We take a peek into some of the cool and unusual innovations unveiled at Alibaba’s annual computing conference earlier this week, which includes hotel room-service robots and smart cars that will park automatically and turn on the aircon before you get home.

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China’s increasing shortage of medical personnel has prompted tech companies to come up with AI-based solutions to curb the issue. In a futuristic scenario, doctors will no longer need to perform “mundane, routine tasks”.

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The co-founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram have resigned and plan to leave the company in the coming weeks. What will this mean for Facebook now that they’re losing one of their prize jewels?

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The Competition and Consumer Commision of Singapore (CCCS) has fined Grab and Uber a total of SGD 13 million over their merger, the strongest censure by a regulator since the deal was unveiled.

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In light of Nazir Razak’s resignation after 29 years, how do you know as a leader when it’s time to pass the baton? Roshan Thiran from Leaderonomics provides some insight into the ins and outs of long-term leadership.

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A catalogue of new insomnia aids popped up at IFA 2018 earlier this month, which might seem like a good sign for potential customers with sleep disorders… but is a rising demand for sleep-tech a cause for alarm?

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Have we gone too far now? HYT Food industries have decided that we just don’t have enough Nasi Lemak in our lives. With their pastry brand Casahana they’ve decided to combine two very important Malaysian staples - Nasi Lemak and Mooncakes. Interesting...

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"Billion Dollar Whale" has shed light on staff not willing to speak up when they know something is wrong. Would you speak up? Why or why not?

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Spotify are about to open the floodgates for independent artists to upload their music to the platform for free, bypassing current platforms out there like CDBaby and Distrokid who charge a one-off or monthly fee. Now we can all publish our own music.

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Facebook has begun testing its online-dating product, called Dating, in Columbia and will likely be available in other countries in the near future. Is this a step too far for Facebook, or a brilliant idea? 

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