TOKYO’S MON TAKANAWA TO HOST LONDON SOUND EXHIBITION

Key visual for “Feel the Sound”

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- The immersive sound exhibition ‘Feel the Sound’, first staged at London’s Barbican Centre, will make its Japan debut at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives in Tokyo from Nov 20 to March 22, 2027.

The exhibition, part of the new museum’s opening programme produced with the Barbican Centre, features installations combining sound, vibration, music and technology that let visitors feel sound with their whole body rather than only hear it.

According to the museum in a statement, the exhibition is curated by Luke Kemp, who will lead guided tours during a media preview on Nov 19.

It is co-produced by MoN Takanawa and supported by the British Council, with details of the participating artists, main installations and ticket prices to be announced later.

MoN Takanawa, in Tokyo’s Minato ward, is an experimental museum covering fields from traditional Japanese culture to manga, music and space. Its spiral, greenery-covered building was designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates.

The museum is operated by the East Japan Railway Foundation for Cultural Innovations.

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Axi joins Babypips as an advertising partner through its Trusted Partner programme

The arrangement gives Axi an opportunity to introduce its trading services to Babypips’ established global audience through its advertising platform

SYDNEY, Nov 12 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axi, a global online FX and CFD broker, has joined Babypips as an advertising partner through its Trusted Partner programme, providing an opportunity to increase brand visibility among an established audience of forex traders and those looking to learn more about financial markets.

Founded in 2005, Babypips has become an established online destination for forex education, helping millions of readers understand the foreign exchange market. Its accessible learning resources explain forex trading and the economic forces that influence currency prices and wider financial markets.

Its educational offering includes the School of Pipsology, a structured, self-paced programme with free courses covering forex basics and technical analysis. Its Premium curriculum goes further into price action, macro fundamentals, intermarket analysis, global liquidity and trading plan development, with a strong emphasis on risk management. Babypips also offers market commentary, trading tools, quizzes and a community forum.

Through the Trusted Partner programme, Axi will be featured as an advertising partner on Babypips, giving readers the opportunity to discover more about the broker and its trading services through designated promotional placements. The arrangement provides Axi with access to a relevant audience while allowing Babypips to maintain a distinction between advertising partnerships and its independent educational and editorial content.

“Babypips has built an established presence within the forex education space, reaching an audience interested in understanding and participating in financial markets. Becoming an advertising partner through its Trusted Partner programme gives Axi an opportunity to increase our visibility among this audience and introduce more traders to our offering,” said Julie Sharova, Global Head of Marketing at Axi.

To support traders at every stage, the School of Pipsology has continually evolved beyond introductory forex into advanced market study. Its latest curriculum updates feature specialised modules on price action trading, macro fundamentals, global liquidity, and a practical prop firms 101 guide. Alongside these structured lessons, the platform’s active community forums provide an open space for traders around the world to debate strategy, analyse market movements, and share ideas in real time.

For more information visit www.axi.com and www.babypips.com.

About Axi

Axi is a global online FX and CFD broker, providing thousands of clients across 100+ countries with access to financial markets through intuitive trading platforms, advanced tools, and educational resources. Its product suite includes forex, CFDs, and perpetual futures, with availability varying by region and entity.

About Babypips

Founded in 2005, Babypips is one of the world’s most trusted online resources for retail traders. The platform is best known for its flagship School of Pipsology. Beyond education, Babypips empowers market participants with MarketMilk™, an intuitive visual technical analysis and screening tool, and daily market commentary authored entirely by its veteran in-house editorial team. The team covers forex, equities, commodities like gold and oil, and broader financial markets. Backed by an active global trading community, Babypips equips millions of readers each month with clear, actionable insights to navigate modern investing. For more information, visit www.babypips.com.

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HONG KONG NON-LIFE PREMIUMS RISE 8 PCT - AM BEST

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- Hong Kong’s non-life insurance gross written premiums grew eight per cent year-on-year to HK$108.5 billion in 2025, driven by growth in direct business and inward reinsurance, according to a report by global credit rating agency AM Best. (HK$100 = RM51.66)

The report, “Health and Property Lines Drive Hong Kong’s Non-Life Insurance Growth”, noted that Hong Kong had 87 authorised non-life insurers as of March 31, 2026, creating tight price competition and margin pressure that make organic growth difficult for some companies.

In a statement, AM Best said accident and health insurance, the largest segment with 37 per cent of the market, grew 14.5 per cent, supported by strong demand, an ageing population and Hong Kong’s role as a regional hub for private medical services, despite pressure from medical inflation.

“The rapid physical integration of the Greater Bay Area, a major urban and economic cluster in southern China that connects Hong Kong and Macau with nine cities in Guangdong province, has also led to considerable non-local demand,” said AM Best senior industry research analyst, Cynthia Ang.

Property insurance also grew on higher demand for commercial cover amid more frequent catastrophes, but underwriting profit for direct property damage business fell 87 per cent, largely because of claims and reserves following the Wang Fuk Court fire in November 2025.

AM Best senior financial analyst, Stephanie Mi said a large part of the losses from the fire was passed to reinsurers, with limited impact on pricing, but that the scale of the event had led insurers to tighten underwriting standards, particularly for high-rise renovations and high-risk construction sites.

