Dathena, a Singapore-based company that provides AI-based data protection and privacy solutions, announced it has raised a $12 million Series A. Part of the funding will be used to expand Dathena’s co ... ( read original story ...)
Reuters expands program to combat misinformation with Facebook partnership in Singapore
Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia news provider, today launched a media verification program in Asia through a new expanded partnership with Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Program in ... ( read original story ...)
Razer is deploying free mask vending machines in Singapore
Razer is most well-known for its rainbow-hued gaming accessories, but the coronavirus pandemic has recently turned its attention to less fun, but more vital accoutrements. The company announced on ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the robot dog enforcing social distancing in Singapore
Singapore is testing Spot, a four-legged robot, in a public park to assist safe distancing efforts. (Roslan Rahman / AFP/) Leaves crunch underfoot as Spot marches through the park, back straight as a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore offers more grants to help fintech firms ride out pandemic
The SG$6 million ($3.44 million) grant can be used by local fintech companies to cover their daily working capital expenses as well as finance new product development work with financial institutions. ( read original story ...)
Alaska Wants Singapore Airlines To Start Passenger Flights And Potentially Open A Hub In Anchorage During COVID-19
Singaporeans are an attractive population to market tourism in Alaska,” the airport told the U.S. government this week. Anchorage said Singapore has a high per-capita GDP and “a miserably hot and ... ( read original story ...)
Gaming firm Razer to roll out mask vending machines in Singapore
Gaming hardware maker Razer Inc plans to dispense its locally produced masks in Singapore through a network of vending machines across the city-state, where it has become compulsory to wear them in ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore plans coronavirus tests for all in migrant dormitories
Singapore plans to test all 323,000 migrant workers living in cramped dormitories that have become a hotbed for coronavirus in the tiny city-state, it said on Tuesday, eyeing an easing of curbs next ... ( read original story ...)
Carlyle, Singapore’s GIC Sued by Qatari Fund on Busted AmEx Deal
Carlyle Group Inc. and Singapore sovereign-wealth fund GIC Pte. are using fake excuses to renege on buying a 20% stake in American Express Global Business Travel, according an unsealed lawsuit.A unit ... ( read original story ...)
Razer is using vending machines to give out millions of free face masks in Singapore
Gaming giant Razer is looking to give out millions of free face masks in Singapore as the country grapples with a recent surge in coronavirus cases. ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Singapore partly reopens despite rise in cases
Singaporeans were able to get a haircut at the barber or pop in to their favorite bakery Tuesday as the government loosened restrictions, three weeks before a partial lockdown ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s health ministry confirms 884 new coronavirus cases
Singapore's health ministry said on Tuesday it had confirmed another 884 coronavirus cases, taking the city-state's tally of infections to 24,671. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Singapore loosens coronavirus restrictions
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Health Ministry Confirms 486 New Coronavirus Cases, Reports One Additional Death
Singapore's health ministry on Monday confirmed 486 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally of infections to 23,787. The health ministry said the number of cases, the lowest in a week, were partly ... ( read original story ...)
‘Tale of 2 outbreaks’: Singapore tackles a costly setback
Weeks after two of his roommates were diagnosed with COVID-19, Mohamad Arif Hassan says he's still waiting to be tested for the coronavirus. Quarantined in his ... ( read original story ...)
Exotic SocGen Product Shorting Singapore Air Is Now Worth Zero
The value of some of the leveraged short positions in Singapore Airlines Ltd. got wiped out on Wednesday after the carrier’s share price surged due to an adjustment for a rights issue of stock and ... ( read original story ...)