Industry 4.0: The hard reality in business to business

Businesses are adopting artificial intelligence at pace, and spending heavily to do so. Big Tech alone plans to invest more than US$660 billion (S$844 billion) in 2026. But for most companies, spending is running ahead of visible returns. A flood ...

When fast-fashion giant Shein moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2022, the shift was widely seen as an attempt to distance the company from rising US-China tensions. The group presented itself as Singapore-based as it prepared for stock market...

Every few months, a new wave of headlines rolls in: “AI will replace software developers.” Analysts cite the speed of code generation tools, the ability of large language models to write production-grade logic, and the sheer pace of automation. An...

There’s a phrase that keeps coming up in conversations with engineering leaders, CTOs, and senior architects right now — usually said quietly, sometimes with a nervous laugh: “We’re generating more than we can think about.” That sentence deserves ...

For decades, Adobe was the high priest of the creative arts. PostScript, invented in 1982, was a major force in the Desktop Publishing (DTP) revolution. Thanks to Adobe’s technology, designers only needed a humble Apple Macintosh computer and a La...

Competition is fierce among the companies offering gen AI tools based on large language models (LLMs). Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and DeepSeek release new functionalities on an almost monthly basis. Many of these AI-based systems, all of which us...