The market remains highly fragmented, with no single company holding more than 10 per cent market share, while releases of reserves set aside in previous years helped improve underwriting results for employees’ compensation insurance in 2025.

AM Best also said regulatory initiatives to streamline compliance are supporting the industry’s sustainable growth.

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HORIZON QUANTUM, OQC LINK QUANTUM SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- Horizon Quantum Computing Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd (Horizon Quantum) and quantum computer maker, OQC have integrated OQC’s quantum processing unit (QPU) with Horizon Quantum’s Triple Alpha development environment, allowing users to control the hardware directly.

The integration enables Triple Alpha users send precisely timed control signals, known as pulses, to OQC’s 32-qubit Toshiko processor, the company said in a statement.

“Exposing pulse-level control of OQC processors through Triple Alpha will enable users to interact with the physics of the quantum processors, rather than just the data they contain,” said Horizon Quantum Chief Executive Officer, Dr Joe Fitzsimons.

This allows developers to measure the processor’s physical properties and fine-tune its basic operations, known as characterisation and calibration, in the same environment they use to write and run quantum programs.

OQC Chief Product Officer, Simon Phillips said bringing the device’s pulse-level capabilities into Triple Alpha gives developers greater control to characterise qubits, calibrate gates and build quantum programs in a single environment.

The integration could simplify work that would otherwise require separate tools, as quantum processors are highly sensitive and need frequent recalibration.

Horizon Quantum said the ongoing collaboration aims to help bring quantum computing into commercial use.

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VOCALBEATS.AI PARTNERS AI SINGAPORE ON APPRENTICE TRAINING

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- Vocalbeats.AI, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) innovation company, has partnered with AI Singapore (AISG) to give apprentices in its AI Apprenticeship Programme hands-on experience of industry projects.

Under the partnership, which began in October, apprentices will work with the Vocalbeats.AI team on practical AI development projects, applying emerging technologies to real business and user needs, the company said in a statement.

“By working with AI Singapore, we hope to give apprentices meaningful exposure to our projects and share what we have learned from building AI products for a global audience,” said Vocalbeats.AI Chief Executive Officer, Marco Lai Jinnan.

Meanwhile, AISG Director of AI Innovation, Laurence Liew said the collaboration would give apprentices the chance to tackle real industry challenges and see how AI applications are developed and evaluated.

The apprenticeship programme combines structured training, mentorship and industry project experience to develop AI engineering skills.

The partnership builds on scholarships Vocalbeats.AI set up earlier this year at the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University.

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HOLOGEN, SYSMEX FORM AI VENTURE TO ANALYSE BLOOD TEST DATA

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- Hologen, a frontier artificial intelligence (AI) company, and Sysmex Corporation, a Japanese haematology company, have formed Saibogen, a joint venture that will use generative AI to draw more information from routine blood tests.

Saibogen will apply Hologen’s Large Medicine Models, AI models that learn the biology behind real-world healthcare data, to data from Sysmex haematology analysers, which run about three billion blood count tests a year.

“Every routine blood count measures tens of thousands of cells with remarkable precision, and much of that information goes unused,” said Saibogen chief executive officer (CEO), Leila Luheshi.

The joint venture aims to give researchers and clinicians new insights without requiring new instruments, reagents or samples, according to a statement.

“Blood is one of the richest sources of biological information we have. Our Large Medicine Models are built to learn that biology from real-world data,” said Hologen CEO, Roland Tegeder.

Meanwhile, Sysmex president, Iwane Matsui said the venture would combine Sysmex’s haematology expertise and global business platform with Hologen’s AI technologies to unlock new value from routine blood testing data.

Saibogen’s products will be delivered as software exclusively through Sysmex’s haematology analysers, with its first offerings for research use only.

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SEENTHIS CONNECTS CLAUDE, CHATGPT TO BUILD VIDEO ADS

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- Stockholm-based video advertising company, SeenThis has launched SeenThis Studio MCP, which connects artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Claude and ChatGPT to SeenThis Studio platform, allowing them to build video ads from a single brief.

“AI is changing how every agency works, and video advertising is next. SeenThis has always built the technology behind the ad, from creation to delivery, and SeenThis Studio MCP puts that technology to work for the AI tools agencies already rely on,” said SeenThis Chief Executive Officer, Jesper Benon.

The tool uses Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for connecting AI tools to other software, and is available in early access to a limited group of agencies and brands, the company said in a statement.

Teams share a brief with the AI tool they already use, which then builds and animates editable video ads in the required formats, creates versions for different markets, languages and offers, and shares previews for client approval.

“Your AI tool knows your brand. Our engine knows how an ad has to work. The more SeenThis Studio can do, the more your AI tool can do,” said SeenThis Chief Product and Technology Officer, Mark Pasternak.

SeenThis said early tests showed production time cut by more than 90 per cent, with complex video ads that would normally take most of a working day ready in under an hour.

Approved ads can be sent directly from SeenThis Studio to the DV360 advertising platform and to social media platforms such as Meta and TikTok.

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