Technology
What is Manus, the Singapore-based AI startup acquired for US$2 billion by Meta?
The platform built by the startup can complete tasks like resume-screening, financial document analysis and stock analysis
Data centre race: Singapore betting on quality over scale, say observers
The city-state is pursuing a ‘sustainable’ data centre strategy – but what stands in the way of its ambitions?
Can China’s ‘six little dragons’ slay their AI, robotics rivals from the US?
Deepseek and its Chinese peers have lower cost and national support on their side
From Amazon to Microsoft, AI is driving thousands of job cuts worldwide
Global banks alone will let go of as many as 200,000 employees in the next three to five years
January Capital’s private credit fund marks final close at over US$130 million
The fund offers growth-stage, sponsor-backed tech firms in Apac less-dilutive financing through senior secured loans
Customer experience tech startup Toku files preliminary prospectus for Catalist IPO
It will use the proceeds to fund R&D, market expansion and to improve its financial position
Singapore-focused investors look to tech sector for growth: poll
Power and utilities ranks as second sector to draw most investments, followed by asset and wealth management
Meta delays release of Phoenix mixed-reality glasses to 2027, Business Insider reports
[Bengaluru] Meta is delaying the release of its Phoenix mixed-reality glasses until 2027, aiming to get the details right, Business Insider reported on Friday (Dec 5), citing an internal memo.
SoftBank in talks to buy data-centre investor DigitalBridge
[TOKYO] SoftBank is in talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group, a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centres, as it seeks to take advantage of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ...
Meta buys AI wearables startup Limitless
[NEW YORK] Meta on Friday (Dec 5) confirmed it is buying Limitless, a US startup that makes a wearable pendant that records and summarises conversations and meetings with the help of artificial intell...
