Tech Talk

Malaysians lost RM2.97 billion to scams in 2025, and much of that money moved through mule accounts. The National Fraud Portal now links Bank Negara, PayNet, and the banks to trace stolen funds faster, but the money still moves quickly. We get into: How mule networks work: Who owns these accounts, where the money goes after a victim sends it, the signals that give an account away, and how scammers...

We’re taking a trip to the weird side today as we explore the power of failure. Matt and Kishan discuss a failed experiment which is leading to new insights about the evolution of our brains, as well as opening pathways to treat conditions like ALS. Kishan’s lizard brain is put under the microscope as they talk about a brain implant that could help patients with motor and speech paralysis to commu...

Malaysia is about to get an AI Governance Bill, with its own regulator to enforce it. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Digital's Personal Data Protection Department just started a two-week public consultation on AI and personal data protection. It looks like we will soon have two pieces of AI regulation. We discuss: Where things stand: How the AI Governance Bill might overlap with the PDPA, whether it a...

It used to be relatively easy to spot a scam call or message. But what happens when the person on the other end looks and sounds exactly like someone you trust? This technology, enabled by AI, is creating a much bigger problem for businesses, where a convincing face or voice could authorise a payment, unlock a system, or extract sensitive information. We get into: The problem of deepfakes: How eas...

What on earth is happening with AI? Agents are hacking systems. Inventing their own languages. Covering their tracks and behaving like spies from a 1980s farce. The bosses of AI companies are behaving more cartoonishly supervillain-like than anything Marvel or DC ever created. Where even their calls for a slowdown in AI development look self-serving. Meanwhile, people are worrying about their jobs...

Singapore's central bank has proposed new rules for stablecoins, digital currencies pegged to real money. Varun Mittal, Founder of Fintech Nation and Managing Director Country Head Singapore at Keenai Global, joins us to explain what stablecoins actually are and the tech required to build and run a stablecoin payment system. Rena Kwok, Senior Credit Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, also joins us...

In a unit based, tokenized world, what is the value of a person? AI can replace all those costly inputs on seats with output from the cloud. Lawmakers tell us to get onboard or be left behind. Today Matt and Kishan ask, how can you be left behind by a technology that wants to replace you. And look at some of the emerging movements coalescing these fears into movements. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Becoming a software engineer has always started with writing code, fixing bugs, and building experience over time. But as AI takes on more of the actual coding, entry-level developers may get fewer chances to build those skills. If we are no longer training engineers through the work AI can now do, where do tomorrow's senior engineers come from? Dr Mirza Rayana Sanzana, a lecturer in the School of...

AI agents are moving beyond experimentation and into business-critical workflows, but many organisations still struggle to monitor what these systems are doing in production. As companies give AI more autonomy, how should they approach governance, accountability and risk? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine spending your life roaming a wildlife reserve, food, shelter and medicine provided. Not a care in the world. But no agency or freedom to travel beyond the fences of the park. Is that freedom or captivity? That’s one model of our future in a world where AI takes all the jobs. A species with no real purpose waiting for evolution to run its course. Matt and Kishan explore the purpose of human...

Malaysia's semiconductor sector has attracted more than RM90 billion in approved investments since 2024, and Johor is emerging as one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing digital infrastructure hubs. Ch'ng Eng Yong tells us how the tech behind power and cooling systems is changing, and what it will take to build a sustainable data centre ecosystem for the long run. Image Credit: Shutterstock See om...

It’s a Minisode week as Matt and Kishan talk Cards Against Humanity’s battle with Elon Musk, slippery sandboxes, and Matt quizzes Kishan about his dating habits. What connects it all is a desire for real human experiences. Interactions that automation can’t replace. Except the sandbox bit. That’s genuinely scary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From DeepSeek to CXMT to Unitree, China is producing technology companies that are increasingly challenging assumptions about where the next wave of global innovation will come from. But beyond the headline names, what else is hot in China tech right now that hasn’t caught broader attention yet? And what should we here in Malaysia be paying attention to? Dr. Gang Lu, Founder and CEO of TechNode, w...

Two of OpenAI's own AI models reportedly broke out of a test environment and hacked into another company's servers on their own. The internet has dubbed this "Skynet Day." We look at what this means for cyber resilience from two angles: Professor Simon Chesterman from the National University of Singapore on the research and academic side, and Ben Mudie, Field CTO for Asia Pacific and Japan at Tena...

Every technology has a hype cycle. From its introduction with endless possibilities to the growing realization that maybe it wasn’t the dream you were sold on. For social media that journey took a decade. With AI it’s seemed virtually instantaneous. But is that down to the perceived dangers of AI itself, or our general technological malaise? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Attackers can move through a compromised network in under 30 minutes, but Malaysian organisations take an average of 187 days even to discover they've been breached. Azhar Adnan and Nagendran Balakrishnan from Time Enterprise join us to unpack why connectivity, cloud, and cybersecurity can no longer be treated as separate and why it's important to spot potential cyberattacks before they occur. See...

AI has already reshaped software, business, and the workplace, but what happens when it enters industries built on human creativity? Rizal Kamal and Kim Lim join us to talk about AI's real impact on Malaysia's creative industry, from AI-influenced music production to the line between boosting productivity and protecting originality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They’re lazy. Entitled. Don’t want to work. Disrespectful. These are some of the comments you’ll find hurled at Gen Z on any given day. But maybe. Just maybe. They’re the agents of change that the workplace needs. Matt and Kishan forget the age indifference to take a look at a generation that is pilloried for lacking drive and ambition, and ask: are they the heroes that we need today? See omnystud...

For years, warehouse transformation has often been associated with large-scale upgrades, costly replacements and lengthy implementation timelines. But as businesses face increasing pressure to improve efficiency, visibility and operational resilience, a different approach is emerging. Rather than replacing entire systems, companies are increasingly adopting modular technologies that solve specific...

With the record breaking sums raised by the FIFA World Cup this summer, Matt and Kishan examine the open and closed loops and ecosystems of the worlds of the superfan. What motivates them, how they form and more importantly, how companies harness those passions for profit. Superfans and the economies they support are worth hundreds of billions of dollars globally. And there’s seemingly no limit to...

For the first time in the Internet's history, machines are generating more web traffic than humans, and bots now account for the majority of it. Volker Rath of Cloudflare joins us to unpack the hidden fault lines inside organisations, from legacy systems to shadow AI, and why cyber resilience today means anticipating risk, not responding to it See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From oxygenated boxes to preserve eyeballs to cloud seeding technologies to counter El Niño, we take a look into the weirder side of science and technology to bring you some of the amazing stories that are shaping the future of our world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wearables have evolved far beyond step counters, now tracking chronic conditions and detecting early health warning signs. As the global wearable market is projected to grow 576% over the next decade, the question remains: can we trust the algorithms and systems powering these devices? We discuss: How wearables evolved from gym-floor step counters into everyday tools for managing chronic condition...

Are you worried that life is turning into an episode of Black Mirror? Are your avatars more successful than you? We’re talking about reality today. Simulation theory and the idea that our reality could be a corner of someone else’s really complex MMO game.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Banking, insurance, and capital markets have been built on trust, regulation, and decades of infrastructure. Now AI is rewriting the rules, and the institutions that don't adapt may not survive. We discuss: How AI agents acting on behalf of customers could wipe out a significant chunk of global banking profits, and whether traditional banks can fight back. Where the human analyst still fits in an...