Posts by Swedan Margen
Electricity tariff for S’pore households to fall by 10.4% in 4th quarter of 2026
The overall tariff before GST, including that for non-households, will fall by an average of 10.6% [SINGAPORE] Households in Singapore will see a 10.4 per cent decrease in the electricity tariff from October to December due to lower energy costs. Grid operator SP Group said in a statement on Wednesday (Sep 30) that the average…
Read MoreThe World Runs on Diesel | National Review
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Read MoreFord’s CEO urges caution on Chinese automakers, says Europe is ‘too late’
China is projected to export around 12 million cars this year, up from around 3 million in 2022 Published Wed, Sep 30, 2026 · 06:40 AM FORD CEO Jim Farley said that the US must carefully weigh how and whether Chinese automakers should enter the American market, and pointed to Europe as a cautionary tale.…
Read MoreIn Britain, the Terror Question Remains the Same: War or Crime? | National Review
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Read MoreThe Parade of Hormuz Horribles Fizzles Out | National Review
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Read MoreStartup Funding News: OpenAI Backs a $36M Biosecurity Bet
In the latest startup funding news, OpenAI has quietly backed Red Queen Bio, an AI-native biosecurity startup that has now raised $36 million to design antibody drugs meant to protect against dangerous pathogens, building on the $15 million seed round OpenAI led back in late 2025, joined by Cerberus Ventures and fellow backers Fifty Years…
Read MoreDigital Avatar Trend Tests Founders’ Personal Brand Strategy
TechCrunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis spent a couple of days in Synthesia’s studio and walked out with an interactive digital avatar of herself that can answer questions out loud, in her own voice. It was the first time the UK video-generation startup had built an interactive avatar for a journalist, and the experiment doubles as a…
Read MoreAI Coworkers Get a New Home as Ando Raises $20M
Sara Du just raised $20 million for Ando, a team messaging app built so AI agents can join the conversation as real teammates instead of bolted-on bots. The pre-seed and seed round came from Accel, Index Ventures, and Emergence, and it lands right as a lot of lean teams are already leaning on AI tools…
Read MoreS&P, Nasdaq open higher on oil retreat, tech optimism
Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 10:41 PM [NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Tuesday (Sep 29), helped by a pullback in oil prices, while media reports of the details about Anthropic’s public offering bolstered sentiment towards technology stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 64.6 points, or 0.13 per…
Read MoreNot All ‘Classical’ Schools Are Created Equal | National Review
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Read MoreSingapore stocks fall on Tuesday, STI edges 0.3% lower
Across the broader market, gainers trail losers 236 to 298, with 1.4 billion securities worth S$2 billion traded Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 06:01 PM [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended lower on Tuesday (Sep 29). The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.3 per cent or 14.18 points to finish at 5,714.84. DFI Retail Group…
Read MoreIs What We’re Watching True or False?
One afternoon, already feeling wary of commercials—whose unreal relation to everyday life far predates the rise of A.I.—I was served an ad for legal services, promising cash for people involved in accidents of various kinds. The bald guy lecturing me on how to get the money looked real enough, but the question of his true…
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