The US drug regulator says the Covid-19 test used by the White House is prone to false negatives. A New Zealander tests positive after the country sees three days of no new cases.
Singapore Home Sales Plunge to Near Six-Year Low Amid Lockdown
Home sales in Singapore fell to the lowest in almost six years in April after a partial lockdown imposed early that month brought the property market to a standstill.
Razer commits to face mask vending machines in Singapore
Razer announced this week that it would be rolling out vending machines in Singapore that deposit surgical face masks. To hasten the distribution of protective face masks in the country as it …
Robot dog enforces social distancing in Singapore
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 …