ChatGPT is down, with users in Singapore reporting complete unavailability, while OpenAI's status page indicates the issue is under investigation.…
Singapore must build a longevity economy that improves lives without driving unnecessary healthcare spending, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Jul 25 at The Business Times Longevity Forum. Ong high…
Nearly one-third of Singapore's workers say they need a side hustle to supplement their full-time income amid rising living costs and anxiety over AI's impact on white-collar jobs, according to a repo…
A Robert Walters survey of nearly 5,000 professionals in 10 Asian markets found that only 67% of Singapore professionals and 66% of Hong Kong professionals believe AI will positively affect their care…
Chinese artificial intelligence models will significantly reduce the cost of AI adoption, according to Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, which expects strong growth in Chinese AI companies but rema…
Singapore will require operators of its 11 critical infrastructure sectors to use a homegrown intrusion detection tool and ensure board-level cybersecurity accountability under updated Cybersecurity C…
Five competing checkout and settlement standards for agentic payments are now vying to become how software spends money, most of them less than 14 months old, with no binding statute in the US, UK, EU…
Singapore's Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo warned on Tuesday that the risks of autonomous AI agents are not yet fully understood, speaking at the IBM Think on Tour Sing…
Google's Gemini Report: Southeast Asia 2026 reveals that Indonesia generates 9 million image requests per day on Gemini AI, the highest in Southeast Asia. Vice President of Southeast Asia and South As…
Singapore-based used car platform Carro, valued at about US$3 billion in 2025 and operating across eight Asia-Pacific markets, has completed an acquisition in Australia to enter one of the region's mo…
Investors at the Nusa Dua Forum in Bali expressed optimism about the long-delayed Asean power grid, citing surging demand from AI and data centres as a key driver. The Association of Southeast Asian N…
A new AI-powered medical software called Dr. Noon can detect cardiovascular disease risk by analyzing retinal images, according to clinician scientist Dr. Sahil Thakur from Singapore. The non-invasive…
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 20.7% year on year in June, moderating from May's 38.4% increase and missing economists' median forecast of 28.7%, as AI-driven electronics demand kept export…
Southeast Asia risks missing the AI boom because the region 'has not really moved up the value chain' and contributes only 6% of global intermediate manufacturing versus 15% for China, Standard Charte…
A new analysis of AI governance models finds that global frameworks including the EU AI Act and the U.S. NIST AI Risk Management Framework favor distributed operational accountability, placing final a…
A CNA investigation found about 500 TikTok videos pushing false or misleading claims about Singapore or Malaysia, drawing more than 3 million views. Nearly all (98%) of the videos were assembled using…
Singapore's data center boom is straining its clean energy supply, but a proposed Sumatra–Singapore grid interconnection could tap South Sumatra's geothermal resources to provide round-the-clock basel…
Australia is creating a central Office of AI inside the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to coordinate artificial intelligence regulation nationwide, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will a…
Nvidia has slashed its list of Asian buyers for advanced AI chips by more than half, implementing a stringent new 'white list' after tightening compliance checks to block shipments from reaching China…
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has started mass-producing 12-inch silicon photonics wafers from its Fab 12i facility in Singapore, marking a commercial milestone for AI data center intercon…