Tag: GovTech
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‘Microsoft-sponsored holiday’: Singapore workers scramble to cope with global outage
Workers turn to alternative communication channels or put tasks on hold, while students face disruptions to exam preparations as a global Microsoft outage stretches beyond 12 hours.
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Some Singapore government systems affected by Microsoft outage: GovTech
Emergency services remain fully operational, said the agency.
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Singapore authorities warn of privacy, security risks from personal AI agents
“AI agents can be very useful, but you cannot treat them like human assistants and give them the same broad access to your information and implicit trust,” said the authorities.
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GovTech must keep renewing capabilities, will continue to support retrenched officers: PM Wong
Speaking at GovTech’s 10th anniversary dinner, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that policymakers and technologists need to work together much earlier and more closely.
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About a third of Singaporean singles likely to use GovTech dating platform FirstDate if eligible: Survey
The YouGov survey also found that 44 per cent of Singaporeans supported government-backed matchmaking services.
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GovTech lets go of 38 staff members in second round of layoffs
This was the second of three rounds of retrenchments announced in July this year, as GovTech seeks to let go of 7 to 9 per cent of its workforce amid a transition to a new operating model.
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GovTech and Google DeepMind developing real-time detection of AI scams on devices
Organisations will also receive funding through a new grant to protect against quantum threats.
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CNA Explains: What is the Gale-Shapley algorithm and how is it powering GovTech’s new dating platform?
A mathematical algorithm developed more than 60 years ago is powering FirstDate. Here’s how it finds “stable” matches.
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No decision made on expanding dating platform for Singapore public officers beyond pilot: GovTech
The FirstDate pilot is currently limited to public officers aged 21 to 35 who are not married.
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Singpass passkeys available to Android users from Sep 9
Support for desktop logins is planned by the end of 2026.
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