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Singapore’s economic outlook for 2026 is facing mounting headwinds, as escalating geopolitical risks and potential energy supply disruptions begin to outweigh still-resilient technology-driven growth, economists said.

Alibaba’s Qwen Code has discontinued its free tier. The message in the GitHub repository is explicit: “Qwen OAuth free tier has been discontinued.”

Samsung Electronics asked a court on Thursday to block South Korean labour unions from engaging in what it described as illegal activities during a strike, a company spokesperson said, as an ongoing wage dispute threatens to disrupt operations at the world’s largest memory chipmaker.

US stock futures edged higher on Thursday following a strong session that lifted the S&P 500 above the 7,000 level for the first time, as optimism grew over a possible extension of the Middle East ceasefire.

Oman Air has announced the resumption of flights between Muscat and Bahrain starting from April 18, 2026, restoring connectivity between two key Gulf capitals after several weeks of suspension.

Fortnite will be taken offline on Thursday as the game undergoes maintenance for the rollout of update version 40.20.

A widespread outage disrupted the social media platform Bluesky on Thursday, with users across the United States, the United Kingdom, and parts of Europe reporting issues affecting core features of the service.

Singapore-based data center provider ST Telemedia Global Data Centers (STT GDC) has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) data center infrastructure solutions provider SuperX AI Technology to launch an AI Innovation Center in the city-state, aimed at accelerating enterprise adoption of AI by addressing infrastructure bottlenecks.

Britain’s biggest supermarket chain Tesco warned Thursday that its profits could be impacted by the Middle East war lifting food costs, as it posted higher earnings for its last financial year.