He was one of the earliest tech pioneers born out of Singapore, and decades later, he is still working harder than ever.Sim Wong Hoo is a preternatural legend in the Singapore tech scene. We all heard stories of how Creative came up in the 1990s and defied all odds to make it big. Sure, they don’t have the zing and pop of Razer, Shopee or Osim. But Creative was one of the OG of the Singapore tech scene back in the day. So many new-age tech founders looked up to him as a role model. Creative’s...

He was one of the earliest tech pioneers born out of Singapore, and decades later, he is still working harder than ever.Sim Wong Hoo is a preternatural legend in the Singapore tech scene. We all heard stories of how Creative came up in the 1990s and defied all odds to make it big. Sure, they don’t have the zing and pop of Razer, Shopee or Osim. But Creative was one of the OG of the Singapore tech scene back in the day. So many new-age tech founders looked up to him as a role model. Creative’s...

During Art Basel in Miami, Porsche launched a brand experience in the digital world and unveiling its first collection of non-fungible tokens (NFT).Saw the ATM machine artwork that was at Art Basel in Miami last year? ATM machines are for you to withdraw some cash and check your balances. Imagine it displays your entire balance for the world to see! The “ATM Leaderboard” takes a user’s bank account balance and displays it on a big screen for all to see, ranking them against the other ATM user...

During Art Basel in Miami, Porsche launched a brand experience in the digital world and unveiling its first collection of non-fungible tokens (NFT).Saw the ATM machine artwork that was at Art Basel in Miami last year? ATM machines are for you to withdraw some cash and check your balances. Imagine it displays your entire balance for the world to see! The “ATM Leaderboard” takes a user’s bank account balance and displays it on a big screen for all to see, ranking them against the other ATM user...

Tim Cook, one of the most powerful CEOs in the world, willingly cuts his salary by 40%.Tim Cook voluntarily took a 40% pay cut in 2022. Initially, I thought I read the headlines wrongly. What shocked me was not the 40% but the objective amount of money. “The world’s largest tech company said it would reduce Cook’s target pay package to $49 million, 40% lower than his target pay for 2022 and about half Cook’s $99.4 million total compensation that he was granted last year.” I know what most of ...

Tim Cook, one of the most powerful CEOs in the world, willingly cuts his salary by 40%.Tim Cook voluntarily took a 40% pay cut in 2022. Initially, I thought I read the headlines wrongly. What shocked me was not the 40% but the objective amount of money. “The world’s largest tech company said it would reduce Cook’s target pay package to $49 million, 40% lower than his target pay for 2022 and about half Cook’s $99.4 million total compensation that he was granted last year.” I know what most of ...

Games of Thrones has just entered the web3 world with its first NFT collection.Game of Thrones was a huge hit on HBO. It created a medieval fantasy of knights, clans, gore and dragons. Costing $1.5B to produce in total, it made $3.1B. An amazing success in all regards. That’s when they decided it was a good idea to get on the NFT craze and jump down the rabbit role of web3. “The Game of Thrones official NFT collection “Build Your Realm” completely sold out in seven hours after being released ...

Games of Thrones has just entered the web3 world with its first NFT collection.Game of Thrones was a huge hit on HBO. It created a medieval fantasy of knights, clans, gore and dragons. Costing $1.5B to produce in total, it made $3.1B. An amazing success in all regards. That’s when they decided it was a good idea to get on the NFT craze and jump down the rabbit role of web3. “The Game of Thrones official NFT collection “Build Your Realm” completely sold out in seven hours after being released ...

The gambling finally stopped: The crypto hedge fund 3AC owes $3.5 billion to 27 different companies, including $2.3 billion to digital currency lender Genesis Global Trading.So Three Arrows Capital (3AC) was one of the powerful, multi-billion hedge fund that got caught in the contagion after the Terra/Luna crisis. They owe $3.5 billion to 27 different companies — including Blockchain.com, Voyager Digital, and lender Genesis Global Trading. Surprisingly, Zhu Su himself filed a $5M claim amongs...

The gambling finally stopped: The crypto hedge fund 3AC owes $3.5 billion to 27 different companies, including $2.3 billion to digital currency lender Genesis Global Trading.So Three Arrows Capital (3AC) was one of the powerful, multi-billion hedge fund that got caught in the contagion after the Terra/Luna crisis. They owe $3.5 billion to 27 different companies — including Blockchain.com, Voyager Digital, and lender Genesis Global Trading. Surprisingly, Zhu Su himself filed a $5M claim amongs...

QuickBooks could have milked the publicity and brought in some dollars.Did you hear about FTX using QuickBooks for their accounting? It’s not often that a company gets a chance to ride the media wave and supercharge their publicity. QuickBooks should have leaned heavily on this and double up their marketing effort. It is not every day that you get such attention in such a manner. Imagine the entire world watching the FTX saga unfold. The new CEO of FTX takes over and goes on the record at a c...

QuickBooks could have milked the publicity and brought in some dollars.Did you hear about FTX using QuickBooks for their accounting? It’s not often that a company gets a chance to ride the media wave and supercharge their publicity. QuickBooks should have leaned heavily on this and double up their marketing effort. It is not every day that you get such attention in such a manner. Imagine the entire world watching the FTX saga unfold. The new CEO of FTX takes over and goes on the record at a c...

