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CNA938 Rewind - Tech Talk: Apple wants into your Smart Home. But is there room for another ecosystem? #SGToday

CNA938 Rewind

This past week, Apple launched a Home-Hub and accessory line-up for the smart home. For years though, Singaporeans have been building their smart homes, one gadget at a time. Smart lights, digital locks, security cameras and air-conditioning controls. And with affordable devices from Chinese brands which often run on different architectures, like Tuya to work with Google Home. Would it be too problematic to switch for the current home-owner? Has Apple let too much time pass in the Smart-Home space? Daniel Martin finds out from Zulhilmy Azrin, Smart Home Consultant, & Founder ‘Haiteku Home’ (a boutique Smart Living design agency).

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CNA938 Rewind - Market Watch (22/10): Shifting interest rate policies and market uncertainty across Asia #SGToday

In Business, South Korea holds interest rates steady and raises its growth outlook, while the Philippines announces a bigger-than-expected rate hike. Daniel Martin spoke to Desmond Chua, Investment Counselor at Citigold Private Client, Citibank Singapore, about these developments, oil supply concerns in the Middle East and the latest moves in Asian markets.

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CNA938 Rewind - #TalkBack: As MOH releases N95 mask stockpile to retailers amid increased demand; did we not heed advice beforehand?

The Ministry of Health has released N95 masks from its stockpile to retailers amid increased demand, despite earlier warnings about the risk of haze. On TalkBack, Daniel Martin spoke to Dr Rayner Tan, Assistant Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Vice-President of the Society of Behavioural Health Singapore, about why people may wait until haze arrives to prepare, and whether earlier warnings were enough to prompt action.

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CNA938 Rewind - The Ask: What happens if the Musk Empire gets solidified with the Tesla/SpaceX merger? #SGToday

On The Ask on Singapore Today, Tesla and SpaceX are reportedly exploring a potential merger worth nearly US$5 trillion. Daniel Martin spoke to Desmond Chua, Investment Counselor at Citigold Private Client, Citibank Singapore, about how feasible a deal of this scale would be and what it could mean for the electric vehicle, AI, robotics and space industries.

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CNA938 Rewind - Do we need to hold search engines more accountable for fake website advertising there? #SGToday

Police have warned of phishing scams involving fake SIMBA websites appearing as sponsored results on Google, with at least 62 cases reported since March. Daniel Martin spoke to David Alfred, Director and Co-Head of Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity at Drew & Napier, and Co-Head and Programme Director of the Drew Data Protection & Cybersecurity Academy, about whether search engines should be held more accountable for fraudulent advertisements and what legal protections consumers have.

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CNA938 Rewind - Fear & Loathing in London - Kasan Goh’s Semi-autobiographical Novel

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with author Kasan Goh about his debut and semi-autobiographical novel “Billy, Seetoh & Co”. Goh discusses protagonist: Singaporean undergraduate Billy Chan, his Malaysian friend Seetoh and their colourful friends living penniless and homeless in London during the politically turbulent 1980s and early 1990s.

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