Asia Tech News Digest - September 22, 2026

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1	TechAsia	Tencent Cloud, AI Singapore launch hackathon	Tencent said outstanding participants may be considered for fast-track internships.	AI	Read
2	TechAsia	Bain Capital leads $25m round for AI health startup Corridor	Its founder previously led product at Scale AI and explored chronic pain care.	AI	Read
3	TechAsia	Amazon to invest $1.9b in delivery, expand AI tools	Surround-view cameras will reach half of Amazon’s Rivian vans by year-end.	AI	Read
4	CNA	Trump returns to UN at a moment of anxiety about Iran, AI and the future of world body itself	US President Donald Trump returns to the General Assembly nearing the seven-month mark of a new war against Iran that he insists is necessary to address a nuclear threat.	AI	Read
5	DigiTimes	Microsoft opens fourth India cloud region, casting Hyderabad as an AI hub for Asia and the Global South	Microsoft has turned a headline slice of its US$20.5 billion India commitment into operating infrastructure, opening a Hyderabad cloud region it intends to serve customers well beyond India's borders. The move positions the country as a supply base for AI compute at a moment when it generates far more data than it can	AI	Read
6	DigiTimes	Hanmi Semiconductor ships first FC Bonder 75 for 2.5D packaging	Hanmi Semiconductor said on September 22 that it has shipped its first FC Bonder 75 to a customer, expanding the South Korean equipment maker's reach beyond high-bandwidth memory (HBM) into the broader system semiconductor packaging market.	Semiconductor	Read
7	DigiTimes	Taiwan virtual asset law to help lower supply chain transaction costs	Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed the Virtual Asset Service Act in June 2026, and Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is now drafting delegated regulations, with completion planned for the first quarter of 2027. PwC Taiwan managing director Monica Lee said banks will need licenses to operate virtual asset se	Logistics	Read
8	CNA	US-China AI race: Rivals compete for influence while seeking common ground on risks	Washington and Beijing are competing across AI models, chips and supply chains, even as they explore ways to manage the technology’s growing risks. Southeast Asia is increasingly becoming a focus of their efforts to build international AI partnerships.	AISemiconductorLogistics	Read
9	CNA	MAS warns of fresh global shocks and AI pullback, but says Singapore firms and households well-buffered	Economies benefitting from AI-related exports and investments can handle higher debt costs for now, but they are also the most vulnerable if the AI boom cools.	AI	Read
10	NikkeiAsia	Trump and Xi set to talk trade and AI as truce hangs in balance	Trump and Xi set to talk trade and AI as truce hangs in balance	AI	Read
11	NikkeiAsia	Alibaba touts 'most powerful AI chip in China' for data center buildout	Alibaba touts 'most powerful AI chip in China' for data center buildout	AISemiconductor	Read

Tencent Cloud, AI Singapore launch hackathon

Asia Tech News Digest - September 22, 2026