Technology

Global innovators invited to participate in Taiwan’s Inaugural RegTech Challenge

NEWSWIRE ASIA
Date: Sep 13, 2020

TAIPEI, Sept. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Supervised by Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), organized by Taiwan Financial Services Round Table (TFSR) and hosted by Institute for Information Industry (III) and Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation (TDCC) have joined forces to host Taiwan RegTech Challenge (TRC) 2020, an inaugural international challenge in Taiwan. This public-private-partnership, executed by TDCC and FinTechSpace, is supported by over 20 financial institutes across all financial sectors. After 3 months of interview, practical issues from financial supervision to industrial digital supervision are identified. TRC 2020 calls for local and international solutions for accelerating the implementation of RegTech in industries. All participating teams get the chance to be mentored by local experts and the winning prize includes resources and services valued near US$300,000. TRC 2020 opens up a common platform for solution providers to meet and consult with Taiwan regulators and matching with financial institutes. Starting today until October 16th, challenge rounds include the Preliminary, the Semi-final and the Final, which will be hosted on January 28 and 29, 2021.


Global innovators invited to participate in Taiwan’s Inaugural RegTech Challenge, an inaugural international challenge in Taiwan. TRC2020 calls for local and international solutions for accelerating the implementation of RegTech in industries. All participating teams get the chance to be mentored by local experts and the winning prize includes resources and services valued near US$300,000. Registration starts today until October 16th, the Final will be hosted on January 28 and 29, 2021.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan first in world to set R&D guidelines for AI

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 23 September, 2019
By: Shirley Lin

The science and technology ministry publishes guidelines for R&D in AI.

The Ministry of Science and Technology on Monday published the world's first guidelines for research and development in the area of artificial intelligence.

Minister Chen Liang-gee said artificial intelligence is the most powerful tool in the history of the human race. He said the science and technology ministry has the responsibility of helping humans be able to trust it.

Chen said that during the learning process for creating artificial intelligence, all of the information that’s collected must be preserved in its complete form. He said the source of the information must be clear because everything that AI learns depends on the gathered information.    [FULL  STORY]

Public urged to embrace development of artificial intelligence

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/19
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, July 19 (CNA) Attending a forum in Taipei on Thursday, digital innovators

Ethan Tu (杜奕瑾, right)

and Sophia, the world’s first android citizen, urged the public to become part of artificial intelligence (AI) development and work together to shape a future where interactions between humans and robots make the world a better place.

“We have the power to shape the future together. There is so much promise in what we can accomplish if we are both nice to each other,” said Sophia, who is Hanson Robotics’ latest and most advanced robot to date.

Sophia received citizenship of Saudi Arabia in 2016 and was named the world’s first United Nations Innovation Champion by the United Nations Development Program to promote sustainable development and safeguard human rights.

An evolving genius machine that has incredible human likeness and expressiveness, Sophia told the audience that she likes to engage with and learn from human beings, creating a live example of human-computer interaction.
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Taiwan university develops battery costing only 5% of lithium ones

Digitimes
Date: 13 April 2018
By: Rebecca Kuo, Tainan; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES

Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University has developed an eco-friendly battery using

National Cheng Kung University develops a sodium ion-based battery
Photo: NCKU

sodium ion electrolyte as the source. The battery’s non-corrosive, non-toxic and non-explosive characteristics have made it suitable for storing power generated by wind and solar power systems, and can be applied near agricultural or water source areas without creating hazard, the developers said.

Since the electrolyte is diluted from sodium phosphate powder, which is cheap to acquire at NT$300 (US$10) per kilogram, the costs for making the battery are only 5% of those of a lithium battery.

However, the battery only features a maximum capacity of 60mAh/g, which is only half of the lithium battery’s 120mAh/g.    [SOURCE]

New Trojan-based malware threatens Android phone users

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/06/18
By: Han Ting-ting and Ko Lin

Taipei, June 18 (CNA) A new Trojan-based malware Xavier has recently been discovered in more than

Picture downloaded from Pixabay

800 applications and downloaded from Google Play by millions of Android users, according to online security software developer Trend Micro Inc.

Xavier is a mobile malware that steals and leaks personal data, and has the capability to download and execute other malicious codes, the company noted in a recent news blog.

Another dangerous aspect of Xavier is that it can encrypt and transmit information about a victim’s device to a remote server, where hackers can retain the information for suspicious purposes.

According to Trend Micro, so far the greatest number of download attempts has come from countries in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia.    [FULL  STORY]

IT Month 2015 to kick off in Taipei City

Taiwan Today
Date: November 26, 2015

Taiwan’s annual Information Technology Month electronics show will kick off Nov.

