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How Singapore firms are ramping up employee perks in fight for talent
Even though the entire workforce has been allowed back to the workplace, the jury is still out as to whether the Great Return to the Office will take place across the board.
TechTalks: What is the fuss over Twitter's 'missing' edit button?
Prof Lim Sun Sun writes for the Straits Times in a monthly column on technology and society.
Twitter users may see more fake news, hate speech after Elon Musk takeover
Under Singapore’s fake news law, ministers can order websites, social media platforms and individual users to take down a piece of falsehood or ask for corrections to be put up alongside it.
Are memes good or bad?
Log onto social media and a cheeky meme is likely to greet you within seconds. It might be a provocative, often ironic headline framing a breaking news item.
TechTalks: Lessons from the design of $100 CDC digital vouchers
Prof Lim Sun Sun writes for the Straits Times in a monthly column on technology and society.
IN FOCUS: Beyond diversity quotas and anti-discrimination laws, can Singapore embrace gender equality at the workplace?
With gender inequality among the issues set to be tackled by initiatives laid out in the White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development, CNA …
Half of 1,000 S'poreans polled have experienced online harms
Nearly half of over 1,000 Singaporeans polled have personally experienced online harms, the bulk of whom were aged 15 to 35, a survey has …
Online harm is an urgent issue for women
Three in 10 Singaporeans have been personally affected by gender-based harm online, a recent survey found. Acts of aggression and harassment are encouraged by the veil of anonymity of the online world.
Get machines to fire workers? But they lack intuition, consciousness
The science fiction trope of artificial intelligence (AI) going against human beings has been creeping into real life, with some businesses …
Beijing’s ‘invisible’ Olympics: Muted but watched online
Zhou Jun remembers the run-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, when it seemed like everyone was learning English to be able to communicate with …
