Some 4,000 Prudential agents turned up at Prudential Tower in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to protest their slash in bonus and commision. But globally, insurance agents are facing a challenge, the digital disruption, as more products move online. This is yet another threat of digitalisation affecting the current workforce.

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China’s state-run press agency, Xinhua has created two AI news anchors (one in English, one in Chinese), that combine the images and voices of real news anchors. They claim that the world’s first virtual news anchor reads news naturally and self-learns from watching live broadcasting videos. Could this be the end of human-read news?

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What started out as a day to promote a new brand has now turned into the world’s biggest retail event. This Single’s Day will also be Jack Ma’s last as Alibaba’s Chairman and they’re looking to at getting record numbers in data and money yet again.

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Some of China’s smartest students have been recruited to develop “AI killer bots” as part of a four-year experimental program for weapons systems. While some are calling this move deeply troubling, others have pointed out that China isn’t the only player in this global “AI weapons race”.

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As we continue to move towards a cashless society, the fact remains that most of our payment receipts are still paper-based. Will we be able to get rid of paper receipts entirely one day?

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Watch your step! China, home to the world’s largest network of CCTV cameras, is now using it to identify individuals based on their body shape and the way they walk. It’s currently being used by police in Beijing and Shanghai in hopes to find criminals.

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In the video game Red Dead Redemption 2, a few players chose to enact violent acts against a virtual, non-playable suffragette character and to film and upload the game footage to YouTube - which YouTube has now chosen to take down. Is the removal of this video game footage necessary to prevent controversy and misogyny? Or is deleting footage of virtual violence a step too far?

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Excessive job-hopping can be damaging to your resume. But according to bestselling management author and CNBC contributor Suzy Welch, staying at a job for too long can be equally harmful to your career.

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Based on the Budget 2019 announcement, all imported digital services will be levied with a service tax starting January 2020. We speak to PwC Tax Executive Director, Keegan Ong, on what this means for the Malaysian e-commerce scene moving forward, as well as how we compare to other countries that have introduced similar taxes.

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IBM Watson has partnered with the workforce management platform Kronos to provide personalized career-path coaching via a virtual coach for hourly workers in the US. Could this actually help the workers’ ability to develop their careers?

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