Last week, Shopee’s parent company, Sea Limited announced that it will be hiring 500 Singaporeans in a partnership with IMDA. In the same week, sources revealed that Amazon might be taking over a portion of Citigroup’s office space here as the latter looks to cut back on its office space …
Read More »Antitrust chair says Congress will need the people’s help to rein in powerful Big Tech companies
Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) thinks antitrust regulation of Big Tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google is going to be tough, and in order to pass meaningful reforms that rein in the power of Big Tech companies, Congress will need the help of the American people. Cicilline is chair …
Read More »S’pore Food Tech Startup Shiok Meats Raises $17.27M – To Build World’s First Commercial Plant
Shiok Meats, the world’s first cell-based crustacean meat company based in Singapore, has raised US$ 12.6 million (S$ 17.27 million) in a Series A funding round. The Series A round is led by Aqua-Spark, the first investment fund focused on sustainable aquaculture. Other investors include SEEDS Capital (the investment arm …
Read More »Business Is In Her Blood: She Quit Her Cushy Corporate Job To Be A Serial Tech ‘Expatpreneur’
For Amy Read, founder of Techsembly and Gifts Less Ordinary, entrepreneurship has always been in her blood. The UK-born expat has been based in Singapore since 2012, working for major companies. In 2015, she ditched her cushy corporate career to launch a personalised gifts e-commerce business. Subsequently, she made the …
Read More »Black tech organizations grow amid calls for racial justice
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Amazon applied science manager Dr. Nashlie Sephus has lived in New York City, Atlanta, Silicon Valley, and Seoul while pursuing her education and work in machine learning. She knows the look of a community that’s thriving from technology and innovation, …
Read More »From TikTok To Zoom: These 5 Tech Giants Are Expanding In S’pore And Now Hiring
Despite a global pandemic, Singapore is still drawing investments from global tech firms. As the US-China tech race heats up, more firms are flocking to Singapore in a bid to escape the fallout. In the first half of 2020, Singapore has already drawn S$ 14.3 billion in fixed-asset investments — …
Read More »How Three Billionaire Founders Built S’pore’s First Tech Unicorn – Now Valued At US$65B
Forbes recently unveiled its list of 2020 Forbes Singapore Rich List, which highlighted the top 50 richest in Singapore. One interesting finding is that all three of Sea’s co-founders are included in the list. Chairman and CEO Forrest Li added US$ 5.53 billion to his wealth and entered the ranks of …
Read More »12 Tech Gadgets That Make Daily Life Easier
Photo by Crime Art / Shutterstock.com Want to take some stress and strain out of daily life? We’ve got you covered! We’ve rounded up a variety of tech gadgets you can buy at Amazon that will ease your worries and simplify your routine. Please note that although prices you see …
Read More »For tech to serve the public good, we need standards
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now When I first started as a technology investor, I became interested in Neil Postman’s work at NYU. He stated — in a time of the rising proliferation and expansion of television programming — that mediums of mass persuasion and influence needed …
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