Welcome to Computing's fortnightly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at trade restrictions between the US and China; potential collaboration between the countries on AI; and Japan bolstering its chip industry.

By many measures, the construction industry is the least digitised in the world. Given the nature of the business, this is unsurprising, but its not sustainable by any definition of that word, according to Yves Padrines, CEO of German software company Nemetschek Group.

The Turla hacking group has used newly discovered malware to compromise a European ministry of foreign affairs and its diplomatic missions abroad, says ESET.

Despite the plethora of job opportunities, the UK tech sector still struggles with diversity, and theres a long way to go to catch up with the pace of technological progress.

The National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) CTO, Ollie Whitehouse, has told delegates at CyberUK 2024 that the current market fails to incentivise the development of truly secure technology.

Underwater datacentres (UDCs) could face serious threats from acoustic attacks as simple as a high musical note broadcast beneath the waves, according to new research.

The European Union has launched an investigation into Meta over suspicions that its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram cause behavioural addiction in children and fail to protect them from inappropriate content.

International Monetary Fund managing director Dr Kristalina Georgieva has warned of that AI is hitting the global labour market like a tsunami.

The destruction of Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore by Singapore-flagged container ship, the Dali recently drew immediate speculation that it may have been hacked. This was almost certainly not the case, said Mantas Marcinkevicuis, CISO at maritime information provider Lloyds List Intelligence.

British tech firm Raspberry Pi is aiming to end London's IPO dry spell with a potential listing this year.

The UK's post-Brexit border regime has come under fresh fire after IT outages crippled the crucial Automatic Licence Verification System (ALVS) over the weekend.

Superalignment will be dealt a serious blow by the loss of its leaders, and the lack of transparency is raising concerns and fueling speculattion of an exodus from OpenAI

Microsoft has fixed 60 Windows CVEs in its May Patch Tuesday update, two of which are actively exploited zero days. One is a critical vulnerability, earning an 8.8 CVSS rating.

The AI wave isnt on the horizon. Its already here and most CIOs are not well prepared.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has joined forces with three prominent insurance associations to combat the growing threat of ransomware payments in the UK.

These are the entries the judges deemed worthy of being finalists for the Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2024. We are pleased to reveal the shortlist for this year's Digital Technology Leaders Awards . Unlike some events, the Digital Technology Leaders Awards do not honour products. Instead, these awards recognise the outstanding achievements of people, projects and companies in the digital field. Each of the shortlisted candidates have shown exceptional commitment to excellence, and have eme

Samantha Hart, Group CISO at Davies talks about how the role of CISO is evolving, why reporting lines matter and why CISOs have to be storytellers. Davies is a specialist professional services firm specialising in insurance, financial services and highly regulated businesses. The company employs approximately 8000 people across 40 countries. Recent reports and events suggest that across swathes of the public and private sector, most recently the MoD , complacency prevails about the extent of ris

Based on Computing's research and interviews with two experts in the field, we look at the causes of burnout among cybersecurity professionals and how more attention paid to this issue at board level could help shore up defences.

OpenAI debuted GPT-4o yesterday which the company hopes will offer users a more human like interaction in real time via live voice conversation, video streams and text.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt plans to raise a homegrown tech titan, but does the UK's investment landscape support that lofty ambition?

Microsoft is bracing for a fresh round of antitrust charges in Europe, as the EU Commission prepares to take aim at the tech giant's dominance in the video conferencing market with its Teams software.

Amateur dramatics gets right what companies have failed at for years.

Shared Services Connected Ltd (SSCL), a key IT contractor for the UK government, concealed for months the cybersecurity breach that compromised the data of hundreds of thousands of current and former military personnel.

We have to protect our people as much as our networks, and that means looking after their mental health as well as their security education.

Security analysts at Recorded Future's Insikt Group have unearthed a Russian influence network named CopyCop, which employs generative AI to distort and repurpose authentic news for its own aims.

VP and Deputy Chief Security Officer at GitHub explains why basic security hygiene measures like securing developer accounts can prevent much bigger supply chain problems later, and how AI tools can play a part in making us more secure as well as more productive.

Shares in UK chip designer Arm fell by 7% yesterday after the company revealed a lower than expected revenue forecast.

The recently announced partnership between Stack Overflow and OpenAI is going down badly with users of the public facing part of the platform.

Google parent Alphabet has urged the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in London to dismiss a mass lawsuit that accuses the company of abusing its dominance in the online advertising market.

Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Graphcore, a British AI chip designer that has struggled to gain traction in recent years.

Jason Ozin, CISO at PIB Insurance, told the Cybersecurity Festival to get a broker, get certified and get hacked.

Researchers at vendor Leviathan Security Group have revealed a novel network attack technique they call TunnelVision, which potentially affects all VPNs.

Ofcom has published its draft Childrens Safety Codes of Practice which set out how Ofcom expects online platforms and services to meet their legal responsibilities to protect children online.

A technical issue affecting UK Border Force's IT systems caused hours-long queues at airports around the country before it was fixed.

A panel at the Cybersecurity festival discussed the benefits of attracting more diverse talent, and supporting that talent to maximise productivity and skills retention.

Big cyber news found us, unusually, staying in the UK's borders last week.

Microsoft currently tracks 300 large-scale threat actors, meaning state sponsored actors and major ransomware gangs; last year that number was 200.

INC Ransom makes good on earlier threat to publish data

Personal information belonging to serving UK personnel has been leaked in a deliberate attack targeting the Ministry of Defence.

A new report by cybersecurity firm Imperva paints a surprising picture of the internet landscape.

Microsoft is undergoing a major security overhaul following a series of high-profile breaches and harsh criticism for its handling of past incidents.

A committee of UK legislators has accused the government of turning a blind eye to copyright infringement by large language models, effectively endorsing the practice through its inaction.

Apple reported a 4% year-on-year drop in revenue to $90.8 billion for the quarter ending 30th March, beating analyst expectations of $90.1 billion.

Cybersecurity is a numbers game. Cyber teams are barraged by hundreds, thousands or even millions of attempts to crack their systems every day. Fortunately most of these are basic and easily dealt with by filters, but it only takes one of the more sophisticated attempts to get through to spell trouble.

The US cyber agency has told federal agencies to patch a GitLab flaw that makes accounts vulnerable to takeover.