Telcos, Media & Tech

Tesla executives say company is hiring to support Musk’s expanded solar strategy

[LOS ANGELES] Tesla is hiring to support founder Elon Musk’s recently announced plan to become the biggest US manufacturer of solar energy components, according to online posts by senior executives at...

An artificial intelligence AI sign at the Cloudflare house pavilion ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Sunday, Jan 18, 2026. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from Jan. 19-23. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

When skills beat degrees in an AI economy

Hiring in Singapore has long revolved around paper qualifications despite efforts to make them less relevant. While nearly 80 per cent of the country’s job postings in 2024 did not require the candida...

Amazon was set to lose around US$200 billion in market value if the losses hold.

Amazon shares slide as US$200 billion outlay fans fears over AI returns

Big tech’s massive AI spending hike surprises analysts, raising doubts over whether returns can keep pace

TikTok was told that it risks a fine of up to 6% of owner ByteDance’s global turnover if it continues to flout the rules under the Digital Services Act.

TikTok accused of breaching EU online content rules

EU tech regulators say the app may have to change its ‘addictive design’ featuring infinite scroll and autoplay

Apollo high-energy laser weapon, produced by Electro Optic Systems (EOS).

Australian laser maker EOS opens production centre in Singapore

The centre will produce EOS’s 100 kilowatt-class laser weapon system for Dutch and Korean customers

Intel has a substantial backlog of unfulfilled orders for fourth- and fifth-generation Xeon CPUs, with delivery times extending as long as six months

Intel, AMD notify customers in China of lengthy waits for CPUs

The supply constraints have driven up prices for Intel’s server products in China by more than 10%

Last year, Meta spent more on capital projects than research and development – mostly engineers’ salaries – for the first time in six years.

AI race sends Big Tech’s capital spending to stratospheric high

Each tech giant has laid out a slightly different route to recouping their investments

Roblox's average daily active users grew 69 per cent year-over-year to 144 million in the fourth quarter.

Roblox forecasts strong annual bookings as gaming platform momentum grows

Roblox forecast fiscal 2026 bookings of between US$8.28 billion and US$8.55 billion, above estimates

Its Dow Jones segment revenue increased by 8 per cent to US$648 million from the previous year.

News Corp beats quarterly revenue estimates on growth in Dow Jones unit

Its total revenue of US$2.36 billion for the quarter beat analysts’ estimates

Reddit’s fourth-quarter revenue rose 70 per cent to US$726 million, beating estimates of US$665.4 million.

Reddit forecasts revenue above estimates as AI fuels ad sales

Its daily active unique visitors rose 19 per cent, to 121.4 million in Q4 2025