So, the US, China, and Russia walk into an infosec conference Suffice to say things got a little awkward CSO19 Oct 2022 | 3
Singapore suggests blockchain to speed cross-border payments Monetary Authority director calls current system 'not fit for 21st century' Software11 Oct 2022 | 9
South Korea relieved US China chip ban won't bite, as Beijing fumes Asia In Brief PLUS: SK hynix outgasses Putin; Canon's new litho plant; Equinix into Indonesia; and more! On-Prem10 Oct 2022 | 5
No Shangri-La for you: Top hotel chain confirms data leak In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree Security05 Oct 2022 | 7
Founder of cybersecurity firm Acronis is afraid of his own vacuum cleaner It is the exponential changes in the course of human history that worry Serg Bell Security03 Oct 2022 | 32
India seeks verified IDs to register email accounts Asia In Brief PLUS: Warnings on Chinese payment schemes; AWS brushes up its Cantonese; Hong Kong ponders digital dollar; and more! Security26 Sep 2022 | 3
Where in the world is Terraform Labs' alleged crypto-crasher Do Kwon? South Korean prosecutor believes he is on the run from charges laid over Luna stablecoin crash Legal19 Sep 2022 | 8
Arrest warrant issued for Do Kwon – the man blamed for 'crypto winter' Terraform Labs CEO was boss of the TerraUSD and Luna crypto crash. South Korea wants him in cuffs Legal15 Sep 2022 | 32
Singapore struggles to curb cryptocurrency enthusiasm City-state can’t beat them, so plans to regulate them, starting with consumer suitability tests Software30 Aug 2022 | 4
Singapore distances itself from local crypto companies Consumer protection regulation coming soon as anti-crypto rhetoric ratchets Security20 Jul 2022 | 4
Security vendor splits – not quits – to address Russia's invasion of Ukraine Singapore's Group-IB was once a Moscow startup and will now conduct 'regional diversification' Security07 Jul 2022 | 1
Singapore reveals international talks on protection for retail crypto investors Again warns investors that alterna-cash is a very risk proposition Software07 Jul 2022 | 2
Singapore promises 'brutal and unrelentingly hard' action on dodgy crypto players But welcomes fast cross-border payments in central bank digital currencies Cyber-crime27 Jun 2022 | 3
Singapore's Grab enters maps-as-a-service market Takes on global players with data sourced from customers, plus paid contributions from delivery drivers Software09 Jun 2022 | 3
Alibaba continues international expansion – adds two datacenters and a bank Bit barns in Saudi Arabia, all-digital bank in Singapore Off-Prem08 Jun 2022 |
Metaverse privacy maturity lags enthusiasm for new virtual worlds Let's dive in and do it anyway, because that worked so well for social media Software02 Jun 2022 | 11
Retail investors should not invest in crypto, says Singapore deputy PM Blockchain still has a role to play - if properly regulated - says Heng Swee Keat Legal31 May 2022 | 3
Landmark case recognizes Bored Ape NFT as an asset Singapore issues injunction against the sale of image procured through questionable foreclosure Legal19 May 2022 | 35
Facebook rated least safe e-commerce option in government rankings Singapore's safety scheme measures scam-combatting capability Cyber-crime17 May 2022 | 2
Singapore to license pentesters and managed infosec operators Outfits that can rummage around inside customer systems need to prove they're up to the job - and accountable Security12 Apr 2022 | 17
'All digital token transactions carry higher inherent risks': Singapore government Increases regulation on operators to stop money laundering and terror funding Software06 Apr 2022 | 3
Singapore uncovers four critical vulnerabilities in Riverbed software Details emerge of the now-patched flaws Security11 Mar 2022 | 1
Gov-linked Singaporean services outfit NCS wants to become regional giant Just splashed $236M on Oz SI, can't quite say how it plans to tackle China On-Prem09 Mar 2022 |
India binned made-in-Singapore app in latest round of China bans Updated Stock market wipeout followed, so island nation's government has complained Software28 Feb 2022 | 2
Ukraine invasion may hit chip supply chain – analysts Noble gas price hike would be just what the world needs ... not Systems25 Feb 2022 | 15
Construction starts on another Asia-Europe undersea cable Redundancy may not be a bad idea after damage to sister links Networks21 Feb 2022 | 23
Singapore introduces potent anti-scam measures Plans to block more scam sites, share liability between banks and customers Security16 Feb 2022 | 10
Singapore signs for Azure-hued sovereign cloud from Microsoft Neither party is willing to talk about the operating model Off-Prem11 Feb 2022 | 16
Cloudflare signals big Asian push, starting in Singapore Seeks salespeople focused on expansion – and casinos – and adds a trio of senior managers Networks24 Jan 2022 | 1
Singapore gives banks two-week deadline to fix SMS security Edict follows widespread bank phishing scam claiming well over $6.3 million Security20 Jan 2022 | 11
Crypto.com acknowledges 'unauthorized activity' on servers, maintains no funds have been lost Security biz PeckShield claims $15m in Ethereum taken Security18 Jan 2022 | 9
Singapore monetary authority threatens action on bank over widespread phishing scam Updated Scam has claimed 469 victims in December alone, of which OCBC has issued goodwill payments to 30 Security18 Jan 2022 | 11
