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International

Yellen says regulators, institutions should deepen AI awareness

Christopher Pissarides, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, says jobs requiring more traditional face-to-face skills, such as in hospitality and healthcare, will still dominate the jobs market. 
International

Nobel prize winner cautions against rush into Stem after rise of AI

For Starship’s next test flight, SpaceX will do something called hot staging, a technique where the engines on the upper Starship vehicle will ignite while the Super Heavy booster is still attached – pushing the booster away.
International

SpaceX fires up Starship rocket engines in key test

Shares of Corning, whose Gorilla glass for smartphones is used by companies such as Apple (above) and Samsung Electronics, were down nearly 1.5 per cent before the bell.
International

Apple supplier Corning Q3 revenue forecast hit by consumer electronics slump

Siemens is ramping up investment internationally in new high-tech factories, innovation labs and education centres to expand its leadership in the areas of digitalisation, automation and sustainability.
Startups & Tech

Siemens to invest 200 million euros in new Singapore plant, create over 400 jobs

Delivery workers for Meituan in Shanghai. The company intends to reduce the amount of resources dedicated to its ride-hailing service.
Companies & Markets

Meituan to restructure ride-hailing unit: letter

Saudi officials have pressed international companies to invest in the kingdom and move their regional headquarters to Riyadh, in order to benefit from government contracts.
Companies & Markets

Saudi Arabia says tech giants to invest more than US$9b in kingdom

The proposed reforms have brought tens of thousands onto the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities, over fears that they will politicise the judiciary and compromise its independence.
Global Enterprise

Israeli justice reforms spark tech investor flight fears

This investment comes as part of ComfortDelGro’s strategy to grow its business in core land transport areas.
Companies & Markets

ComfortDelGro invests US$4m in Israeli software company

In a brief moment lasting less than 100 trillionths of a second, 2.05 megajoules of energy – roughly the equivalent of a pound of TNT – bombarded a hydrogen pellet in a small cylinder.
International

Scientists achieve nuclear fusion breakthrough with blast of 192 lasers

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