From tech to financial services: Layoffs and job cuts in 2025
RETRENCHMENTS and unemployment have been widespread in the first two months of 2025, with job cuts announced across various industries. From tech to retail, media and finance, major…
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BYD’s Free Self-Driving Tech Might Not Be Such a Boon After All
Strictly speaking, God’s Eye is the camera, ultrasonic radar, and lidar array alone, split into A, B, and C variants, with A being best. The system’s operating software is known as…
European tech sector sees unexpected rebound on AI windfall
European technology giants are exceeding expectations this quarter, joining financial and healthcare companies as one of the reporting season’s best-performing segments. Buoyed by…
AI Business, Creativity and Jobs Take Center Stage at HPA Tech Retreat: ‘What We’re Trying to Be Is Pixar’
It was fitting that the acquisition of generative AI tech company Metaphysic by DNEG Group’s Brahma AI arm was announced on Tuesday, as a large part of the annual HPA Tech Retreat – which…
DeepSeek rally helps Chinese tech firms raise more funds
Listed Chinese companies have raised more than US$1 billion globally through placements so far this year, with most of it in February THE stars are aligned for Chinese technology companies…
AI is a Potential ‘Goldmine’ and a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Says SMPTE Chief at HPA Tech Retreat
AI is both a potential “goldmine” and a “ticking time bomb,” in the words of Rich Welsh, Deluxe senior VP of innovation, who also serves as president of the Society of Motion Picture and…
The Download: selling via AI, and Congress testing tech
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Your most important customer may be AI Imagine you…
Ant Group enters China’s growing humanoid robot industry amid rising tech interest
ANT Group, the Alibaba-linked fintech giant, is venturing into the humanoid robot industry, joining a growing list of major Chinese tech companies exploring this emerging field. The…
Cisco and IBM show old-school tech names can be AI winners too
WHILE many of the biggest and most popular technology stocks have stumbled out of the gates in 2025, some of the sector’s legacy names are drawing renewed attention. Companies such as…
The Ketamine-Fueled ‘Psychedelic Slumber Parties’ That Get Tech Execs Back on Track
We check with everybody to see if we have their consent, from every part of their body, to receive medicine. Then our medical doctor and registered nurse distribute the medicine through a…
EXCLUSIVE: Halle Berry Launches Respin Health for Modern Menopause Care With AI Tech Savvy and a Holistic Approach
It’s time for menopause — and the conversation surrounding it — to get a modern makeover. And to give it a contemporary spin, Halle Berry, one of today’s leading voices behind the…
Asia: Tech rally helps Hong Kong lead markets higher
HONG Kong resumed its tech-led rally on a healthy day for Asian markets on Tuesday (Feb 18) as a meeting between President Xi Jinping and China’s top business leaders fanned hopes that a…
Google and Meta used to champion DEI efforts. Why Big Tech is pulling back
More than a decade ago, outcries about the lack of diversity in the tech industry reverberated across major Silicon Valley companies from Facebook to Google. Women and minorities spoke out…
South Korea’s tech exports lose growth momentum as risks rise
The outlook for chip sales is turning less optimistic this year as growth in shipments has slowed in recent months SOUTH Korea recorded a contraction in technology exports for the first…
The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’
Days after the rule went into effect in January, the bureau was sued by NetChoice and TechNet, two trade groups representing Big Tech. In addition to challenging the rule, the groups…
Stocks to watch: DBS, Suntec Reit, Frasers Property, Hutchison Port, Zheneng Jinjiang, Creative Tech
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Feb 10). DBS: The lender posted net profit for the fourth quarter that was 11 per cent…
Transportation Sec. Duffy suggests changing air traffic rules and antiquated tech
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday he is reconsidering rules that allowed air traffic control supervisors to reduce staffing at Washington’s Reagan National Airport…
Tech can transform the world—but only if it works for children
Global leaders recently gathered at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, under the theme of “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age.” What exactly is the “Intelligent Age” and, more…
Tech layoffs 2025: Salesforce to slash 1,000 jobs as it joins Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and more in cutting roles
The new year isn’t getting off to a great start when it comes to employment in the tech industry. Tech giant Salesforce is reportedly getting ready to cut 1,000 roles at the company. The…
Europe: Tech stocks lift Stoxx 600 to record high; US Fed in focus
EUROPEAN shares closed at a record high on Wednesday (Jan 29), boosted by technology stocks following strong results from chip equipment maker ASML, while investors shifted their focus to…
US markets: Stock buyers step in to boost tech after AI jolt
The world’s largest technology companies climbed after a selloff that shook markets around the globe, with traders gearing up for the start of the megacap earnings season and the Federal…
Singapore needs to seek out partners, launch initiatives to reel in tech IPOs
Market observers also suggest that SGX identify a niche area, for example; more moves could emerge in Budget 2025 WITH the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Review Group looking into…
Why Chinese AI company DeepSeek is spooking investors on U.S. tech
Major U.S. tech stocks, including Nvidia, Oracle and Broadcom, plummeted Monday after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek unveiled a new system that it says can compete…
US: Wall St opens sharply lower as China's AI push rattles Big Tech
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Jan 27), as the surging popularity of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model sparked a selloff in chipmaker Nvidia and other…