Grab’s acquisition of Atome signals need for wider ecosystem play for standalone BNPL platforms
Buy-now-pay-later players need a lower cost of capital and access to data to improve their credit underwriting[SINGAPORE] Grab’s acquisition...
China’s CXMT says new memory-chip platform enters mass production as it takes on global chip giants
Published Sun, Sep 20, 2026 · 01:04 PM[BEIJING] Chinese DRAM chipmaker CXMT said on Sunday (Sep 20) its fifth-generation...
Director buying continues while Singtel, Keppel lead buybacks
Directors or CEOs report 18 acquisitions and 6 disposals, while substantial shareholders record 9 acquisitions and 8 disposals[SINGAPORE] Over...

Princess Di Returns As ‘SNL UK’ Skewers King Charles, Ed Sheeran & AI

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Grab’s acquisition of Atome signals need for wider ecosystem play for standalone BNPL platforms
Buy-now-pay-later players need a lower cost of capital and access to data to improve their credit underwriting[SINGAPORE] Grab’s acquisition...
China’s CXMT says new memory-chip platform enters mass production as it takes on global chip giants
Published Sun, Sep 20, 2026 · 01:04 PM[BEIJING] Chinese DRAM chipmaker CXMT said on Sunday (Sep 20) its fifth-generation...
Director buying continues while Singtel, Keppel lead buybacks
Directors or CEOs report 18 acquisitions and 6 disposals, while substantial shareholders record 9 acquisitions and 8 disposals[SINGAPORE] Over...

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Princess Di Returns As ‘SNL UK’ Skewers King Charles, Ed Sheeran & AI
Princess Diana made a royal return to SNL UK – only this time as a “Deeply Intelligent, Autonomous, Neurokinetic Android.” Jack Shep’s celebrated impression of the late royal was...
Grab’s acquisition of Atome signals need for wider ecosystem play for standalone BNPL platforms
Buy-now-pay-later players need a lower cost of capital and access to data to improve their credit underwriting[SINGAPORE] Grab’s acquisition of 60 per cent of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platform Atome Financial...
China’s CXMT says new memory-chip platform enters mass production as it takes on global chip giants
Published Sun, Sep 20, 2026 · 01:04 PM[BEIJING] Chinese DRAM chipmaker CXMT said on Sunday (Sep 20) its fifth-generation technology platform had entered mass production, a claimed breakthrough that...
Director buying continues while Singtel, Keppel lead buybacks
Directors or CEOs report 18 acquisitions and 6 disposals, while substantial shareholders record 9 acquisitions and 8 disposals[SINGAPORE] Over the five sessions from Sep 11 to Sep 17, 75...
More interest in ETFs, low-cost funds but Singapore still lacks pressure to further lower fund fees
As investors become more digitally savvy and self-sufficient, observers expect ETFs to continue gaining ground[SINGAPORE] An incentive for higher commissions among fund distributors in Singapore is hindering a decline...
Trump Announces New ‘AI Force’, Maintains Pro-AI Stance Despite Warnings From Tech And Political Leaders.
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he is looking to create an "AI Force", with an AI czar at its head, to monitor the technology amidst growing calls...

Fashion

Grab’s acquisition of Atome signals need for wider ecosystem play for standalone BNPL platforms
Buy-now-pay-later players need a lower cost of capital and access to data to improve their credit underwriting[SINGAPORE] Grab’s acquisition of 60 per cent of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platform Atome Financial...
China’s CXMT says new memory-chip platform enters mass production as it takes on global chip giants
Published Sun, Sep 20, 2026 · 01:04 PM[BEIJING] Chinese DRAM chipmaker CXMT said on Sunday (Sep 20) its fifth-generation technology platform had entered mass production, a claimed breakthrough that...
More interest in ETFs, low-cost funds but Singapore still lacks pressure to further lower fund fees
As investors become more digitally savvy and self-sufficient, observers expect ETFs to continue gaining ground[SINGAPORE] An incentive for higher commissions among fund distributors in Singapore is hindering a decline...
Director buying continues while Singtel, Keppel lead buybacks
Directors or CEOs report 18 acquisitions and 6 disposals, while substantial shareholders record 9 acquisitions and 8 disposals[SINGAPORE] Over the five sessions from Sep 11 to Sep 17, 75...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says there’s ‘0% chance’ that world will end in 2030
He reiterates his stance that AI can be safely managed as calls for more guardrails mountPublished Sat, Sep 19, 2026 · 02:50 PM[SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen...
Morgan Stanley caps private credit exits again as 11% want out
It joins peers, including Blackstone and BlackRock, in continuing to limit investor withdrawalsPublished Sat, Sep 19, 2026 · 12:03 PM[NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley is curbing redemptions at its nearly...

