Monday, February 16, 2026
Singapore has transformed from maritime chokepoint to digital switching hub. By aligning policy, capital and advanced photonics infrastructure, the city-state positions itself as a neutral node in a fragmented world — where connectivity, density and trust increasingly define geopolitical power.
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Saturday, November 8, 2025
In the sprawling global chip race, the world tends to focus on the big names: Taiwan’s foundries, American fabless chip-firms, Chinese challengers. But tucked away in the Dutch city of Veldhoven sits a company quietly rewriting the rules: ASML. While many talk about Europe’s lag in semiconductor manufacturing, ASML is living proof that Europe still holds world-beating innovation — not by chasing the same paths as others, but by building the tools that everyone else needs.
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