Fashion
Spotify to label ‘AI personas’ and exclude AI music from personal recommendations
In its latest effort to protect human creators from the flood of synthetic music, Spotify will soon require AI-generated identities to carry an “AI Persona” label while barring their tracks...
Race to replace Pelosi enters the AI group chat
A parody AI chatbot designed by California congressional candidate Scott Wiener’s campaign to mock the record of his opponent attracted the attention politicians crave and criticism most loathe. The short-lived...
Australia central bank holds rates steady, keeps hike on table
Published Tue, Aug 11, 2026 · 01:31 PM[SYDNEY] Australia’s central bank held its cash rate steady at 4.35 per cent for a second straight meeting on Tuesday (Aug 11), saying...
Concord New Energy expects H1 profit to fall over 66% on drop in power generation
This comes due to ‘the dual impacts of grid absorption constraints and climate fluctuations’[SINGAPORE] Concord New Energy expects to report a first-half net profit drop of about 66 to 69...
Microsoft plans to unveil next-gen AI chip in September: report
Tech firm said to have talked with TSMC to secure production capacity for over 300,000 units for delivery in 2027Published Mon, Aug 10, 2026 · 10:40 PM[SEATTLE] Microsoft is planning...
If you don’t hear the siren, police are sure you’ll feel the Rumbler
Los Angeles police are rolling out a new siren, and you don’t just hear it. It rattles your bones.When the New York Police Department started using the Rumbler in 2009,...
Gold eases from seven-week peak, US inflation data looms
Published Mon, Aug 10, 2026 · 01:08 PMGOLD slipped on Monday (Aug 10) as investors took profits after prices hit a seven-week high in the previous session, while markets looked...
FOCUS-Shein finds there’s no place like China after Vietnam warehouse experiment disappoints
[HANOI/GUANGZHOU, China] Just over a year ago, Chinese ultra-fast fashion retailer Shein began leasing 15 hectares of warehouse facilities — equivalent in size to 21 football fields — near Ho...
DBS, OCBC surge on strong H1 results but don’t overlook the potential of underdog UOB
[SINGAPORE] There was a lot riding on the financial results of DBS, OCBC and UOB last week – with some analysts calculating that the three stocks had accounted for nearly...
Executive remuneration in Singapore: Paying for what, exactly?
[SINGAPORE] In a review of remuneration practices across listed companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the Centre for Investor Protection at National University of Singapore Business School in March 2026...
