Tech Talk

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...

National security is about a country's ability to protect its borders, infrastructure and critical systems from threats that are digital, fast-moving and hard to anticipate. We take a look at the technology behind national security capabilities now and for the future, and what Malaysia needs to build long-term resilience in an increasingly uncertain world. Topics covered:  How drones, cyberat...

Matt and Kishan continue their tour of the future as they jump back into 2036. The role kelp could play in rebuilding local communities and shoring up environmental protection. Conflicts over freshwater resources. The strange shape of the battle between the dollar and crypto. And the private companies shaping the future of war.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Electronics manufacturing runs on precision. Every solder joint, every inspection, every decision on the production floor has to meet global standards. What does it take to build a workforce that global buyers can trust? Dr. Ranee Ramya from the Global Electronics Association tells us about professional certification in electronics manufacturing, what it covers, who needs it, and why it matters fo...

Forecasting the future is hard. The Atlantic Council’s Global Foresight report paints a pretty bleak picture of 2036. And it’s hard to be bleaker than Matt.  Fortunately, the future isn’t ordained and Matt and Kishan separate the warnings from the inevitabilities in the first of a two part series on the survey’s predictions.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Malaysia’s digital asset market surges past RM17 billion in trading volume, the industry is entering a new era of maturity. But as product pipelines expand and the Securities Commission introduces streamlined guidelines, how do we distinguish between genuine technical utility and market speculation? In this episode of Tech Talk , Aaron Tang , General Manager (APAC) at Luno, joins us to decode t...

We were promised technology would make life easier. Instead, everything feels harder. Matt and Kishan try to figure out where all the fun has gone and why it’s been replaced with friction and rage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three of the world's most powerful tech companies are heading to public markets in 2026 but none of them are profitable. From reusable rockets to large language models, the mega-IPOs of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are bringing new technologies and innovations to the forefront. What do they actually promise, and what else should we expect? We discuss:  Rocket Science vs. Hype: What genuinely...

Time for a speed run on science as Matt and Kishan tackle some of wilder stories of recent weeks. A new generation of triple-action smart drugs is opening up treatment options for cancer sufferers with aggressive or non-responsive tumors, and delivering them an Arizona punch.  In Spain, researchers have developed 3D printed lymph nodes could reduce the cost and time it takes to produce custom...

Organisations have spent billions securing their technology. Yet two-thirds of global data breaches still involve a human element. So what exactly is human risk, and what can businesses do about it? We discuss: What It Is: Why human risk has overtaken technology gaps as the number one cybersecurity challenge  The Threat Landscape: How phishing has evolved with AI and what a real-world breach...

Malaysia has four years to become a regional AI hub. So why are most businesses still using AI to write emails and clean up presentations? More importantly, what does it actually take to use AI as a real business edge? Tune In To Find Out An Adoption Gap — Why AI numbers look impressive on paper, but what are the real challenges of technology in practice? The Underdog Advantage — How mid-market co...

This week, Kishan and Matt have the unenviable task of wading through trendslop. Pull on your wellies as they unpick the AI-generated business strategies that could set your company on the path to failure. But the bucket doesn’t empty there. With the spread of slopaganda and bit-driven social engagement, are the rumours about the death of the Internet finally coming true? See omnystudio.com/listen...

In an AI-powered world, are Malaysian chatbots actually doing their job? A whitepaper by Entermind, a data and AI consultancy, says most are not, and some are more like a glorified search bar. Prashant Kumar, Founder of Entermind, discusses what it takes to build a customer service bot that customers actually want to use, and how organisations can move beyond basic AI services to real business val...

Verbal tics, unwanted personality quirks and self-replicating habits. No, it’s not Kishan’s list of complaints about Matt. It’s the Goblin Protocol. An unlikely world where reinforcement learning, sycophancy and language bias are shaping the AI models of the future.  As we head into the agentic AI age, our tireless heroes battle the gremlins to discover how these quirks reveal deeper truths a...

Cybercrime is a professionalised, trillion-dollar industry, and AI is making attacks faster, cheaper, and more devastating. No organisation is too small to be a target. Tune in to find out how the cyber threat landscape has fundamentally shifted and what businesses must do to stay ahead. Learn more about: The AI Advantage for Hackers: How AI is turbocharging phishing, social engineering, and vulne...

Can your P&L survive a developer who burns hundreds of dollars in tokens for a single minor feature? While coding speed has reached a 10x breakthrough, the rest of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) remains stuck in a pre-AI bottleneck, resulting in marginal gains to actual throughput. Idan Zalzberg, Chief Technology Officer at Agoda, joins Tech Talk to breakdown the reality of agentic...

Big Tech is printing cash, but the "Mag 7" earnings reveal a stark divide in investor reactions to the AI Capex race. On the Big AI front, OpenAI has officially broken its exclusivity with Microsoft but is beginning to show signs of a user-acquisition stumble, just as Anthropic nears a staggering $900 billion valuation. Meanwhile, a geopolitical earthquake has hit the private markets: China has or...

Artemis II saw the first manned mission to the moon in over 50 years and flew its crew further into space than any human has ever gone before. But with so many seemingly intractable issues here on planet earth, are missions to the moon a waste of resources that could be better used elsewhere? Matt and Kishan examine the case for space exploration, manned missions and look at the true ROI of space...

In a digital world where "copy-paste" is the default setting, what content is legally protected and what isn't? From AI-generated imagery to the hidden licensing traps of stock photos, businesses are unknowingly sitting on, or infringing upon, massive intellectual property (IP) risks. Ong Johnson and Lo Khai Yi from Halim Hong & Quek join Tech Talk to discuss the current state of Malaysian cop...

Cybersecurity has hit a crisis of speed. In 2025, the average e-crime breakout time plummeted to 29 minutes, a 65% increase in speed from 2024 , with the fastest recorded intrusion occurring in a staggering 27 seconds. Fabio Fratucello, Field CTO World Wide at CrowdStrike, joins Tech Talk  to break down how "cloud-conscious" adversaries are exploiting trusted identity flows and supply chains...

AI-generated junk is flooding feeds, harvesting eyeballs and minting money in the process. Kishan Sivaswamy and Matt Armitage look at the business of brainrot and slop; the cheap, displosable machine-generated content that is increasingly dominating our social and streaming platforms. And ask a simple question: can we survive the slop? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2026, the AI narrative has shifted from basic prompt-and-response to Agentic AI, multi-step, autonomous systems that are finally narrowing the gap between technological promise and financial reality. Duncan Stewart, Director of TMT Research, Deloitte Canada, explains why the global CapEx surge to $1 trillion is a rational enterprise play, driven by "token maxing" and the race for sovereign comp...

A single wrongly sent email or an unauthorised ChatGPT upload can now trigger a statutory 72-hour reporting deadline under Malaysia's updated PDPA. Ong Johnson and Lo Khai Yi of Halim Hong & Quek join Tech Talk to explain why "simple negligence" is legally indistinguishable from a hacker attack, the RM250,000 fines facing directors, and why a fire drill for your data is no longer optional. Tun...

Technology can produce more goods, more services and more value. Heck, froyo for all. But who is going to control this endless abundance? Our tech leaders envision a world where AI and automation make work obsolete and there’s wealth for all. Is this a social vision for a better future or just power and influence in a shinier wrapper? Matt and Roshan unpack the dream, the delusion, and the social...