Digital camera sales clicking back to life

Digital cameras, which almost wiped out film cameras and were then nearly wiped out in turn by the iPhone and other cell phone cameras, are making a surprise comeback. Led by sophisticated models with interchangeable lenses, unit sales are stabilizing and the value of sales is rising. This is good news for Japanese camera makers, […]Continue Reading

Digital worlds diverge at World Mobile Congress

BARCELONA – A record 85,000 attendees at the Mobile World Congress saw two radically different visions of the digital future. Developed market telecom companies think of 5G mobile broadband as a consumer technology and worry that their market is close to saturation. China’s flagship digital infrastructure company, Huawei, thinks of 5G as an industrial technology […]Continue Reading

Sanctions rarely work, but are they the least worst option?

How do we encourage states – or more specifically the people who run them – to behave well, or at least not badly? The “we” in this context is the fabled “international community,” which usually amounts to little more than the United States and a few trusty allies. As Agathe Demarais makes clear in her […]Continue Reading

Another monsoon surge expected, temperature could drop to 21°C in parts of Singapore

SINGAPORE: Following a record-breaking end to the month, the rainy weather in Singapore is expected to persist, with temperatures dropping to the low twenties. The Meteorological Service Singapore on Friday (Mar 3) forecast “periods of showers, heavy at times” to take place between Friday and Saturday, with another monsoon surge expected to affectContinue Reading