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Aaron Bergman [magnifying glass emoji] reposted Visakan Veerasamy [verified] @visakanv · 12h my local news today very much look like something you'd see in a series of rapidly escalating headlines in the first minute of a scifi movie setting up a robocop techno-dystopia [attached photo of the front page of The Straits Times, Friday September 4, 2026, lying in a shopping basket] World: Indonesia can be Russia's gateway to Asean: Prabowo | A6 Business: Saverin tops rich list despite US$10.1b drop in net worth | A21 Opinion: Try experiencing S'pore as a local instead of travelling overseas | B4 THE STRAITS TIMES More firms planning to freeze or moderate wages, boost AI focus 49% aim to give salary increments in 2027: SMEs cautious because of rising costs: SNEF Prison robots trained to PROTECT [photo of a dark wheeled robot marked "PRISONS" spraying near two people in a prison hall] [photo caption, small and partly illegible: PROTECT, an autonomous security robot, demonstrating its ability to respond to prison inmate disturbances during a media preview at the Singapore Prison Service Headquarters on Sept 3. The 510kg robot, which shoots pepper spray, is developed by the SPS and Home Team Science and Technology Agency [rest cut off]] Sharon Salim, Business Correspondent [article body text, small and partly illegible: More employers in Singapore are planning to freeze salaries or give smaller wage increases in 2027 compared with 2026, as rising manpower costs and continued ... SNEF council vice-president Kuah Boon Wee said it is encouraging that many employers are continuing to invest in workforce capabilities ...] Green jet fuel levy: Deferred for [cut off]
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Dark-mode X screenshot of a Visakan Veerasamy post (reposted by Aaron Bergman) saying his local news looks like escalating headlines setting up a robocop techno-dystopia, with a photo of the Sept 4, 2026 Straits Times front page: a wages-freeze-and-AI-focus lead story and a photo story on an autonomous pepper-spray prison robot called PROTECT.
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