I forgot to turn on the birthday subscription discounts for November this year. Please blame it my worsening memory in my advanced years.
To make up for it, I'm going to let it run from now until the end of the year. I was going to run it until 14 December, but by then it'll be close to Christmas so let's just keep going, right? Anyway, Ghost doesn't seem to do offer codes so you'll just have to click on the relevant tier you want below (prices in SGD):
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I was going to say "if you're having a bad week just think at least you're not Jensen Huang" and then I remembered how much money the man has so never mind. Huang has resigned from the position of CEO of Nvidia, the American chipmaker that's been at the centre of the AI boom, after news of his extramarital affairs broke (and broke the internet). At the time of writing, he's been exposed for having had affairs with three women, two of whom were reportedly Nvidia employees.
So why's this in a Singapore-focused newsletter? Because the first not-his-wife lady Huang was linked with is Alice Huang, who was a tech executive at the Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed International. Reports say that the US authorities suspect that Megaspeed has been involved in breaching the US's export restrictions on advanced AI chips to China. Alice Huang is alleged to have sent along information to the Chinese government while carrying on with Huang—the Wall Street Journal reported on 31 October that American, Taiwanese, and Singaporean officials have been looking into it. Commenting on WSJ's report, Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said that "there were no such investigations conducted in respect of Alice Huang".
On Thursday, MHA released another statement saying that an investigation had been opened into Megaspeed International (among others) back in February 2025, to do with "potential false declarations in relation to the purchase of servers and other related offences". Alice Huang was one of the key controllers of the company at the time; she wasn't investigated for spying, but did get called in for questioning as part of the probe into Megaspeed. According to MHA, Singapore had also sought assistance in the investigation from the US Department of Justice and the FBI, but they weren't very helpful.
Ultimately the police and the Attorney-General's Chambers decided there was "insufficient evidence" to establish that Alice Huang had committed any offences in relation to the things Megaspeed was being investigated for, so she's not been charged for anything. She is, however, banned from Singapore, and was given a stern warning for giving the police inaccurate information "to downplay her role in Megaspeed". Investigations into Megaspeed are still ongoing.
This looks like it's going to keep developing for awhile, with more news updates to come. I'm not sure how much of it is going to be directly Singapore-specific, but I'll keep an eye on things (while eating social media popcorn 🍿 and enjoying the memes) and update in future wraps if there's anything of note. But so far this scandal has also drawn attention once again to 'Singapore-washing' (paywalled), a practice I briefly covered in a wrap back in August.
Separate from Megaspeed, other firms and individuals have come under scrutiny over the alleged illegal movement of Nvidia chips to China. This past week, Chinese national Su Bingzhe was handed 41 charges related to allegedly consenting to money laundering offences.
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The PAP Women's Wing will be making recommendations to a workgroup on marriage and parenthood next year. One focus would be on how workplaces can be more supportive of employees who are going through fertility treatment. Also acknowledged is some workers' need for flexible working arrangements so they can balance their employment with their caregiving responsibilities. Notably absent from the conversation—at least from what I can see in The Straits Times's article, anyway—are points about gendered roles within family, the uneven distribution of caregiving and domestic labour, and steps needed to address and shift this culture. But then again, we have remember that the PAP Women's Wing doesn't do "textbook feminism" and don't think that Singaporean women think that much about dismantling the patriarchy.
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There's been a bunch of cybersecurity incidents recently. The Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) said on Thursday that the personal data of more than 4,000 people working in public healthcare institutions and community care providers may have been accessed without authorisation. This information could potentially include names, NRIC numbers, and contact details like phone numbers and email addresses. Boo. So far, there's no sign that patient data or medical records have also been peeped at.
There's been a spike in the number of cybersecurity incidents, but it doesn't look like there's a coordinated campaign, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) says. There's just been a greater proliferation of "opportunistic attacks". Which sucks, too.
Jensen and Lori Huang have been married for longer than I've been alive. Obviously they don't know I exist and I'm in no position to tell her what to do, I'm just sharing a song here.