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Have you ever thought what does FatBerry actually mean? F stands for Fast, A stands of Accessible and T stands for Transparent, and while Berry just sounds nice. And if you were to visit their website, you’d be surprise to know they will get insured in just 2 minutes. How is this possible? The use of chatbot enables simplification and efficiency but achieving the sweet spot can be tricky. We learn from Martin Khu on the inside secrets of developing their business model.

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It’s another episode of Tech Thursday with Digital News Asia. The team talked about the Uber and Grab merger; Malaysia Airlines’ digital initiatives; and Build Easy’s renovation and design services on a digital platform. They also discussed Commerce.Asia new commerce technology venture builder; Blockchain for the education sector; the potential of intelligent enterprises in Asia Pacific; Huawei’s new P20 and P20 Pro; and easier gift giving with Unwrappd.

0:43:18 - Commerce.Asia Enterprise Aims To Accelerate Omni-channel Commerce

3:49:43 - Grab-Uber Merger Throws Down Gauntlet To Go-Jek

11:36:80 - Huawei’s New P20 And P20 Pro To Launch On April 6 In Malaysia

16:05:25 - Blockchain: Creating Evolution Or Revolution In The Education Sector?

21:27:94 - Malaysia Airlines’ Hospitality Embraces Digital

27:25:33 - Unwrappd: In The Business Of Gifting Cards

31:33:14 - Great Potential For Intelligent Enterprises In Asia Pacific

36:18:19 - Build Easy’s Pivot Puts Renovation And Design Services On A Digital Platform

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On today's show, the geeks talk about how Chinese ancient wisdom is taking on climate change, how Nestlé has harnessed science to reduce sugar in chocolate, and that Segway can now give you a smooth ride with its new AI-powered mini transporter.

00:22 - Turning Cities Into Sponges: How Chinese Ancient Wisdom Is Taking On Climate Change

08:56 - Loomo: Mini Transporter Meets Robot Sidekick

12:58 - Nestlé Says It Has Harnessed Science To Reduce The Sugar In Chocolate

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Instead of fearing Skynet, we should be embracing it. A sentient control system might be the only thing that will keep the robots in check. It’s time to Mattsplain.

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Businesses today recognise the importance of accommodating new technologies such as cloud computing, cyber-physical systems and cognitive computing in order to add value to their customers and enhance their operations. However, IDC predicted that 70% of siloed digital transformation initiatives will ultimately fail because of insufficient collaboration, integration, sourcing or project management. A successful digital transformation requires fundamental changes on how businesses operate and how they offer value to their customer. We speak to Steve Allen, Managing Director Asia Pacific Japan at SNP on innovation in the digital sphere or risk extinction.

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SMEs are the core of Malaysia’s economic transformation and it is still an important driver of employment and growth in today’s time. With the disruption from Industry 4.0, we can’t ignore the impact of digitisation and what it means for businesses today. We speak to Sharala Axryd, CEO of ADAX, on the adoption of big data and analytics amongst SMEs and how the collaboration with CADS spur this growth.

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Big Data isn’t just a buzzword anymore. With vast amounts of data being produced in real-time, there is a huge demand for people with skills to manage, analyse and help organisation use this data effectively. In effort to accelerate this growth, the Center of Applied Data Science has entered into a strategic collaboration with Coursera, the largest ‘massive open online course’ (MOOC) platform in the world, that hopes to pave the way for working adults and professionals to capitalise on data science online courses. We speak to Cheam Tat Inn, Managing Director of CADS how does all this work.

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If you’d had to pick ONE buzzword for 2018, it would be Blockchain. Yet, many are still confused with the concept of an open ledger system and how would this work in the future. We speak to two blockchain enthusiasts on this all works.

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Data companies are using sophisticated psychological techniques to manipulate and nudge our behaviour. #DeleteFacebook is no solution. We need to completely change the business model of online companies if we want to safeguard our personal information, thinks Matt.

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On today's show the geeks talk about how an Uber self-driving car killed a pedestrian in Arizona, and how child abuse imagery has been found within bitcoin's blockchain. Also, King Of The Crowd for this week goes to the Light Phone 2.

0:23 - Self-Driving Uber Kills Arizona Woman In First Fatal Crash Involving Pedestrian

9:40 - Light Phone 2

14:01 - Child Abuse Imagery Found Within Bitcoin's Blockchain

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