Level Up KL 2017 is happening again and this time its bigger than ever. Over 5 days and 40 key players of the gaming sector, the gaming sector is a giant stride forwards as we come to the end of 2017. We speak to the key icons behind this year’s Level Up event about what to expect and what look out for!

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Years ago, one would dream about starting a company, going on through the journey, all the way to when the baby is ready to go on the IPO route. Today however, IPO isn’t really always the dream for many startups. Sure, raising funds is always the dream but IPO isn’t the only ultimate goal. Fundnel, is a Singaporean Fintech company that provides an online investment platform which uses data and technology to help high-growth, pre-IPO SMEs to get the funding they need and simplifying private investing. We speak to Kelvin Lee, co-founder and CEO of Fundnel about creating an alternative fundraising avenue for high-growth SMEs.

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The team from Digital News Asia.com talks about Malaysia investigating reported leak of 46 Million mobile users data, awareness on digital adaptation, Silicone Valley lessons in innovation, Indonesia's Snapchat fundraising & Recommend takes on the large jobs. Also on the show, AllSome fills in the cross-border e-commerce gaps, IDC Digital Transformation Awards and CanLaw, the lawyer discovery platform in Malaysia!

0:26 - Malaysia Investigating Reported Leak Of 46 Million Mobile Users Data

3:25 - Budget 2018 Keeps Digital Economy Momentum For Malaysia

7:48 - What’s Next Ahead Of Curve To Help Drive Awareness On Digital Adaptation

14:17 - Garage Ventures VC Shares Silicon Valley Lessons In Innovation

18:50 - Indonesia’s Snapcart Raises US$10Mil In Series A Funding

24:45 - Recommend Takes On The Large Jobs

27:22 - AllSome Fills In The Cross-Border E-Commerce Gaps

30:15 - IDC’s Digital Transformation Awards Recognises Disruptors, Innovators

32:28 - CanLaw Pivots To Bring More Tech To Legal Profession

33:15 - Legal Tech Startup CanLaw Provides A Lawyer Discovery Platform To Malaysians

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China is an important market for Malaysian businesses, especially once the China-led-mega trade agreement, RCEP and the One Belt One Road Initiative take effect. However, in order to access the market, the businesses would rely on cross-border transfer of data for business operations - things like online advertising, social media presence, and even emails. But the newly passed China cyber security law does not allow cross border transfer of data and this, may impact the market accessibility. So if you’re business has any sort of connection with China, listen up.

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With heart disease being the number one cause of death, Kuldeep Singh Rajput founded Biofourmis, a healthcare data analytics company aims to correlate how lifestyle affects heart health and build predictive models in detecting risk factors patients with cardiovascular diseases will face. By miniaturising bulky medical equipments to a wearable medical device, you can check and monitor your health via a mobile app, in the same way you check your email, WhatsApp or Facebook the first thing in the morning.

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In the era of social media domination, images, videos and audio files are being shared and widely circulated online. This also includes the social media pages of celebrities that have million of followers, and receive thousands of likes and comments from fans daily. However, recently Amy Schumer, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Miley Cyrus are some of the celebrities that generate the most dangerous search results that could expose fans to viruses and malware according to a study by McAfee. Cybercriminals today have found a way to embed malicious malware into something as seemingly innocuous as a digital image, called Steganographic Malware. David Freer, McAfee’s Vice President Consumer Asia Pacific explains.

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On this episode, the geeks talk about Google's AI subsidiary DeepMind has unveiled the laterst version of its Go-playing software, AlphaGo Zero,dyslexia claimed to be caused by light receptors cell arranged in matching patterns,Snapchat is selling the hot dog costume for $80, a futuristic family car that not only uses the sun as power but supplies energy back to the grid. Plus, The King Of The Crowd for this edition is The Glow Company's new cloak which glows that makes children face their fears of being in the dark.

0.26 - DeepMind’s Go-playing AI Doesn’t Need Human Help To Beat Us Anymore

6.34 - Dyslexia: Scientists Claim Cause Of Condition May Lie In The Eyes

10.12 - KOTC: Force Field Cloak: Fear Of The Dark Defeated

13.22 - Snap Is Selling An $80 Dancing Hot Dog Costume

16.30 - 'This Is The Future': Solar-powered Family Car Hailed By Experts

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This week we have an incredible piece of technology. It’s cheap. It’s accessible. It’s scientifically proven. It’s the power of positive thinking. You might think Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has been kidnapped by New Age hippies. But no, he says he’s of sound mind and he’s here, selling happiness. It’s optimism, Mattsplained.

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Technology is transforming the way that buildings and infrastructure are designed, constructed, and operated. And it’s helping to improve decision making and performance across the building and infrastructure lifecycle. The adoption of Building Information Modelling or BIM technology can help optimize work and company processes. However, BIM is far from self-explanatory. It’s a rather complex concept that leaves people with a lot of questions. What is BIM? What can BIM do? How does BIM work? Each question has multiple answers, which opens the possibility for a wide range of misconceptions. This can create a barrier for those trying to adopt BIM. We speak to the founder and CEO of Reveron Consulting, Mr. Ravi Koka, to clear the air on these misconceptions and answer some of these questions about BIM.

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Sivapragrasam is an engineer turned consultant and now the co-founder of LOA Centre in Malaysia. Corporate training and consultancy can be a very outdated method so how does one go about this in the digital era?

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