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The NVIDIA GeForce NOW Powered by StarHub seems to be everything it is cracked up to be. The cloud gaming service allows gamers to play demanding games on their devices, tablets, phones, or even devices not designed for gaming. There is no demand in terms of storage capacity and specs because the graphical processing will be done by the ‘gaming PC in the cloud’. Advertisement ▼ NVIDIA likens the service to watching a live stream. The experience of playing games such as Fortnite and Destiny 2 at maximum graphical settings with no lag on a Samsung Galaxy S21 feels unbelievable. As long as the network quality is good, even competitive games such as Rocket League, League of Legends, and DOTA 2 run with little to no latency. For games that rely heavily on twitch reflexes and moment-to-moment responses, this is extremely important. And GeForce NOW delivers. The games run at 1080p and 60 FPS with no problem at all, while barely being a drain on the phone battery. This is a great way for gamers to play games from their own libraries almost anywhere in Singapore. There are already over 1000 games that can be played through the service from platforms such as Steam and Epic Games Store, with more being added every week. The best part is that the service isn’t limited to just StarHub customers. All gamers in Singapore will get to access the service! However, StarHub customers will get better pricing and perks which will be announced closer to the service’s launch in September. NVIDIA GeForce NOW Powered by StarHub enters beta on 12 August 2021, which is when gamers can sign up for a free trial. After the free trial, there will be a charge of S$19.99 per month for those who wish to continue the service.

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Worried that all the ejaculate leaking out of your body after sex is dampening your chances of conceiving a baby? Singapore company twoplus fertility has a solution – the twoplus sperm guide, described as a “small, soft, comfortable device used during sex to help sperm get to the right place within the vaginal tract”. THE SCIENCE The "first-of-its-kind" technology was created after company co-founder and scientist Dr Benjamin Tee’s years-long struggle to have a baby with his wife. Through speaking with other couples experiencing fertility issues, Dr Tee said he and his co-founder Prusothman Raja found a “huge gap” in the fertility market, whose products were largely focused on fertility tracking and insurance plans or incremental product improvement. “None have focused on providing new, ground-breaking solutions to improve sperm transport to the egg,” said Dr Tee. twoplus fertility founders Mr Prusothman Raja (left) and Dr Benjamin Tee. (Photo: twoplus fertility) According to the company, a common misconception is that only a single sperm is needed for fertilisation to occur. “In the average ejaculate, there are an average of about 100 million sperm. More than 2 million need to enter the cervix so that hundreds can reach the egg for fertilisation to occur. “Hundreds are required to help prepare the way by breaking down the two outer protective layers of the egg,” said the company in a press release on Tuesday (Aug 10). “Many sperm will not survive the acidic environment in the vagina. Combine that with the decreasing average sperm in men and having a sufficient amount of sperm to reach the egg is more challenging than ever,” it added. “Currently there isn’t anything that couples can do to improve the transport of sperm towards the egg,” said Dr Tee. “Unfortunately a large number of sperms are lost during copulation and less than 1 per cent of sperms make it to the cervical mucus. “Considering that sperm count among men has halved in the last 40 years, it’s important that we reduce the loss of sperm during copulation,” he said. This chart shows the percentage of ejaculated sperm that actually makes it to the fertilisation stage. (Photo: twoplus fertility) According to twoplus fertility co-founder Mr Raja, “a number” of customers have gotten pregnant from using the sperm guide and the company plans to conduct a clinical study with a local hospital to validate its efficacy. More than 80 per cent of twoplus fertility’s customers have also reported better sperm retention while using the device, he added. HOW IT WORKS The twoplus sperm guide is made of a soft, biocompatible silicone and is shaped like a disposable ice-cream spoon. The “soft but springy” flap is folded downwards and the guide is inserted into the vagina before intercourse, creating a canal for the sperm to pass through. This diagram demonstrates how the twoplus sperm guide is inserted into the vagina before intercourse. (Photo: twoplus fertility) This canal protects sperm from harmful acidic vaginal fluid, said the company in its press release. During intercourse, the penis is then able to “effortlessly glide” over the device. Following ejaculation, the guide directs the sperm towards the deeper end of the vaginal tract and increases the potential for natural conception, it added. After the penis is withdrawn post-ejaculation, the flap springs up, forming a seal that blocks the backflow of semen out of the body. The company advised that the guide should be kept in place after sex for up to an hour. During this time, you can move about and do non-strenuous activities without fear of the device shifting, it said, adding that this solves the problem of a woman having to keep her legs raised or lying in uncomfortable positions in bed after sex. After it has been removed from the body, couples are advised to sanitise the device using mild soap in hot water. The device can then be placed back in the case provided. The device can be used up to five times, a rough estimate of use for one ovulation cycle. The twoplus sperm guide is registered with the Health Sciences Authority as a medical device. It is available on the company’s website as part of a kit for S$81 to S$202. The kit also contains a tube of water-based fertility lubricant.

