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Newsom signs bills that aim to make social media, AI chatbots safer for young people
California, home to the world’s largest tech companies, is placing more guardrails around social media and artificial intelligence as child safety concerns escalate. On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed...
Becerra backers with business in Sacramento spend tens of millions boosting his gubernatorial bid
Companies and special interest groups with some of the diciest issues expected to land on California’s next governor’s desk are among the top financial backers of Democrat Xavier Becerra, the...
Hollywood fears an AI future. China is already living it
Chen Yilong has racked up plenty of film and TV credits in his two decades as an actor, but with work getting scarcer he signed a contract in August to...
Hell hath no fury like a man scorned: CEO’s S$468,000 suit against ex fails after relationship sours
Judge says evidence clearly shows he was ‘smitten’ and had ‘showered her with expensive gifts’[SINGAPORE] Infatuated with a former flight attendant he met on a flight, the chief executive of...
Blizzard video game workers ratify union contracts
Workers at “World of Warcraft” video game developer Blizzard Entertainment have ratified union contracts after two years of bargaining.The ratification vote means all union-represented Blizzard employees — nearly 1,900 people...
Khaw Boon Wan to step down as SPH Media Trust chairman
He will hand the role to Chan Yeng Kit, who will continue as CEO; changes are set to take effect from Oct 1[SINGAPORE] SPH Media Trust (SMT) chairman Khaw Boon...
Barclays lifts S&P 500 index’s year-end target to 7,950 on strong earnings
Published Wed, Sep 9, 2026 · 11:10 PM[LONDON] Barclays raised its year-end target for the benchmark S&P 500 index to 7,950 from 7,800 on Wednesday (Sep 9), following a standout...
COE premiums up across the board; Cat A price hits all-time high of S$133,009
[SINGAPORE] The Category A certificate of entitlement (COE) premium hit an all-time high of S$133,009 in the Wednesday (Sep 9) tender exercise, even as the prices rose across all the other...
Google, Blackstone cloud venture faces delays at data centre sites
Published Wed, Sep 9, 2026 · 10:52 AM[NEW YORK] Alphabet and Blackstone’s new cloud venture has hit delays for major data centre locations that were supposed to run Google’s chips,...
India PM Modi seeks to expand global reach of homegrown retail payment platform
Among countries where the platform is operational are Singapore, the UAE, France and NepalPublished Tue, Sep 8, 2026 · 11:17 PM[NEW DELHI] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday...
