Spot’s two-week pilot in a park is seen as a test of how machines and artificial intelligence could help reduce human contact in public spaces …
How One Hedge Fund Made Money Amid Singapore Commodity Meltdown
Follow Bloomberg on LINE messenger for all the business news and analysis you need.As Singapore was roiled by troubles at two commodity trading firms that may spark billions in bank losses, one hedge …
Coronavirus Victim: Singapore Airlines Records Its First Ever Annual Loss
Singapore Airlines recorded the first annual net loss in its 48-year history as the coronavirus pandemic severely dented air travel demand. Singapore Airline Group, the parent cor …
Singapore-based data protection startup Dathena raises $12 million Series A
Dathena, a Singapore-based company that provides AI-based data protection and privacy solutions, announced it has raised a $12 million Series A. Part of the funding will be used to expand Dathena’s co …
Reuters expands program to combat misinformation with Facebook partnership in Singapore
Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia news provider, today launched a media verification program in Asia through a new expanded partnership with Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Program in …
Meet the robot dog enforcing social distancing in Singapore
Singapore is testing Spot, a four-legged robot, in a public park to assist safe distancing efforts. (Roslan Rahman / AFP/) Leaves crunch underfoot as Spot marches through the park, back straight as a …
Germany and South Korea excelled at Covid-19 containment. It still came back.
The recent spike in Covid-19 cases in some of the countries thought to have best contained the virus — first Singapore, now South Korea and, potentially, Germany — is a glimpse into America’s possible …
Alaska Wants Singapore Airlines To Start Passenger Flights And Potentially Open A Hub In Anchorage During COVID-19
Singaporeans are an attractive population to market tourism in Alaska,” the airport told the U.S. government this week. Anchorage said Singapore has a high per-capita GDP and “a miserably hot and …
Gaming firm Razer to roll out mask vending machines in Singapore
Gaming hardware maker Razer Inc plans to dispense its locally produced masks in Singapore through a network of vending machines across the city-state, where it has become compulsory to wear them in …
Carlyle, Singapore’s GIC Sued by Qatari Fund on Busted AmEx Deal
Carlyle Group Inc. and Singapore sovereign-wealth fund GIC Pte. are using fake excuses to renege on buying a 20% stake in American Express Global Business Travel, according an unsealed lawsuit.A unit …