Kopi With YP: Your Minimalist Morning Brief, 21 Mar

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

Business

Swiss banking giant, UBS, is set to go on trial in France for illegal banking practice and tax fraud totalling billions of euros.

SGX will spend $1.5 million to enhance recovery process following trade disruptions to its securities market.

Local kopitiam, Kimly opened trading at $0.55, a 120% increase from its initial public offering price.
 

World

In a U-turn, Indonesia will continue to send maids abroad, a move welcomed by campaigners as it would help prevent women falling prey to human trafficking.

China deploys highly accurate ballistic missiles in a move to “step up intimidation against Taiwan”.
 

Local

It’s hard to believe but Singapore remains the “happiest” people in Asia, despite falling four spots from its ranking in 2016.

Changi’s Project Jewel is shaping up well for a sparkling start in 2019.

Singapore’s Smart Nation drive gets a boost with an office combining efforts from different existing agencies.
 

Tech

Robots will soon replace humans at delivering food. A Yelp/Eat24 delivery robot was spotted wandering about the streets of San Francisco.

Samsung’s S8 will get its own AI assistant, Bixby, to challenge Apple’s Siri. Bixby is meant to replace text and touch-based inputs completely.