A Singapore family court rejected a 90-year-old man’s claim for spousal maintenance from his 89-year-old wife, noting that both of them are in the twilight of their lives. The court also noted that the man would receive more than S$2 million (US$1.6 million) from the matrimonial pool, comprising the couple’s assets to be divided in the divorce, and his wife was a retiree living on a pension. The former couple were married for more than 64 years and have three children, all aged above 60, a...

In the era of hyper-liquidity and ultra-low interest rates, the corporate software market witnessed an extraordinary transformation. The rapid global expansion of certain comprehensive business management applications, most notably Odoo, serves as a textbook example of a highly successful “capital + brand” growth narrative. Propelled by substantial venture capital injections and private equity backing, the […] The post The Capital-Driven Rise of Modern Business Suites appeared first on e27.

Southeast Asia’s robotics sector just posted a record year. Look closer, and the story isn’t strength; it’s fragility wearing a big number as a costume. Tracxn’s new Robotics – SEA report says the region’s robotics companies raised US$696 million so far in 2026, blowing past the US$52 million raised in all of 2025. On its […] The post Singapore’s robotics dominance is a warning sign dressed up as good news appeared first on e27.

Hong Kong has retained its status as Asia’s top financial hub for a fourth consecutive edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), even as many of the world’s leading centres saw their scores slip slightly amid rising geopolitical headwinds. The city also ranked third globally in the 40th edition of the twice-yearly report, released on Wednesday amid a remarkably tight race at the top of global finance. Hong Kong scored 756, just one point behind London and a point ahead of Singapore....

A Malaysian city councillor has resigned over remarks he made about the Democratic Action Party (DAP) at the recent Umno general assembly. Permatang Pauh Umno division chief Mohd Zaidi Mohd Said’s resignation as a Seberang Perai city councillor took effect on Monday, according to a letter made public by state local government committee chairman Jason H’ng Mooi Lye on Wednesday. In the letter, Zaidi apologised for his remarks during the assembly in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, where he represented...

A South Korean crime lord convicted of murder in the Philippines reportedly planned to escape prison by strapping himself to a drone – until his own accomplice’s rehearsal footage gave the game away. Park Wang-yeol, 47, was sentenced in 2022 to 60 years behind bars for the killing of three South Koreans in a sugar cane field outside Bacolod City in 2016, a crime that earned him the nickname “sugar cane field killer”. The drone-assisted escape plot was planned for earlier this year, in the weeks...

Rosaline Chow Koo has spent much of her career trying to make corporate health benefits less rigid, less opaque and, ultimately, less expensive. Her last company, CXA, attacked the problem from the employee side, giving workers more room to customise their benefits while helping employers manage costs. Now, at 65, she is coming at the […] The post CXA founder Rosaline Chow Koo returns with Covee, an AI tool for benefits brokers appeared first on e27.

In 2018, Carnegie Mellon launched the first bachelor of science degree in artificial intelligence in the United States. A handful of universities followed over the next five years. Then 2025 happened. Bachelor’s level AI programs jumped from 90 to 193 in a single year, a 114 percent expansion. Northwestern launched its own AI major in […] The post Why some Gen Z graduates are skipping AI degrees entirely, and getting better jobs because of it appeared first on e27.

The iPhone did not destroy the compact camera because it was a better camera. It destroyed much of the market because it was already in people’s pockets. A dedicated camera could take better photographs. A specialist GPS unit could navigate more reliably. An iPod could be a better music player. But owning the specialist device […] The post Does the iPhone show us which industries AI will destroy? appeared first on e27.

The digital asset market stumbled through a bruising 24-hour stretch as two outside forces collided with a market already stretched by borrowed money. Bitcoin lost 3.12 per cent to trade at US$75,697.61. Ethereum fell 4.49 per cent to US$2,399.07. Both underperformed a flat broader market. A procedural vote in the United States Senate on September […] The post Bitcoin falls 3.12% to $75,697.61: Did Washington just kill the rally? appeared first on e27.