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in Sustainability ESG REMAINS A BUSINESS PRIORITY IN SINGAPORE AND THAILAND DESPITE ECONOMIC HEADWINDS
Even as the Asia-Pacific region faces economic challenges, businesses in Singapore and Thailand are leading the charge in prioritising environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. In Japan, ESG ranks as the fifth organisational priority while Taiwan follows the global trend, placing ESG as the third priority. Despite these differences, the four Asian markets collectively recognise...
Talk softly in public places when discussing work. Hackers can eavesdrop to get information to infiltrate your companies. Imagine for a moment that you’re one of a dozen employees at your company’s understaffed ITD (IT department) whose responsibilities include providing helpdesk function, patching and updating routines and ensuring a basic level of security protocols. This...
in Emerging Tech CALLING ACADEMIC, SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS TO BE FIRST TO USE SINGAPORE DEVELOPED TOOLS TO EASILY BUILD QUANTUM APPLICATIONS
Renowned US Cleveland Clinic installed the first on-site quantum computer from IBM (source: IBM) Conventional software developers will soon be able to get specially designed tools to build quantum computers directly. This will help many companies interested in building quantum solutions to do so now. These tools developed by Singapore-based Horizon Quantum Computing will make...
It has been impossible to keep ChatGPT out of news headlines around the world. With about 100 million monthly active users, it has captivated the world’s attention on the power of generative AI to augment human capability. Generative AI has been singled out by tech consulting firm Accenture as one of the leading technology trends...
in Digital trust BUILDING DIGITAL TRUST: SINGAPORE AND SWISS TECH ASSOCIATIONS BAND TOGETHER IN FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND PARTNERSHIP
To build digital trust economies in Asia and Europe, Singapore-based tech industry trade association SGTech has committed to a long-term collaboration with two of its Swiss counterparts. The MOU was signed by Ms Yean Cheong, Executive Director, SGTech (seated left); Ms Diana Engetschwiler, Senior Advisor, digitalswitzerland (seated right); and Mr Fathi Derder, Managing Director, SDI...
The Dawn of Youth in Southeast Asia (Source: by Vecteezy) Southeast Asia will drive the next wave of disruptive tech growth in the next decade. Key to this growth is the youthful population that will become tomorrow’s workforce, consumers and entrepreneurs. Compared to other regions, individuals between the ages of 15 and 35 years old...
Women should look to cybersecurity sector where there are many job vacancies. Source: Dall-E. Globally, there is a significant shortage of cybersecurity talent. In fact, about 3.4 million cyber detectives, risk professionals and-bug catchers are currently needed. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, I want to encourage more women to join the exciting and...
in Singapore Tech Hub, Tech Journey SINGAPORE BUDGET 2023: NO TECH STARTUP OR SME LEFT BEHIND FROM ENHANCED R&D AND INNOVATION INCENTIVES AND SCHEMES
Local tech companies gave the thumbs up for the enhanced tax incentives on innovation and R&D expenses unveiled last week in the Singapore Budget 2023. They can get tax reductions for five activities, namely, R&D conducted in Singapore; registration of intellectual property including patents, trademarks and designs; acquisition and licensing of IP rights; innovation...
Ever since OpenAI unleashed a chatbot called Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) on Nov 30, 2022, much of the world has been transfixed by its intelligence quotient. Microsoft has invested another US$10 billion in OpenAI which developed ChatGPT. In 2019, the Windows maker invested US$1 billion, becoming the startup’s exclusive cloud provider. OpenAI is now...
in Digital trust, Emerging Tech, Our Tech Talent, Tech Journey, Trail Blazers ACCELERATING CLIMATE ACTION THROUGH INNOVATION
Technology plays a critical role in reducing organisation’s carbon footprint Sustainability has been thrust into the spotlight in recent years due to the rise in climate change-related events around the world and fossil fuel price hikes. According to the OCBC Climate Index, Singapore has obtained a national average awareness score of 8.1 in 2022. Having...