Tech Talk

Malaysia has the 5th most active social media penetration in the world - with over 86% of the population of approximately 28 million users. Meanwhile, a recent retail study indicated as many as 22 million Malaysians are digital customers, and online channels now play a four times greater role than conventional channels when it comes to consumer purchases. All of this has contributed to a rising eCommerce market in Malaysia which is valued at approximately RM11 billion. Qian Yee, Cofounder of KOLHUB, discusses how AI is being utilised in this space.

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LaMDA, Google’s experimental conversational AI has claimed it is a sentient person. Could Number 5 be Alive? Or is Autocomplete developing new and mystical powers?

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Maintenance costs on properties can be extremely high, especially on some of the newer buildings. But what if there was a way to bring costs down through the effective use of technology?

Mandarin Fox is out to revolutionise Malaysia’s facility maintenance industry with its pioneering Centralised Building Maintenance and Monitoring System (C.B.M.S.), digitally transforming existing and new buildings to adapt to an increasingly technologically advanced world.

Image Credit: Mandarin Fox

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A bionic eye, glaucoma controlling contact lenses, and email writing horses are just some of the alternative health treatments under the Weird Science lens.

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Games Bagus is an initiative by the U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur, in collaboration with Biji-biji Initiative and Synapze, which aims to empower Malaysian game creators to produce socially conscious video games by honing their game design and narrative skills through training and mentorship, providing valuable networking opportunities, and exploring issues of social importance and civic engagement.

We managed to catch up with both Lindsay and Margaret during their flying visit to KL, so that we can hear a little about the initiative, the future of gaming, and how SEA fits into the map of the global gaming network.

Image Credit: Games Bagus

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Hitch-hiking robots, cat-based AI, gene-edited tomatoes and wooden skyscrapers. Weird Science has it all.

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Today we’re saying a fond farewell to the mighty iPod as Apple retires one of its most iconic products. And take a look at another cultural icon that technology is threatening: the petrol station forecourt.

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HaloCheck is a security onboarding system created with the vision to make the world a safer place. They say that they empower people with the ability to protect themselves by providing them access to their criminal list, blacklist, and watchlist databases over the internet and using mobile devices.

But this raises a few questions, should these kinds of lists be made available to the general public for a price? And how do we ensure that the lists are accurate, and what would happen if your name were to appear on one of these lists inadvertently?

Image Credit: HaloCheck Official Website

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The Internet knows where you live, who your friends and family are, where you work and what you like. How? Because you told it.

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Protectors of Melaka is an NFT collection built on championing diversity and representation in the NFT space especially for under-represented majority world PoC, starting with local Malaysian cultures. From a functional perspective, this project aims to bring Dungeons & Dragons to the blockchain, creating a living universe for NFT holders to experience and direct.

We take a deep dive into this world and speak with the creator Kelvin about world-building in the NFT and crypto space.

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