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China’s surprise ban on pineapple imports from Taiwan five months ago was widely viewed as an attempt to undermine President Tsai Ing-wen ’s standing with a political constituency. Trade data show the move has produced anything but the desired effect. First-half numbers collected by Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture show growers of the fruit on the island have fared better since China blocked imports starting March 1, as sympathetic Japanese shoppers stepped in to provide support. Shipments to Japan surged more than eightfold to 16,556 tonnes in the four months through June from a year ago. A domestic campaign to drum up demand also helped. The helping hand from Japanese importers has come as a pleasant surprise for Taiwan’s rattled farmers who were bracing for a plunge in prices following the move by China, which termed it as a normal precaution to protect biosecurity. The spiky fruit is among a long list of products from Australian wine to coal and lobster Beijing has targeted for sanctions to help gain leverage in trade disputes. “The bleeding was stopped before it even began,” said Chen Li-i, an official at the Council of Agriculture in Taipei. Japan has now replaced China as the major overseas destination for Taiwan’s pineapples. While it’s unclear how long the ban will last – the shift may well reverse once the restrictions are lifted – the humble tropical fruit has become an unlikely symbol of defiance in the region’s geopolitical intrigues. Amid all the sabre-rattling by Beijing, Japan and the island democracy have expressed a broad desire to forge closer ties. Leaders in Tokyo see their own security directly linked to that of Taiwan, which China asserts is its territory. 01:50 Pineapple bumper harvest hailed in China as Beijing bans imports of the fruit from Taiwan Pineapple bumper harvest hailed in China as Beijing bans imports of the fruit from Taiwan Pineapples are an important source of income for farmers in central and southern Taiwan. Around 11 per cent of the fruit harvested in Taiwan are sold overseas. Until the ban, they were almost entirely shipped to China. EVERY SATURDAY “Export orders are looking unexpectedly good,” said Chiao Chun, chief executive officer of Harvest Consultancy Co. in Taipei. “This really was a crisis turned into an opportunity.” Besides the help from Japan, an increase in domestic demand fuelled by a “save the farmers” campaign on social media rallied local shoppers in support of growers. Even President Tsai pitched in a day after China’s ban took effect. Farmers also received passionate backing from local businesses. Restaurants across the island rushed in to add a pineapple-infused sweet twist to all sorts of dishes ranging from shrimp balls, fried rice and even the classic beef noodle soup. Taiwan Railways Administration introduced special edition lunchboxes with pineapples as one of the side dishes. As a result, domestic prices of the fruit jumped 28 per cent to an average NT$22.1 (US$80 cents) per kilogram in the March-June period, a three-year high. The total value of the pineapples sold locally rose 17 per cent, according to data provided by the farm council’s Chen. “Higher prices driven by strong domestic demand led to more profit for the farmers,” Chen said. Taiwan needs to review its export markets for the fruit, according to Young Fu-fan, a grower in the southern county of Tainan. “Farmers can’t expect to make ‘easy money’ from China any more,” he said.

