The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has released the results of a five-week poll involving one million young people and suggestions from a series of student-led #ENDviolence Youth Talks. The talks were held in more than 160 countries, including Cambodia.

Advertisements targeted at young children in today’s digital world are becoming increasingly invasive and prevalent.Research on 135 of the most popular free and paid apps for children between the ages of one to five in Google’s Play Store last month – some of which were posted under the guise of educational tools – found that 95 percent of these apps contained some form of advertising. Among the ill-effects of advertising on young children include materialism, obesity and low self-esteem.

From paleo diets to veganism, the relationship that human beings have with food is multifaceted and cuts across different social underpinnings and economic considerations.

With social media penetration rates among the highest in the world, it should come as no surprise that parents in Southeast Asia are increasingly concerned about their children’s Internet usage. One in three children are Internet users according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and a fifth of children aged between three and four have their own tablet PCs according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the use of Augmented Reality (AR) and the development of Virtual Reality (VR) are some of the 17 trends disrupting the rapidly-growing halal (permissible or lawful in traditional Islamic law) tourism industry according to a report released yesterday.The Mastercard-CrescentRating Halal Travel Frontier 2019 report analysed changes in the halal travel segment and noted how technology is increasingly being implemented by tourists, travel agents and touris

Southeast Asia is fast becoming one of the hubs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Over the past five years, the region has established itself as a leader in implementing the latest technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, cloud computing and fintech among others. However, for such technologies to truly reach their fullest potential, the current state of the internet, simply will not be enough.

The internet has changed the way most of us live. Through internet related technological innovations such as the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and e-commerce, a lot of our day to day tasks have been made easier. Such innovations could also boost many industries, making it easier for those who engage in certain types of business to carry out their tasks.The mushrooming of e-wallets in Asia – particularly Southeast Asia – could be useful for the tourism industry.

Young inventors in ASEAN are starting to break barriers and push boundaries with innovative solutions for everyday problems. From helping to prevent infant deaths to creating a source of light which does not use electricity, Southeast Asia’s young inventors are slowly coming to the forefront.In Malaysia, a pair of students were so concerned by news articles about babies dying in vehicles after being left unattended that they decided to do something about it.

Thai police seem to be embracing the intricacies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0. Recent reports revealed that one of the ways the force is doing this is through utilising global positioning system (GPS) technology in order to tackle the issue of some errant police officers who are not patrolling crime-prone areas on their beat.GPS technology was introduced after the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) found that there was a way to “hack” the previous monitoring system.

Inmates in Singapore’s correctional facilities have been given tablets in hopes that this would work towards their rehabilitation.