon Valley, fortunes flip as virus wrecks trade war gains
Platform businesses at Malaysia’s one-time Silicon Valley of the East, swimming in orders from customers fleeing trade war-hit China, have seen fortunes turn again in the spa...