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Poland plans to ban mobile phone use by under-16s in schools
16+ hour, 56+ min ago (200+ words) Countries including the Netherlands, South Korea and Italy have banned smartphones in schools. Published'Mar 18, 2026, 08:18 PM Updated'Mar 18, 2026, 08:56 PM WARSAW - Poland plans to ban the use of mobile phones by under-16s in schools from Sept 1, said its Education Minister on March 18, joining…...
Google to screen, block S’pore users under 18 years old from inappropriate apps by March 2026
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (980+ words) Published'Oct 03, 2025, 04:30 PM Updated'Oct 15, 2025, 08:20 AM SINGAPORE " By the end of March 2026, the Google Play store will screen and prevent users estimated to be under 18 years old from downloading inappropriate apps, such as those providing dating services or with sexual content. On…...
Samsung Galaxy S26: AI phone with enhanced privacy
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (441+ words) Published'Mar 18, 2026, 04:00 AM Your screen is rarely as private as it seems. In crowded trains or shared workspaces, messages and verification codes often appear in full view of people around you. Your instinct may be to angle your screen away from…...
Singtel hit by second disruption a day after eight-hour outage
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (597+ words) Published'Mar 17, 2026, 07:02 PM SINGAPORE - Some Singtel users could not connect to the telco's mobile network on March 17, a day after they were hit by more than eight hours of outage. In a March 17 Facebook post at 11.30am, Singtel acknowledged that a "small…...
Back-to-back mobile network outages hit Singtel: Major telco disruptions in S’pore in recent years
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (485+ words) Published'Mar 17, 2026, 04:08 PM Updated'Mar 17, 2026, 06:05 PM SINGAPORE " Two back-to-back mobile network outages hit Singtel on March 16 and 17, affecting thousands of users in total. The outage on March 16, which lasted more than eight hours, disrupted essential services in Singapore, including payments, ride-hailing and…...
Singtel says ‘small number’ of customers facing issues; unrelated to 8-hour disruption on March 16
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (160+ words) Singtel said it is aware that a "small number" of customers may be experiencing connectivity issues. Published'Mar 17, 2026, 11:53 AM Updated'Mar 17, 2026, 11:57 AM SINGAPORE " Some Singtel users experienced connectivity issues on the morning of March 17, a day after an eight-hour-long disruption that affected…...
Singtel mobile services restored after eight-hour disruption; payment, ride hailing services affected
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (760+ words) Singtel's mobile outage lasted more than eight hours on March 16, and disrupted essential services in Singapore. Published'Mar 16, 2026, 08:39 PM Updated'Mar 16, 2026, 10:10 PM SINGAPORE " A Singtel mobile outage that lasted more than eight hours on March 16 disrupted essential services in Singapore, including payments,…...
China’s Oppo reveals world’s first crease-free foldable phone
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (473+ words) Oppo's Find N6 launches on March 17. Published'Mar 16, 2026, 08:19 PM Updated'Mar 16, 2026, 08:34 PM Half a year before Apple is expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone, a Chinese rival has solved the biggest compromise with such devices to date: the crease. Oppo's new hinge…...
Thousands of Singtel users report service outage, Downdetector shows
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (164+ words) Published'Mar 16, 2026, 11:11 AM Updated'Mar 16, 2026, 11:48 AM SINGAPORE " Some Singtel customers experienced a service outage on the morning of March 16. As at 10.51am, there were more than 5,200 reports of network outage for Singtel users, data from Downdetector showed. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status…...
‘Lesson’ for Johor: Data centres should not be sited too near homes, says assemblyman after outcry
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (834+ words) A cement truck exiting the ZData and NTT data centre construction site near Taman Nusa Bayu, Iskandar Puteri, in Malaysia's Johor state on Feb 23. Published'Mar 11, 2026, 11:00 PM Updated'Mar 12, 2026, 12:13 PM ISKANDAR PUTERI, Johor " A Johor assemblyman has conceded that the recent public…...