With the precautionary SOPs in place, hair salons face a twofold challenge of booking fewer customers and higher operating costs. We speak with Datin Winnie Loo for her experience.

Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan urged businesses to prioritise hiring Malaysians, especially those who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. We discuss the feasibility of doing so, and the challenges that will need to be addressed.

Following the outcry towards the controversial billboard by Limkokwing University, we speak with designer Lum Weng Wah for his thoughts in hindsight, and then discuss with Emmanuel Olalere about dispelling generalizations that are harmful to African people living in Malaysia.

Amazon banned the use of its facial recognition tool by police force for a year, following concerns about potential racial bias in the technology.

Recently, it was reported that a group of scientists have created what they call the “most human” chimaera yet - a mouse embryo that’s exactly 4% human. As always, neurogeneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar is here to help us unpack this news, and we’re also joined by Dr Nishakanthi Gopalan, bioethicist from Universiti Malaya, to further explore the ethical issues behind these experiments. 

The recent rape allegations against a local influencer has sparked a huge debate online, on what constitutes consensual sex. We discuss consent with the Executive Director of Sisters in Islam.

We’ve been discussing the mythical “4-day work week" for years, but with COVID-19 and global lockdowns changing work culture in a matter of months, companies, and entire countries are now seriously rethinking the very nature of work for its people. Singapore’s Parliament, for example, has now pitched the idea of a 4-day work week. Could Malaysia be next?

Common sense and experience dictate that there will always be office politics at work, but what happens when we remove the office?

This question is more pertinent than ever because for the first time in history, a large portion of the industrialized workforce has been detached from its physical habitat. Can technology erase, or at least sanitize, the invisible forces that govern the power dynamics of an organisation?

As we start to lift restrictions, many are going back to the office; however, only very few people seem to be too pleased. In a survey by KPMG Malaysia, 69% of respondents wanted the work-from-home arrangements to continue post-MCO. Why are people starting to get the back-to-work blues?

In the era of 5G and IoT, the understanding and application of big data has a lot more to offer. A concrete foundation of appropriate and accurate usage of data and the literacy in the best management of data is imminent to better prepare ourselves before the 5G data flood gates open up, bringing in humongous volumes of data that if left unattended, can have strong impacts on the technology and economy of organisations and nations. We speak to Surendiran Velu & Kaneshwaran Govindasamy, 5G strategist and monetisation experts on how to leverage and optimise our experience with big data.