Sustainability
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One year after Ericsson entered a global partnership with UNICEF to support the Giga Initiative’s school connectivity mapping efforts, the initiative has reached a major milestone in mapping the location and connectivity status of one million schools. Giga – founded by UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 2019 – aims to connect every…
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Today Google revealed its latest Doodle, which celebrates Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed, a Malay activist who founded Singapore’s first Muslim women’s welfare organisation, the May Women’s Welfare Association (MWWA) in 1947. The Doodle has also been released today, on 15 October, to commemorate the day of a historic public rally Che Zahara organised in…
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To Be You, an experiential and interactive mobile game that seeks to cultivate empathy debuts on 21 July 2021, Singapore’s Racial Harmony Day. The immersive fiction game gets to the heart of empathy by letting players experience “life” as someone else, make life choices, discover challenges and dilemmas, and connect with the life journeys of…
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Tencent, through TiMi Studio Group (TiMi) and Tencent Institute of Games, have announced that it is hosting Green Game Jam for Youth, a global online competition inspired by the broader Green Game Jam, organised by the United Nations (UN) -facilitated initiative, the Playing for the Planet Alliance. The Green Game Jam for Youth is aimed at university students,…
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Revolut has announced that it is extending the waiving of fees on international remittances to Malaysia for a further 30 days, until 10 August 2021. This temporary waiving of fees is intended to help individuals who are remitting to Malaysia to support loved ones during the peninsular’s battle against COVID-19. Malaysia reported a sharp uptick…
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The Student Volunteer & Recognition Programme (SVRP) Award Ceremony was held on 24 March 2021 to recognise student volunteers for their contributions to the cybersecurity community. A total of 64 awards, including 6 Gold Awards, were given to student volunteers during the ceremony, recognising their passion, dedication, and contributions. The award recipients contributed at least…
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Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, has unveiled the Kanagawa Wave Apparel collection, a range of limited-edition clothing made with materials created from recovered marine plastics. The apparel, emblazoned with a stylized take on the famous Great Wave off Kanagawa woodcarving, is designed to highlight the issue of marine plastics pollution and will fund efforts in reducing marine…
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Revolut Singapore has released a new in-app feature called Donations. It allows you to round up card payments, donating the difference to three charities – Singapore Red Cross, Club Rainbow (Singapore) and the Singapore Cancer Society. You can even make a one-time donation or set up a recurring donation to the charities, which you can…
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SINGAPORE, 16 December 2020 – TranSwap this week partnered with local charity organisation, Social Health Growth to organise a fun-filled afternoon for children from low-income and vulnerable families. Held on 15 December 2020 with the theme ‘Empowering Growth’, the event aimed at empowering disadvantaged children to reach their full potential and excel in school by providing themwith…
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SINGAPORE – October 21, 2020 – This holiday season, Amazon announced that it will support more than a thousand charities around the world with product and monetary donations to help them get millions of items they need. Organizations in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Singapore, Japan, Italy, India, Germany, France, China, Canada, Australia and more will…
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