The world of work is changing faster than ever, and machine intelligence is at the centre of this change. Most recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has played a leading role in the fight against Covid-19. Scientists have used AI to help predict future outbreak zones, sift through research, and even run simulations on drugs to determine […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Foreign tourist arrivals fell by more than half in the first four months of the year as the coronavirus outbreak and state-initiated lockdowns continue to crimp travel and tourism at home and abroad. At Wednesday’s Senate hearing tackling the government’s response to the pandemic, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said international visitor arrivals from January […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The plant, located outside Hanoi, would be the company’s largest manufacturing hub for refrigerators and washing machines in Southeast Asia. Panasonic will shut down a large appliance factory outside Bangkok as early as this fall and consolidate production to a larger facility in Vietnam for greater efficiency, Nikkei reported. The Thai plant will stop […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s current account deficit narrowed in the first quarter of this year as imports fell and the deficit in services dwindled amid the coronavirus pandemic, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced on Wednesday. Southeast Asia’s biggest economy recorded a current account deficit (CAD) of US$3.9 billion, or 1.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in this year’s […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – More restaurants and eateries in Singapore will shut their doors if dining-in restrictions are extended past the circuit breaker period, according to a survey by online restaurant reservation platform Chope out on Wednesday (May 20). The survey reported that 42 per cent of restaurants, or about two in five, said they would not be able to operate […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The share of the country’s debt to its gross domestic product (GDP) slightly eased to 41.8 percent in the first quarter, but may increase by the end of the year as the government continues its fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic. In his latest economic bulletin, Finance Undersecretary and […]
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