Tech Talk

On Geeks Squawk today, students from the University of Cap Town has made the world's first bio brick that is made out from human urine and Massive Attack's album Mezzanine is now available in a can of spraypaint?! Also, nothing has ever gotten Matt ever as confused, confounded and annoyed as the Sparq Vitamin Air™ , a vitamin-enriched vape pen. 

0:17.478 - How Far Should Sustainability Go?

8:40.902 - Down In The Dump: Sparq Vitamin Air™

13:52.826 - Massive Attack's album into a spray can

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On this episode of Digital News Asia roundup, Jinn talks about the record breaking Level Up KL 2018 and RinggitPlus’ shocking survey about Malaysians low financial literacy. Kiran covered a few events, one of which was the launch of Sunway iLabs Makerspace to help promote design thinking and Asia Pacific University’s Cyber Security Talent Zone. And Karamjit speaks to Dr Sivapalan of Malaysian Business Angel Network (MBAN) about the state of VC in Malaysia.

0:19.560 - Level Up Kl 2018 Charts New Course For Southeast Asia's Games Market

6:32.085 - Flower Chimp: On The Path To Regional Expansion

11:11.264 - Ringgitplus Survey Highlights Shockingly Low Financial Literacy Rate Among Malaysians

13:21.716 - Corporates Eager To Adopt Digital Mindset, Agile Structure

19:00.763 - Asia Pacific University Addresses Huge Vacuum For Cybersecurity Talent

20:50.412 - Innovating For The Greater Good While Raking In Riches

25:43.198 - Makerspace Movement Gets Further Boost From Sunway Ilabs Launch

33:13.986 - What Ails Venture Capital In Malaysia And Why Consolidation Is Not The Answer

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Data is business. And in the world of data, accuracy is everything and when it comes to analytics, speed is critical. That is why in today’s landscape the need for real-time data analytics is vital to keep ahead of the competition but also to be more productive and efficient. Kendrick Wong, CEO of Omnilytics, a market intelligence company, talks to us on how businesses are using this for real life application.

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On Geeks this week, Italian investigation found Apple and Samsung were both fined for deliberately slowing down phones. Both firms were issued the maximum fine of €5m each and ordered to display a notice on their Italian websites informing customers of the watchdog’s decision. Also, we have a chewing gum that zaps your tongue with electricity that keeps the flavour going forever.

0:20.735 - Apple & Samsung Fined for Slowing Down Phones

5:43.422 - Tim Cook Data Privacy US Law

10:31.735 - Biological Supercomputing

14:58.357 - Electric Chewing Gum

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The penalties for bullying and trolling should be obvious. But how should we be punished for pretending to be on holiday, or holding up everyone’s dinner for a food shot? Written on a tablet, these are Matt’s Social Commandments. 

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Ransomware, it’s a billion dollar business, one of the greatest threats in cybersecurity currently and once you’ve been hit, you’re likely to be targeted again. But how much do we understand of its impact? Sumit Bansal, Managing Director of ASEAN and Korea at Sophos speaks to us on the insights into the risks of repeated ransomware attacks.

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Now here’s a fun fact; Malaysia is currently the leader of intellectual property creation in Southeast Asia and regional outsourcing destination for animation and video games. Recently at the Tokyo Games Show 2018, a host of local creative multimedia and content companies showcased their capabilities in this space. This is also a continuing effort by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation or MATRADE on the export acceleration mission (EAM). We speak to the CEO of Matrade, Prof Dr Mohd Shahreen Madros to learn more.

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On Geeks this week, if you are in Canterbury Australia, the US embassy there is throwing a cat pyjama party! So tune in to find out more about the details of the invitation. Also, we are going to look at how MIT is going to “educate the bilinguals of the future” on Artificial Intelligence.

0:14.398 - U.S. Embassy In Australia Apologizes For Cat Pajama Party Invite

2:14.360 - M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1 Billion

8:49.63 - Amazon debuts a retail site for ‘Shark Tank’ products

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Who controls your mind? With mind-reading technology already showing incredible accuracy, is it time to ask who owns our thoughts?

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There’s an increasing need for organisations to be more digitised and open source is being seen as the way forward. Organisations need to rethink their approach to innovation and how technology can help them compete more effectively. You’ve heard this before but the challenges are now in much greater scale. We discuss this with Damien Wong, Vice President and General Manager, Asian Growth & Emerging Markets for Red Hat.

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