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Coronavirus Vaccination Will be Free for All Singaporeans and Long-Term Residents, Says PM Lee

PM Lee said he and the cabinet members will get the vaccine early to underscore their belief that the vaccines are safe.

Dec 14, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

NUS Study Shows Robot Vacuum Cleaners Can Be Hacked to Spy on People

By modifying LiDAR sensors on robot vacuum cleaners, hackers can use it for LidarPhone attack and listen to private conservation for extracting sensitive information

Dec 7, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity NUS

BLACKPINK's First Online Concert THE SHOW: From Livestream to Tickets, Here is How to Watch

BLACKPINK's first ever online concert is titled 'The Show'. Here is how to watch the livestreaming, buy tickets and win prizes.

Dec 5, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Singapore Becomes First Country in the World to Approve Sale of Plant-Based Meat

Singapore is fast moving toward promoting the culture of plant-based meat, and that too at a time when it is trying to be self sufficient in producing its own food.

Dec 2, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Europe's Cartoon Row Beheading Forces Singapore to Launch Intense Investigation Including Migrants

Singapore deports 16 foreigners for inciting communal unrest including one Bangladeshi who funded terrorists and wanted to carry out attacks back home

Nov 24, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Singapore PM Urges Affordable Covid-19 Vaccine Access, Better Disease Surveillance

PM Lee Hsien Loong suggested strengthening global disease surveillance networks so that the world will be better prepared for the next pandemic

Nov 22, 2020

By IANS

Is MuslimPro App Selling User Data to US Military? Singapore Regulators Begin Probe

Following reports that the app developers sold location data of users to the US military through third-party brokers, the developers faced backlash and Singapore PDPC began probing

Nov 20, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Singapore Scientists Develop AI-Powered Electronic Nose That Can Detect Spoiled Meat

The scientists developed sensors that can identify gasses produced by decaying meat and an AI algorithm that can show the stages of decay

Nov 10, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

NTU Artificial intelligence

Singapore Flags Off 'Cruise to Nowhere' Amid Strict COVID-19 Safety Measures

The cruise ship, World Dreams, is carrying passengers at only 50 percent of its capacity n order to eliminate the risk of crowding

Nov 8, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Hackers Selling Customer Info of Singapore's RedMart, Eatigo as Part of 34 Million User Data

The massive data dump included customers' information of 17 companies from India, Brazil, the US, UK, Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries

Nov 1, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Singapore Scientist Warns Food Can Be a Source of Coronavirus Transmission

In recent times, China has been warning about the spread of the deadly virus through imported food products

Oct 29, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Coronavirus

Singaporean Blogger Amos Yee, Given Asylum in US, Faces Child Porn Charges; To be Deported?

Melissa Chen who helped Amos Yee get political asylum in the U.S., assisted officers in arresting Yee due to his illegal activities.

Oct 17, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Singapore Housemaid Stabs Employer 100 Times; Says She Couldn't Control Her Hands

Daryati, 28, told the court that she didn't intend to kill her employer but only wanted to scare her and take the passport as she felt homesick.

Oct 8, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Singapore's Unemployment Level Hits 16-Year High, Breaching Global Financial Crisis High

The country's unemployment level reached a record 3.4 percent in August, the highest since the middle of 2004.

Oct 7, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Tokyo Stock Exchange Outage: Worst Ever Glitch Halts Trading for Entire Day

Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato confirmed that there were no indications that the outage was related to hacking.

Oct 1, 2020

By R. Ghosh

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