Technology and research

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

The initiatives reflect Singapore’s recognition that AI will rapidly become the defining force behind the next wave of innovation.

Vietnam’s first chip plant unlikely to meet 2027 target, sources say no deal yet with ASML

The project is part of the ruling Communist Party’s plans for Vietnam to move up the semiconductor value chain.

S’pore to tap biomethane as fossil gas replacement from 2028 in new pilot: Gan Kim Yong

Singapore’s industries account for around 65% of the country’s emissions, including emissions from the electricity that they use.

Japan turns to stem cells as vets struggle with blood shortage for dogs

Veterinarians once commonly kept dogs as blood donors, but animal welfare concerns have made the practice increasingly difficult.

Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose ‘sequentially’ like a doctor

Microsoft researchers say the AI tool was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solving complex medical cases.

Use MFA, patch, beware of scammers: 5 ways to keep safe online in the wake of AI-supercharged hacking

PHP is a coding language most people have never heard of but that underlies roughly 70% of all websites.

App to help diners with visual impairment at hawker centres among ideas at inaugural challenge

The team of four developed a prototype app to help diners with visual impairment find empty tables at hawker centres. They include product designers from Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) Tay Yu Qing and Genevieve Yip (in white), Ho Yin Mei, a principal design lead from the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and Jeffrey Ang, a principal architect from the Urban Redvelopment Authority.

Samsung, SK Hynix upgrading China plants to make more advanced chips: Sources

Both companies are now required to seek US licences annually if they want to install US-made equipment such as etching machines in China.

America’s new era of private science

Scientists at the University of Minnesota have created SpudCell, the first synthetic cell to complete a full life cycle - from birth to division into next-generation cells - after being made from lifeless chemicals.

Failure points ‘towards the solution’: Students win HTX award for pushing past setbacks in research

Aneesh Bondugula (left) developed an AI project to predict how patients will respond to cancer immunotherapy, while Shavonne Tok explored the use of discarded chicken bones to remove dye pollutants from water.

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