At 9 for every 100 workers, robots are rife in Singapore – so we decided to visit them Feature They're guiding kids through museums, moving food in mega-kitchens – and cleaning where you can't see them Personal Tech05 Jan 2022 | 22
Singaporean superapp Grab IPOs – badly – and promises to focus on maps and money Shares fell over 20 per cent in its first day on NASDAQ Software03 Dec 2021 | 4
Singapore and UK ink digital trade agreements at Future Tech Forum in London Such memorandums of understanding are all the rage Security01 Dec 2021 |
Singapore's DBS bank suffers digital fail – yes, regulatory bodies have noticed Might want to rethink that 'digital to the core' slogan Off-Prem26 Nov 2021 | 1
35,000 Singapore residents applied for quarantine-free travel online at the same time In unexpected development, website promptly fell over Software24 Nov 2021 |
Singaporean regulator punishes biggest-ever data breach: Almost 5.9 million hotel customers' info exposed RedDoorz.com left red-faced after leaving AWS access key in an APK Security18 Nov 2021 | 4
Oracle flicks the switch on new Singapore cloud region Big Red's 33rd region to mitigate Southeast Asia demand Off-Prem09 Nov 2021 |
New cable incoming! Hawaiki Nui set to connect Sydney, Singapore, and LA by 2025 Plans to hook up New Zealand's South Island and Indonesia too Networks03 Nov 2021 | 5
Singaporean minister touts internet 'kill switch' that finds kids reading net nasties and cuts 'em off ASAP Fancies a real-time crowdsourced content rating scheme too Security27 Oct 2021 | 40
Reg scribe spends week being watched by government Bluetooth wristband, emerges to more surveillance Feature Home quarantine week was the price for an overseas trip, ongoing observation is the price of COVID-19 Security19 Oct 2021 | 140
User to chatbot: Help! My kid has COVID! Chatbot to user: Always wear a condom Singapore pulls plug on 'Ask Jamie' after it also suggested polio jabs and other 'misaligned replies' AI + ML06 Oct 2021 | 34
India, Singapore harmonise their rapid payment schemes Smartphone-driven instant money transfer across borders to come online in 2022 Off-Prem15 Sep 2021 | 1
Imagine a world in which Uber's hot new business is lending money It's happening already in Singapore, where Uber-analog Grab says lending and deliveries are post-COVID highlights Software15 Sep 2021 | 2
Singapore adds a third bug bounty program – this time to fortify government digital services HackerOne gets the gig Security01 Sep 2021 |
Singapore is the only nation with a dedicated 'net link to China. And they've just agreed to expand its use Now to get the rest of ASEAN bloc interested, says Singapore government exec Networks25 Aug 2021 | 16
USA, Singapore pledge cybersecurity and supply chain collaboration Kamala Harris brings message of recommitment to Indo-Pacific amid Afghanistan crisis Networks23 Aug 2021 |
Singapore, Australia successfully trial blockchain-greased customs system Who knew that verifiable and digital documentation might move a little faster than paper? Applications23 Aug 2021 | 4
Singaporean telco leaked personal data of over 57,000 customers StarHub's breach announcement came a month after discovery of customer file on dump site Security12 Aug 2021 | 1
AWS taps up Singapore scientists to overcome hurdles facing quantum computing 'Some forms of encryption used today can be broken by future large-scale quantum computers, which drives a search for alternatives' Networks05 Aug 2021 | 9
Singaporean boffins tame urban jungle with VR simulation of vertical greenery Experiment shows that a few more plants make for a lot less stress Software12 Jul 2021 | 1
Criminals prefer to WFH too: Singapore infosec agency says 43% of all crimes in the city-state happened online in 2020 The times they are a-changin' Security08 Jul 2021 | 1
Singapore's migration to cloud continues, and expect more SaaS once we secure it, says GovTech Shifts strategy to work more closely with industry on digital projects SaaS30 Jun 2021 |
Singapore crowdsources central bank digital currency development Three teams stand to win US$37,000 and fifteen teams get mentorship and Sandbox toys Software29 Jun 2021 |
UK enters negotiations on a digital trade agreement with Singapore UK International Trade Secretary and Singaporean Minister of Trade Relations will also meet digitally Personal Tech28 Jun 2021 | 9
Facebook and Singapore teams looking for ways to get data centres relaxing in moist tropical climes Heat and humidity are horrible, and your server can’t quaff a cocktail to cool off Off-Prem18 Jun 2021 | 7
Singapore orders social media to correct Indian politician’s allegation of local COVID-19 variant Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act swings into action Legal21 May 2021 | 26
Singapore bolsters Bluetooth contact-tracing as new COVID wave sends students and workers home again TraceTogether app becomes primary tracking tool and compulsory in many settings Security17 May 2021 |
Big dogs get new ride-share service from Singaporean giant Grab What a time to be alive Offbeat06 May 2021 | 5
Singapore goes Cray-cray in the best way, picks HPE for new 10 PFLOPS super 'puter $30m, 100,000-core beast will use third-gen AMD EPYCs and 352 – count 'em – Nvidia A100 GPUs On-Prem28 Apr 2021 | 7
Tools down: Singapore’s training bots and drones to digitize construction work Research agency and housing board sign a deal as COVID-19 makes manpower and materials scarce Science30 Mar 2021 | 3