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🗓 #Event: Stack-X Data Science Connect 2022 🧑‍💻 Connect with us at our 2-day virtual conference with over 50 speakers from both the industry and public sector! Join the tech community in a variety of events aimed at building stronger community connections, peer-to-peer learning, and sharing of thought leadership from tech leaders and experts! 📅 7 - 8 July 2022 ⏰ 9.00am – 5.00pm Last call! Registrations will close on 30 June 2022. For programme details, visit: 🔗 go.gov.sg/stack-x-dsc-programme Register here: 🔗 https://go.gov.sg/stackx-dsc-gttg -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we're 👀 a Product Manager for our Sensors and Internet of Things (SIOT) Division! If you are a self-motivated individual with a strong technical aptitude and have experience in product management, product design, system architecture, internet technologies, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0098 🤗 Share this post with your family/friends who might be interested in this role for their next move! 👉 Visit go.gov.sg/govtechjobs to browse for more jobs. -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 (1) AI Verify, a pilot programme, was launched by MCI to collaborate with companies to regulate nascent digital domains like AI 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0292 (2) NParks has worked with Conservation International and Microsoft to launch an app, Fin Finder, to clamp down on the illegal wildlife trade, specifically shark and ray fins 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0293 🌎 #WORLD 🌎 (3) UAE has built a high-tech library which includes robot librarians and a monorail for books 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0294 -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we're 👀 a Quality Engineer for our GovWallet team! GovWallet is a digital wallet module that aims to help distribute government disbursements and allow citizens to conveniently spend their received government disbursements through existing payment channels. If you have experience with continuous integration, deployment builds, developing test strategies and testing frameworks, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0097 🤗 Share this post with your family/friends who might be interested in this role for their next move! 👉 Visit go.gov.sg/govtechjobs to browse for more jobs. -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 (1) We will soon have our very first quantum computer - exciting news for 🇸🇬 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0289 (2) How is GovTech building sensors to turn 🇸🇬 into a smart city? 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0290 (3) A new Digital Trust Centre (DTC) was launched to lead 🇸🇬 research and development efforts for trust technologies and establish the future of AI standards and governance with global partners 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0291 -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

💻 #Event: Government Tech We Can't Live Without 💻 What are some apps and websites that have become indispensable to navigating daily life in Singapore? What makes a good government product or service? Attend the upcoming hybrid session hosted by GovInsider, featuring our Senior Product Manager, Sonjia Yan, to find out the answers to the questions above! There will also be a product showcase at the event for attendees to interact with the digital tools and product managers. Details in Singapore Time: 🗓 16 June (Thurs) 📍 The Executive Centre, One Raffles Quay, Singapore ⏰ 4 - 6pm 💵 It's FREE! Find out more or RSVP here: 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-webinar-0042 -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we're 👀 a Digital Business Analyst for our CODEX team. If you have experience in performing cloud solutions, have strong problem-solving capabilities, are meticulous and have a passion for automation, standardisation and best practices in the commercial cloud domain, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0096 🤗 Share this post with your family/friends who might be interested in this role for their next move! 👉 Visit go.gov.sg/govtechjobs to browse for more jobs. -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

⚠️ #SCAMALERT ⚠️ We are aware of a fake SMS informing users that their #Singpass account has been disabled and needs to be reactivated. The SMS contains a link to a fake Singpass website phishing for the user's credit card details. The website has since been taken down. We’d like to remind all Singpass users to be vigilant when transacting online: 1) Always check the website domain when accessing a service. ✅ The official Singpass website is singpass.gov.sg 2) Beware of unsolicited SMSes or emails with hyperlinks leading to phishing websites. ⛔️ Singpass does not send SMSes with hyperlinks, and will never ask for your banking or credit card details. 🧐 If you suspect that you have fallen prey to this phishing scam, please call the Anti-Scam Hotline at 1800-722-6688 or make an online report at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness You can also reach the Singpass helpdesk at 6335 3533 for assistance. -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 (1) E-waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams on Earth ☹️ Singapore generates about 60,000 tons of e-waste annually. (That's equal to each person in Singapore throwing away 70 mobile phones) How can we do better as a country? 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0286 (2) MAS launches blockchain project, Project Guardian, to study decentralised finance potential and how to regulate it 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0287 🌎 #WORLD 🌎 (3) A hospital in UAE is using a robotic arm to conduct "less painful" knee replacement surgeries 🦿 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0288 -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

