| # | Source | Title | Summary | Topics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CNA | Singapore's digital economy grows to S$144.1 billion as AI adoption accelerates | Nearly one in four Singapore businesses adopted AI in 2025, up from about one in seven a year earlier, according to the Singapore Digital Economy Report. | AI | Read |
| 2 | CNA | Norway to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in some public places | Norway to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in some public places | AI | Read |
| 3 | TechAsia | Multimodal AI app scales to 1m users by scanning meal photos | Kalguroo has already logged over 20 million meals by using AI vision models to eliminate tedious manual calorie counting. | AI | Read |
| 4 | DigiTimes | Cheap SiC substrates ignite demand wave, reshape ecosystem | Prices for low-cost 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) substrates, after years of capacity expansion and brutal price wars, are now showing clear signs of bottoming out in the second half of 2026. The cheap material has also unleashed wave after wave of demand, with China's domestic stimulus tightening SiC wafer fabrication | SemiconductorLogistics | Read |
| 5 | TechAsia | Singapore’s digital economy hits $113b: report | Among small and medium-sized enterprises, AI adoption rose to 23.4%. In 2025, 12.1% of firms said they planned to adopt AI within 12 months. | AI | Read |
| 6 | CNA | Deutsche Telekom sees €2.5 billion in savings from AI, automation by 2030 | Deutsche Telekom sees €2.5 billion in savings from AI, automation by 2030 | Automation | Read |
| 7 | DigiTimes | AI hardware is propping up world trade, and pulling it toward East Asia and North America | The resilience of global goods trade amid tariff escalation and an energy shock is real, but it rests on a narrow base. A breakdown of ITC Trade Map export data shows that a handful of AI hardware categories, led by servers, processors and memory chips, account for well over a third of the growth in world exports, and | AISemiconductor | Read |
| 8 | DigiTimes | Commentary: China's US$37.3B subsidy meets a weak smartphone market as new flagships test replacement demand | China's National Day holidays have opened one of the fourth quarter's most important promotional windows for consumer electronics. For smartphones, the timing is especially significant: Apple, Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo and Honor have all launched new models since September, while Huawei introduced its Mate 90 series on Octobe | Electronics | Read |
| 9 | NikkeiAsia | Malaysia's SkyeChip targets Japan, joins Rapidus ecosystem | Malaysia's SkyeChip targets Japan, joins Rapidus ecosystem | Semiconductor | Read |
| 10 | NikkeiAsia | Panasonic to make humanoid robots, leveraging its battery business | Panasonic to make humanoid robots, leveraging its battery business | Automation | Read |
| 11 | NikkeiAsia | Japan's Nikkei average briefly regains 70,000 mark as AI optimism returns | Japan's Nikkei average briefly regains 70,000 mark as AI optimism returns | AI | Read |
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Singapore's digital economy grows to S$144.1 billion as AI adoption accelerates
Nearly one in four Singapore businesses adopted AI in 2025, up from about one in seven a year earlier, according to the Singapore Digital Economy Report.
Asia Tech News Digest - October 05, 2026
Generated: 2026-10-05 08:00 UTC · Sources: 4 websites monitored