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It’s no secret that cinemas have had a tough time in the last year. However, things are slowly starting to look better as cinemas begin to multitask - offering the chance to book out entire halls to watch movies and, wait for it, play videogames on gigantic screens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been more than a year since COVID-19 was officially declared a global pandemic and our lives all changed forever. But change isn’t always entirely bad, and there were quite a few silver linings that the past year has brought us, too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malaysian musicians are turning to live streamed performances to sustain their income while in-real-life performances are still out of the question. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People are still telling us that email is obsolete , that it can be replaced by Slack, Teams, or Google Chat. Some folks swear they can do more over instant messaging.  Or, even better, some proclaim Zoom, Google Hangouts Meet, are the future. Please. Enough already. We were using email in the 1970s, and we'll still be using it in the 2070s.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Email is such a default tool for communication in the workplace that we often don’t think about the etiquette of using it. Compassionate email culture can help remove unnecessary frustration when communicating via email. Proper understanding of what is considered courteous, and what’s not, can foster a culture of empathy and professionalism, all via text. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

TikTok will make personalised ads the default starting on April 15 , where you’ll have to actively opt out if you want to only receive general ads not based on your app activity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monetizing YouTube videos isn’t just a hobby. For many, it’s a lucrative source of income. Because of this, digital fees and tax is still a vague concept in many regions. However, YouTubers in Malaysia (and all over the world) will have to start paying US tax up to 30% starting later this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clubhouse, the invite-only audio chat app that has enamored the tech industry elite, is on the lookout for influencers. Because what social media app can be without influencers? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Children who don't have a habit of listening to their parents might be happy about what that means for them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CV entries need not always be entirely corporate or academic; perhaps your hours logged on Call of Duty, Fortnite, or Minecraft could have also given you many skills to add to your resumé. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is money anymore? As NFTs send the market, crypto and otherwise, into a frenzy, inventor, space explorer, and overall wealthy person Elon Musk has composed a generic techno song and is selling it as a NFT . Time will tell what this tune sells for. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s no denying that the existence of food delivery platforms like Grab and FoodPanda made business during MCOs and lockdowns possible in the region, but business doesn’t mean profit. With steep partner fees imposed on smaller F&B players, are food delivery companies creating a monopoly around the F&B scene, thereby harming the very people they’re supposed to be empowe...

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...