💻 #GovTechSTACK: STACK-X Meetup #Event Recordings 💻 Missed both our STACK-X Meetup hybrid sessions in May? Watch the event recordings! In the two sessions, we explored how tech enhances the Singapore Government’s grant process and also shared about the development journey of one of our latest product, GovWallet: 🔗 go.gov.sg/stackxmeetuppastwebinars ☺️ Thank you to those who were able to join us in person; the interactions and camaraderie is the driving force behind the STACK-X Community, and we hope to meet more of you in person soon! 📩 Keen to receive more timely updates about our STACK-X meetups? Join the STACK-X Meetup Community: 🔗 go.gov.sg/stackxmeetup Join the STACK-X Telegram Channel: 🔗 go.gov.sg/stackxtelegram -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

💡 #Singpass security measures you should know 💡 🧐 Be vigilant against phishing websites, SMSes, emails, or calls requesting for your Singpass ID, password, and SMS OTP. Scammers are constantly updating their methodologies and may even ask for your NRIC details, such as the Date of Issue, to attempt to take over your Singpass account. While the Government is actively working behind the scenes to block and take down these phishing websites, we also need your help in the fight against scams. 💪 Check out part 1 here: https://t.me/govtechbytes/576 📲 Share this post with your friends and family. -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we're 👀 a Cybersecurity Strategic Analysis and Planning Consultant. If you are well-versed in security principles, policies and industry best practices, have experience in IT cybersecurity consultancy, and would like to help our Smart Nation stay cybersafe, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0095 🤗 Share this post with your family/friends who might be interested in this role for their next move! 👉 Visit go.gov.sg/govtechjobs to browse for more jobs. -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 (1) Dream about clearing immigration without your passport? It will soon become a reality when departing from Changi Airport in the latter part of this year 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0283 (2) NIE to train teachers in using AI in the classroom and invest in research 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0284 🌎 #WORLD 🌎 (3) After experiencing the driest year on record for over 100 years, California is using tech to help map and manage groundwater 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0285 -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

👾 #TechOfTheFuture 👾 Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have been the talk of the town recently! Watch the video to learn more about this nascent tech and how you can create an NFT. (Video stills are also added in the chat for easy reading) Let us know in the comments what other emerging tech topics you want us to explore next. -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

Looking for a one-stop resource hub for government digital products and services? 👀 Check out the Singapore Government Developer Portal 🔗 www.developer.tech.gov.sg/ 💻 It currently hosts close to 100 articles on whole of government products and technical documentation. 📣🗓 To provide the tech community with regular updates on our latest content pieces, the Singapore Government Developer Portal Monthly Digest has recently been launched! 📨 Sign up for our monthly digest to stay updated! 🔗 go.gov.sg/sgdevportal-digest-signup-gttg -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🔥 #HotJoboftheWeek! 🔥 #GovTechisHiring and we're 👀 for an Engagement Manager for our Video Analytics team under the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Division. If you have experience in software or product development cycles, have strong analytical and communication skills, and are keen on engaging stakeholders to elicit business needs through human-centric service journeys to develop appropriate business cases, APPLY NOW: 👉 go.gov.sg/tg-hjotw-0094 🤗 Share this post with your family/friends who might be interested in this role for their next move! 👉 Visit go.gov.sg/govtechjobs to browse for more jobs. -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🛎 #TraceTogether App Update 🛎 Are you vaccinated? If you are, oTTer will now appear on your TraceTogether app homepage 🦦 📲 Simply update your TraceTogether App to be greeted by your green pass and oTTer upon launching the app! This update also enables you to conveniently show your vaccination and pre-event testing (PET) status when needed. For unvaccinated users, you will still see the current banner on your app homepage. To learn more about this update, or find out when you are required to show your vaccination or PET status, visit 🔗 go.gov.sg/tt-greenpass-homepage -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!

🗞 #TechNewsRoundup 🗞 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 (1) 🗓 Looking for activities to do this week? Check out the Digital for Life festival from 21 to 29 May, happening all around the island. Explore how technology can impact your lives at work and at play 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0280 (2) 🛡 Companies are encouraged to apply for Cyber Essentials, Cyber Trust marks and more with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0281 (3) ✈️ Travelling soon? You might no longer need to present your passports or boarding passes at Changi Airport when clearing immigration with the help of biometrics verification technology 🔗 go.gov.sg/tg-tnr-0282 -- Follow @GovTechBytes for more tech news, tips, events and govt product updates!