An eye-catching lineup of high-tech gadgets are showcased at an IT Month pre-show media event Nov. 24 in Taipei City. (UDN)

An eye-catching lineup of high-tech gadgets are showcased at an IT Month pre-show media event Nov. 24 in Taipei City. (UDN)

28 in Taipei, before touring Taichung, Kaohsiung and Tainan cities, according to organizer Taipei Computer Association.

A total of 1,425 booths by 305 exhibitors are expected to draw up to 950,000 visitors to the Taipei World Trade Center during the nine-day Taipei leg, TCA said, adding that it projects overall revenue will top NT$10 billion (US$308 million) for the event.

“Interconnectivity is the theme running through this year’s IT Month expo,” TCA Secretary-General Enoch Du said. “The event will feature a diverse array of exhibitions and pavilions showcasing Taiwan’s advances in Internet of Things and smart living applications.”

The displays will highlight cutting-edge 4G communications, electronic payment, mobile Internet, multimedia and telematics services, Du added, with focus placed on the business opportunities created by cross-domain integration and the emerging maker culture.     [FULL STORY]

Alchemy unveils ‘mind-boggling’ gadgets at Taitronics

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-07
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter

Brain-computer interfaces are no longer a thing of the future. A new generation of brain-

Alchemy unveils 'mind-boggling' gadgets. Taiwan News

Alchemy unveils ‘mind-boggling’ gadgets. Taiwan News

powered wearable devices can detect thoughts, feelings and facial expressions via electrical currents our bodies produce, according to Duke Tu, project manager at Alchemy Technology Inc.

“The idea that you can manipulate devices using mind power can be gimmicky and yet mind-boggling to the average public,” Tu told Taiwan News during the second day of the Taipei International Electronics Show (Taitronics 2015) on Wednesday.

Consumer devices, like Alchemy’s MindWave Education, put the brain-computer interface in the hands of the common man. The headset is a learning tool making for easy development of brain-computer interface (BCI) applications.

The gadget safely measures brainwave signals and monitors the attention levels of students as they interact with math, memory and pattern recognition applications. Ten apps are included with experiences ranging from fun entertainment to serious education.     [FULL  STORY]

New iOS malware tricks its way onto iPhones in China and Taiwan

The malicious software, called YiSpecter, hijacks apps and the Safari browser to show full-page ads. It fools users into installing it by claiming to circumvent China’s Web

C|net
Date: October 5, 2015
By: Rahil Bhagat

A new species of malware that shows fullscreen ads is flourishing on Apple devices in China and Taiwan. The development follows reports last month that apps loaded with malware had to be purged from the company’s App Store.

The malicious software, dubbed YiSpecter, is reportedly able to “install and launch arbitrary iOS apps, replace existing apps with those it downloads, hijack other apps’ execution to display advertisements, change Safari’s default search engine, bookmarks and opened pages, and upload device information,” according to US-based cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks.

Victims of YiSpecter are reportedly tricked into being infected when they are persuaded to download what appears to be a “private version” or “version 5.0” of a popular but now defunct media player, QVOD.

In China, QVOD was popular for its ability to allow users to share pornographic content. Pornography is illegal in China but there exists a vast underground network of hidden sites and third-party apps to circumvent such laws. The offices of the app’s developer, Kuaibo, were raided by police in 2014.     [FULL  STORY]

Ghost Push Android malware infects 1.3m phones per day

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/09/22
By: Esme Jiang and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) Cheetah Mobile, a well-known developer of Android apps and 201509220034t0002utilities, recently released a warning that it has discovered a new malware dubbed “Ghost Push,” which infects an estimated 1.3 million Android-based mobile phones globally per day, including many in Taiwan.

The malware is being distributed through non-Google app stores and has managed to infect 14,846 types of phones and 3,658 brands, according to Cheetah Mobile’s security research lab.

The most affected users have been identified as residing in countries like the United States, India, China and Mexico, it said.

It was reported that some users in Taiwan have also been affected by the malware.     [FULL  STORY]

China makers gain upper hand over Taiwan rivals in IoT orders

DIGITIMES
Date: Friday 24 July 2015
By: Aaron Lee, Taipei; Steve Shen

Many Silicon Valley-based startups have chosen makers in Shenzhen, China, instead of Taiwan-based ODMs, for production of hardware devices for IoT (Internet of Things) applications, according to sources in Taiwan’s notebook supply chain.

The newly established startups are more willing to deal with small-scale makers in Shenzhen because they accept orders for multiple models in small volumes, while Taiwan makers have been focusing on large volume orders, indicated the sources.

The flexibility in production plus government support has made Shenzhen a major production base for the development of hardware related to IoT applications, commented the sources.

Kai-Fu Lee, founder of China-based Innovation Works, has also revealed that he has met with a number of startups in Silicon-Valley recently, but none of them have approached Taiwan makers for hardware production because their order quantities were rather limited, totaling several thousand or several tens of thousands of units only.     [FULL  STORY]