Tech Talk

On today's show the geeks talk about the next big thing after the smartphones.

9:32 - China Plans To Destroy Space Junk With Giant Lasers

14:29 - 2017’s Best And Worst Brand Names—And 3 Naming Trends For 2018

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Events like WannaCry, NotPetya and more recently, BadRabbit has give some organisations a wake up call. Ransomware is here, it’s real and it’s the norm of the internet. No matter where you are, you are at risk. Companies have lost thousands if not millions during events like these and the perpetrators are getting hard to catch. The doors to your system is getting harder to protect. But just how does a cybercriminal work and make money? What can you do to stay protected? We speak to Michael Sentonas, Vice President of Technology Strategy at CrowdStrike to talk about trends, misconceptions and tips in the cybersecurity space.

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The team from Digital News Asia talked about several notable startups, touching on stories of Giftr, an online gifting store that branched off from personal concierge service Helpr, Malaysian FinTech startup MyCash Online shifting their headquarters to Singapore, and YCombinator DahMakan's plans for expansion. The team also discussed some of the notable products from this year's CES as well as Samsung's new Galaxy A8 series, followed by PitchIn's 2018 Line-Up, Patrick Grove’s ‘beautiful thing’ firing up MDEC’s GAIN, and Huawei appointing Baker Zhou as Chief Executive Officer for Malaysia.

0:19 - Just In The Gift Of Time

4:58 - PitchIn Announces 2018 Line-Up, Will Propose Alternative Trading System

9:04 - Patrick Grove’s 'Beautiful Thing' Fires MDEC’s GAIN

23:47 - New Innovations Emerge From CES 2018

27:07 - Samsung Galaxy A Series Gets Updates For 2018

29:14 - DahMakan Raises US$2.6 Million, Prepares For Market Expansion

34:48 - MyCash Online Breaks Into International Market

38:06 - Huawei Appoints Baker Zhou As Chief Executive Officer For Malaysia

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Last week Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage was happy. It was the first week of the year and his mince pie sugar rush had sustained him into the New Year. This week he wants to get serious and tell the tech industry what we expect of it in 2018. It’s time to Mattsplain.

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On today's show the geeks talk about some of the highlights from this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018. Also, King Of The Crowd for this week is the LighterSaber.

2:15 - Bang & Olufsen BeoSound Shape

4:07 - Samsung “The Wall” MicroLED TV

5:55 - Rinspeed Snap

6:50 - Aura Futuristic Motion Detection System

8:23 - LG Rollable TV

9:52 - Huawei's CEO Speech

13:15 - KOTC: LighterSaber

15:47 - Somnox Robot Pillow

16:56 - HiMirror

17:40 - FoldieMate

18:37 - Modius

19:08 - Kohler Numi

20:24 - Pole Dancing Robot

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During the AWS Re:Invent 2017, Jeff Sandhu managed to catch Mark Nunnikhoven of Trend Micro as they sat down to talk about the challenges in the modern security world and how to better understand the cybercrime world.

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2017 has been a year of many things. The year of AI, the year of VR, the year of Cryptocurrency or Bitcoin. But among all the great things it has been, it has also been the year of ransomware, in record breaking numbers. CryptoLocker, GoldenEye, Locky and of course, WannaCry all came to light in 2017, affecting millions of people around the world that have cost worldwide businesses an estimated $1 billion in 2017. We speak to Rick McElroy, Carbon Black’s Security Strategist about the underground ransomware economy and how to stay protected in 2018.

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The geeks talk about things that they're excited about for 2018 from vertical farming ranging to implantable artificial kidney. They also spoke about how we may be creating a digital dark age. Also, King Of The Crowd for this week is Fiskkit - Fighting Fake News with Readers.

0:19 - Forget Juicero, Here Are The Tech Gadgets We Can Actually Get Excited About In 2018

12:34 - Fiskkit - Fighting Fake News With Readers

15:21 - Scientists Warn We May Be Creating A 'Digital Dark Age'

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It’s Friday. It’s 2018. It’s time to Mattsplain. Today Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage is here to tell us why we’ve got reason to be cheerful in the year ahead.

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Over the past 90 years since the public saw the first television, video-capable high-speed broadband Internet access is triggering the industry’s first revolution. With players like Netflix, Amazon and iFlix, the TV revolution is upon us. According to A.T. Kearney’s Global TV Disruption Index, Malaysia has one of Asia’s highest payTV penetration rates. We speak to Christophe Firth, a Principal at A.T. Kearney and co-author of the report, on insights on the TV industry’s revolution and opportunities in Malaysia.

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