Artificial Intelligence

Should We Reprogram Our AI Programs?

HUMANS have survived thus far by being alert and adaptable. Through the arrival of each increasingly sophisticated form of communication, through exposées of false beliefs, discovery of the universe, scientific and...
Datuk Seri Najib Ali

How Will Changes In Malaysia Affect Singapore?

  IT IS hard to imagine the Datuk Seri Najib Razak was Prime Minister of Malaysia just over two months ago. His fall from grace has been rapid, and he...

Your Mind Has Been Colonised!

FOR THE highly regarded Kenyan author, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the world is still too wrapped up in its colonial mentality to fulfil its potential. The prolific award-winning author and speaker is in...
bitcoin

Demystifying Bitcoin And Its Intentions

IT CAN be hard to wrap your head around the spectacular rise in value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. The emergence of cryptocurrency can be partly attributed to...
bonus payment for civil servants

Bonuses To Cope With Coming Tax Hikes?

ALL 84,000 civil servants in Singapore’s 16 Ministries will get their biggest year-end bonus in four years, in line with a more optimistic economic outlook for 2017 compared to 2016....

NASA’s Vulcanologist From Ipanema

SPACE is tempting mankind to venture into the bleak void again. On the 50thanniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that put a man on the Moon, interest in putting...
Tony Tapir and Patricia Chew

Children’s Books With Real-World Issues

EVERYONE has a story or few forming in their heads. For most, they will never get past the formative stages, eventually being locked away, fading even from recall. Patricia Chew...

Watch Out For Virtual And Real-World COVID-19 Threats

THE VIRTUAL world has latched on to the Coronavirus as it sweeps around the planet. “Be suspicious of anyone approaching you online using COVID-19,” says Vitaly Kamluk, Director, APAC Research...

Look Beyond The Obvious When Job Hunting

WED WEB CHAT — Where Are The Jobs? brings together Richard Hoon, founder of executive search firm, I Search Worldwide, educator, Jason Chiam of SUSS, and soon-to-graduate Symphony Chu...
Datuk Ramli Sarip, Meranti Timur

Step Into The Studio With Datuk Ramli Sarip

DATUK Ramli Sarip celebrates his 68th birthday today. But far from taking it easy, he has been busy in the studio preparing his next album, tentatively titled, Meranti Timur, named after...