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With cinemas mostly closed, Netflix’s position as an entertainment provider served the company extremely well during the pandemic. However, as life inches towards a sense of old normalcy, Netflix seems to have suffered a significant dip in subscriber uptake, causing its shares to plunge by a whopping 11%.

TikTok is facing allegations in London’s High Court of illegally harvesting the private data of millions of European children. This may cost them billions of pounds, as well as change the way their users see the app forever.

They say data is currency these days, but what does that mean exactly? How much does consumer data influence brands and retailers? With the pandemic still at large and vaccination rollouts happening worldwide, new trends are emerging to suggest what retail might be like in the coming year.

With the rise of female empowerment and gender bias issues, a lot has changed over the past decade. We speak to Dato Hashimah Hashim, the first woman CEO of Putrajaya Holdings on her experiences in a male-dominated industry, the reasons why she took on the role before the lockdown and challenges she faced, being one of the young engineers who provided a unique solution during the construction of KLCC.

With all the various subscription services we have in our lives, there are moments where you wish could collate all of your subscription services into one painless, simultaneous transaction. Mohamed Shakir, founder of Purplebundle, had the same thought during the MCO and decided to put it into action, joining us to discuss why subscriptions work, what clients he’s working with now, and his plans for the future.

Othniel Ting speaks to Mr George McEwan from Sunway International School, about the Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) and the Sunway International School programme (SIS). Discussed are the legitimacy of online learning centres offering CIMP courses and Canadian education, and how Sunway ensures the quality of its education, even during the pandemic.

With the threat of the 4th wave of Covid-19 looming over a slow vaccine roll-out, can the Japanese economy stay in its recovery trajectory? How have Malaysia-Japan bilateral relations been impacted by the pandemic? We discuss these questions and more with H.E. Oka Hiroshi, Ambassador of Japan to Malaysia.

Microsoft officially announced its plans to establish a data centre region in Malaysia, pledging investments amounting to USD 1 billion over the next 5 years. As many as 19,000 jobs will be created but what are the other benefits? Dr Lau Cher Han, Chief Data Scientist at LEAD tells us.

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Football is the latest casualty of sport's commercialisation, a sad but true reflection of the world's insatiable appetite for contest and content, according to Professor Simon Chadwick, Professor of Eurasian Sport at Emlyon Business School.

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Elizabeth Cardosa assists us in navigating the history and legacy of SMK Convent Bukit Nanas but also gives us a comprehensive take on how our country has and should be looking at preserving heritage sites of implicit and intangible value.

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