Asia’s tech news in December of 2024 captured items across an obviously huge range of technologies, implementations, achievements and issues.
These included, for instance: Japan Smart Chain, an Ethereum-based blockchain; Taiwan’s moves to build a UAV testing facility; the implementation of Australia’s Digital ID Act; the launch of Malaysia’s National Artificial Intelligence Office; China’s fast-increasing space launch schedule; and many more.
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Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040
Assessing the state of Cambodia’s startup ecosystem (pdf)
Oxford Institute: China’s rare earths dominance and policy responses
Chainalysis: Geography of Crypto Report 2024
Inc42 DataLabs: 2024 Indian Tech Startup Report
Indonesia: Project Garuda, central bank digital currency
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 Conference
The Block: Digital Assets Outlook Report for 2025
WEF: Advanced Nuclear and Small Modular Reactor Deployment
Google Cloud: Data & AI Trends Report 2024
Lowy Institute: Asia Power Index 2024 report findings
Enterprise Singapore: Singapore Venture Funding Landscape 2024
USSC: Looking to the skies – the importance of satellite cybersecurity
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Critical technologies in the news, globally, in December 2024
Critical tech news: December
- Google unveils new ‘Willow’ quantum computing chip, claiming a major breakthrough with 5-minute computation near-impossible with current supercomputers…
- SpaceX launched 30 satellites on December 21st, second in Bandwagon ‘rideshare’ series, delivering payloads from South Korea, Finland, the US and others…
- Australia: Quantum Brilliance secures Au$13M equity investment for quantum diamond foundry for devices capable of room-temperature operation…