Dorien McConnehead uses a virtual reality simulator to learn welding skills at the Woodstock career center run by Goodwill of North Georgia. He sees computer-generated sparks, hears sizzle and feels resistance. — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS Picture this: you work in a warehouse and need to bring a part to the other side of the building. The floor of the warehouse is marked with pedestrian pathways for safety, but you see a shortcut and decide to take it – without loo

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific Seema Malhotra spoke about six decades of diplomatic ties with Singapore and security in the Indo-Pacific in an interview with CNA’s Sherlyn Seah. Britain’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific Seema Malhotra during an interview with CNA. The United Kingdom is looking to deepen cooperation with Singapore in areas including technology, defence and clean energy, as both nations mark 60 years of diplomati

From left: Datuk Mat Hassan Esa, director of Sacofa; Datuk Sri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman B Abdul Taib, managing director; Datuk Sri Haji Julaihi Haji Narawi, Minister of Utility and Telecommunication Sarawak and chairman of Sacofa; Datuk Liwan Lagang, Deputy Minister for Utility and Telecommunication (Telecommunication); Wong Heang Tuck, CEO of U Mobile; and Woon Ooi Yuen, chief technology officer U Mobile has appointed Sacofa Sdn Bhd, the leading telecommunications infrastructur

Malaysia and the Netherlands have signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen ties in the semiconductor industry, aiming to reinforce Malaysia’s role as a global chip hub and the Netherlands’ position in advanced manufacturing and innovation. The Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was signed in The Hague by Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz and Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans. This agreement builds on an initiative first pro

FILE PHOTO: A Samsung Electronics logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration taken August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Samsung Electronics said on Friday it is in "close discussion" to supply its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM4, to Nvidia, as the South Korean chipmaker scrambles to catch up with rivals in the AI chip race. Samsung, which plans to market the new chip next year, did not specify when it aims to

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at the National Assembly in Seoul on Nov 4, 2025. (Photo: AFP/Chung Sung-Jun) South Korea will triple spending on artificial intelligence and make its biggest defence budget increase in six years, President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday (Nov 4) in his annual parliamentary budget speech. Lee said 10.1 trillion won (US$7 billion) would go towards "a major transformation aimed at propelling South Korea into the ranks of the

FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to produce its first in-house artificial intelligence processors, the latest chip tie-up for the ChatGPT maker as it races to secure the computing power needed to meet surging demand for its services. Shares of Broadcom rose more than 10 per cent. The companies said on Monday that OpenAI would design the chips, which Broadcom w

Malaysia Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz announces fast-track licences for manufacturing projects and a bigger kitty for government co-investment that can be tapped by Malaysian SMEs. Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong speaking at the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) joint investment forum at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre on Oct 14, 2025. (Photo: CNA/Lim Li Ting) New measures are being rolled out in the 

Guangzhou Industrial Technology will return to Area B of the China Import and Export Fair Complex from 4 – 6 March 2026. A key annual event for South China's manufacturing sector, the fair's 2026 edition will expand its robotics coverage, showcasing the full value chain from components and advanced technologies to system integration. Situated in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area), one of China’s leading production hubs, the event connects techno

Vietnam’s economic growth accelerated at the fastest pace in three years in the third quarter, with manufacturing and business activity cushioning the economy against higher tariffs that took effect early August. Gross domestic product rose 8.23% in the July-September period from a year earlier, according to data from the National Statistics Office in Hanoi on Monday. That’s faster than the 7.15% median estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Second-quarter growth was rev