Kopi With YP: Your Minimalist Morning Brief, 18 Apr

Get up to speed and stay smart with the latest business, tech, and local news in under 2 minutes.

Business

Netflix ended its first quarter with fewer customers than expected, but issued a bullish forecast which helped push its shares up by 1.3%.

Private home sales surged in March to a near-four-year high as developers managed to increase sales by 81.8%.

M1 reported a net profit drop of 14.6% year-on-year, mainly due to increased operating expenses and growing data usage.
 

World

Tensions in the Indonesian capital runs high as election nears, with curt messages on banners and mass protest threatening voters of the Christian governor.

South Korea’s ousted president and the Lotte Group chairman have been formally indicted for bribery.

New York is launching a new ferry service for cheaper commute into Manhattan for people living in Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens.
 

Local

Heads up, Durian lovers. The demand for Malaysian durians in China could mean fewer, costlier fruits for us.

Artificial intelligence and robotics will be part of patient care at the new Woodlands Hospital slated to open in 2022.

Hundreds of people who had put off registering their 2FA pin for SingPass rushed to get it done for their e-file tax returns.
 

Tech

Whatsapp could soon roll out an ‘unsend’ feature, allowing users to recall a message within 5 minutes of sending it.

Challenging Pinterest on the bookmarking front, Instagram now lets you organize bookmarks into private “collections”.