Cybersecurity in ASEAN: Fortinet launched a Singapore cloud PoP to bring network detection and response closer to customers, aiming to cut alert overload and improve visibility across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments. Conservation + climate tech: A new study says Indonesia’s 2025 Sumatra floods and landslides killed at least 58 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans—about 7% of the species—using satellite imagery and past population records, with human-driven climate change linked to more extreme rainfall. Regional investment tech/industry: ASEAN diplomats visited Bangladesh’s Special Economic Zone (BSEZ), touring factories and discussing incentives, infrastructure and ways to expand industrial cooperation with modern production tech. Brunei-linked education innovation: UBD relaunched its Start-Up Center and Entrepreneurship Village to help students and young entrepreneurs turn ideas into scalable businesses. Brunei-area heritage research: Sarawak moved to gazette a rare 16th-century Arabic manuscript tied to Sultan Tengah and nominate it for UNESCO’s “Memory of the World,” with transliteration and translation work led by regional research teams. Space/energy connectivity angle: Sarawak highlighted its push toward a “hybrid petro-electro” future, pairing gas with renewables, hydrogen and carbon absorption.