Is SBF really just a very convincing, very unassuming villain in sheep’s clothing after all?When SBF got forcibly seized and extradited back to the US, he got out and stayed at his parent’s house after putting up a $250M bail. A $250M bail. “The 30-year-old Bankman-Fried — also known as SBF — will not be able to spend more than $1,000 except on defense related costs, nor start other businesses, without court approval. He will also have to surrender his passport.” SBF’s parents put up their ho...

Is SBF really just a very convincing, very unassuming villain in sheep’s clothing after all?When SBF got forcibly seized and extradited back to the US, he got out and stayed at his parent’s house after putting up a $250M bail. A $250M bail. “The 30-year-old Bankman-Fried — also known as SBF — will not be able to spend more than $1,000 except on defense related costs, nor start other businesses, without court approval. He will also have to surrender his passport.” SBF’s parents put up their ho...

People are already using AI to combat AI.You know how powerful generative AI tech is when the city of New York is banning teachers and students alike, from using ChatGPT. ChatGPT is quite potent. It can do some seriously mind-boggling things like suggest a fitness routine, write you a poem and even make jokes in Obama’s tone. But what if students start using it for their work, writing essays and doing assignments? What if teachers use it for marking assignments and automating their workflow? ...

People are already using AI to combat AI.You know how powerful generative AI tech is when the city of New York is banning teachers and students alike, from using ChatGPT. ChatGPT is quite potent. It can do some seriously mind-boggling things like suggest a fitness routine, write you a poem and even make jokes in Obama’s tone. But what if students start using it for their work, writing essays and doing assignments? What if teachers use it for marking assignments and automating their workflow? ...

Did SBF have any other choice other than plead guilty?So SBF went into court, giant afro and all, and pleaded NOT GUILTY to all charges. He faces 8 different criminal charges: wire fraud, securities fraud and violations of campaign finance laws. He might go into the slammer for 115 years. But we all know that is not going to happen. He might make a sweetheart deal with the prosecutors. Although I am not sure there is much of a deal to be made. The prosecutors, whoever they are, are having a f...

Did SBF have any other choice other than plead guilty?So SBF went into court, giant afro and all, and pleaded NOT GUILTY to all charges. He faces 8 different criminal charges: wire fraud, securities fraud and violations of campaign finance laws. He might go into the slammer for 115 years. But we all know that is not going to happen. He might make a sweetheart deal with the prosecutors. Although I am not sure there is much of a deal to be made. The prosecutors, whoever they are, are having a f...

If you watched her speech announcing her resignation, she was holding back so much and it was such a bittersweet moment.Frankly, between the news of Jacinda Ardern stepping down as New Zealand Prime Minister and Su Zhu coming back to crypto in the form of GTX, I was overwhelmed and giddy with excitement. Both were shocking, abrupt and very unexpected. Prime Minister Ardern was a phenomenal leader in every sense of the word and she was simply sublime at her duties. I thought Barack Obama was a...

If you watched her speech announcing her resignation, she was holding back so much and it was such a bittersweet moment.Frankly, between the news of Jacinda Ardern stepping down as New Zealand Prime Minister and Su Zhu coming back to crypto in the form of GTX, I was overwhelmed and giddy with excitement. Both were shocking, abrupt and very unexpected. Prime Minister Ardern was a phenomenal leader in every sense of the word and she was simply sublime at her duties. I thought Barack Obama was a...

End of the day, was SBF an evil genius or just a really good salesman?We probably read enough news coverage and extensive editorials on how evil Sam Bankman-Fried was. The drugs, the scammy behaviours, the grifts, the silly antics and the erratic habits. But let’s take a different approach here, shall we? Let’s see if there was any good that SBF did amongst all the muddy, painful, grotesque crap he made. Was he really a wide-eyed wanderer (with an amazing hairdo) who practised effective altru...

End of the day, was SBF an evil genius or just a really good salesman?We probably read enough news coverage and extensive editorials on how evil Sam Bankman-Fried was. The drugs, the scammy behaviours, the grifts, the silly antics and the erratic habits. But let’s take a different approach here, shall we? Let’s see if there was any good that SBF did amongst all the muddy, painful, grotesque crap he made. Was he really a wide-eyed wanderer (with an amazing hairdo) who practised effective altru...

To be honest, the graphics were quite captivating for AI generated art.To be honest, the graphics were quite captivating for AI generated art. It used to take months (even years) to create, write and publish a children’s book. Now you can do it over a weekend. Ammaar Reshi, a design manager at Brex, spent a weekend to create a children’s book using generative AI tools. The story is about a little girl named Alice who wants to learn about the world of tech with the help of a robot named Sparkl...

To be honest, the graphics were quite captivating for AI generated art.To be honest, the graphics were quite captivating for AI generated art. It used to take months (even years) to create, write and publish a children’s book. Now you can do it over a weekend. Ammaar Reshi, a design manager at Brex, spent a weekend to create a children’s book using generative AI tools. The story is about a little girl named Alice who wants to learn about the world of tech with the help of a robot named Sparkl...