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This robot uses Japanese tradition and AI for sashimi that lasts longer and is more humane
A local startup is using artificial intelligence and robotics in an unlikely way: making sashimi and other fish dishes taste better, last…
Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Swedan covers business developments, emerging companies, entrepreneurial stories, and trends influencing industries and the broader economy.
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US dollar strengthens against Singapore dollar, reverses broad weakening trend this year
The US dollar has climbed nearly 1.5 per cent in the past six days, reversing a downward trend that has persisted for much of this year.…
Business
Waymo to launch autonomous ride-hailing in Dallas next year
ALPHABET’S Waymo said on Monday it will roll out its autonomous ride-hailing service in Dallas in 2026, accelerating its US expansion as…
News
How Tom Lehrer Escaped the Transience of Satire
Satire, George S. Kaufman famously said, is what closes on Saturday night. Meaning, of course, that it has a limited run because of its…
News
Judges question Stephen Miller's target of 3,000 immigration arrests a day
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller's call for Homeland Security to arrest 3,000 unauthorized immigrants a day took center…
Politics
Trump sets new record for criminal prosecutions of illegal immigrants
Illegal immigration to the U.S. has long been treated mostly as a civil affair rather than a criminal matter, with the consequence being…
Politics
Brendan Carr’s FCC Eyes Trump’s Media Foes
Sooner or later, Republicans will learn to regret the precedents they’re enabling today. Source link
Business
Mapletree Industrial Trust posts 4.7% fall in Q1 DPU to S$0.0327
Mapletree Industrial Trust’s (MIT) distribution per unit (DPU) fell 4.7 per cent to 3.27 Singapore cents for its first quarter ended Jun…
Business
IReit Global faces potential litigation
Berlin Campus tenant alleges that dilapidation costs to reinstate the property back to its original state are unjustified IReit Global is…
News
Overlooked Details in a Big Beautiful Law
They may not garner the same attention as the tax cuts or Medicaid reforms, but their consequences ought to be big — and beautiful. Source…
Politics
Trump says he's reducing 50-day deadline for Russia to make Ukraine deal
President Trump said Monday that he will reduce the time frame for Russia and Ukraine to make a deal to end the war, creating a much…
News
Life Inside a Singular Artists’ Enclave in Brooklyn, in “The Candy Factory”
Watch “The Candy Factory.” Some forty years ago, Ann Ballentine, a real-estate agent with an eccentric sense of style and a knack for…
News
Was the Renaissance Real?
Roeck goes on to address the great question of why Europe became the center of prosperity and innovation on the planet. Colonialism and…
News
Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Chiaroscuro at the Met”
For the cover of the August 4, 2025, issue, the artist Victoria Tentler-Krylov depicted the scene in front of the Metropolitan Museum of…
Business
What We Miss When We Talk About the Racial Wealth Gap
His reluctance to treat family structure as a causal factor is similarly puzzling. He notes that married Black households have an average…
News
L.A.’s Food Culture, Transformed by Immigration Raids
In early July, while shopping at a farmers’ market on the east side of Los Angeles, where I live, I bought a few packages of raw chicken…
Business
Singapore shares down amid mixed regional showing on Monday; STI drops 0.5%
Local stocks fell for the second straight session on Monday (Jul 28) amid a mixed performance by Asian bourses, as optimism over…
Politics
DHS struggles to locate migrant kids that went 'missing' under Biden
Homeland Security located less than 25% of the illegal immigrant children it tried to find when it visited the adults who were supposed to…
News
Who Is Bradford James Gille? Michigan Walmart Knifeman Identified as Michigan Resident Who Will be Charged with Terrorism
Police have confirmed the identity of the suspect who stabbed 11 people at a Michigan Walmart as Bradford James Gille. Gille, 42, is set…
Politics
Trump Reveals Striking 'Very Powerful Deal' With EU, With Europeans Agreeing to Buy $750 Billion Worth of US Energy and Pay 15% Tariffs
President Trump announced a sweeping new preliminary trade deal with the European Union, under which the 27-nation bloc has committed to…
Politics
Trump urges EU leaders to stop building windmills
President Trump told European leaders in Scotland that electric grid wind turbines are "very destructive" and will no longer be built in…
Business
Tata Consultancy Services to cut workforce by 2%, affecting more than 12,000 jobs
— India’s largest IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will reduce its workforce by 2 per cent in its 2026 financial year,…
News
Tracing the Sexual Revolutions
Our current sexual revolution harkens back to dark periods in human affairs. Source link
Business
The Moral and Factual Bankruptcy of Generation Z
Contrary to progressive delusions, young people are not especially enlightened. Quite the opposite. Source link