Technology

By now, Singaporeans are quite used to hearing about the Smart Nation vision. Cashless this, digital that. But the next phase is something entirely different. In the coming years, we won’t just use AI tools — we’ll have AI agents acting on our behalf, making decisions, shifting money, and even signing documents while we sleep.

The article highlights how Singapore’s innovation-driven society is grappling with the environmental costs of digitization. It features local voices like Ian Chew, who is pioneering low-carbon coding, a topic deeply relevant to Singapore’s tech ecosystem.

The company also announced plans for new connectivity hubs in Western Australia (Mandurah) and South Thailand. These strategic investments are designed to future-proof regional connectivity

Two years after OpenAI launched ChatGPT, the groundbreaking AI chatbot continues to reshape the technology landscape, accelerate economic growth, and spark debates about the future of artificial intelligence. Since its debut on November 30, 2022, ChatGPT has propelled the tech sector into a new era. With over 250 million weekly active users, OpenAI’s chatbot has […]

The American writer Richard Powers’ latest novel, Playground, delves into the complexities of artificial intelligence, mirroring our current fascination with large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini. One particular passage from the novel, where a character expresses scepticism about artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) overreliance on information processing, has sparked an intriguing discussion. When this passage was […]

In a bold move that could reshape the tech industry, the US Department of Justice plans to ask a federal judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome web browser, marking the most aggressive antitrust action against a technology giant since the government’s failed attempt to break up Microsoft Corp. two decades ago. The […]

For nearly two years, the world’s leading tech companies have proclaimed that AI will revolutionize the web, transform our lives, and reshape the world. But first, they’re starting with the humble search engine. The pairing of chatbots and search seems ideal. Traditional Google searches interpret queries and pull up relevant results, while advanced chatbots synthesize […]

In an unprecedented legal standoff, Russia is targeting tech giant Google with a staggering demand for over 2 undecillion rubles—an amount so colossal it features a “2” followed by an astounding 36 zeroes. A penalty so huge it overshadows global economy In a CNN report, this exorbitant fine, roughly equivalent to $20 decillion or $20 […]

In a dramatic turn of events on August 28, Pavel Durov, the mastermind behind the Telegram messaging app, found himself at the centre of a legal storm. According to the Straits Times, the French authorities charged the 39-year-old tech mogul with a series of violations linked to his platform and placed him under a travel […]

The tech world was thrown into disarray as a global outage swept through IT systems, due to an update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Amidst the chaos, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took to X (formerly Twitter) to address the concerns of a worried user base regarding the global outage. “Yesterday, an update from CrowdStrike began wreaking […]

In a concerted effort to counter the formidable social media presence of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden’s SuperPAC, Future Forward USA Action, is amassing millions of dollars. This move highlights the deep concern among Democrats and Biden supporters over their lagging presence in the viral video arena, where Trump’s team consistently portrays Biden […]