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Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft, Alphabet and AMD struggle to meet AI expectations
Microsoft and Google delivered mostly good news in their reports but still elicited a ho-hum from investors
January 31, 2024
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft, Alphabet under pressure to show AI earnings boost
'AI might facilitate growth over the foreseeable future, but I’m not sure most big tech stocks have much to show for it yet'
January 30, 2024
Digital Economy
Alphabet's Moonshot X lab cuts staff, turns to outside investors
X seeks bold approaches to major challenges but its efforts have yielded few durable businesses thus far
January 22, 2024
Digital Economy
Layoffs at US tech firms hit Singapore
Companies cited the typical concerns about profitability, but analysts think firms are pre-emptively cutting costs.
January 18, 2024
Tech
Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams
The Alphabet Workers Union, which represents some of its employees, criticised the job cuts in a statement posted on X.
January 11, 2024
Tech
Tech that Asia should watch out for in 2024
The battle to supply AI chips will get more fierce in 2024
December 20, 2023
Tech
Alphabet, States reach US$700 mil deal in Google Play feud
The deal calls for tweaks to Google Play policies designed to reduce barriers to competition in the markets.
December 19, 2023
Digital Economy
Private funding across all investment stages in Southeast Asia reaches six-year record low: Google, Temasek, Bain report
The report finds investors are facing difficulties in all stages of the investment cycle, with 50% not meeting divestment targets.
November 01, 2023
News
CSA to collaborate with Big Tech to bolster Singapore's cyber resilience
It will work with Microsoft and Google on threat intelligence sharing, joint operations, tech collaboration and capacity building.
October 17, 2023
Sustainability
Data is the new oil but is it as dirty?
Data centres are mushrooming all over the world as the digital economy takes off. Can we build them as green as they can be?
September 28, 2023