Singapore's Budget 2026 places AI at the heart of the country's growth agenda. Expanded training pathways, free access to premium tools, and stronger enterprise support send an unmistakable signal: AI skills are fast becoming the currency of competitiveness.
For SMEs — the backbone of Singapore's economy — these measures could...
Singapore’s cybersecurity posture was tested in 2025 when advanced persistent threat group UNC3886 launched a targeted campaign against the country’s four major telecommunications operators. Although authorities confirmed that no sensitive data was exfiltrated, the campaign demonstrated how sophisticated actors can exploit vulnerabilities and maintain persistent access.
Against this backdrop, ESET’s...
AI slop — low-quality, mass produced automated content — is one of the greatest threats to brand trust, according to a report from B2C CRM, Klaviyo.
In APAC specifically, more than half (51%) of consumers now frequently spot low-quality AI driven content in their social media feeds and replies — breeding...
Across Singapore, the ongoing phase-out of analogue and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) copper phone lines is accelerating. Major telecommunications providers have already shifted their strategic focus to fibre and 5G, actively forcing the issue.
StarHub, for instance, ceased its ISDN services towards the end of 2025. Coupled with recent...
AI implementation surged 282% globally in 2025 compared to 2024, according to Salesforce’s second annual Chief Information Officer (CIO) study. In 2024, CIOs were still addressing data gaps, strengthening security, and running early pilots.
Since then, they have moved beyond that experimentation phase and are scaling AI across their organisations. The era...
Findings from Agoda's AI Developer Report 2025 reveal that developers are teaching themselves AI faster than many companies can roll out AI training, fueling rapid skill growth across the region but exposing gaps in access, support, and structure.
AI is now a defining force in career growth and learning. Eighty-seven percent of...
The Aspire Hong Kong Ecommerce Pulse Check for 2025 reveals that while 100 Hong Kong merchants (with HKD 1–10 million annual business revenue) remain optimistic about growth even amid macroeconomic challenges, hidden financial friction is quietly eroding margins.Developed in collaboration with Stripe, the report identifies payment friction as the most...
The recent global IT outage that disrupted operations across industries serves as a stark reminder that no provider, platform, or region is immune to downtime. From retail and banking to healthcare, organizations experienced firsthand how quickly a single point of failure can ripple through critical systems.
In Singapore alone,...
Salesforce has announced the State of Data and Analytics report, sharing insights from 3,800 analytics and IT decision makers and over 3,800 business leaders, including 200 from Singapore.
The survey revealed a fundamental disconnect between businesses’ data demands and their data reality, which can hinder their progress toward becoming agentic enterprises.
77%...
Asia Pacific’s (APAC) organisations are scaling up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to modernise payroll delivery as skills shortages persist and workforce models evolve, according to ADP’s latest report, The Potential of Payroll in 2026.
The report finds that skills shortages continue to challenge payroll teams in APAC, with 80%...