The world came to a temporary halt when the COVID-19 Pandemic struck. Billions of people were put under lockdown, borders were closed all around the world, and non-essential companies were shut down. Unable to move around, the travel industry was nearly destroyed as a result of this. Around the world, tourist destinations and well-known landmarks have shuttered their doors and are now hauntingly silent. Unfortunately, Melaka’s Jonker Street, which was once a bustling attraction, wasn’t spared from the effects of Malaysia’s Movement Control Orders (MCOs), and lockdowns. Malaysians were heartbroken to see pictures of restaurants and other small businesses at Jonker Street officially closing as owners put up signs to indicate that the lots are now for sale or rent. The issue was raised in a Facebook post by Malaysia Business For Sale, which highlighted several enterprises that had closed down. These businesses are no longer able to survive due to the present lockdown, which is being extended on a daily basis owing to the ever-increasing daily COVID-19 cases. Even with the newly-announced SOPs for those who are fully vaccinated, it will take a lot for these businesses to reopen their doors again, as many have been without income for far too long. Melaka State Executive Council Member Datuk Gan Tian Loo said that 95% of the shops at Jonker Street and those nearby have been closed for over eight months. Only five out of a hundred local businesses are still open and running normally. During this pandemic, the tourism industry is unquestionably one of the worst-affected sectors. Given that Jonker Street is a popular tourist destination, we can’t help but feel terrible for the company owners who have struggled to stay afloat despite the clear lack of foot traffic. All we can do is hope that the pandemic will be over soon and that these enterprises will be able to get back on their feet.

ASUS expanding its partnership with cooling companies. ASUS, like many graphics card makers, has been collaborating with various cooling equipment manufacturers for decades. The experience and technology from in-house design may not always be sufficient to claim the performance or the design crown. This is likely why ASUS partnered up with EK water block manufacturer to launch custom GeForce RTX graphics cards with preinstalled blocks. According to the most recent filing to Eurasian Economic Commission, ASUS might be working on a new project with a different company. Noctua, who are better known for their beige/brown cooling solutions might be developing a cooler for an upcoming GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card from ASUS. ASUS EEC filing with RTX 3070 Noctua, Source: EEC A model ‘RTX3070-8G-NOCTUA’ suggests that there will be a new card featuring technology from Noctua. It is unclear if this is the only graphics card that ASUS and Noctua are developing, nor whether it will be an air-cooled or water-cooled card or more importantly, whether it will be a brown card. Attached above are two examples of such graphics cards, either modded or designed only in the 3D program. This is probably what most users will be thinking of when they read the name “Noctua” on a graphics card packaging. Update: We have been notified that the ASUSxNoctua partnership has been rumored since late July. A website Hwcooling has heard about those rumors and has even reached out to ASUS and Noctua for a comment. Both manufacturers have neither confirmed nor denied such partnership, but the wording of the email response does seem to confirm that the Noctua-themed graphics cards are indeed in development:

(Bloomberg) — City Developments Ltd, run by Singapore’s richest property dynasty, saw a loss of S$32.1 million in the first half due to tax expenses and the pandemic fallout. Covid relief plans were no longer available like last year when it benefited from a deferred tax credit of S$17.6 million. CDL’s revenue in the six months rose by 11.1% to S$1.2 billion. With travel restrictions still largely in place for most countries, its hotel operations segment registered a 10.8% decline in revenue. The firm’s investment properties also generated lower rental income, hurt by decreased footfalls, rental rebates given to retail tenants and significantly lower contribution from its Phuket mall. “While the road to recovery remains uneven, the accelerated vaccine deployment across the globe and the gradual easing of border restrictions offer light at the end of the tunnel,” said its chief executive officer, Sherman Kwek. The company is still reeling from a record loss of S$1.9 billion for the last financial year, largely because of impairments from its bungled backing of Chinese developer Chongqing Sincere Yuanchuang Industrial Co. CDL has already written off the investment and said it will no longer inject funds into Sincere, which is trying to stave off a bankruptcy application brought against it by a China-based creditor. For CDL, it’s trying to move past the fallout and focus on other projects. The company applied for a Singapore initial public offering for a U.K real estate investment trust. It may also review potential divestments and look to tap Singapore’s booming residential market, analysts said. The investment in Sincere cast a shadow over the business and even sparked a family rift. Several board members including a cousin to the family patriarch and company chairman, Kwek Leng Beng, resigned in disagreement over the deal. And CDL’s scion Sherman Kwek came under intense pressure to salvage the investment that he promoted. The company has cash reserves of S$2.8 billion as of June 30.

