Tech Talk

On this episode, the geeks talk about Uber paid hackers to delete stolen data, planned to buy 24,000 autonomous Volvo SUVs and attempted to cure travel sickness. Moreover, Android users' location data collected by Google - even when the location is turned off, Buoy Labs introduced new water monitor and Google planned to 'de-rank' Russia. Not to forget, King Of The Crowd for this week is Coolala's portable in or outdoor solar powered air conditioner!

0:13 - Uber Paid Hackers To Delete Stolen Data On 57 Million People

4:41 - Uber Plans To Buy 24,000 Autonomous Volvo SUVs In Race For Driverless Future

5:18 - Uber Wants To Cure Travel Sickness With Light, Air Blasts And Moving Seats

8:47 - Google Collects Android Users’ Locations Even When Location Services Are Disabled

14:05 - KOTC : In&Outdoor Solar Powered Portable Air Conditioner

17:55 - This $799 Water Monitor Tracks How Long You've Been In The Shower

20:53 - Google Plans To 'de-rank' Russia Today And Sputnik To Combat Misinformation

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On this episode, the geeks talk about Ex-Google executive is founding a church for people to worship an AI god, Netflix discovered strange things about their audiences, scientist attempt at gene editing, Amazon's cashierless store is almost ready and people have been losing their verified status on Twitter. Also, King Of The Crowd for this week is Bose noise-masking sleepbuds.

0:13 - Ex-Google Executive Anthony Levandowski Is Founding A Church Where People Worship An Artificial Intelligence God

3:31 - Netflix Knows Some Very Strange Things About Public Viewing Habits

6:42 - Scientists Have Made Their First Attempt At Gene Editing Inside A Human Patient

12:07 - KOTC: Bose Noise-masking Sleepbuds

15:51 - Amazon’s Cashierless Store Is Almost Ready For Prime Time

20:05 - Richard Spencer And Others Lose Twitter Verified Status Under New Guidelines

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After last week’s 7 Signs of Digital Happiness, Matt Armitage has decided he’s the Audio Buzzfeed. As the year comes to a close and we start to gaze morosely at the miasma of 2018, we’re looking at the next big thing, Mattsplained.

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The IDC Digital Transformation Awards (IDC DX) honour the achievements of those organizations that have successfully planned and executed the digital transformation (DX) of one or multiple areas of their business through the use of digital and disruptive technologies within Asia/Pacific. The winners are out and here with me today is Sudev Bangah, Managing Director of IDC ASEAN, to talk about what it took for the winners to get their recognition and share some of their journey and strategies in DX.

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FutureLab is a social learning platform that aims to bridge the knowledge gap between education and careers through online mentoring. It was built with the intention to guide young graduates and professionals with their career choice, since there is a huge disconnect between career and education today. We speak to Brian Tan the CEO of FutureLab about how they’re helping to shrink the career and knowledge gap.

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The team from Digital News Asia talked about Axiata Digital and MDEC partnership to extend MIFE API Platform, the three stories for What's Next 2017; 'Malaysia Reimagined', 'Banks Waking Up To Disruptive Nightmare From Outside The Industry', and 'Adapt Now Or Die'. Furthermore, we also talked about the collaboration key to relevant education in industry 4.0, TalentCorp forms ‘Talent Compact 4.0’, Lazada Malaysia sells over US$24 million worth of goods on 11.11 and Level Up KL 2017 wants to bump up SEA.

0:23 - Axiata Digital, MDEC Collaborate To Extend MIFE API Platform

5:54 - Accelerators, Reimagined By Sunway Group's ILabs

13:36 - What’s Next 2017: Malaysia Reimagined

18:59 - What's Next 2017: Banks Waking Up To Disruptive Nightmare From Outside The Industry

24:37 - What’s Next 2017: Adapt Now Or Die

28:19 - Collaboration Key To Relevant Education In Industry 4.0

31:38 - Level Up KL 2017 Wants To Bump Up SEA Through Cross-border Links

33:35 - TalentCorp Forms ‘Talent Compact 4.0’

37:41 - Lazada Malaysia Sells Over US$24Mil-Worth Of Goods On 11.11

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Cybercriminals and their methodologies have rapidly evolved over the last ten years. Today, they work in groups and have the potential of crippling not just individual companies, but whole economies in the process. On this episode, we speak to Vitaly Kamaluk, head of the research team at Kaspersky Lab, about the evolution of cybercrime, and what we can do to stay safe.

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Ever wondered how he keeps the smile on his face and the skip in his step? Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage follows a plan. And it’s all his own. It’s digital happiness, Mattsplained.

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In the not so distance past, geeks were marginalised rejects of society for their interests in underground subcultures, aptitude in emerging technologies, or apparent social awkwardness. Now well into the 21st century, former subcultures like comic books and science fiction have since become mainstream pop culture whilst using the latest smart technologies at our literal fingertips is now seen to be cool. Geeks are no longer labels to be ashamed of and many are indeed pinnacles of modern society behind some of today's iconic brands. Many people now outwardly profess themselves a Geek in celebration of their specialised interests or like-minded fandoms with fellow Geeks. We speak to Richard Chua, organizer of the “The Growing Influence of Geek Pop Culture and How to Profit from It”.

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According to a recent study, among 684 IT professionals in the APAC region, 57% cite the lack of knowledge about low-code platforms as the reason for not adopting low-code developments. Slightly worrying when you read things like low-code application development market set to scale up to US$20 billion by the end of the decade. We speak to Mark Weaser, VP of OutSystems APAC to talk about why you should consider low-code and how it will help with your digital transformation journey.

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