The purchasing managers’ index rose to 51 points in May, from 50.7 points in April. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Lightworks expands into Singapore to accelerate AI and control-plane engineering across Asia Pacific
Lightworks, a global AI and enterprise technology firm, today announced the launch of its Singapore entity, marking a major expansion across Asia Pacific. The move advances Lightworks' global strategy ...
Is AI really killing Singapore’s entry-level jobs – or is hybrid work the hidden driver?
The dominant explanation across boardrooms and business schools has been a single word: AI. Generative tools are doing the analysis, the drafting, the data work that fresh graduates once performed, ...
AI in healthcare: Singapore has the tools. Now comes the hard part
Discover why human factors, not technology, are the main barriers to AI adoption in Singapore's healthcare system. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Top Vietnam leader visits technology, rail test facilities in Singapore
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on May 30 visited the Singaporean Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)’s Model Factory and the Singapore Rail Test Center ...
Singapore’s Agnes AI Becomes First Singapore AI Lab on Global Benchmark Leaderboard, Joins National AI Upskilling Initiative
Agnes AI secures global top 10 AI lab placements across text, image, and video on Artificial Analysis and Claw-Eval, while joining IMDA and AI Singapore to support the nationwide upskilling of 40,000 ...
Failed M1-Simba merger prolongs Singapore’s cutthroat telco price war
With a major merger scuppered by an official investigation, four telcos remain locked in a costly war to win over local customers The unravelling of a S$1.43 billion (US$1.12 billion) merger between ...
Constructor Group selects Singapore for new global AI and quantum headquarters, creating 200+ high-skilled roles
BREMEN, Germany, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ConstructorGroup has chosen to relocate its headquarters from Switzerland to Singapore, one of the world's most prevalent innovation hubs-a decision that ...
Why can’t Singapore nurture its own Samsung?
Singapore mastered the art of attracting multinational corporations. Can it turn research, capital and talent into its own Samsungs and Foxconns? Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
Singapore is riding the global AI investment boom but there are risks, says MTI
Risk of slowdown in chip production if Iran war is protracted and manufacturers start to face supply constraints. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore upgrades 2026 key exports growth forecast to 3-5% as electronics shipments power Q1 expansion
First quarter sees gains of 9.6%, following a 12.7% increase the previous quarter Read more at The Business Times.
Billionaire David Teoh’s $1.1 billion Singapore mobile deal terminated amid regulatory scrutiny
Billionaire David Teoh's Australia-listed Tuas Ltd. said Friday the $1.1 billion) deal, which was first announced in August, has been terminated.
Grab, RSM join Singapore’s Digital Enterprise Blueprint to bring AI and cyber tools to 12,000 SMEs
Grab will target merchants with AI training, while RSM will run phishing simulations as Singapore expands support for SMEs under the DEB.
Singapore inks AI deals with Google, OpenAI as ChatGPT-maker commits $234 million to local ecosystem
Singapore has signed new partnerships with Google and OpenAI to strengthen the city-state's position as a global AI hub and accelerating AI deployment.
Google expands its frontier AI partnership with Singapore across healthcare, scientific research, enterprise and safety
Google DeepMind and Google Cloud are being pulled deeper into Singapore's AI ambitions, from clinical research and scientific discovery to enterprise adoption and AI safety testing.
Singapore pushes medical AI toward patient care as population ages
New agreements target diabetes risk, drug-resistant infections and rural diagnostics as Singapore tries to make AI useful before patients become seriously ill.