Technology

[ad_1] Foreign worker dormitories have taken steps to prevent residents from mingling with each other, but these are not foolproof, say dormitory operators, who point out that no number of rules will work if people don’t follow them. Since the dormitories were declared Covid-19 free a month ago, on August …

[ad_1] BEIJING: Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok’s operations in the United States by its Chinese owner ByteDance, and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States, three people with direct knowledge of the matter. ByteDance has been in talks to sell the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Ms NoorJahan Kamaruddin, 60, has adopted navigation applications such as Google Maps and the MyTransport application from the Land Transportation Authority. To help other seniors like her take advantage of these apps, the volunteer has taught lessons on how to use them to find bus and train …

[ad_1] KENILWORTH, NJ: US drugmaker Merck & Co has begun recruiting participants for its early-stage COVID-19 vaccine study, according to the government’s Clinicaltrials.gov database. The phase 1/2 trial, which is based in Belgium, aims to recruit 260 healthy participants to test the experimental V591 vaccine, which it gained access to …

[ad_1] Ahead of the looming deadline in mid-September that forces the sale of TikTok’s business in the US, Chinese officials say they would rather see the popular short-form video app shut down in the US. That being forced to make a sale, sources with direct knowledge of him told Reuters …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The immense growth potential of the deep technology sector, even amid the coronavirus pandemic, is translating into exciting career opportunities for Singaporeans, said Communications and Information Minister S. Iswaran. “While Covid-19 has had an indelible impact on economies and societies, it has also increased momentum to accelerate …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Real estate agent Alan Toh is not someone who frequently trades the stock market. But after world markets fell 30 percent in March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, he couldn’t resist diving into the market for bargains. Ad Ad “During the March correction, I was concerned …

[ad_1] Friday, September 11, 2020 – 11:08 pm Insurer HOMEGROWN Singapore Life (Singlife) intends to merge with Aviva Singapore in a deal valued at S $ 3.2 billion, which will make it one of the largest in the Southeast Asian insurance sector and the largest in Singapore. In a statement …

[ad_1] Singapore’s business-friendly reputation continues to attract foreign investment, especially from the technology sector, despite the gloomy global economic climate. Among the companies that are increasing their holdings in Singapore is the German logistics company DB Schenker, which in May began operating a high-tech warehouse in the free trade zone …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: This year’s stock market has been on a roller coaster ride, with record declines and all-time highs reached. Last week, US tech stocks saw their worst decline since March. Then on Tuesday, amid another widespread sell-off, Tesla shares tumbled 21 percent, the biggest one-day loss in history, after …