Jolibee Foods Corporation (JFC) is buying out its remaining partners in the fund that owns Michelin-starred dimsum restaurant Tim Ho Wan. JFC’s subsidiary, Jolibee Worldwide, will purchase the remaining 15 per cent owned by other investors in Titan Dining (the private equity fund that owns the Tim Ho Wan brand and stores). This represents S$71.56 million (US$52.7 million) of the shares. Tim Ho Wan operates 53 stores in Asia, including Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. In Singapore, it has 10 outlets, serving popular dim sum delights including its baked BBQ pork buns, shrimp dumplings, and Hong Kong style egg tarts. JFC had in 2018 invested a S$45 million (US$33.1 million) sum to own a 45 per cent stake in Titan Dining. It then increased its stake to over 80 per cent after buying out other investors. The company has plans to aggressively expand Tim Ho Wan in mainland China with a target of reaching 100 restaurant outlets in the next four years. The Chinese food cuisine brand will join others managed by JFC, like fast-casual dining concept Chowking and Taiwanese food-inspired restaurant chain Yonghe King. JFC said sales have improved in the United States and are “well above” pre-pandemic levels, but sales in China and Southeast Asia are only just starting to improve. The group posted loses in 2020, as sales were impacted by the pandemic. g

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A seafood restaurant is bringing back a classic dining experience for those who cannot eat inside. House of Seafood, known for serving up different flavored crabs, is inviting patrons to enjoy its food in their own cars parked behind the Punggol restaurant. “For those of you who have not fully vaccinated, yet crave to [dine] in the restaurant…we have an awesome idea for you!” the restaurant wrote yesterday. More than 200 parking spots are available for anyone to drive up and order. No alcohol will be served for obvious reasons, added the restaurant. Advanced booking and ordering is required by phone. Singapore yesterday reopened dining and gatherings of up to five for those who are fully vaccinated. Those unvaccinated, however, are not allowed to dine in unless they are able to show that they have tested negative within the past 24 hours. This excludes dining in at hawker centers and coffee shops, where only two people are allowed regardless of vaccination status. Over 3.8 million people – close to 70% of the nation – have been fully vaccinated. Infection numbers have dropped to double digits in the past week, recording 54 cases yesterday. In total, Singapore has logged 65,836 cases and 42 deaths since the outbreak began.

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in short pzier inject 30 unit into your body and Moderna inject 100unit. i think i choose the one with 30unit if can i take sinovax. i will wait until the very last min

FYI. Pfizer dose is 30 micrograms of vaccine and Moderna dose is 100 micrograms.

