Prosecution seeks maximum jail term for Singaporean in rare National Service evasion trial

SINGAPORE: The prosecution on Tuesday (Apr 28) sought the maximum possible jail term for a man with both Singaporean and Indonesian citizenship who failed to report for National Service (NS). The defence,... Read more »

Box to launch Box Automate to speed up customers’ business with AI, CEO says

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 : Box is launching a service built for artificial intelligence to expedite tedious work, like processing millions of invoices and pulling data from corporate documents, CEO Aaron... Read more »

From excitement to excessive bets: World Cup football frenzy fuels fears of gambling addiction surge

Radin Mas MP Melvin Yong, who sits on the government parliamentary committee for social and family development, said that gambling addiction is increasingly driven by the proliferation of illegal online platforms, which... Read more »

CNA Explains: What is UNCLOS, the international law in the spotlight amid the Iran conflict?

SINGAPORE: Soon after the Middle East conflict broke out in late February, Iran started restricting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, effectively imposing a naval blockade on a critical chokepoint where around... Read more »

Elon Musk’s trial against Sam Altman to reveal the ongoing power struggle for OpenAI

April 27 : The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and the leading artificial intelligence firm, OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, may come down to a few pages in one executive’s personal diary. ... Read more »

Montfort Junior School to take in girls from 2028

SINGAPORE: Montfort Junior School will become a coed school from 2028, it announced on Saturday (Apr 25). The school will admit its first batch of female students from the 2027 Primary 1... Read more »

Defence experts warn of fitness tracker risks in Singapore military bases amid global Strava breaches

EXPOSING BROADER PATTERNS Most modern militaries, including the SAF, have settled on risk-managed use rather than outright bans of fitness tracking apps, said Mr Ridzwan Rahmat, principal defence analyst at defence consultancy... Read more »

COE prices top S$123,010 for mainstream cars as demand ‘too strong’

Category A rises 4.2%, and closes in on its all-time high of S$128,105 last October  [SINGAPORE] The Certificates of Entitlement (COE) premium for the mainstream car category spiked in April’s second round... Read more »

What’s the best way to remove calluses on your feet?

Walking around barefoot in your house, going on long runs, wearing shoes that are too tight (or too loose) – all of this can create friction on the skin that may eventually... Read more »

Singapore emerging as neutral ground as AI firms navigate Sino-US rivalry

The US visa process has become more unpredictable with longer processing times and stricter screening [SINGAPORE] Singapore is transforming from East-West gateway to neutral ground for the AI sector, with Chinese startups... Read more »