China to see major shift to Huawei for AI model training in 2027: deputy chair

The global rush to build artificial intelligence may be making the basic gateway to the internet more expensive for the people who need it most. That is the uncomfortable warning from the GSMA’s State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2026, released in Hong Kong on September 18. The industry body, which represents mobile operators and […] The post GSMA says smartphone costs could deepen the coming AI divide appeared first on e27.

I’ve watched the same movie play out too many times: a management team receives a penetration testing report, sees a wall of findings with scary-sounding names, and immediately assumes their platform is on fire. It’s not on fire. It’s almost never on fire. But the report sure makes it look like it is. And that’s […] The post How to read a VAPT report without panicking appeared first on e27.

For most of my career, I believed professional value followed a relatively stable equation. The more capable you became, the more valuable you became. That assumption shaped how many of us approached work, leadership, and identity itself. We invested years building expertise because expertise carried weight. We learned to execute reliably because reliability created trust. […] The post The AI economy is quietly exposing what organisations truly value about humans appeared first on e27.

Huawei Technologies expects a major domestic shift towards its artificial intelligence computing infrastructure for model training next year, as its Ascend processors gain ground on Nvidia in China despite supply constraints, according to rotating chairman Eric Xu Zhijun. “I believe that starting from next year, a lot of the AI model training will be based on the SuperPoD or SuperCluster based on Ascend 950DT,” Xu told reporters during the Huawei Connect 2026 conference in Shanghai on...

Crunchbase’s numbers for the first half of 2026 are the kind that are supposed to make an entire industry feel good. Global venture funding hit US$510 billion, beating the whole of 2025 in six months and smashing the previous half-year record of US$375 billion set in the second half of 2021. Startup capital, by the […] The post When 43 per cent of the world’s funding goes to two firms, where does that leave SEA? appeared first on e27.

On September 18, 2026, global markets rose together. Asian stocks and bonds gained as oil extended its decline. European equities climbed. The STOXX 600 rose 0.9 per cent to 642.6 points. Mining and automotive sectors led those gains. The FTSE index gained 1.2 per cent. That marked its best one-day performance in over two months. […] The post Did the Fed just accidentally kick off the next crypto bull run? Or just a dead cat bounce? appeared first on e27.

Gain City says the iPhone 18 Pro Max accounted for 78 percent of its iPhone sales since doors opened, with queues forming from 5.30am and Burgundy the colour of choice.

Waymo is preparing to bring its driverless ride-hailing service to Singapore in 2028, marking one of the most closely watched tests yet of whether fully autonomous mobility can work in a dense, highly regulated Southeast Asian city. The Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company said it is working with Singapore’s Ministry of Transport and Land Transport Authority […] The post Waymo’s Singapore entry raises the stakes for autonomous mobility in Asia appeared first on e27.

SIMBA is making Huawei central to its latest 10Gbps broadband offer, with Wi-Fi 7 built into the optical network router and adds mesh nodes to extend whole-home coverage.

Part of my work as an international market expansion specialist, supporting government and companies in the process of promoting and attracting opportunities, is reading a market’s readiness not just through headlines, but through the infrastructure underneath: banking systems, regulatory friction, and the everyday experience of the people actually trying to operate there. That’s what pulled […] The post What Maybank’s US$10B bet reveals about market readiness: A view from two emerging ecosystems appeared first on e27.

Apple’s new Pro iPhones arrive in Singapore on 18 September, while the foldable iPhone Duo follows in October with prices starting at S$3,099.