5 unexpected home disasters & how to be ready for them

How to protect your home (& wallet) from these unexpected disasters Owning a home is an exciting milestone in anyone’s life, but as the famous ‘Spider-Man’ quote goes: “With great power comes... Read more »

Mediacorp cuts 93 jobs amid evolving media landscape, economic uncertainty

SINGAPORE – Mediacorp will cut 93 jobs amid a rapidly evolving media landscape and prevailing economic and commercial uncertainty. This accounts for slightly over 3 per cent of its total staff strength,... Read more »

More S’pore companies to freeze wages & halt hiring

Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, any opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. Singapore Business Federation released its quarterly business sentiment survey yesterday (Aug 28) and it shows caution setting in the local economy.... Read more »

195 nabbed for vaping-related offences at public entertainment outlets, 11 Kpods seized

Over 340 vapes & vaping-related components seized at public entertainment outlets 195 people have been nabbed for vape-related offences during a recent round of enforcement operations at public entertainment outlets across Singapore.... Read more »

At 24, she left her job to sell S’pore’s 1st Sanrio-licensed macarons

At Sugarsmith, macarons aren’t just dainty French confections anymore, they’re transformed into miniature works of art. Hand-piped and meticulously crafted, the brand’s confections feature cute character designs and inventive flavours, captivating both... Read more »

Sinner, Swiatek survive US Open scares as Osaka-Gauff showdown looms

Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek proved they are only human at the U.S. Open on Saturday, showing that even the world’s best players sometimes have to work things out on the fly... Read more »

Stocks decline with tech shares; dollar weakens as Fed rate cut in view

NEW YORK :Major stock indexes fell on Friday, with technology shares including Dell Technologies leading declines, while the dollar weakened against the euro after U.S. inflation data kept alive expectations of a... Read more »

Exclusive-Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission

Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters... Read more »

Sci-fi or reality? Why Singapore is betting big on quantum computing’s potential to be the next big thing

In a highly secure lab in the United States, at technology company IBM’s research facility just outside of New York City, a cryogenic refrigerator hums away, keeping temperatures ultra-cold – icier than the depths of... Read more »

Fewer Americans are reading for fun, study finds – is screen time displacing books everywhere?

Any reader knows the unique delight of settling down with a good book. But over the past two decades, there has been a steady decline in Americans who read for fun, according... Read more »