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On Tuesday (May 12), Razer announced that it will be setting up 20 vending machines across Singapore that will dispense a total of about 5 million free masks to all Singapore residents aged 16 and above. Here’s the catch: they must first sign up for their mobile wallet Razer Pay, …

[Follow our live world updates on the Coronavirus pandemic and outbreak.] The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first antigen test that can rapidly detect whether a person has been infected by the coronavirus, a significant advancement that promises to greatly expand the nation’s testing capacity. The test, by …

While Digi-Capital’s AR/VR Analytics Platform tracked over $ 4 billion AR/VR investment last year, virtual and augmented reality investment dropped in Q4 2019 and Q1 2020 in terms of both deal volume (i.e. number of deals) and deal value (i.e. dollars invested). The first quarter of this year saw AR/VR …

Borrowing money is something we try to avoid as much as possible, as long as we have enough to afford our needs. However, things may go differently than we expect them to. For example, we could encounter a medical emergency in the family, face a sudden loss of income, or …

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has confirmed that the country “will enter into a recession this year”, in a macroeconomic report released today. This major economic downturn has been brought on by the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. Singapore’s economy already contracted 2.2 per cent year-on-year in the first …

Darryn Tan and Javad Namazie both met each other back in primary school when they were students at Anglo-Chinese School (ACS). The two Singapore-born friends are now 41, which means their friendship has spanned over three decades. Beyond being just friends, the two are also business partners. In 2018, they …

Listen to This Audio Audio Recording by Audm To hear more audio stories from publishers, like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. On the evening of March 4, James Cai, a 32-year-old physician assistant, was languishing on a cot, isolated in a small, windowless room on …

Author’s Blurb: I wouldn’t say that I’m rushing to buy a house anytime soon, but I would like to have a serious conversation about it when I’m about 27 or 28. But even by then, I’m uncertain as to whether or not it’ll be a financially sound decision to actually …

A 69-year-old New Jersey man who on Tuesday became the first person in the Northeast to die after contracting the coronavirus had gone to his doctor last week complaining of a fever and a cough, officials said. He was treated with antibiotics and Tamiflu, an antiviral medication given to alleviate …