Singapore Tech News, Features & Reviews

Dell's new Pro Rugged 13 Extreme and Pro Rugged 14 combine reinforced designs, high-brightness displays and Intel Core Ultra processors for demanding field environments.

Singapore is advocating a multi-layered approach to AI security, including using artificial intelligence itself to identify and counter emerging threats.

Apple plans stronger Mac permission controls as increasingly autonomous AI agents seek broad access to users' files and private data.

Singapore researchers have developed an unmanned platform capable of aerial deployment and autonomous surface navigation, addressing challenges in remote water monitoring. The device, known as ALBATROSS, descends from the air and transitions to a sailing vessel upon water impact. This system aims to provide rapid access to distant maritime areas, offering sustained surveillance capabilities.

US prosecutors allege more than US$300 million in export controlled AI servers were routed through Singapore and Malaysia before being sent to China.

Baidu's office agent, Dazi, recorded the fastest desktop growth among artificial intelligence work assistants during the previous month. This development aligns with the company's reinforced commitment to an application-driven ERNIE strategy, focusing on real-world usage over mere token consumption in the competitive office AI market.

Alphabet's Google has announced "Argon", a new top-tier artificial intelligence model, anchoring its Gemini 4 generation. This initiative represents Google's latest effort to compete with rivals such as Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI domain. A company spokesperson confirmed the model's larger size compared to previous advanced "Pro" lines.

Eight students from ITE College Central have used Sony’s mocopi motion-capture technology to develop two experimental games, including one in which two players jointly control a single character. The second-year Higher Nitec students built their prototypes in Singapore in under three months before joining a 12-day immersion in Tokyo, where they presented the projects to Sony’s extended-reality teams and used their feedback to refine the experiences.

Epson has launched the SureColor G9030 in Singapore, its first 64-inch direct-to-film printer for high-volume industrial textile production. The machine combines a wider printing area with a default print speed of 34.1 square metres per hour and automated maintenance features designed to reduce downtime. Available from 1 October, it also supports an optional twin-roll setup that allows businesses to run two printing jobs side by side on a single machine.

WhatsApp has introduced optional parental controls that let parents and teenagers agree on privacy settings, receive updates about group activity and choose how teens use Meta AI, Channels and Status. The controls are designed to support conversations about online safety while keeping personal messages and calls protected by end-to-end encryption. The announcement follows WhatsApp’s parent-managed accounts for preteens, which are now available in Singapore.

AGIBOT has put more than 300 humanoid robots on regular daily duty at Chimelong's Spaceship Park in Zhuhai, in southern China. The company says the machines now cover seven kinds of work at more than 100 interaction points across the park and its hotel. That range runs from entertainment shows and science education to guidance and way finding, service and retail stations, companion tours, hotel duties, and sports competitions staged for guests.

DeepSeek has released a v0.2 preview of Harness, its open source agent application, with official desktop installers for macOS on Apple silicon and for 64 bit Windows. The packages come from the official Harness website and mark the first time the company has offered ready made downloads instead of asking users to build the tool themselves. Version 0.1 of Harness arrived as a developer preview.