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Milo may be a staple part of Malaysian food culture, but it only gained popularity in Japan in 2020. Since then, the familiar malty, chocolaty beverage has become a craze - so much so that Nestle ran out of supply for a while. Now, a Milo kiosk has been spotted in a Tokyo train station, sending Japanese social media into a frenzy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ending the COVID-19 pandemic is a herculean task, and the people on the frontlines are going to need all the help they can get. On that note, Japanese research institute RIKEN has just launched the world’s most powerful supercomputer called Fugaku  - and it’s about to join the fight against the virus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auction house Christie’s recently listed its first digital art sale and first auction accepting cryptocurrency , specifically Ether (ETH). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new survey suggests that for many people around the world, games have become the new stuck-at-home distraction , the new social network, the new sports TV — and the new source of broadband complaints. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lou Ottens, the former Philips engineer who gave the world its first compact cassette tape, has passed away . According to Dutch news outlet NRC Handelsblad, Ottens was 94 when he died on March 6th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes the Internet feels like a space in which common sense and manners are forgone in the favour of vitriol, misinformation, and heated arguments. But how does Malaysia fare in terms of digital civility really, and has the pandemic done anything to change that? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You may be able to settle that next big deal with your suppliers through the use of AI and machine learning; these are the tools called “haggle bots”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nearly half of the millennials are spending beyond their means , says finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The concept of having a machine managing your money isn’t as far-fetched or futuristic as it sounds. Robo-advisors have been around for a while now, and algorithms help people make major financial decisions all the time. Still, the concept of taking humans out of the money equation seems odd, yet more and more people seem to trust AI more than other people to manage their finances instead. S...

NFTs - What are they, where did they come from, and what do they mean to the future of not just crypto, but finance in general? These non-fungible tokens exist on a blockchain and are gaining serious traction alongside the rapid re-rise of the crypto scene over the last few months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clubhouse is having a moment. Twitter and Facebook want in.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The “buy now, pay later” payment model has become more popular as time goes by, but could it ever become the mainstream payment method? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part of embedding sustainable practices into a business is ensuring equality - and gender equality is a key component of that. The greater our empathy and diversity, the better an organisation reflects the world of its customers and communities, and the better it can serve them. So how can organisations improve gender equality in the workplace? And has the pandemic helped or hindered the progress...

It takes more than just keeping tabs on how much each team member is talking to ensure that you’re hearing everyone’s ideas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You may be concerned about your team members as we all fight to keep our mental states healthy throughout the pandemic; here’s how to check with your team if they’re okay without it feeling invasive or nosy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The CEO of a billion pound company says he dissolved the company’s HR department entirely, sparking a conversation about the structure of work in the future. But, things may not be as straightforward as they seem. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The way children learn about artificial intelligence, robotics, and machine learning today will shape their relationship with those technologies in the future. The question is, are kids learning about artificial intelligence in a balanced way or are they inheriting our collective fear of future tech? AI is here to stay, so it’s time children are given the talk about algorithmic birds and cyb...

Facial recognition technologies installed in at least a dozen government-funded schools in Delhi are an “overreach” by Indian authorities and an invasion of children’s privacy, digital rights advocates said on March 2. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malaysia’s 10-year MyDigital plan has come under fire from startups and other tech industry executives for both aiming too wide and too low for the country to become the tech hub it wants to be. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feelings are hard work—if the past year has taught us anything, it’s that. And the work of managing feelings is an important part of many jobs.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After months of closure due to MCO 2.0, cinemas nationwide will be allowed to reopen on March 5 and resume business. This comes on the verge of a few big cinematic releases that should help with revenue. Furthermore, Malaysia’s largest cinema chain operator, GSC, has acquired the country’s third largest player, MBO Cinemas, after the latter filed for liquidation in 2020. See omnystudio...

Thanks to Microsoft, your virtual meetings could look a little more like science fiction with the help of augmented reality; you could start seeing your colleagues in holographic form! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been happening in stages, all around the world, since the end of 2020. Interestingly absent from the overall picture is big tech with its usual connections and solutions. What’s keeping these tech giants in the corner in arguably the biggest outreach program of our time?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twitter said it would apply warnings to tweets that contain misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and implement a strike system of enforcement that could see users permanently banned for repeat violations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the UK, the debate is raging on whether companies can legally insist that incoming staff be vaccinated before being confirmed for employment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.