Asia Tech: October 2024

In October, Asia’s tech news touched on items including: cryptocurrency taxation in South Korea; Taiwan’s interest in nuclear power generation for energy supplies; the growth of QR code based cross-border payments across Asia and the Indo-Pacific; China’s Beidou satellite-nav system development plans; Japan’s wind-energy moves to aid firms including Rapidus semiconductors company; Malaysia’s Johor state’s data center opportunities; TSMC’s block on companies skirting sanctions to supply chips to China’s Huawei;  and many more.

Also: Critical technologies in the news in October >

NBR: Asia’s Space Ambitions – Next chapter in global space competition

• Australia’s tech news headlines: October 2024
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Indo-Pacific Studies Centre: Emerging Leaders Forum 2025

• Cambodia tech snapshot: October 2024
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Asia Tech News Podcast: Audio headlines round-up to mid-October 2024

• China’s tech news headlines: October 2024
  • Last month in China

Hoover Institution: Digital Currencies – The US, China and the World

• Hong Kong’s tech news: October 2024
  • Last month in Hong Kong

Coincub: Crypto Banking Report 2024

• India’s tech news headlines: October 2024
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Indo-Pacific Insight: Critical tech, space, risk, geopolitics, supply chains…

• Indonesia tech: October 2024
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Indosat: Empowering Indonesia 2024 – Growth beyond metropolitan (pdf)

• Japan’s tech news headlines: October 2024
  • Last month in Japan

Yuri Group: Fuel-in’ Fashion – recycled clothing and hydrogen

• South Korea tech: October 2024
  • Last month in South Korea

Adobe / eConsultancy: Digital trends – Asia Pacific & Japan

• Malaysian tech news: October 2024
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GITEX Asia Tech Conference & Expo, April 23-25 2025 in Singapore

• New Zealand tech snapshot: October 2024
  • Last month in New Zealand

Stanford University: Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024

• The Philippines’ tech news: October 2024
  • Last month in The Philippines

Destination Southeast Asia: Trends, Founders, Startups

• Singapore tech news: October 2024
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Enterprise Singapore: Singapore Venture Funding Landscape 2024

• Taiwan’s tech news headlines: October 2024
  • Last month in Taiwan

Lazard: The Geopolitics of Supply Chains

• Thailand tech snapshot: October 2024
  • Last month in Thailand

Galaxy: The Digital Asset Investable Universe

• Vietnam’s tech headlines: October 2024
  • Last month in Vietnam

Lowy Institute Asia Power Index 2024 – Key findings

Critical technologies: October 2024

• In Thailand, Google is to invest $1 billion in building a data center and cloud computing region to meet Southeast Asia demand for AI services, creating 14,000 jobs annually until 2029…
• Australia’s Q-CTRL quantum infrastructure software firm secured an additional $59M, with focus on ‘middleware’ for hardware providers…
• China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation launches the 2nd group of 18 satellites for the 14,000-satellite ‘Thousand Sails’ mega-constellation, aka ‘G60 Starlink’…

Full report:
Critical technologies, globally, in October >