The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry will submit an application for dining-in to be allowed during the MCO period, for the welfare of not only food premises and food truck operators but also workers, suppliers and wholesalers of foodstuffs, and anyone involved in the food industry. We discuss the potential impact of this move on F&B operators, their chain of suppliers, and customers.

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TikTok has quickly become one of the most popular social networks in the world. Apparently the short-content sharing platform also has plans to move into a more traditional medium - TV. Could this be the perfect merger of old-school and new tech that caters to the younger consumers?

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As bookstores nationwide have run out of textbooks and parents have been restricted to their 10km radius, official textbook distributors have turned to e-commerce so students can gain access to textbooks easier.

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Television and film are two of the most important communication mediums developed in the past 100 years. They inform local cultures and define how we view the world around us. They also open a window to different parts of the world that can be experienced by anyone, anywhere. But with all these benefits, why haven't they been used more proactively for learning languages?

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Consumer spending patterns have been turned upside down by the pandemic—from the demand for jigsaw puzzles climbing 370%, to sales of yeast growing more than 400%, to Peloton sales spiking 172%. But it’s not just the dollar spending that has changed, it’s also another type of currency—our attention. In particular, the pandemic has fundamentally changed how we consume video.

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Bebo, a social network from the early 2000s, is gearing up for a relaunch with a totally different approach to social media interaction.

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Would you repair a defective phone/tablet or get a new one? Your answer may change depending on your “right to repair”, a movement that’s gaining traction over in the US. Partly due to planned-obsolescence fatigue, the right to repair means tech companies will have to prioritise customers who would rather repair defective tech instead of having to buy new products.

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In what sounds like the plot of a 90s sci-fi film, Elon Musk is putting wireless implants in monkeys’ brains and getting them to play videogames. The world’s richest man says this is part of Neuralink - a company formed in 2017 to test brain implants that would allow people to control other digital devices and computer interfaces via nothing but their thoughts.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced he will step down this year as chief executive of Amazon, and that he will transition to the role of executive chair in the third quarter, handing over the CEO role to Andy Jassy, who heads Amazon Web Services.

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Some people believe modern management is broken, as it was not designed for career development, remote working, or employee engagement. We discuss an alternative management approach called “Lazy Management”, a leadership and management style that gives employees more control over their work lives and careers.

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