SINGAPORE: Nearly eight in 10 (78%) Singapore consumers ditched artificial intelligence (AI) customer service agents when the bots failed to recognise them. Respondents to the Twilio survey, cited by Singapore Business Review, said they abandoned their interactions with the bots because they lac...
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SINGAPORE: At its core, giving an ang bao at a wedding is a way for guests to wish the couple good fortune, longevity, and prosperity. The practice used to be about the sentiment. These days, it's become more of an obligation — guests are expected to give enough to cover their se...
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SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will introduce three new bus services and enhance two existing ones in the coming months under the Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP), improving connections for residents in Tengah and Woodlands while preparing for the open...
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Scammers would claim that victims had purchased a TV set or have a pending delivery confirmation.
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Victims would receive unsolicited calls from scammers pretending to be Harvey Norman staff, claiming the victims had bought a television set or had a pending delivery confirmation....
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SINGAPORE: In August, AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research), one of the leading groups focused on women's rights and gender equality, published the results of its recent survey on masculinity in Singapore. Tellingly, a key finding from the survey is how widespread ...
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A South Korean man secretly recorded his ex-girlfriend while they engaged in nude video calls, only to later be discovered by his new girlfriend. According to Shin Min Daily News ( Shin Min ), the 44-year-old man was sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty to one ...
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Two men, aged 27 and 33, were arrested in Singapore for possessing and gaining access to child abuse material. This comes after police in Italy arrested 17 people as part of investigations into an Italy-based international network that distributed child sexual abuse material. Sin...
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Singapore’s labour market continued to expand in the second quarter of 2026 as economic growth improved. Total employment increased by 11,400, marking the 19th consecutive quarter of growth. This is an increase from 9,400 in the first quarter of 2026, and 10,400 in the second qua...
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About a week after a 19-year-old worker in Japan died after falling from a 40 metre-tall transmission tower, his family said that he had left behind a suicide note. The police of the local prefecture said that on Sep. 9, Kazuki Matsuoka had been on the tower to check for damage t...
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SINGAPORE: Singapore saved US$97 million (S$123.8 million) in fossil fuel import costs, with most of the savings coming from avoided gas imports, a Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) report published in late August found, thanks to the city-state’s i...
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A limited-edition Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama bag sold for S$87,000 after 81 bids at the first auction of seized handbags and accessories from the S$3 billion money laundering case in Singapore. The auction was held on the night of Sep. 20; the 30-minute competition for the piec...
