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Sea shares jump almost 20% after strong Q2, as CEO Forrest Li searches for new growth opportunities

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Strong second quarter results sent shares of Sea, the Singaporean tech company, up 19% in New York trading on Tuesday. Shares are now up more than 60% for the year thus far, even as shares are still far from their 2021 highs. Sea reported revenue of $5.3 billion for the quarter ending June 2025, an almost 40% jump year-on-year. Net income also reached $414.2 million, more than five times greater than the $79.9 million profit recorded a year ago…See the Story

A flood of AI deepfakes challenges the financial sector, with over 70% of new enrolments to some firms being fake

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Financial institutions are championing the use of artificial intelligence, arguing the new technology can rapidly accelerate tasks like “know-your-customer” checks, customer onboarding, and document processing. Advancements like these can drive customer acquisition and boost employee productivity, all good for the bottom line. “AI has been a game-changer in how we provide international payment and financial services. In 2024, we processed more …Deepfakes · Singapore Read Article

Six cities--Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Manila--face at least a "high risk" of extreme precipitation and heatwaves.

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In recent weeks, there have been viral images from the Philippines show couples exchanging wedding vows in flooded churches after Tropical Storm Wipha made landfall in late-July. The storm swept through southern China and central Vietnam, with heavy rain causing flooding in both locations. Vietnam and the Philippines are used to periods of intense rain, but climate change threatens to make these events more severe. Southeast Asia as a whole fac…Business · Singapore Read Article

Commentary: Prabowo’s Indonesia draws opposition via cartoon pirates

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Pop culture resistance can become a powerful form of resistance – especially when authorities overreact, says a writer who covers Southeast Asia politics.Politics · Singapore Read Article

AI keeps getting more powerful, making it harder to judge how smart models actually are

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How do you judge an AI model when it’s already starting to perform better than human beings? That’s the challenge faced by researchers like Russell Wald, executive director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). “As of 2024, there are very few task categories where human ability surpasses AI, and even in these areas, the performance gap between AI and humans is shrinking rapidly,” Wald said last week in a pr…Artificial Intelligence · Singapore Read Article

Grab is in ‘prime position’ to support the transition to driverless cars, says CEO Anthony Tan

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Autonomous vehicles are now a common sight, with robotaxis plying the streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Wuhan, and Shenzhen. Economies like Japan, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates are also exploring their own autonomous taxi services. Singapore is no different. The government has been looking to launch driverless buses on its main island. WeRide already has a driverless bus plying a short route on Sentosa island, and the ride-hailing…Business · Singapore Read Article

AI and robots can help the world grow more food—even if they're still not quite as good as a human farmer

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The world population is still growing every year. The amount of farmland is not. That means farmers will need to find ways to use their limited land more efficiently. AI could help, according to agriculture executives. “Humanity does not have enough food to put on the table for everybody,” Feroz Sheikh, chief information and digital officer of the Syngenta Group, said at the Fortune Brainstorm AI Singapore conference last week. “By 2050, we wi…Artificial Intelligence · Singapore Read Article

Bree’s Roos Vanotterdijk Shines at World Swim Champs

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Bree (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Swimming club De Meerkoet in Bree is in awe after Roos Vanotterdijk’s standout performance at the World Championships in Singapore, calling it “unbelievable.” In the 100-meter butterfly, the Houthalen-Helchteren swimmer took home a silver medal, … Read more Continue reading Bree’s Roos Vanotterdijk shines at world swim champs at The Brussels Morning Newspaper.Swimming · Singapore See the Story

AI chatbots struggle to function beyond English: ‘They know a lot … but they miss the culture’

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The world’s leading AI chatbots can now generate everything from emails to research papers—in English. But shift to a different language, and AI’s performance begins to slip. Most large language models are “a bit like a Fulbright scholar who is interested in Asia as their area of study,” said Kalika Bali, a senior principal researcher at Microsoft Research India at the Fortune Brainstorm AI Singapore conference on Wednesday. “They know a lot abo…Artificial Intelligence · Singapore Read Article

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Sea shares jump almost 20% after strong Q2, as CEO Forrest Li searches for new growth opportunities

A flood of AI deepfakes challenges the financial sector, with over 70% of new enrolments to some firms being fake

Six cities--Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Manila--face at least a "high risk" of extreme precipitation and heatwaves.

Commentary: Prabowo’s Indonesia draws opposition via cartoon pirates

AI keeps getting more powerful, making it harder to judge how smart models actually are

Grab is in ‘prime position’ to support the transition to driverless cars, says CEO Anthony Tan

AI and robots can help the world grow more food—even if they're still not quite as good as a human farmer

Bree’s Roos Vanotterdijk Shines at World Swim Champs

AI chatbots struggle to function beyond English: ‘They know a lot … but they miss the culture’

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