Disruption

Singtel hit with S$1 million fine for 2024 disruption that affected over 500,000 users

The incident on Oct 8 last year affected more than 500,000 users for more than four hours

To HR professionals: Embrace AI boldly but hold fast to the human qualities that make our work indispensable. Lead the redesign of jobs, the reskilling of workers, and the governance of AI with confidence and courage. 

Is AI making humans less relevant in HR?

The true risk is that that leaders, chasing efficiency alone, will hollow out the human core of the profession

AI generates insights that enable owners to make evidence-based decisions about the next iteration of their assets.

From cleaning floors to driving portfolio value: How AI will disrupt facility management

Artificial intelligence may prove the decisive factor in nudging building owners in Singapore to finally embrace outcome-based contracts

Gen Z workers are more than twice as likely to want to be chief executive as Gen X-ers in their 40s and 50s, according to consulting firm McKinsey.

Why you should be glad if your next boss is a young striver

Today’s newest workers have overcome hurdles that would have seemed preposterous to their older colleagues

Employers must recognise and treat AI-related stress as a workplace hazard. Access to mental health programmes, therapists and peer support networks can help employees navigate this AI-induced uncertainty.

Taming the AI ‘beast’ without losing ourselves

Artificial intelligence can drive progress without eroding mental well-being, but only if we act deliberately and intentionally

More than 1,000 reports were made on outage tracking site Downdetector since around 2 pm, mostly for mobile login and mobile banking issues.

DBS mobile app customers face intermittent access on Monday; bank says issue resolved

More than 1,000 reports have been made on outage tracking site Downdetector since around 2 pm

Argentina President Javier Milei (left) has expressed contempt for the state, while Tesla CEO Elon Musk promises to slash US$2 trillion from America's expenditures.

Musk and Milei belong to the same cult of disruption

The public sector needs reform – but the ‘creative destruction’ that can re-energise businesses risks leaving ordinary citizens in the lurch

The outages, which shut down airlines, hospitals and emergency response services across the globe, indicate how delicate technology systems can be when they are so interdependent.

What caused such a widespread tech meltdown?

AN OUTRAGE has hit computers around the world, affecting airlines, hospitals, retailers and other businesses. So how did that happen?

We take a look back at some of the major events that took place in 2023.

Year in review: Major headline-grabbing events of 2023

Bank busts, crime busts and war. The year 2023 may go down in history as a record-breaking one for global financial markets, and a nail-biting one for local political pundits.

Continued Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have forced shipping companies to take the longer, more expensive route around the Cape of Good Hope.

Global shipping prices stabilising in wake of Suez disruption, but at higher level

GLOBAL shipping prices are starting to stabilise, after rising for several months due to Red Sea tensions – but they may settle at a higher level than before, said industry observers.