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One Fine Show: “I SPY! Walter Wick’s Hidden Wonders” at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art
Walter Wick, City Blocks, from I SPY Fantasy, 1994. Pigmented inkjet photograph; New Britain Museum of American Art, gift of Walter Wick and Linda Cheverton Wick. © 1994 Walter...
The Fight Over Data Centers Is a Fight Over Who Owns the Compute
The A.I. boom has concentrated compute in enormous data centers, but advances in distributed training are challenging the assumption that serious A.I. workloads must live in hyperscale campuses. Photo...
Jimmy Chin On Finding Beauty in Landscapes That Kill
Jimmy Chin, Untitled 04. Courtesy Jimmy Chin and Apple Early this year, much of the world tuned in to watch Alex Honnold climb the Taipei 101 skyscraper live from...
Toronto’s Fall Cultural Calendar Foregrounds Ruin, Rebirth and Rupture
Melissa Auf der Maur, Courtney Love on Stage Pointing at fans, 1999. Courtesy Art Gallery of Ontario © Melissa Auf der Maur The most audacious act of performance and...
The de Young’s New Egypt Show Draws From Two of the Past Century’s Biggest Discoveries
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Meta’s Muse Wants to Become the Interface for Your Digital Life
Mark Zuckerberg’s push toward personal A.I. raises a strategic question: What happens when the company that controls the interface also controls the agent acting on your behalf? Photo by...

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Trump Announces New ‘AI Force’, Maintains Pro-AI Stance Despite Warnings From Tech And Political Leaders.
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he is looking to create an "AI Force", with an AI czar at its head, to monitor the technology amidst growing calls...
Climate Change, Conflict And AI: What To Expect From The Upcoming UN General Assembly High-Level Week
In the coming days heads of state and high-level representatives from all 193 United Nations (UN) member states will meet in New York to address the UN General Assembly...
Russia Holds First Post-War Parliamentary Elections. Western Intelligence Fears Putin Will Escalate Ukraine Conflict Post-Vote.
Polls for elections to the 450 seats of the Russian State Duma, the lower house of Russia's Federal Assembly, opened on Friday and will close on Sunday.United Russia (UR),...
U.S. Fuel Prices Surge As Iran War Rages With No End In Sight
The average U.S. gas price is now just 9 cents off this year's May 21 peak of $4.56 per gallon, according to a nationwide price tracker. Prices are most...
U.S. Secures Expanded Military Access Rights To Greenland. Trump Describes Deal as “Dream Come True”.
After years of threatening to take Greenland by force, the Trump administration announced yesterday that it had negotiated greater U.S. security control over the territory with both the governments...
AI Is Doing More Of The Work Behind New AI Models. Anthropic Says These 3 Metrics Can Track The Shift.
Artificial intelligence is taking on a larger role in building the next generation of AI systems, with Anthropic now disclosing new measurements showing how extensively its Claude models are...

Innovation

Orlando Bloom Details “Sincere” Threesome Scene With Rooney Mara and Kate Mara in Bucking Fastard
The Masters of Sex star had a similar approach when it came to sex scenes with co-star Lizzy Caplan.  “Often when it comes to sex scenes, it can be...
Dakota Johnson Cheekily Calls Musicians “Tricky Motherf–kers” After Chris Martin, Role Model Romances
Dakota Johnson hasn't freed herself from the dating musicians.  The Verity actress, who recently stepped out with Machine Gun Kelly following her breakups with Role Model and Chris Martin, joked about what her relationship type is while coyly...
Patrick Clancy Breaks Silence on “Deeply Harmful” Conspiracy Theories After Ex Lindsay Clancy’s Mistrial
Patrick Clancy Says Lindsay Clancy Told Him She Thought About Suicide and Harming Their KidsLindsay Clancy's now-ex-husband was the first witness called to testify during her murder trial, which...
Barack Obama Mourns Death of Beloved Family Dog Sunny 
The Obama family is mourning one of their own. Barack Obama shared that he, as well as Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia, 28, and Sasha, 25, lost their beloved dog Sunny,...
John Mulaney’s NSFW Emmys Joke About DJ Khaled Was Muted: Here’s What He Said
John Mulaney knows how to get a big reaction on live TV.  The former Saturday Night Live writer shocked the audience at the 2026 Emmys with a jaw-dropping joke...
Gillian Anderson Comes Out as Pansexual
Gillian Anderson is defining her sexuality.  The X Files actress recently confirmed that she labels her sexuality as pansexual, or attracted to all sexes, telling The Australian in an...

