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IMDA Partners With SUTD To Deepen Data And AI Capabilities To Drive Continuous Innovation For Smart Estates
Announced by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat as part of Singapore’s National AI Strategy, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (“IMDA”) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (“SUTD”) are collaborating in a new effort to deepen AI capabilities for building and managing Smart Estates of tomorrow. As part of IMDA’s digital economy efforts …
MAS Partners With Financial Industry to Create Framework for Responsible Use of AI
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it is working with financial industry partners to create a framework for financial institutions to promote the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (AIDA). This framework, known as Veritas, will enable financial institutions to evaluate their AIDA-driven solutions against the principles of fairness, ethics, …
NUS, Keppel and SLNG Join Forces to Develop New Energy-Efficient Cooling Technology for Data Centres
The National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Engineering (NUS Engineering), Keppel Data Centres Holdings Pte Ltd (Keppel Data Centres) and Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd (SLNG) have joined forces to develop a novel, energy-efficient and cost-effective cooling technology for data centres. This innovation could further pave the way for more sustainable and compact data centres. …
StarHub Partners With AirTrunk To Provide World-Class Data Centre Services In Singapore
StarHub, a leading homegrown Singapore company that delivers world-class communications, entertainment and digital solutions, and AirTrunk, a hyperscale data centre specialist that serves cloud, content and telecommunications providers across Asia Pacific, announced last 09 October a strategic partnership to provide data centre services in Singapore, establishing a trusted foundation for enterprise digital transformation and 5G innovations. …
How Big Data Can Affect Your Bank Account – And Life
Mustafa loves good coffee. In his free time, he often browses high-end coffee machines that he cannot currently afford but is saving for. One day, travelling to a friend’s wedding abroad, he gets to sit next to another friend on the plane. When Mustafa complains about how much he paid for his ticket, it turns …
Singapore Among The World’s Top Cities For Digital Security
Singapore ranks second among the world’s top cities for digital security. Here’s the rundown for this year’s leaderboard. This ranking is based on the countries 2019 Safe Cities Index report, made by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Digital security is among the components taken into account to compute for the Safe Cities Index, which is …
Why We Need New Climate Models
In 1950, meteorologists Jule Charney and Ragnar Fjørtoft joined with mathematician John von Neumann and other researchers to create the first computer simulation of the weather. Back then, it took 24 hours of calculations to forecast 24 hours’ worth of weather. In other words, practically as soon as the paltry forecast was finished, reality had …
ABB Powers Singapore’s Digital Economy
ABB has been selected by leading data center start-up, DODID, to deliver a comprehensive electrification and automation package for its flagship data center, which has 20 percent reduced cost of ownership. Specializing in providing co-location services for companies looking for a value-added Uptime Institute Tier III Certified Cloud Service Provider, DODID is one of Singapore’s …
Who Really Owns Our Data?
Recently, FaceApp, the Russian-based application known for its aging filters gained attention after it was found out to be uploading the users’ face to its servers. FaceApp Terms and Conditions state: “You grant FaceApp a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, fully-paid, transferable sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, …
DSTA And Rolls-Royce Collaborate On Digital Technology
Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Rolls-Royce have launched the first collaborative digital technology project to boost efforts in the development and deployment of new technologies to optimise engine maintenance. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding[1] to partner on digital service solutions at the Farnborough Air Show, United Kingdom, in July …