Ye Lin allegedly used Google's Gemini to create a fake image of a saltwater crocodile in Pandan Reservoir and sent it to a colleague in August. The image prompted a crocodile sighting report to national water agency PUB, which suspended aquatic activities for two days while searching for the nonexistent animal before confirming the photo was fake and alerting police. Lin faces charges of transmitting false information and obstruction of justice after reportedly deleting the image and the Gemini app from his phone.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-01
Singapore's Government Technology Agency has launched FirstDate, a pilot matchmaking service for singles aged 21 to 35, currently limited to public officers, with applications closing Oct. 5. Instead of profile swiping, users complete a questionnaire and receive one match per cycle using the Gale-Shapley stable-matching algorithm, along with a compatibility score and personal note. Matches have 72 hours to mutually accept before contact details are exchanged, and accounts are verified via Singapore's Singpass digital ID system.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-30
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have built an optical atomic clock using lutetium ions that is four times more precise than the previous record-holder, a calcium-ion clock. The device would lose less than a second over roughly 260 billion years, making it the most accurate timekeeper reported to date, according to a study published in Nature on September 23.
nature.com
· 2026-09-23
Singapore's National Library Board began ReadSG on September 6, 2026, a five-year effort that pays people small amounts to read. Logging 15 minutes of reading on GovTech's CrowdTaskSG platform earns 20 virtual coins, with 1,000 coins worth S$1, capped at one session per day. A companion effort, Read for Good, tracks total reading minutes across all participants and pledges up to S$150,000 to charity if 7.5 million cumulative minutes are logged.
gadgetreview.com
· 2026-09-20
Waymo announced plans to bring its autonomous vehicles to Singapore, marking its expansion beyond the US and into a second Asian market after Tokyo. Jaguar I-PACE vehicles will arrive soon so specialists can manually drive and map Singapore's roads throughout 2027, adjusting Waymo's systems for local road layouts and weather before public rides begin via its app in 2028.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-18
Waymo has started manually driving and mapping all regions of Singapore around the clock, gathering data it needs to seek approval from the Land Transport Authority for autonomous operations by 2027. Initial runs will use human specialists behind the wheel, with the company promising public notice before shifting to autonomous-specialist and eventually fully driverless operations. Data collected will be handled under Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act and Waymo's own privacy policy.
waymo.com
· 2026-09-18
Waymo announced plans to bring its autonomous ride-hailing service to Singapore, with vehicles arriving within months to begin mapping and safety-driver testing in 2027 ahead of a public launch in 2028. The company must first pass safety assessments from Singapore's Land Transport Authority and its CETRAN testing center before carrying passengers, and it has already set up a local entity and joined the city-state's autonomous vehicle steering committee.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-17
A birth-cohort study tracking 502 Singaporean children from age 1 to 8 found that higher screen viewing time, especially at age 1, 1.5 and 6 years, was linked to weaker academic performance at age 9 and poorer working memory at 10.5, even after adjusting for other factors. Cumulative screen exposure across childhood also predicted lower academic performance, though not working memory.
link.springer.com
· 2026-08-25
Shein Global Holdings, the fast-fashion company founded in China and now headquartered in Singapore, is preparing to go public on the Hong Kong stock exchange next month. The IPO comes after the company shifted away from earlier plans for a US or London listing, and it is expected to price well below the valuation once floated for those attempts.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-08-24
Philips co-founded ASML in 1984 and was TSMC's largest shareholder through the late 1990s with roughly a quarter of each company. It also owned NXP outright as its internal chip division before selling it to a private-equity consortium in 2006. By the late 2000s Philips had exited its ASML and TSMC stakes entirely.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-24
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