News

How California tech turns thrifted clothes into fashion’s hottest status symbol
Thrifted clothes have become an unlikely fashion flex for Hollywood’s haute couture hoarders and other trend-setters. California companies have propelled this movement, turning what was once an old-fashioned way...
Hong Kong’s ‘ambitious’ 5-year plan to boost role as global financial hub wins industry backing
Translating these high-level ambitions into reality may not be straightforward, experts say[HONG KONG] Hong Kong rolled out its first five-year strategic blueprint on Wednesday (Sep 16), anchoring its economic...
US stocks: Tech leads Wall Street to higher close as oil eases, Treasury yields dip
Published Fri, Sep 18, 2026 · 05:43 AM[NEW YORK] Wall Street bounced back on Thursday (Sep 17) as easing oil prices, dropping US Treasury yields and solid labour data...
Bank of England to hold rates but energy shock stirs talk of a hike
Published Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · 07:38 AM[MANCHESTER] The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday (Sep 17) but investors are watching for...
Asian stocks steady as traders await Fed decision
Published Wed, Sep 16, 2026 · 09:19 AMASIAN stocks were broadly steady as elevated oil prices and rising bond yields kept investors cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s...
Abbott to pay US$385 million in US settlement over contaminated infant formula allegations
Unsanitary conditions at firm’s Michigan plant include roof leaks and inadequate cleaning proceduresPublished Tue, Sep 15, 2026 · 09:42 AMABBOTT Laboratories, the maker of the popular infant formula Similac,...

Politics

Croatia vacation hot spot may ban alcohol sales during key hours in sweeping new crackdown
The nightlife in Croatia’s second-largest city could soon look quite a bit different for visitors on vacation getaways. The city of Split is proposing a ban on the sale of...
2 teens charged in connection with TikTok stunt gone wrong that left 16-year-old trapped inside shaft of NYC bridge
Two teens have been charged in connection with a foolish TikTok stunt that caused a 16-year-old boy to plummet 50 feet and become trapped inside a shaft on the...
CBS Sports making big March Madness coverage change for 2026
Nate Burleson will add NCAA Tournament host to his ever-growing résumé at CBS.  The network announced Thursday morning that Burleson will host men’s March Madness coverage for CBS Sports...
New Tahoe ski death as student found on black diamond trail – after eight killed in nearby avalanche
A missing skier has been found dead at a Lake Tahoe resort — just days after eight were killed by an avalanche in the backcountry nearby. Colin Kang’s body...
UCLA hasn’t learned its lesson
UCLA must think it is off the hook for antisemitism and bigotry after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from imposing a billion-dollar fine for blatant discrimination against...
Savannah Guthrie never ‘coming back’ to ‘Today’ show after her mom’s disappearance: report
Savannah Guthrie is probably never returning to the “Today” show after her mother Nancy’s heartbreaking disappearance, according to a new report. The “Today” anchor has not appeared on the...

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Princess Di Returns As ‘SNL UK’ Skewers King Charles, Ed Sheeran & AI
Princess Diana made a royal return to SNL UK – only this time as a “Deeply Intelligent, Autonomous, Neurokinetic Android.” Jack Shep’s celebrated impression of the late royal was...
Gerrit Graham Dead: ‘Phantom of the Paradise’ Actor Was 76
Gerrit Graham, the actor known for roles in Phantom of the Paradise (1974) and Star Trek, has died. He was 76. The actor died of lung disease and other...
A+E Global Media Backs Lifetime Korea Series ‘Oh! My Guard’ Starring K-Pop Performer Jung Yong-hwa & Hong Seung-hee
EXCLUSIVE: A+E Global Media is backing Lifetime Korea series Oh! My Guard starring K-pop performer Jung Yong-hwa and rising star Hong Seung-hee. With A+E prioritizing Korea, the studio is...
Matthew Rhys, Ruth Wilson, Phoebe Dynevor Cast In Audible Thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Rhys, fresh off his double Emmy win, Ruth Wilson, Phoebe Dynevor and Harriet Walters have been set to star in Lisa Jewell’s Audible Original, All She Wants...
Cate Blanchett To Attend Tokyo Film Fest With Displacement Film Fund
Cate Blanchett will attend this year’s Tokyo Film Festival with a series of short films supported by her Displacement Film Fund. TIFF will screen five short works produced with...
Goodfellas Boards World Sales On Kamila Andini’s ‘Four Seasons In Java’ Ahead Of Toronto Premiere
Goodfellas has picked up international sales rights to Indonesian filmmaker Kamila Andini’s Four Seasons In Java ahead of its world premiere in the Centrepiece programme at Toronto International Film...

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Colin Farrell Looks Nearly Unrecognizable With Shaved Head Transformation
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Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith’s Daughter Stella Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance
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We Promise These Traitors Secrets Are Not Meant to Deceive
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Are Mayci Neeley and Layla Taylor Leaving Secret Lives of Mormon Wives? Conner Leavitt Says…
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Amazon October Prime Day: How to Shop the Best Early Celeb-Loved Beauty Deals
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How Hacks Nailed Its Series Finale With Surprise Ending Ahead of History-Making Run at Emmy Awards 2026
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