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The Hong Kong Jockey Club has been crowned Hong Kong’s Most Attractive Employer in the 2026 Randstad Employer Brand Research (REBR), after polling 2,500 locally-based respondents. Almost three in four respondents (74.3%) said they would be willing to work for the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

In today's landscape of fragmented regulation, legacy system constraints, escalating cyber risks and shifting geopolitics, transformation is no longer a one-off initiative—it is becoming the core operating model. For a global bank operating across 55 highly dynamic markets, this challenge is particularly acute.

Avnet and The University of Hong Kong have officially opened the Emerging Microelectronics and Ubiquitous Systems Lab, or EMUS Lab, in a move aimed at accelerating the development and commercialisation of AI-enabled hardware in Hong Kong.

The world risks a widening divide between people who can participate in the artificial intelligence economy and those who cannot, as rising smartphone component costs threaten to put mobile internet access beyond the reach of billions, the GSMA has warned. According to the State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2026, more than 3.4 billion people do not use mobile internet, even though more than 90% of them live within areas covered by mobile broadband networks.

Artificial intelligence is moving from experimentation into mainstream business operations across Asia Pacific, but the region’s ability to capture its benefits will depend less on access to technology than on workforce confidence, organisational culture and the quality of reskilling. Evidence from recent Statista surveys points to a growing tension.

HID has launched the HID Signo Décor Reader 30, a flush-mount access control device designed to combine trusted security with the aesthetic requirements of high-design, high-traffic environments. Announced in Singapore on 16 September 2026, the reader is aimed at architects, specifiers and systems integrators working on projects where access control hardware must complement the surrounding environment.

IDC defines digital sovereignty as the capacity of nations, organisations and individuals to control how and where data is managed, stored and processed, including the underlying infrastructure. For chief operating officers, this means digital sovereignty will increasingly influence operating models, supplier selection, network architecture and AI risk management.

ADATA Technology has expanded its business-to-business portfolio by integrating products and solutions from TRUSTA and ADATA Industrial across five key application areas: enterprise server, intelligent edge, computer system, smart home, and portable & wearables. The move responds to surging enterprise demand for high-performance memory and storage as AI infrastructure, edge computing, and intelligent systems mature.

Gartner has identified three technology trends expected to shape government investment, operating models and public service delivery as agencies respond to the growing impact of artificial intelligence, evolving cyber threats and rising citizen expectations. Gartner said public sector leaders are under pressure to modernise operations, strengthen cyber resilience and govern AI at scale while managing economic and geopolitical uncertainty.

A global UiPath survey has identified business orchestration as a critical layer for enterprises seeking to move agentic artificial intelligence beyond experimentation and into scaled deployments that deliver measurable returns. The survey of 590 C-suite and IT practitioners at large organisations found that fewer than one in three respondents, or 31%, said AI was fully embedded across their business.