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straitstimes.com > tech > singapore-pc-prices-surge-as-growing-ai-infrastructure-competes-for-components

Singapore PC prices surge as growing AI infrastructure competes for components

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (957+ words) Bryan Fun, a sales assistant at retailer Bizgram Asia in Sim Lim Square, checking a newly assembled desktop PC tower. Published Sep 13, 2026, 05:00 AM SINGAPORE – Consumers who plan to buy a new personal computer are in for sticker shock. Latest market…...

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straitstimes.com > tech > ai-tool-from-ntu-researchers-among-14-public-good-projects-funded-by-openai-in-global-call

NTU team’s AI tool among 14 projects worldwide funded by OpenAI

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (645+ words) Hyeokkoo Eric Kwon (second from left) with his teammates (from left) Shin Kayoung, Mo Jiayun and Park Jaecheol at Nanyang Business School on Sept 1. The team developed a tool that forecasts economic outcomes, such as whether people will save or…...

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straitstimes.com > life > stem-cells-from-menstrual-blood-femtech-co-founder-inspired-by-girlfriends-periods

Stem cells from menstrual blood: Femtech co-founder inspired by girlfriend’s periods

23+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1003+ words) Kyle Lao (left) and Immanuella Indradjaja co-founded MenSC Labs, which uses stem cells from menstrual blood for regenerative women’s health. Published Sep 12, 2026, 10:35 AM SINGAPORE – At 25, Kyle Lao is chief executive and co-founder of MenSC Labs, a femtech start-up with an…...

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straitstimes.com > world > nvidia-in-talks-to-invest-in-anthropics-mega-ipo-sources-say

Nvidia in talks to invest in Anthropic’s mega IPO, sources say

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (596+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026, 08:50 AM SAN FRANCISCO – Anthropic is in talks to bring Nvidia as an anchor investor into what could be the largest IPO in history, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Anthropic is seeking to raise as much…...

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straitstimes.com > asia > east-asia > south-korea-ramps-up-spy-law-to-protect-chip-secrets-from-china

South Korea ramps up spy law to protect chip secrets from China

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (822+ words) Government and industry reports have sounded the alarm that China may overtake South Korea in terms of chips prowess, which has become central to the latter’s economy. Published Sep 11, 2026, 09:09 AM South Korea is tightening its defences against industrial espionage with…...

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straitstimes.com > world > united-states > us-lawmakers-call-for-new-ai-rules-after-anthropic-researchers-safety-warnings

US lawmakers call for new AI rules after Anthropic researchers’ safety warnings

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (760+ words) AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI have both reported incidents of models hacking external companies during testing. Published Sep 11, 2026, 08:02 AM Updated Sep 11, 2026, 08:16 AM US lawmakers this week called for new rules to govern AI, after an Anthropic researcher went public with…...

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straitstimes.com > world > united-states > ibm-nasa-launch-ai-model-to-help-map-ice-craters-on-moon

IBM, NASA launch AI model to help map ice, craters on Moon

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (260+ words) Cardboard cutouts of NASA astronauts are displayed as US President Donald Trump visits NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Aug 28. Published Sep 10, 2026, 09:10 PM Updated Sep 10, 2026, 10:08 PM IBM and NASA on Sept 10 released an open-source AI model…...

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straitstimes.com > world > united-states > anthropic-disrupts-russian-chinese-ai-campaigns-targeting-its-claude-models

Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (352+ words) Anthropic, in its latest Threat Intelligence report, accused Chinese AI firms of trying to extract and replicate Claude’s capabilities. Published Sep 11, 2026, 04:26 AM Updated Sep 11, 2026, 05:05 AM WASHINGTON - Anthropic on Sept 10 said it had disrupted several alleged malicious uses of its Claude…...

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straitstimes.com > asia > east-asia > from-genshin-impact-to-arknights-what-drives-chinas-mobile-games-industry

From Genshin Impact to Arknights: What drives China’s mobile games industry?

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1660+ words) Fans of various mobile games such as Arknights dressed up for the Hypergryph Carnival held in Shanghai in August 2026. Published Sep 11, 2026, 05:00 AM SHANGHAI – On a hot summer weekend in Shanghai, thousands of avid gamers and cosplayers streamed into cavernous exhibition…...

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straitstimes.com > tech > skills-workflows-governance-what-businesses-need-to-make-ai-work-salesforce

Skills, workflows and governance: What businesses need to make AI work

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1105+ words) Building the right skills and redesigning workflows can help employees work more effectively alongside AI as it becomes a bigger part of the workplace. Published Sep 11, 2026, 04:00 AM For decades, Singapore has made a habit of moving early when new technologies…...