Asia · Thursday, 12 November 2026
Singapore
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: play_music_theory · moomoo: Stocks & Investments · Chromagraph Camera · Money Manager (Remove Ads) · Tiny Computers. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 600 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Four Trends in Artificial Intelligence That Affect Enterprises Networks Asia (networksasia.net)
- AI value gap widens even as enterprise spend doubles (sbr.com.sg)
- SIA Q2 profit hits $210m despite 63.3% fuel cost surge (sbr.com.sg)
- Alphabet首发新元港元债券：新元利率最低2.75％ (zaobao.com.sg)
- Une cinquantaine d'oliviers millénaires sur la place Jean-Jaurès : l'opposition propose d'autres espèces, la Ville de Béziers planche sur un financement (midilibre.fr)
- Base Carbon Reports Third-Quarter 2026 Operating and Financial Results (manilatimes.net)
Survey · 2023 72% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- Covid-19 PJ.2.1 Turunan Omicron, Tak Lebih Berbahaya dari Varian Lain (jawapos.com)
- Pret A Manger names new chief financial officer as Gustavo Peixoto departs. (foodmanufacture.co.uk)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.6positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.8The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual3.0 words per 1,000usually 3.2The GDELT Project
- Fear0.9× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual4.6 words per 1,000usually 5.3The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.9× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 6.8The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty0.8× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 7.9The GDELT Project
Also in the news
- Economic policy uncertainty242.0from newspaper coverage; 100 = long-run averageJul 2026 · −33.5 since Jun 2026Davis (2016), PolicyUncertainty.com · CC BY 4.0
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
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By category
Business & economy
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Crime & justice
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Books, arts & history
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Fashion & beauty
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0 Everyday app
Food & drink
Original uploader was TalShiar at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 1XXXX
Photo: Andreas Praefcke, Public domain Dorota Trupp, CC BY-SA 2.0
Gaming
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Movies & TV
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Music
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Celebrities & creators
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Politics & world affairs
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Science & space
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Society & beliefs
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Industries here
Gaming 18Media & entertainment 15Music 8Government & public sector 7Sports & fitness 5Tech & software 5Travel & tourism 3Advertising & marketing 1Telecom & internet 1Education 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news0reports of events, mostly in English12 Nov 2026The GDELT Project
- Violence in the news5reports of events, mostly in English12 Nov 2026The GDELT Project
Economy
- Inflation2.3%Jul 2026 · +0.3 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment2.0%Jun 2026 · ±0.0 pts since May 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Real house prices1.0%Q2 2026 · −0.8 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth5.0%2025 · −0.3 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment6.8%2025 · +0.5 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro1.425SGD per euro12 Nov 2026 · euro −0.6% since 5 Nov 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Society
- People online94.4%2024 · +0.1 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change50.2%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority65.9%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Dead-End Job
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2Doctor X: Mafia in White
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3Where the Mask Ends
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4Taken: Natalee Holloway
5100 Days of Deception
6Lupin
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7Akka: The Protectors
8The One About Matthew Perry
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9Black Doves
10The Apothecary Diaries
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Netflix · Films
1Rush Hour
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2Kong Tao
3Final Destination Bloodlines
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4Rush Hour 2
5Haunting of Mount Welirang
6Sonic the Hedgehog 3
7Baththa
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8Collision Course
9Rush Hour 3
10The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Apple Music · Artists
1The Weeknd
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3Adéla
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4A2O & A2O LITE
5Olivia Dean
6Olivia Rodrigo
7Ariana Grande
Apple Music · 2026-11-13
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Global News Podcast
2The Daily
3声动早咖啡
4The Economist Podcasts
5The Diary of a CEO
6Yah Lah But
7Joel Osteen Podcast
8CNBC's "Fast Money"
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9The Rest Is History
10The Rest Is Politics
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-13
App Store · Free apps
1Muse from Meta
2CapCut
3Temu
4Pinduoduo
5ChatGPT
6My SIMBA
7VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy ™
8Google Gemini
9红果短剧 - 海量热门短剧随心看
10Shop
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App Store · 2026-11-13
App Store · Paid apps
1Shadowrocket
2Moment Pro Camera II
3Money Manager (Remove Ads)
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4Chromagraph Camera
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5Whisper Notes - Speech to Text
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6play_music_theory
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7Tiny Computers
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8FoldTick
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9Procreate
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10Threema for iOS
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App Store · 2026-11-13
Steam · Top sellers
1Aion 2
2Football Manager 27
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3Phantom Blade Zero
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4Dota 2
5PUBG: Battlegrounds
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6Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
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7Counter-Strike 2
8Loftia
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9Probably Stolen
10Escape from Tarkov
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.