As geopolitical fragmentation reshapes the global competition for capital, talent and tourism, Singapore’s Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry has launched a multi-year international branding campaign titled ‘When You’re Ready’ — and the urgency behind it, according to those leading…
A Platform Under Legal Siege The depositions are damning. Court documents emerging from hundreds of ongoing lawsuits against TikTok reveal that the company’s own employees repeatedly raised serious alarms about child exploitation on the platform — and were met, according…
Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia has secured two nominations at the 2026 International Emmy Awards, continuing a run of recognition that now stretches across three consecutive years. The nominations were announced on Thursday morning, Singapore time, with 64 nominees named across 16…
A Transparency Tool Emerges From the Surveillance Backlash An independent editorial project called Have I Been Flocked? has launched a publicly accessible website that allows drivers to search whether their vehicle’s licence plate number appears in audit logs released from…
Every August, a familiar ritual plays out across Singapore’s middle-class households. The latest global university rankings drop, and with them comes the annual cascade of WhatsApp forwards, forum threads, and dinner-table negotiations between parents and their children about what a…
A Purchase Made in Good Faith Four years ago, a Google Play user paid a not-insignificant sum for the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions — three films, purchased outright, stored in a digital library they reasonably believed was theirs…
What is Orchid Sake Brewery, and why does it matter? Inside an industrial building in Jurong — one shared, without ceremony, with seafood suppliers — Singapore’s first and only sake brewery occupies a small, climate-controlled space that punches well above…
In 2020, Khatija Aslam walked out of a job interview convinced she had performed well. She had been headhunted, she had relevant experience, and she had been candid from the outset about returning from maternity leave with two children under…
A Director’s Brand as Commercial Infrastructure Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey grossed US$264.1 million (S$341.2 million) in worldwide ticket sales during its opening weekend, with US$124.5 million of that figure coming from North America alone, Universal Pictures confirmed on…
There is a number quietly buried in Netflix’s second-quarter shareholder letter that deserves more than a passing glance. Generative AI workflows, the company disclosed, have now been used in roughly 300 titles in 2026 alone — with the heaviest concentration…
