FinTech

Who Is Winning The Battle Of The Smart Speakers?

Amazon’s smart speaker share has taken a dive as Google, Apple and Alibaba rise to the challenge. A new report releas... Read more

How Do We Deal With The Dawn Of The Robot Age?

It’s Automation Week here at Siliconrepublic.com, a week in which we put a spotlight on some of the most amazing deve... Read more

Top CEOs Call On Business Leaders To Promote A Low-carbon Strategy Across Ireland

CEOs of some of Ireland’s largest firms have launched the Leaders’ Group on Sustainability, a coalition dedicated e... Read more

Shocking Survey Of Worlds Protected Areas Makes For Grim Reading

The rapid urbanisation of the human species has increasingly threatened some of the world’s most coveted natural wond... Read more

​Arm And KEPCO To Co-develop Secure One-chip For IoT Meter Project

UK chip giant Arm and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) will co-develop a chipset with embedded security to be us... Read more

​KT Launches NB-IoT-based Child Monitoring Service

South Korean telco KT has launched a child monitoring service that uses its national NB-IoT network. Read more

​Kakao To Merge With Music Subsidiary For Content Push

South Korean chat giant Kakao will merge with its music subsidiary for growth in the global content industry. Read more

Chinese City Sets Up $15.7B Fund To Boost AI Development

Tianjin has established a 100 billion yuan (US$15.7 billion) to drive the development of artificial intelligence tools a... Read more

​Samsung Bixby To Arrive In Ovens And Robot Cleaners This Year

Samsung's AI assistant Bixby will be made available in robot cleaners and ovens as the South Korean tech giant continues... Read more

​LG Names Heir To Board Amid Patriarch Hospitalization

LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo has been hospitalized reportedly due to failing health and the conglomerate has named his ... Read more

​Why Walmart Could Get Severe Indigestion From Its Flipkart Acquisition

Walmart's investors may not have the appetite for a prolonged battle with Amazon in India that will involve funding stee... Read more

Google Adds Third Cloud Zone In Singapore

A year after opening Google Cloud Platform Singapore region with two zones, the tech vendor has added a third zone and i... Read more

Singapore Automotive Marketplace Secures $60M In Series B

Used car marketplace Carro bags US$60 million in its latest round, pushing its total funds to US75 million, and adds new... Read more

Singapore C2C Marketplace Snags $85M In Series C

Online classifieds marketplace Carousell secures US$85 million in Series C funding, which will be used to bolster its AI... Read more

LG CNS Launches Monachain Blockchain Platform

LG CNS has launched its own blockchain platform, dubbed Monachain, which provides digital authentication, community toke... Read more