Tech Talk

We might not be able to inoculate ourselves against against viruses like COVID-19, but, while we wait for that prevention or cure, can we protect ourselves from the stresses of our uncertain lives? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks talk about Botnet, a social media with bots to make you feel like a celebrity. And we pay tribute to Freeman Dyson, a man who helped us understand science, space and technology with maths. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FaceID dodging face masks, no flying cars, the robot uprising, VR fish and chromosomes. Not forgetting butter made from fly larvae. That’s right: science is sick. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is important to be energy efficient in a data centre. Today, most international companies have an agenda to reduce their carbon footprint. A data centre running on clean energy supports customers’ drive to reduce their carbon footprint. We speak to Darren Hawkins, CEO of SpaceDC to talk about how Hyperscale data centre design innovations can be used within the converged data centre enviro...

In a recent survey by Sage titled We Power the Nation - People and Productivity, Malaysia businesses lose about RM56.6 billion ringgit in productivity, a conundrum that can be solved with digital upskilling & a revamp in education. This survey covered 3,000 businesses in 12 countries from the UK, US, Canada, Germany, Spain, France and even Malaysia. We speak to Arlene Wherrett, VP & MD for...

In a recent survey by Sage titled We Power the Nation - People and Productivity, Malaysia businesses losses about RM56.6 billion ringgit in productivity, a conundrum that can be solved with digital upskilling & revamp in education. This survey covered 3,000 businesses in 12 countries from the UK, US, Canada, Germany, Spain France and Malaysia as well. We speak to Arlene Wherrett, VP & MD f...

Secret agents & spies. These are stuff from movies like Mission Impossible but with the 4th industrial revolution, could this actually be a reality? Today we speak to Ron Beck, Director of Industry Marketing Energy at AspenTech on how sensors of the future will help with our journey in automation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

5G. It promises a lot and yet we don’t truly know what these promises are. Ok yes, faster internet but so what? Today’s best internet connection is already pretty good and of course, faster internet is always welcome but why the fuss on 5G? Will it truly change the world? To make sense of what 5G can do for you and your business is Danny Wong, the senior director for telecoms in Asia f...

What makes us human? With permanent moon bases and Mars colonies being planned, it may be a question we have to ask ourselves sooner rather than later. Could food be our connection to the planet we leave behind? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks discuss the idea of having a social media platform that caters only to your loved ones. And how durians can soon power electric vehicles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carousell is one of the largest and fastest growing classifieds marketplaces in the world with over 250 million listings and 71 million sales in total around 8 markets in Southeast Asia. Today we speak to Lucas Ngoo, the co-founder of Carousell.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks share their love for chess and how its making a comeback in the esports world. Also we pay tribute to Larry Tesler, the scientist behind copy and paste. And forget flip phones, we have something even better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The only way is up. That’s been the mantra of city planners for decades. But could climate change and population growth force us to dig deeper for solutions? Could the future of humanity be underground? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Konica Minolta has shifted from offering camera and optic products to IoT and Digital Manufacturing services, constantly changing with the ever growing industry revolution 4.0. We speak to Koji Yoshida, the Managing Director for Konica Minolta Malaysia who’s been with the company for 28 years, to speak about the changes he’s been apart of, including the dropping of their camera product...

How much do we value our identity? As little as $7.56, apparently. Matt and Rich talk about data, sense of self, antidepressants, and designing a Martian City - among other things - on today's Geeks Squawk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What will the world look like by 2029? Where will we live? Where will we work? What will we be doing for fun? Nothing at all, if MSP has anything to do with it.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2020 is set to be the year of virtual or digital banking in Malaysia. With programmes like e-Tunai Rakyat proving a huge success with over 3 million sign-ups in the first few days of it being launched, and more push towards industry 4.0, this will accelerate the need for more innovative business models to serve underserved unserved market segments. Virtual banking is here. We speak to Shankar Kana...

A new emoji is in town but what does it actually mean? The Geeks discuss proper use cases for emojis and how to trick Waze into helping you beat traffic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pills that inject, the Veganuary prize, space wars, satellite lawsuits and contact lenses that can protect your skin. Science is sick! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the previous budget, the government announced that they will give out grants to incentivise businesses to automate and digitalise their business. Things like the first 100,000 SMEs would receive matching grant of up to RM5,000 a company for the subscription of digital services for business operations. Then there’s the Malaysians@Work programme, where there’s a need for systems in pl...

10 years ago, Steve Jobs introduced the world to the iPad but it’s only just recently the iPad has found its own space in the world of technology. Why did it take so long? Also Atari is going to start making hotels. We say game on!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As icons like James Dean and Carrie Fisher are recreated in the afterlife and summoned by CGI to star in new pictures, are we facing a zombie horde of never dead CGI film stars? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chatbots became popular in 2016 when Facebook allowed developers to create autonomous replies to common questions on Messenger. Since then, it has sparked an industry to create better and more responsive interactions to create an efficient response system. We speak to Vic Sithasanan (Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer) & Chris Greenough (Co-Founder and Head Marketer) of Hyperlab on the progre...

The Geeks reminisce their past by looking back at sci-fi books that predicts the future in the year 2020. Just how accurate were those predictions and how can we predict the next 50 years? And two guys made the world’s first Earth Sandwich by putting a slice of bread on the opposite sides of the world, making the Earth the filling of the sandwich. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Can you live in the cloud? Sounds ridiculous but research to create digital replicas of the human brain could eventually enable us to live forever, replacing retirement communities with server farms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.