Swapping soapland for Singapore: Coronation Street’s Elizabeth Tan to star in period drama The Singapore Grip alongside Charles Dance – and hopes it will pave way for other actresses of East Asian descent Elizabeth Tan, 30, to star in new ITV Sunday night drama The Singapore Grip The actress plays character of refugee Vera Chiang … Read more
Struggling Aviva selling Singapore arm for £1.6bn as new boss Amanda Blanc fights to turn company around By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 11 September 2020 Struggling Aviva is selling its Singapore arm for £1.6billion as new boss Amanda Blanc fights to turn the … Read more
Apple is opening its first-ever floating Apple store September 10 in Singapore’s Marina Bay. And the company has now released new photos of the interior, which includes rows of trees, streaming sunlight and an underwater boardroom. When the sun is out, the massive globe’s 114 glass panels will offer 360-degree panoramic views of the Singapore … Read more
Apple is opening its first-ever floating Apple store September 10 in Singapore’s Marina Bay. The company released new photos of the interior, which includes rows of trees, streaming sunlight and an underwater boardroom. When the sun is out, the massive globe’s 114 glass panels will offer 360-degree panoramic views of the Singapore skyline and iconic … Read more
For many of us, the local Apple store is a second home – but the tech giant’s newest location is closer to a houseboat. The company is working on its first floating Apple Store, which will be a massive silver orb located near the opulent Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore. When the sun is … Read more
A HIV drug combination used to treat some coronavirus patients could cause their hearts to slow down or stop completely, doctors have warned. A 67-year-old given lopinavir/ritonavir — which is being used experimentally around the world — needed a pacemaker to recover from his episode. The man, who had high blood pressure and coronary artery … Read more
Recording the telltale sound your key makes when you insert it into its lock could allow eavesdropping hackers to clone your key, researchers have demonstrated. Built by experts from Singapore, the SpiKey software uses the clicks made as a lock’s pins pass over its key’s teeth into narrow down the possible key shapes for a … Read more
Surely no civilised person could condone the barbaric sentence meted out to Ye Ming Yuen for drug offences in Singapore. The former public schoolboy was given 20 years after being found guilty of selling a small amount of illegal drugs to his friends; an amount that probably would have got him 12 months in a … Read more
Chinese-owned TikTok announces plans to build data centre in Ireland after reports it wants a London HQ amid threats of an outright ban on the popular app in the US over security concerns TikTok announced it is planning to build its first European data centre in Ireland The move comes as the app was threatened … Read more
Coronavirus lockdowns could have damaged the eyesight of thousands of people, scientists have warned. Another study has discovered spending hours looking at screens can lead to short-sightedness, which causes distant objects to appear blurred. And eye specialists in Singapore, Germany and Japan, behind the research, fear the Covid-19 pandemic may cause rates of the condition … Read more