Innovation

With US midterms underway, courts rebuff Trump's pressure on state election officials

Midterm election ballots are scanned at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center the same day US President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters who federal officials allege are likely non-US citizens, in City of Industry, California, US, November 2, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Adidas looking for New York victory lap in marathon shoe wars

Hellen Obiri speaks during media availability ahead of the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon in New York City, US, October 29, 2026. REUTERS/Heather Khalifa

Singapore unveils new initiatives to help companies harness AI, such as to develop new products

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong viewing a humanoid robot under development at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology on Oct 27. Among the new initiatives is the Champions of AI programme to help ambitious Singapore-based companies committed to making AI a core driver of growth.

Nine companies from Singapore and the region bag top honours at 2026 Emerging Enterprise Awards

Winners at the 2026 Emerging Enterprise Awards. A total of 28 companies were shortlisted as finalists.

Too much AI can stifle innovation

One of the promises of AI is that it will take processes previously performed by expensive and unreliable humans and do them with cheap machines that can act with perfect uniformity.

The ‘intangible economy’ is making everyone miserable

As the economy is increasingly built on intangibles, it may be hard to feel satisfied when so much of what we have is no longer in the physical realm.

AI scale-up PhysicsX comes to Singapore with ambition to accelerate industrial innovation

PhysicsX CEO and co-founder Jacomo Corbo at the launch of the PhysicsX Singapore Hub at Temasek Shophouse on Oct 8.

EnterpriseSG to invest $120m over five years to support SME innovation

Enterprise Singapore chairman Lee Chuan Teck says it “will work closely with our partners to facilitate redeployment opportunities” for affected IPI staff.

BT50: THE NEXT CHAPTER

The innovation gap that Singapore must close

The innovation gap refers to the distance between a strong scientific result and a product, company or capability that gains traction in the real world.

The Singer sewing machine and lessons in disruption

The device that bears Isaac Merritt Singer’s name was initially derided by him as devilish.

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