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SINGAPORE — A 43-year-old man caught by police officers in the midst of a sexual encounter with a 15-year-old boy at a staircase landing was jailed for seven months on Wednesday (Aug 11) for committing an obscene act with a minor. Chin Khai Shong, a Singaporean, had got to know the boy in January 2019 through gay mobile dating app Blued. They had agreed to meet up for sex at about 7pm the next day at a staircase of a public housing block. After chatting and touching each other over their clothing for about an hour, the boy went home to get a bottle of baby oil and Vaseline and returned to the staircase. Using the lubricants, they began engaging in a sexual act, but were interrupted shortly after by two police officers. Court documents did not state how the police became aware of the offence. Chin had originally claimed trial to his charges but pleaded guilty midway during his trial after the charges were amended. He was convicted of one charge of committing an obscene act with a minor under the Children and Young Persons Act, with another similar charge taken into consideration during sentencing. He originally faced a charge of attempted sexual penetration of a person under 16, and another of procuring the commission of an obscene act by a young person. VICTIM LIED ABOUT AGE: LAWYER Chin’s lawyer Alfred Dodwell argued that the teenager was not “particularly vulnerable” and was only a few months shy of turning 16 years old, the legal age of consent in Singapore. Mr Dodwell added that the acts were consensual. “(The victim) was confident in his chat, confidently planning alongside Khai Shong for the whole meetup and the acts to follow,” he said in Chin’s mitigation plea. Blued, the dating app, also did not allow people under 17 years old to sign up as users, which meant that the victim had lied about his age to the app, the lawyer added. Mr Dodwell added that the victim had also told Chin that he was in polytechnic. He had also told Chin that he was 18 years old, before later saying that he was joking and that he was 16 years old. “To put it plainly, if it was not Khai Shong, (the victim) would have met Alan, Tom or Xander, or any other men, younger or older to satisfy his curiosity,” Mr Dodwell said. “So, Khai Shong was not specifically targeting young men, or boys under 16. It just happened that (the victim) was underaged.” Chin had worked for the People’s Association since 2011, but lost his job because of the charges he was facing. “Khai Shong admits to being bisexual,” Mr Dodwell added. “We would state humbly that it is no crime to be bisexual nor to seek to want to explore one’s bisexuality with other likeminded person(s).” Mr Dodwell said that before they engaged in the sexual act, Chin had told the victim that he wanted to leave because the victim “looked very different from his pictures”. But Mr Dodwell said that the victim asked Chin to stay longer. Not wanting to seem rude and also because he wanted a sexual release, Chin decided to stay. VICTIM’S ROLE ‘NOT ENTIRELY PASSIVE’: JUDGE In sentencing Chin, District Judge Luke Tan noted that Chin had similarly lied about his age and claimed to be 25 years old. Hence, Chin must have known that people are not always honest about their age on the app. Regardless, the judge ruled that the victim “did not play an entirely passive role in the entire affair”. The seven months’ jail that Chin was sentenced to was one month less that what the prosecution had sought. For committing an obscene act with a child or young person, Chin could have been fined up to S$10,000 or jailed for up to five years or punished with both. Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/43-year-old-man-jailed-7-months-sex-act-15-year-old-boy-he-met-dating-app

