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The AI doomsday report that shook Wall Street – and why its critics have a point

AI disruption will happen, but worst-case scenarios are misplaced.

According to the blog post by Citrini Research that illustrates the impact of AI in a hypothetical future, the technology makes companies so productive that they fire many of their white-collar workers.

What TikTok and Huawei can teach Anthropic

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China’s growth is softening and global uncertainty does not help

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US is less prone to oil price shocks than in past decades

Singapore and space: Why the Equator gives the country a strategic edge

The ‘admin night’ TikTok trend and the infiltration of work into private lives

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Israel-Iran conflict

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Malaysia’s Iran dilemma

For all their words against the US action, its leaders can’t ignore strategic realities or disregard the Sunni-Shi’ite divide.

Muslim women holding portraits of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur on March 1.

Ripples from Iran: Soaring prices, choked shipping and delayed rate cuts

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The wrong way to teach: A teacher overseeing 300 AI-tutored students

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An ageing society tests more than our healthcare system

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How much alcohol is too much alcohol, if you plan to drive?

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Forum: New University Admission Score system doesn’t reduce, but redistributes, stress

Forum: Preserve identity of iconic precincts during upgrading

Forum: Agencies’ good work appreciated

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Finding Joy

Grandchildren are gifts and a source of great happiness

Looking after their young grandchildren in their 60s is a weighty task, but one that has many rewards, says the writer.

Grandparenting is physically gruelling and tiring, but it also brings abundant joy.

Finding Joy

Making space for joy in moving to part-time work

Finding Joy

In aikido, I find strength in connection, not conquest

Finding Joy

The magic of mementoes, and why we can’t let go of our worn keepsakes

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How Pokemon and Resident Evil rewrote gaming history

Both franchises show the importance of a multimedia strategy, says the writer,

The dark side of India’s digital gold rush

A fundamental disregard for an individual’s choice and data sovereignty is the dark side of India’s digital gold rush.

‘TACO’ on Iran will come too late for Trump

War is a grave step after all other options have been exhausted.

Forum: New University Admission Score system doesn’t reduce, but redistributes, stress

Forum: Agencies’ good work appreciated

The AI doomsday report that shook Wall Street – and why its critics have a point

According to the blog post by Citrini Research that illustrates the impact of AI in a hypothetical future, the technology makes companies so productive that they fire many of their white-collar workers.

Forum: Enhancing checks and balances vital in proposed condominium renewal framework

Singapore and space: Why the Equator gives the country a strategic edge

Satellite models on display at the ST Engineering booth at the Space Summit at Sands Expo and Convention Centre on Feb 2.

China’s growth is softening and global uncertainty does not help

If this war in the Middle-East persists, China’s growth outlook faces additional downside risks.

Forum: Preserve identity of iconic precincts during upgrading

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