Asia Singapore Hand-poke tattooing, hand made dot-by-dot with a needle dipped in ink, a practice gaining popularity since the pandemic, is now questioned for fear of poor safety and hygiene standards
Asia Singapore Singaporean builders are increasingly deploying robots for tasks such as painting, bricklaying and material transport; The modernization is a response to a persistent labour shortage that risks to jeopardize productivity
Asia Singapore Quantum-resistant encryption technology, designed to withstand future attacks from quantum computers, is being developed by Singapore-based startup MQDCrypt, founded by two former finance professionals
Asia Singapore The bus arrival timing system was damaged by drilling works, with failure affecting real-time arrival displays and app updates across parts of the network; the Land Transport Authority launched an investigation
Asia Singapore A charity plans to launch a new Social Capital Index in 2027 to measure trust and community support, amid increasing social gaps; The index aims to track how relationships and access to opportunities influence inequality or social mobility