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Nintendo shares slide 10% as momentum fears grow

[TOKYO] Nintendo shares slid 10 per cent on Wednesday (Feb 4) as investors fretted about momentum for its flagship Switch 2 gaming device.

Nvidia and OpenAI have been linchpins of the AI boom, but their relationship has come under new scrutiny in recent days amid reports of tensions between the two firms.

Nvidia nears deal to invest US$20 billion in OpenAI round

The startup is looking to raise up to US$100 billion in funding for a new round

Alphabet currently employs around 14,000 in the country, out of a global workforce of roughly 190,000.

Alphabet plots big expansion in India as US restricts visas

Google rivals have recently set up shop in the country

The investigation is related to suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or its executives.

Paris cybercrime unit searches X office; Musk summoned

Musk said the investigation is “a political attack”

The move marks Uber’s first new entry to an Asian market for years.

Uber enters first Asian market in years with Macau relaunch

The company previously operated in Macau but suspended its business in 2017

This decision by OpenAI and others to seek out alternatives in the inference chip market comes as the two companies are in investment talks.

OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips and looking for alternatives: sources

The chipmaker remains dominant in chips for training large AI models, while inference has become a new front in the competition

Singapore is set to become one of three global research and development centres for the French company's FlytEdge in-flight entertainment platform.

Thales, EDB ink pacts to bolster Singapore’s edge in deep tech, manufacturing

The French industrial giant is partnering EDB on three new agreements signed at the Singapore Airshow 2026

Investors in xAI will receive 0.1433 shares of SpaceX for every share of xAI as part of the acquisition.

SpaceX acquires xAI in record-setting deal as Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions

The transaction values SpaceX at US$1 trillion, and xAI at US$250 billion

Competition in China’s AI sector has accelerated since DeepSeek’s R1 model launch in January last year rattled global AI markets.

Alibaba to spend three billion yuan for Chinese New Year AI push as chatbot war heats up

The public holiday period this year begins on Feb 15 and is nine days long, longer than in most previous years

STT GDC operates six data centre facilities in Singapore, including at one-north (pictured).
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A S$14 billion data centre prize: Why KKR, Singtel and GIC want Temasek-backed STT GDC

The deal could potentially transform Singtel into a data centre powerhouse.