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Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority has imposed a S$1 million penalty on Singtel for network outages in March that disrupted services for about 720,000 subscribers. The fine ranks among the larger telecom penalties in the city-state and has drawn attention to the reliability of Singtel's network, with regulators signalling that repeated or widespread service failures will carry significant financial consequences.

Fantasy author Freddie A. Clark is inviting reviewers to request advance reading copies of his novel Making Monsters, a grimdark science-fiction fantasy aimed at adults. The book is set in a cyberpunk world where magic, monsters, and demons exist alongside technology, capitalism, and urban decay. ARC requests are open on NetGalley until November 19. It is a routine pre-publication pitch, but the blend of dark fantasy and cyberpunk is drawing interest from genre readers.