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JC&C to sell Singapore, Malaysia car business to Indonesia’s Chandra Asri for $207M

Jardine Cycle & Carriage (JC&C), a Singapore-incorporated company, will sell its Cycle & Carriage automotive business in Singapore and Malaysia to CCHPL Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indonesia's PT Chandra Asri Pacific, for an estimated S$265 million ($207 million).

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Could Anthropic’s watermark turn AI assistance into a mark of suspicion?

Singapore has no equivalent of Article 50, yet universal watermarking could stigmatize AI use and disadvantage smaller businesses and creators.

Singapore allocates 200 MW of new data center capacity to Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel, ST Telemedia

The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said Friday they have provisionally allocated 200 megawatts (MW) of new capacity to four data center operators Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centers, ST Telemedia Global Data Centers through the second Data Center – Call for Application (DC-CFA2)…

Zig by ComfortDelGro invests over $8M in BYD’s new electric and hybrid PHVs

Zig by ComfortDelGro (Zig, 劲) announced Thursday that it is investing over S$10 million ($7.87 million) in its Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) fleet with a range of BYD electric and hybrid vehicles supplied by Vantage Automotive.

Singapore’s DayOne Data secures $415M green loan for hydrogen-powered data center

DayOne Data Centers, a Singapore-headquartered digital infrastructure company, has secured a four-year, S$530 million ($415 million) green loan from the Singapore banks DBS, OCBC and UOB to fund its first data center in the country.

Singapore police disrupt 30,000 Apple iMessage accounts as scam losses hit $1.7M

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has disrupted more than 30,000 Apple iMessage accounts linked to a scam campaign that has caused about S$2.2 million ($1.7 million) in losses.

IMDA expands nearly 2,000 job opportunities for Singapore’s Tech Workforce

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said Thursday it is expanding the TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) initiative to offer almost 2,000 tech job and training opportunities with over 20 companies.

Hong Kong’s BOCHK, Singapore’s Ant International partner on cross-border payments, treasury, SME services

Bank of China (Hong Kong), or BOCHK, and Singapore-based Ant International will jointly develop cross-border payments, treasury management, and financial services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME).

Robots need real-world data, not just better hardware, says Ropedia Co-Founder [Q&A]

In an interview, Ropedia Co-Founder and CTO Fangzhou Hong told TNGlobal about why Asia is emerging as a hub for Physical AI, how Singapore can take the lead, whether data or hardware will determine the winners, and how robots entering everyday life could reshape employment.

Voice AI infrastructure firm Deepgram to establish APAC headquarters in Singapore following strategic investment from EDBI

Deepgram, the US real-time artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure company, announced Tuesday plans to establish its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, deepening its commitment to a region where the company is already seeing strong demand for production-grade Voice AI.