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AI in the APAC retail sector is transitioning from analytics and pilots into workflows and daily operations.Dense urban stores, high labour churn, and competitive quick-commerce ecosystems are driving the uptake. A Q4 2025 survey by GlobalData found that 45 percent of consumers in Asia and Australasia are very or quite likely to purchase a product based on AI recommendations or endorsements.Jaya Dandey, Consumer Analyst at GlobalData, said: “Whether shoppers realise it or not, machine-learning systems have long been deciding when to encourage consumers to make purchases, which products they can see, and what discounts they can avail.“Now, agentic systems can…

Listen to this article | 5 minsinfoMike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel, has suggested that he would not object if Israel were to take most of the Middle East, stressing what he described as the Jewish people’s right to the land.In an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired on Friday, Huckabee was pressed about the geographical borders of Israel, which he argues are rooted in the Bible.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listCarlson told Huckabee that the biblical verse had promised the land to the descendants of Abraham, including the area between the Euphrates River in Iraq…

The most rigorous international study of firm-level AI impact to date has landed, and its headline finding is more constructive than many expected. Across nearly 6,000 verified executives in four countries, AI has delivered modest aggregate shifts in productivity or employment over the past three years. The measured impact reflects the early phases of deployment rather than a failure of the technology.The working paper [PDF], published by the National Bureau of Economic Research and produced by teams from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Bank of England, the Deutsche Bundesbank and Macquarie University, found that over 90% of firms…

TL;DR If you want architects, operators, and leadership aligned, you need a topology mental model that starts with VCF objects and only then maps to your physical sites. The hierarchy you should standardize on is Fleet -> Instance -> Domain -> Cluster. Your topology decision is mostly about: How many instances you deploy and how they map to sites and regions. How many fleets you operate as governance, identity, and operational boundary lines. Three practical deployment postures: Single site: fastest path, smallest blast radius, simplest networking. Two sites in one region: stretched clusters, stronger site resilience, tighter latency constraints. Multi-region:…

Kazakhstan and Kosovo have also pledged to participate, while Egypt and Jordan will provide training for police officers.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoIndonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Albania have pledged to send troops to Gaza, the commander of a newly created International Stabilization Force (ISF) has said during a meeting of United States President Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace.US Army General Jasper Jeffers, who has been appointed as the head of a future Gaza stabilisation force by Trump’s board, said on Thursday that the Indonesian contingent to the mission has “accepted the position of deputy commander”.Recommended Stories list of 4…

The adoption of AI for enterprise treasury management enables businesses to abandon manual spreadsheets for automated data pipelines.Corporate finance departments face pressure from market volatility, regulatory demands, and digital finance requirements. Ashish Kumar, head of Infosys Oracle Sales for North America, and CM Grover, CEO of IBS FinTech, recently discussed the realities of corporate treasuries.IBS FinTech has operated for 19 years and currently ranks in the top five globally according to an IDC report. Grover notes that while AI-powered automation has reached many areas of corporate life, treasury departments often still rely on manual spreadsheets.“IBS FinTech has identified the gap…

Trump’s tariffs, Greenland and defence spending are testing US-Europe alliance.United States President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on European goods, made a bid to take over Greenland and demanded Europe foot the bill for its own defence. European leaders now fear the era of US-led security protections may be over. They’re accelerating efforts to reduce their military and economic dependence on the US.At the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted his nation is not walking away from its allies. But few in the room were convinced. Instead, leader after leader took to the podium with the…

Artificial intelligence is moving closer to the point where it can act, not just advise. A new pilot by DBS Bank shows how that shift may soon affect everyday payments, as financial institutions begin testing systems that allow AI agents to complete purchases on behalf of customers.DBS is working with Visa to trial Visa Intelligent Commerce, a framework designed to support transactions initiated by AI software rather than humans. The system allows digital agents to search for products, select options, and complete purchases using payment credentials issued and controlled by the bank. According to reports from Asian Banking & Finance…

TL;DR If any Azure IaaS VM in your estate still uses unmanaged disks, it is on a hard clock: after March 31, 2026 those VMs can’t be started, and running or allocated ones are stopped and deallocated. Your fastest reality check is the Azure Portal VM list: add the Uses managed disks column/filter and set it to No. Treat this like a production change program, not a “click-and-go” task: inventory across subscriptions identify maintenance windows validate dependencies (IPs, availability sets, monitoring, backups) schedule conversions in batches Architecture Diagram Table of Contents Scenario What Is Actually Retiring Key Challenges Quick Risk…

Listen to this article | 5 minsinfoBrendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States, has confirmed that the agency launched an investigation against ABC’s daytime talk show The View over a recent appearance by a politician.In comments to reporters on Wednesday, Carr indicated the probe would examine whether The View violated a new interpretation of an “equal time” rule implemented under President Donald Trump.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFox News had been the first to report on the investigation in early February. The segment in question involves an appearance from Texas state Representative James…