The latest technology news from across Asia-Pacific
Google Research tested 180 agent configurations across five architectures and found multi-agent systems boost parallel tasks by 81% but degrade sequential work by up to 70%. The predictive model correctly identifies optimal setups for 87% of unseen tasks—challenging the 'more agents always better' assumption driving enterprise AI deployments.
The New York Times announced Wordle will start repeating previous answers from February 2, framing it as 'exciting news.' Independent analysis suggests the original 2,309-word list could have lasted until 2036 with proper curation. The move fundamentally changes player strategy and has drawn skepticism from the community.
Europe's largest open-source conference shifted focus from vendor convenience to community-controlled infrastructure. The 25-year-old event showcased 1,079 sessions across 71 tracks, with notable emphasis on FreeBSD, minimal BSD systems, and decentralized networking—signaling enterprise interest in sovereign tech stacks.
A developer built Drinky, a personal water intake tracker, using Cloudflare's serverless stack and grammY framework. The project demonstrates practical state management with Durable Objects - though enterprise teams should note the free tier masks real costs at scale.
Two infrastructure attacks this month show where OT security stands: Poland's grid held, Venezuela's didn't. The gap between attack frequency and actual impact matters more than the headlines suggest.
Two distinct user groups are emerging in enterprise AI adoption. Power users—often non-technical—are deploying tools like Claude Code for finance and operations work, while enterprise workers remain stuck with Microsoft's bundled Copilot. The gap is creating a productivity divide between agile small companies and locked-down enterprises.
A minimal 128-bit unsigned integer implementation using carry/borrow/multiply intrinsics generates assembly identical to compiler builtins. For CTOs facing precision requirements in geometry, finance, or crypto workloads, fixed-width types offer predictable performance without abstraction overhead—the foundation scales cleanly to 256 or 512 bits.
A 2018 script shows how rsync's --link-dest option creates space-efficient snapshots for Linux servers, using hardlinks instead of full copies. Enterprise teams get browseable backups without vendor dependency, but manual restore testing remains critical.
Ian's Shoelace Site is a 20-year-old hobby project about tying shoes faster. No funding, no enterprise angle, no APAC tech story. The search results contain zero developments relevant to our readership.
Internal WhatsApp logs from a Laos pig butchering compound show how forced laborers are controlled through fines and debt—while defrauding victims of millions. The leaks expose the operational reality of Southeast Asian scam operations that have become the most lucrative form of cybercrime globally.
ZDNET's list of essential free Windows apps hits familiar territory: Brave, VLC, ShareX, WPS Office, Todoist. The real question for enterprise teams isn't which apps, but how you deploy them - manual installs don't scale past your first machine.
A decade of HS2 railway excavations has produced 450,000 archaeological objects now stored in a Yorkshire warehouse. The finds span 10,000+ years of British history, but their future ownership and display plans remain undecided as the delayed rail project approaches 2033 completion.