Singapore, Singapore -- A plushy, AI-enabled teddy bear recalled after its chatbot was found to engage in sexually explicit conversations and offer instructions on where to find knives is again for sale, AFP found. Singapore-based FoloToy had suspended its "Kumma" bear after a consumer advocacy group raised concerns about it...
Passport strength: Where do Arab countries stand?
The Henley Passport Index ranks 199 passports, based on how many countries and territories their holders can travel to without needing a visa.
Citi to sell SE Asian biz for $3.6 bn
Singapore's United Overseas Bank will buy the franchises
Binance may move to Dubai as part of crypto deal
TRENDS broke this news in October. The agreement will regulate the offering, issuance, listing and trading of encrypted assets of the firm that is based in Seychelles.
Saudi Arabia, Singapore to enhance cooperation in digital economy
The Kingdom and Singapore seek to activate the partnership by signing a memorandum of understanding for digital cooperation.
Tel Aviv residents face soaring costs in world’s priciest city
Israel's cultural capital Tel Aviv is now more expensive than Paris, Singapore, Zurich, Hong Kong and New York.
Dubai ranks first in Arab world in Innovation Index
The report also highlights that 2014 saw the launch of the first Dubai Innovation Index, which was the first-of-its-kind city level assessment of innovation which has influenced a raft of new measures, including strategies policies and procedures introduced in areas that include public private partnerships, robotics, blockchain, artificial intelligence, the...
Patrol robots to police ‘undesirable social behaviour’
From vast numbers of CCTV cameras to trials of lampposts kitted out with facial recognition tech, Singapore is seeing an explosion of tools to track its inhabitantsAthletes not only win hearts, but a lot of money too
The value of the medals at the Tokyo Olympics has been revised upwards. Now the gold medals fetch US$200,000, the silver US$125,000 and the bronze US$70,000.
Dubai Chamber launches online tool to fill $10b export gaps
The launch of the tool is in line with the emirate’s new target to boost its foreign trade from around $380 billion to around $545 billion over the next five years.Israelis taste the future with lab-grown meat
Developers said they are working to provide more ethical and sustainable ways to create cruelty- and slaughter-free meat Global meat production is projected to rise 15 percent by 2027, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization It looks like chicken and tastes like chicken, but diners in Israel are...
UAE 15th largest FDI recipient in 2020
The emirates climbed seven places in global rankings from 2019 to 2020 The country also maintained its place as the 13th biggest for FDI outflows, investing $19 billion The UAE was the world’s 15th biggest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2020, receiving $20 billion, up from...
