Hackers wipe out data on student devices, Singapore's GDP per capita loses sheen when adjusted for hours worked, Ministry of Finance's AI-generated ads are nightmare fuel, Google's monopoly draws comparisons with the East India Company, edible theatre stages and more.

Calling out racism and xenophobia, bike-sharing on the right track perhaps, singer extraordinaire Nona Asiah dies at 92, new documentary “LIMINAL Space” explores the dimensions of migrant workers’ lives, an agreement with the US on nuclear energy knowledge-sharing, and more.

Singapore hands the “Donald Trump of Beijing” FICA directives; help for low-income transnational families; second volume of S.Rajaratnam's biography released, James C. Scott dies; the first Singaporean film to compete for the top prize at the Venice Film Festival; and Grab’s acquisition of Chope.

UBS report lets the Gini out of the bottle, Singaporeans prefer to keep mum in nanny state, parents of children with autism want greater inclusivity, George Town Festival faces backlash, public art becoming public enemy number one, Grab’s Trans-cab acquisition in peril, and more.

New Pew survey reaffirms our affinity for China and Xi Jinping; Singapore Aquatics' Quahgmire; Miss Universe Singapore to include “even women who are married, divorced or have children”; Vivian Balakrishnan's dubious historical arguments; that beleaguered samsui woman; Love, Bonito, and more

Protect Singapore and Pink Dot; male fertility and parenthood; the dangers of screen time; the passing of Syed Husin Ali, a scholar and man of the left; Charmaine Toh at the Tate; the sluggishness of SGX; and more