Technology sector

‘A minute’ to get around it: Australia’s social media ban still has plenty of holes

A survey of 1,027 Australians aged 10 and older found that 61 per cent of young Australians were not affected by the ban, while 26 per cent were significantly affected.

Taiwanese chip testing firm’s new Singapore facility to create over 300 jobs

Taiwanese chip testing firm KYEC’s facility in Singapore, launched on May 22, includes an over 109,000 sq ft cleanroom.

Samsung workers begin voting on tentative wage deal

Employees head to work at Samsung Electronics semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on May 21, 2026. The vote will run through May 27.

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Building the future of AI: Helping APAC’s developers turn bold ideas into real-world application

Home-grown technology company Sea is partnering OpenAI in their first regional hackathon to spur innovation in frontier AI tooling.

From tea-making to quick health check, SM Lee gets a taste of what China’s robots have to offer

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong shaking hand with a robot when he toured the Shanghai Municipal Humanoid Robot Innovation Incubator on May 21.

Taiwan seeks to detain three in Nvidia chip smuggling crackdown

The US has restricted sales of AI chips made by companies such as Nvidia to China since 2022.

Google, Meta, TikTok face EU consumer complaints about handling of financial scams

A Google spokesperson said the company blocks over 99 per cent of violating advertisements before they ever run.

Google is dethroning OpenAI as the king of consumer AI

Gemini 3 was the star of the show as Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet, took the stage at the Google developers conference on May 19, 2026.

Samsung shareholders vow legal action over tentative union deal

Around 50,500 workers had been set to walk off production lines.

Batam becomes ‘serious’ draw for Chinese firms, with S’pore still the island’s top investor

Economic agency BP Batam has seen a pick up in enquiries from Chinese businesses looking to invest in the Indonesian island.

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