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CNA938 Rewind - Singapore haze: What PSI and PM2.5 readings really mean for your health

CNA938 Rewind

The haze is back on our radar here in Singapore. Just days ago, the reading entered the Unhealthy range for the first time due to haze since October 2023, hitting 101 in the central region on Friday morning. Demand for appliances promising cleaner, cooler air is surging, with one retailer reporting a 70 per cent jump in air purifier sales in just a week. But can air purifiers protect you indoors? And, what does it actually mean when Singapore’s PSI enters the unhealthy range? Hairianto Dimana and Poh Kok Ing speak with CNA Journalist Eugene Chow, and Prof Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, NUS, for more.

 

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CNA938 Rewind - Market Watch (15/9): Higher oil prices and high US$ a double whammy across Asia #SGToday

Guest: Tan De Jun, Portfolio Manager, FSM Global.

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CNA938 Rewind - What is an SMS blaster and how could it text you even without your phone number? #SGToday

More than 10,000 people were sent phishing messages using an SMS blaster operated from a car. Daniel Martin speaks to Matthias Yeo, CEO of Cyber X Center, about how the technology works, why the messages can look legitimate, and how you can spot them.

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CNA938 Rewind - Analyst ~ Yes we need to slow down AI rate of growth but how? #SGToday

Some of the biggest names in AI are backing calls to slow the development of increasingly powerful systems. Daniel Martin speaks to Sean Duca, Founder and Principal of The Duca Group, about whether AI has advanced too far to slow down, what a slowdown would actually look like, and how we balance its potential benefits against the risks.

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CNA938 Rewind - #TalkBack: Could OBS be the ‘future NS’ for 15 year olds?

With OBS’ third and largest campus now open on Coney Island, more students will get the chance to take part. Daniel Martin speaks to Esther Foong-Tan, Family Life Education Specialist and mother of two, about whether OBS should become a rite of passage for every student, or remain a choice.

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CNA938 Rewind - Eat, Drink, Singapore - MO BAR, Singapore launches its signature gin

MO BAR has launched its first house spirit, a tropical Old Tom-style gin created with local distillery Distillius. We go behind the bar with Kim Jung Hoo, Bar Manager at MO BAR, Mandarin Oriental, Singapore to out how mango, mandarin and osmanthus come together in the bottle, and how the gin takes shape across different their cocktail programme.

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