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Tech companies are often busy catching up with each other. more Technically Incorrect The Boeing 737 Max is back? Not everyone is convinced McDonald's customers just got great news. It began as an engineer's bit of fun IT leaders hardly ever get it wrong (say IT leaders) A QR code on your gravestone? It's dead serious "Look what they've done! We have to do the same or our very walls will collapse around us!" No, I'm not specifically referring to Facebook here. In fact, I'm marveling at the latest little snippet to emerge from the constantly evolving Microsoft. As my colleague Liam Tung reported , Redmond is introducing Text Predictions in Word for Windows. Because humans can't be bothered to type whole words anymore. They need to have an artificial brain sitting on their keyboard like a wise, lonely cat, ready to get ahead of translating their thoughts into words. Microsoft's move mimics that of Google which has already injected its Smart … [Read more...] about Dear Microsoft, your latest Windows feature may be quite annoying

REUTERS: SoftBank Group Corp announced on Monday the sale of chip designer Arm to Nvidia Corp for as much as US$40 billion in a deal set to reshape the semiconductor landscape. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approvals including in Britain, the United States and China, will be putting a long-neutral technology vendor to Apple Inc and others under the control of a single player. It could face potential pushback from regulators, as the ongoing U.S.-China tech spats have put any global deal in the semiconductor sector under much tighter scrutiny. Below are a list of prominent global deals that collapsed due to regulators' rejection in the last five years: * U.S. President Donald Trump in March, 2018, blocked microchip maker Broadcom Ltd's proposed takeover of Qualcomm Inc on national security grounds. * Qualcomm Inc walked away from a US$44 billion deal to buy NXP Semiconductors after failing to secure Chinese regulatory approval in July, 2018 amidst China-U.S. trade … [Read more...] about Global technology deals that failed to get regulatory approval

SINGAPORE - Ten people, three of them children, were injured and suffered smoke inhalation after a fire broke out on Sunday (Feb 28) at a Housing and Development Board flat in Whampoa. They were subsequently taken to hospitals, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in a Facebook post. SCDF said it was alerted to a fire at Blk 22 Jalan Tenteram at around 9am. "The fire was raging and had engulfed a residential unit on the second floor," it said. Six people in the affected unit managed to leave the flat before the SCDF arrived. Two of them were found on the ground floor with injuries. They were attended to by a paramedic and crew from SCDF's Emergency Medical Services. At the same time, firefighters from Central Fire Station extinguished the fire using one water jet and two compressed air foam backpacks. About 100 people from the affected block were evacuated by SCDF and the police. A few units next to and above the affected unit sustained heat and smoke … [Read more...] about 10 injured, including 3 children, after fire engulfs Whampoa flat

SINGAPORE: Singapore's privacy watchdog fined ride-hailing app GrabCar S$10,000, saying a 2019 update put the data of some users at risk of unauthorised access in what the watchdog said was a fourth breach of data privacy regulations and "a significant cause for concern". In a filing published on Sep 10, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) said the update risked the personal data of 21,541 drivers and passengers, including profile pictures, names and vehicle plate numbers, related to carpooling service GrabHitch. GrabCar, a unit of Southeast Asia's largest startup Grab Holdings, rolled back the app to the previous version within about 40 minutes and took other remedial action, PDPC said. "Given that the organisation's business involves processing large volumes of personal data on a daily basis, this is a significant cause for concern," PDPC said. READ: GrabCar fined for unauthorised disclosure of customer data in 120,000 marketing emails On Aug 30, 2019, … [Read more...] about GrabCar fined S$10,000 for 4th user data privacy violation

If you’re a smartphone power user, chances are you’re keeping an eye out for Samsung’s latest offerings in August, when the South Korean tech giant rolls out the latest iteration of its flagship premium (non-folding) line. Other stuff, too, but the star of the show right around this time is the Galaxy Note. No thanks to the pandemic, Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday (Aug 5) was livestreamed for the first time from Korea, where the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra were unveiled. READ: This is where your future is developed: A peek inside Samsung’s South Korea HQ Also announced were new tablets, the latest smartwatch, wireless earbuds and a teaser for their next foldable phone. FROM NOTE 10 TO NOTE 20 But first up, the Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. Essentially, beefed up sequels to last year’s Note 10 and Note 10+, both supporting 5G networks. Pre-orders begin Thursday (Aug 6) and both will be available in Singapore from Aug 21, with the Note 20 priced … [Read more...] about First look: Samsung’s new Note 20 phones launched at Galaxy Unpacked 2020