Technology

Databricks thinks AI discourse around ROI plays in its favour 

2026-11-06T03:00:00.000Z
Clockwise from top left: Abrasive Engineering’s executive chairman Tan Ser Hean; VFT CEO Vidal Bharath; and Hyprcool founder Greg Ong.

Cooler servers, cheaper batteries, automated sandblasting: How Singapore firms put RIE support to work

2026-11-04T04:00:00.000Z
Internal labs can help attract scientists and give them room to pursue longer-term research that may eventually improve trading models.

Quant firms are racing to fund PhDs, build labs as the AI talent war goes on

2026-10-27T13:17:12.000Z
A “smart wok” in Metropolitan YMCA’s restaurant can be programmed with recipes to help persons with disabilities cook.
TAKING HEART

‘Enabler, not disruptor’: Firms use tech to support persons with disabilities at work

2026-10-27T03:00:00.000Z
Computer code is displayed on multiple screens. Security firm Veracde found out that 44% of AI code-generation tasks introduced a security flaw.
COMMENTARY

The long bill for cheap software

2026-10-26T23:00:00.000Z
Intel CEO Tan Lip-Bu (right) and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan (left) in a panel discussion moderated by DBS CEO Tan Su Shan during the DBS Asia Future Forward Conference.
NEWS ANALYSIS

‘You buy more picks and shovels because you keep hitting gold’: Why AI spending needs to see results

2026-10-26T07:00:00.000Z
The Bloomberg Magnificent Seven Index is up just 6.5% in 2026, well below the 11% rise in the S&P 500 and the 15% rise in the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100.

AI spending fears threaten to swamp Big Tech’s strong earnings

2026-10-25T23:00:00.000Z
Investors are reassessing whether AI infrastructure companies can generate returns that justify soaring spending on computing power, land and energy.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Market sell-off, rising rates test AI data centre deal boom

2026-10-15T22:00:00.000Z
Applied Materials, the biggest US producer of chipmaking machinery, is benefiting from a surge in demand for gear to fuel the AI boom. 

Applied Materials will double sales, not headcount, thanks to AI

2026-10-12T22:56:08.000Z
Willix Halim has been picked as Canva’s South-east Asia lead to oversee an increasingly important region for the Australian design-focused tech firm.

Canva appoints ex-Bukalapak CEO to lead its South-east Asia operation

2026-10-11T03:00:00.000Z