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Tech stocks that could make 2025 a quantum leap year
Azzet
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July 3, 2025
The quantum computing revolution isn't coming - it's already transforming labs into commercial battlegrounds where physics bends to human ambition. And as Wall Street debates AI's sustainability, there's real money quietly flowing into...
Singapore: NUS’ Smart Sensor for Ultrafast Water Quality Detection
OpenGov Asia
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July 3, 2025
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have unveiled a breakthrough in smart sensor technology with the development of ReSURF, a stretchable, self-healing, recyclable device designed for real-time, on-site water quality...
Cambodia, Singapore reaffirm economic ties
Khmer Times
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July 3, 2025
Synopsis: Both sides confirm their commitment to accelerating cooperation in trade, investment, financial technology, green energy, and digital infrastructure. Cambodia and Singapore Wednesday reiterated their commitment to strengthening economic...
Seagate Technology's Q4 2025 Earnings: What to Expect
Yahoo Finance
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July 2, 2025
Seagate Technology Holdings Plc office-by JHVEPhoto via Shutterstock With a market cap of $30.8 billion, Seagate Technology Holdings plc (STX) is a leading global provider of data storage technology and infrastructure solutions, with operations in...
Wild Tech appoints Tiffany Ong as Head of Microsoft in Singapore
IT Brief - New Zealand
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July 4, 2025
Wild Tech has appointed Tiffany Ong as its new Head of Microsoft in Singapore, as part of its efforts to expand its Asia Pacific operations and build its leadership team in the region. Ong, who has extensive experience in ERP consulting and...
Why I’m afraid to commit to a full-time job as a Gen Z Singaporean in the age of AI
The Business Times Singapore
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July 3, 2025
AS A 20-something in Singapore, I often hear older generations talk about job security, retirement savings or climbing the corporate ladder. But for many in my generation, those ideas feel increasingly outdated – if not completely out of reach....
Tide turners: How startups can shape Europe’s tech future and geoeconomic strategy
European Council on Foreign Relations
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July 3, 2025
From 2008 to 2021, nearly a third of Europe’s unicorns—startups valued over $1bn—relocated abroad, mostly to the United States. In 2024, startups raising $15–100m attracted $51.5bn in the US, but only $22.5bn in Europe—a 129% gap. For rounds over...
Accenture warns AI’s carbon emissions could surge 11-fold. But Big Tech’s still racing to build—and not slow down for sustainability
Fortune
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Welcome to Eye on AI! In this edition...Ilya Sutskever says he is now CEO of Safe Superintelligence…Chinese AI companies erode U.S. dominance…Meta’s AI talent bidding war heats up…Microsoft’s sales overhaul goes all-in on AI. As an early-summer...
Singaporean Bean-Free Coffee Startup Nabs Major Ice Cream Collab
Green Queen
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July 3, 2025
5 Mins Read Melvados, a gourmet retailer in Singapore, has launched a co-branded Coconut Latte ice cream without dairy or coffee, using local startup Prefer’s beanless alternative instead. Singaporeans can get their hands on Asia’s first ice cream...
singapore 3 weeks' jail for man who touched himself on train, flicked bodily fluid on female passenger
Asiaone
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July 3, 2025
SINGAPORE — While on a train, a 57-year-old man thought about his unsatisfactory sexual relationship with his wife and decided to touch himself. Cheng Choong Peng then flicked his bodily fluid onto a woman, staining her pants. On July 2, Cheng...
Unequal OSH standards: what global research tells us
IOSH
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July 3, 2025
In March last year, IOSH launched a research project to investigate OSH inequality around the world, looking at the scope, reach and effectiveness of OSH services in different countries. It is part-funded by IOSH, the first research project the...
Tainan tilapia ships to Singapore
Taipei Times
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July 3, 2025
A shipment of 5 tonnes of Taiwan tilapia was sent from Tainan to Singapore on Wednesday, following an order valued at NT$600,000 placed with a company in the city. The products, including frozen whole fish and precooked fish belly, were dispatched...
Toyota Is Still Second To BYD In Singapore Almost 14 Months In A Row
CleanTechnica
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July 3, 2025
Last Updated on: 3rd July 2025, 10:12 am SINGAPORE — Just minutes before I left Singapore from its beautiful Changi International Airport, a former Nissan colleague called to tell me, “I predict over 500 units.” Naturally, this is an educated...
Singapore launches four-year study to assess food allergy impact and...
Food Ingredients First
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A group of clinicians and researchers in Singapore is starting a four-year joint research project this year to assess the prevalence and impact of food allergies in Singaporean children. The National University Hospital (NUH) and the KK Women’s...
Singapore shares up 0.2% amid mixed regional showing
The Business Times Singapore
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July 3, 2025
Gainers lead decliners 277 to 215 across the broader market amid heavy trading on the city-state’s bourse [SINGAPORE] Singapore shares edged up on Thursday (Jul 3) amid a mixed showing by regional bourses after Vietnam inked a trade deal with the...
Alkhorayef Commercial Company partners with XSQUARE Technologies to elevate logistics automation in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Gazette
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July 3, 2025
Alkhorayef Commercial Company (ACC), a leading provider of industrial and commercial solutions in Saudi Arabia, has entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based XSQUARE Technologies. The two companies signed a Memorandum of...
Singapore Anchors Alibaba Cloud’s AI Expansion
finews.asia
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July 3, 2025
Singapore is proving its status as Asia’s digital powerhouse. Celebrating a decade since establishing its international headquarters in the Lion City, Alibaba Cloud has unveiled a sweeping new chapter, launching its first AI Global Competency...
Dezign Format targets IPO in Singapore on strong financial performance
The Independent Singapore
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July 3, 2025
SINGAPORE: Dezign Format Group, a design-and-build specialist firm, is preparing to list on the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange (SGX). With a niche in experiential design in the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions)...
TCS innovation centre to drive AI transformation for 60 Singapore SMEs, start-ups
The Hindu Business Line
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July 3, 2025
TCS plans to expand the Singapore innovation centre in the first half of 2026. | Photo Credit: FRANCIS MASCARENHAS Up to 60 Singapore SMEs and start-ups will receive an AI boost from India's largest IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services...
Chinese tech giants continue to push for greenlight on yuan-pegged stablecoin
Cryptopolitan
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July 3, 2025
China’s tech firms JD.com and Ant Group have proposed to the country’s central bank to allow the launch of stablecoins in Hong Kong pegged to its offshore yuan. Both companies believe the initiative will promote global use of Chinese currency and...