Global Tech stories
Seattle tops Karat's 2026 engineering talent rankings
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Seattle tops Karat's 2026 engineering talent rankings as Toronto, Chicago and London surge in a shift away from traditional tech hubs.
AI Engineer brings first Asia edition to Singapore
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AI Engineer to stage first Asia edition in Singapore, backed by OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Cursor and Vercel as demand tops 2,000 attendees.
OpenAI raises USD $122 billion in record AI funding
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OpenAI secures USD $122 billion in funding as Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank back a rapid expansion in compute, enterprise tools and product plans.
Microsoft pledges USD $5.5 billion for Singapore AI
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Microsoft to invest USD $5.5 billion in Singapore as it expands AI infrastructure and free training for students, teachers and nonprofit leaders.
GITEX AI Asia returns to Singapore amid investment surge
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GITEX AI Asia returns to Singapore, drawing 550+ tech firms and 250 investors managing over USD $350 billion amid an AI investment boom.
Women engineers gain AI career boost, yet trust lags
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Women engineers say AI is accelerating careers but remain wary of bias and blurred accountability for machine-generated code at work.
Cyber leaders urge culture shift to retain women in STEM
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cybersecurity
Cyber and tech leaders say diversity will stall unless firms tackle toxic culture, caregiving bias and back women with real sponsorship.
Chinese student wins world's largest coding contest
Sat, 28th Feb 2026
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Chinese student Zhou Jingkai wins TCS CodeVita, the world's largest coding contest, as 146,922 compete and a new Guinness record is set.
Zoho marks 30th year with 1m customers, 150m users
Fri, 20th Feb 2026
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Zoho marks 30 years in business as it surpasses 1m paying customers and 150m users worldwide, with revenue up 20% in 2025.
Anthropic raises USD $30 billion, hits USD $380b value
Mon, 16th Feb 2026
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Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group's valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.
GSMA brings #ChangeTheFace Alliance into diversity push
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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digital transformation
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nokia
GSMA folds the #ChangeTheFace Alliance into its Connectivity for Good programme, bolstering global diversity and inclusion efforts in tech.
Kore.ai secures new funding to scale agentic AI tools
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Kore.ai lands fresh backing led by AllianceBernstein to grow its enterprise agentic AI platform and accelerate global expansion plans.
Miro debuts Engage to transform AI-powered workshops
Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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data analytics
Miro launches Engage, an in-canvas tool that blends live polls with AI summaries to keep workshop input and follow-up work in one space.
AI supercharge drives USD $3 trillion data centre boom
Thu, 8th Jan 2026
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AI-driven demand is set to unleash up to USD $3 trillion in global data centre investment, doubling capacity to 200GW by 2030.
3DiVi maps global facial recognition trends to 2026
Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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data protection
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smart cities
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surveillance
3DiVi's 2026 report charts facial recognition's shift into core digital identity, mapping tech, regional maturity and policy risks worldwide.
Beyond AI: The quantum era has begun
Fri, 21st Nov 2025
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encryption
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quantum computing
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Quantum technology is emerging from labs to real-world use, with global efforts, including Singapore's S$300m investment, marking a new computing era beyond AI.
More than a third of STEM professionals consider moving abroad
Fri, 7th Nov 2025
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Over a third of STEM professionals worldwide have been approached for overseas roles, with 19% planning or already moving abroad amid rising global investment and protectionism.
Forrester advises cautious tech budgets & AI investment for 2026
Fri, 18th Jul 2025
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data analytics
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iot
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advanced persistent threat protection
Forrester urges tech leaders to plan cautiously for 2026, advising careful AI investment and flexible budgets amid ongoing economic uncertainty and regional shifts.
PixelForce to drive global tech growth with strategic investment
Tue, 8th Jul 2025
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software development
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university of adelaide
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entrepreneurship
Tobi Pearce invests in Australian software agency PixelForce to boost global growth, leveraging his tech expertise for new industries and international projects.
Global tech & marketing leaders plan for budget increases
Wed, 7th Aug 2024
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cx
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quantum computing
Despite economic uncertainties, 91% of global tech leaders and 87% of marketers are set to boost budgets in 2025, Forrester's Planning Guides reveal.