SINGAPORE — Some people who have chosen not to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are not rushing to get themselves immunised even though new regulations are limiting their social activities, saying they are still on the fence about it. And for those who cannot be inoculated because of medical reasons, they are hoping the restrictions would not last too long or they may be given some concessions. From Tuesday (Aug 10), people who are fully vaccinated — meaning two weeks have passed since their second dose of a vaccine — may dine out at restaurants and gather in groups of up to five, or take part in other higher-risk social activities such as sports or mass events. Not so for accounts manager Siti Hamzah, 26, who said: “I’m sad that I’m singled out. I feel like there should be exceptions for people who did try (to get vaccinated). I mean, it’s just a small group of us that had adverse effects.” Ms Siti, who received her first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on July 28, suffered from high fever for six days and had vomiting and diarrhoea. She was warded, discovered to have inflammation and had to spend S$7,000 on hospital bills. A doctor later certified her unfit for her second dose. Because of this, she is waiting for other vaccines that do not use the new messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology, such as the Novavax vaccine, to be available here. She is not inclined to get the Sinovac vaccine due to its low efficacy rate, though the Government has said that those who experienced an allergic reaction after receiving their first dose of the mRNA vaccines can be considered fully vaccinated after they get two shots of Sinovac. When it comes to gathering with family and friends for meals, Ms Siti and others who are not vaccinated are feeling left out. Even at hawker centres and coffee shops, regardless of whether a person is vaccinated or not, only up to two people may eat out. To abide by the regulations, businesses may check their customers’ vaccination status by asking them to tap their TraceTogether mobile application or token against the SafeEntry (Business) app on the premises. The Ministry of Health said on its webpage of frequently asked questions on post-vaccination matters that it is now in the midst of updating the records of people who are inoculated with vaccines under the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing so that they can be reflected on the TraceTogether app and SafeEntry (Business) app to facilitate checks. In the interim, smartphone users may log in to the HealthHub app using their SingPass account to show their vaccination status for checks at events and businesses, or show their original physical vaccination cards. Diners at a food court in The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands undergoing entry checks on Aug 10, 2021. Photo: Nuria Ling/TODAY The new rules are similar to those in some other countries and cities worldwide, which have different restrictions for people who are inoculated against Covid-19 and those who are not. In France, people are required to produce a “health pass” showing that they have been vaccinated against the disease or a recent negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to gain entry to bars, restaurants and cinemas. Last week, American city New York announced that visitors to restaurants, gyms and other businesses would need to provide proof that they had received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and this will be enforced from September. NOT MOTIVATED TO GET SHOTS For some people who have decided not to get the Covid-19 vaccine, or are still on the fence about getting inoculated, they felt that the new rules are discriminatory. The feeling they get is that they are unfairly singled out and ostracised from social activities for exercising a personal choice, even though the national vaccination exercise is not compulsory. They noted that in December last year, when the Government first launched the national vaccination exercise, its Covid-19 task force said that it will not force people to take the vaccine and will respect people’s choices. Long-term data and side effects are still unknown or being studied as well. With reports of infections among people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 here and elsewhere, meaning they can still get infected and pass on the coronavirus with no or mild symptoms, people who are not vaccinated by choice said they cannot see why the different rules are needed in the first place. One 65-year-old, who declined to give his name and occupation because his employer does not allow him to speak to the media, said: “Why discriminate between the vaccinated and unvaccinated when there’s no difference in terms of who can spread the virus? “It’s pure discrimination.” When asked, people in this group said that the vaccine policies at dining places have not swayed them to get vaccinated. Some of them said that with this incessant pressure, as well as certain people in the community labelling them as “criminals”, it has made them even more resistant to getting the jabs. A homemaker who wanted to be known only as Mrs Loh, 41, said: “As a yet-to-be-vaccinated person in Singapore, I feel persecuted (because of) the need to defend or justify why I am not vaccinated.” She is still on the fence about getting the vaccine due to bad experiences with pharmaceutical drugs in the past as well as her pre-existing medical conditions and allergies. “I’m not opposed to the vaccine. (Some) people have taken the vaccine themselves, but hesitate when it comes to their children… Everyone’s story is different. We shouldn’t discriminate against a person who hasn’t taken the vaccine,” Mrs Loh said. Homemaker Daphne Koh, 43, said she wished that the Government would find other ways to incentivise people to get inoculated — such as giving workers paid time off work to rest after vaccination — without penalising those do not. Singapore’s efforts in containing the number of people who are seriously ill from Covid-19 have made her decide to skip vaccination for now because she is wary of the risk of the vaccines having severe adverse effects on a healthy person such as herself. Executive administrator Tan Yi Han, 35, hopes that there would be a more inclusive approach that takes into account differing views and considerations on personal health and safety. He and his family feel that boosting their own immune systems is the best defence because most people who get infected here have no or mild symptoms. Social worker Joe Chan, 41, who is not comfortable getting vaccinated because he does not yet trust the vaccines, said he is concerned that over time, people who are not vaccinated will be excluded from more activities. This would lead to a deep divide between them and those who are vaccinated, he added. “Are people going to be cut off from public transportation and malls? It feels like we may go that way and it's going to be driving that divide and insecurity among citizens even more.” Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/some-unvaccinated-people-not-moved-pressure-new-covid-19-rules-those-allergic-hope

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