Technology businesses

The price isn’t right: Oil spike fuels risks in South-east Asia’s tech scene

RISING oil prices triggered by the ongoing war in the Middle East could quickly drive up operating costs within South-east Asia’s tech industry.

One Pass (AI and Tech) aims to attract those who can build companies and strengthen Singapore’s ecosystem by transferring cutting-edge expertise to the local workforce.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: Singapore faces stiff competition for talent, despite draws of new AI and tech-focused One Pass

The visa track offers greater career certainty, and Republic’s stability strengthens its appeal to global talent

US President Donald Trump has urged some of the biggest tech firms to build or secure dedicated power capacity to meet demand.

Trump to meet tech giants on energy pledge ahead of midterms

Google, Microsoft and Meta are among the companies set to sign

Budget 2026's top-ups to equity funds are a boon to the public markets ecosystem and promising deep-tech startups, observers say.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: Fund top-ups position Singapore as leading centre for equity fundraising

The Equity Development Programme is getting an additional S$1.5 billion

Brain chip implants raise important ethical questions concerning privacy and consent.
PERSPECTIVE

Boosting your brain with a chip carries a price

The brain is the largest data repository in the world, and the race to enhance it will almost certainly be propelled by a race to mine it

The show floor buzzword at tech event CES was “physical AI” and robotics. Consumer devices felt like afterthoughts; the real audience was data-centre buyers.
THE BROAD VIEW

Tech as we know it is dead

To survive the next decade, we must torch our own playbooks before the market does

In Trump's second administration, tech CEOs follow the president around the world, turn up at his photo ops and hand out golden tokens of affection, the writer notes.
THE BOTTOM LINE

The ‘tech left’ is different this time

Many Silicon Valley leaders have embraced Trump’s second term. Will political dissent among US technology workers rise again?

Though MoneyHero remains in the red, its net loss narrowed to US$5.7 million between January and September last year from US$19.6 million during the same period in 2024.

MoneyHero probes board chairman as internal frictions rise

Kenneth Chan is also a senior vice-president at Pacific Century Group, MoneyHero’s largest shareholder

None of the world’s 20 largest technology companies, and none of the 20 most highly valued startups, are European.

Europe does not lack capital – it lacks scale

If Europe wants to be a technological power, it must finally implement a genuine single market

 OpenAI founder Sam Altman says the  “adult mode” within ChatGPT, set to debut this quarter, will feature “erotica for verified adults”.
THINKING ALOUD

ChatGPT refuses to be friendzoned

The chatbot’s impending ‘adult mode’ shows how old human impulses still drive new technology