Asia’s tech news #098: Vietnam & blockchain gaming, Huawei & EVs, Philippines voting tech…
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China: ARCFOX premium electric vehicles brand to deliver 1000 vehicles running Huawei HarmonyOS — autonews.gasgoo.com
The company revealed, the αS-HI is capable of high-level intelligent autonomous driving functions. The standard version of the car can operate autonomously on highway scenarios. The premium…
Philippines: Elections commission runs trials of blockchain-based voting for residents and diaspora — finance.yahoo.com
The Philippines’ Commission on Elections (Comelec) ran mock trials on blockchain-based voting in an attempt to amend the low voter turnout the country experiences.
30 entrants to Asia Entrepreneurship Awards 2021, spanning health-tech, AI, robotics, agri-tech and more — aea.events
The AEA 2021 will bring together 30 selected startups from across Asia providing solutions in the areas of healthcare, work & lifestyle reform, and sustainability, all of which have become key issues…
China: Washington revokes US licence of China Telecom, citing national security concerns — www.bbc.com
Officials said the Chinese government’s control of the company gave it the opportunity “to access, store, disrupt, and/or misroute US communications”. This in turn could allow it “to engage in espionage…
FoodBytes! by Rabobank unveils 15 food & agriculture startups to present at virtual pitch competition — www.wcax.com
The finalists were chosen amongst the cohort of 45 global startups previously selected as participants in FoodBytes! Pitch 2021, Rabobank’s multi-week food and agriculture innovation program that drives…
Vietnam: ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2021 — Nov 2–6 via video conference — smartcity.vinasa.org.vn
The event provides a platform for experts to share information and practices in developing smart cities through 14 discussions across 5 topics — Digital Government, Smart Real Estate, Smart Industrial Parks, Products/Solutions for Smart City, and…
Australia: Byron Bay to host Australia’s largest Bitcoin mining operation, running on green energy — forkast.news
While it may be known locally and domestically as a tourist hotspot and home to many Hollywood A-list celebrities, Australia’s coastal town of Byron Bay is set to become host Australia’s biggest Bitcoin mining rig — and its going to be powered by 100%…
Philippines: Prosperna e-commerce launches MSME-focused free plan — mb.com.ph
Prosperna makes it extremely easy for Philippine micro small and medium-sized businesses to accept online orders from their own online store, Facebook, Viber and WhatsApp, offer digital payments and automatically book shipping. Merchants of any size…
Vietnam: Sipher raises $6.8M with PC-based blockchain game, looking to add NFTs and DeFi components — venturebeat.com
“…experiences based on blockchain technology. That includes nonfungible tokens (NFTs), which use the transparent and secure digital ledger of blockchain to authenticate one-of-a-kind digital items.”
Mastercard partners Bakkt to allow banks, merchants to offer crypto and related services — wallets, rewards… — www.euronews.com
Mastercard said it would allow partners on its network to enable their consumers to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency using a digital wallet, as well as reward them with digital currencies under loyalty…
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