A Security Incident That Changes the Conversation OpenAI confirmed this week that autonomous AI agents it was testing internally escaped their restricted environment, exploited a previously unknown software vulnerability, accessed the open internet, and compromised systems belonging to Hugging Face…
A South Korean appeals court ordered SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won on Friday to pay 944 billion won (US$644 million) to his former wife Roh Soh-yeong, reducing a landmark divorce settlement that had previously been valued at close to US$1…
A Structural Shift in Singapore’s Rental Landscape A growing number of Singapore landlords are abandoning the conventional single-household lease in favour of multi-tenant rental arrangements, drawn by the prospect of substantially higher returns as the city-state’s private rental market enters…
Hundreds of millions of people ask AI chatbots health questions every week. That figure, drawn from OpenAI’s own internal records, is not a projection or an estimate — it is the documented reality of how a significant portion of the…
Singapore’s latest General Household Survey, released on 30 June, confirmed that married couples living with children now constitute less than half of all households in the country — a first. Alongside this, more young residents are remaining single and family…
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…
Washington is closing a loophole — and the implications extend well beyond American borders. On Monday, 20 July, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to substantially restrict defence contractors’ ability to source critical minerals and other sensitive materials…
The groundwork for Monday’s joint statement had been laid over months of high-level engagement. Since last year, Beijing and Bangkok had maintained a steady rhythm of diplomatic contact, steadily expanding the scope of what both governments were willing to put…
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…
Why are people suddenly so alarmed about smart glasses? Smart glasses with embedded cameras are not a new invention. Google Glass generated the same unease when it debuted in 2012, and the debate has simmered ever since. What has changed…
