Tech Talk

Cybercriminals and their methodologies have rapidly evolved over the last decade. Today, they work in groups and have the potential of crippling not just individual companies, but whole economies in the process. On this episode, we speak to Noushin Shabab, Senior Security Researcher,GReAT, APAC, about the evolution of cybercrime, new ways of being hacked, and what we can do to stay safe. See omnys...

Is it better to give or to receive? Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage believes that the best scenario is for you to give and him to receive. Anything else, apparently, is a waste of his time. Which means that his picks for Xmas are probably going to be little more than his own personal shopping list. I hate to say this, but it’s Xmas, Mattsplained. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility and we all have to do our part to keep the Internet safe. As cybercriminals gets smarter, it’s about time that we start taking steps to protect ourselves. We speak to Thomas Dougherty, US Department of Justice Regional Legal Advisor for Cybercrime in Asia to learn more about the state of cybercrime here in Malaysia and why does such role exist and bas...

SportsPlay is a smart platform to matches users with recommended sports activities, sports learning, sports academies, sports contents, sports data & beneficial sports related recommendations. We speak to KG Chung and Jin Tan to find out more about the back-end of their AI system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, the geeks talk about Uber paid hackers to delete stolen data, planned to buy 24,000 autonomous Volvo SUVs and attempted to cure travel sickness. Moreover, Android users' location data collected by Google - even when the location is turned off, Buoy Labs introduced new water monitor and Google planned to 'de-rank' Russia. Not to forget, King Of The Crowd for this week is Coolala's...

In about 3 years time, a typical family home will contain as many as 500 networked devices. From toasters to TV’s, toilets to air conditioning units, heck even your wardrobe and clothes. That’s the IOT dream. And it is this rising trend that is forcing businesses to rethink their product design strategies and how it will bring added values to their customers. It’s an exciting tim...

After last week’s 7 Signs of Digital Happiness, Matt Armitage has decided he’s the Audio Buzzfeed. As the year comes to a close and we start to gaze morosely at the miasma of 2018, we’re looking at the next big thing, Mattsplained. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, the geeks talk about Ex-Google executive is founding a church for people to worship an AI god, Netflix discovered strange things about their audiences, scientist attempt at gene editing, Amazon's cashierless store is almost ready and people have been losing their verified status on Twitter. Also, King Of The Crowd for this week is Bose noise-masking sleepbuds.   0:13 - Ex-Goo...

The IDC Digital Transformation Awards (IDC DX) honour the achievements of those organizations that have successfully planned and executed the digital transformation (DX) of one or multiple areas of their business through the use of digital and disruptive technologies within Asia/Pacific. The winners are out and here with me today is Sudev Bangah, Managing Director of IDC ASEAN, to talk about what...

FutureLab is a social learning platform that aims to bridge the knowledge gap between education and careers through online mentoring. It was built with the intention to guide young graduates and professionals with their career choice, since there is a huge disconnect between career and education today. We speak to Brian Tan the CEO of FutureLab about how they’re helping to shrink the career...

The team from Digital News Asia talked about Axiata Digital and MDEC partnership to extend MIFE API Platform, the three stories for What's Next 2017; 'Malaysia Reimagined', 'Banks Waking Up To Disruptive Nightmare From Outside The Industry', and 'Adapt Now Or Die'. Furthermore, we also talked about the collaboration key to relevant education in industry 4.0, TalentCorp forms ‘Talent Compact...

Cybercriminals and their methodologies have rapidly evolved over the last ten years. Today, they work in groups and have the potential of crippling not just individual companies, but whole economies in the process. On this episode, we speak to Vitaly Kamaluk, head of the research team at Kaspersky Lab, about the evolution of cybercrime, and what we can do to stay safe. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Ever wondered how he keeps the smile on his face and the skip in his step? Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage follows a plan. And it’s all his own. It’s digital happiness, Mattsplained. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the not so distance past, geeks were marginalised rejects of society for their interests in underground subcultures, aptitude in emerging technologies, or apparent social awkwardness. Now well into the 21st century, former subcultures like comic books and science fiction have since become mainstream pop culture whilst using the latest smart technologies at our literal fingertips is now seen to...

According to a recent study, among 684 IT professionals in the APAC region, 57% cite the lack of knowledge about low-code platforms as the reason for not adopting low-code developments. Slightly worrying when you read things like low-code application development market set to scale up to US$20 billion by the end of the decade. We speak to Mark Weaser, VP of OutSystems APAC to talk about why you sh...

The 4th industrial revolution is upon us, the world of IoT, AI, and Quantum Computing. This provides an opportunity for businesses around the world to reinvent and innovate to stay relevant tomorrow. With this, are Malaysian businesses ready for this explosion? Recently Microsoft Malaysia released its Digital Transformation Study, involving 113 business leaders in Malaysia and only 34% has a full...

Google held its 3rd annual event for top apps and games developers from South East Asia on 2nd November in Singapore. In one of the panel sessions, some of the top co-founders of mobile gaming companies in South East Asia, the likes of Kurechii (Malaysia), Touchten Games (Indonesia) and MochiBits (Philippines) shared their experiences on how they started their journey and reaching that million dow...

On this episode, the geeks talk about Apple being able to see pictures of bras, wind turbine terror-dead rabbits were spread at wind farm presumably to lure eagles,Bitcoin mining uses more energy than Ecuado and Russia organized 2 sides of a Texas protest.   0:10 - Apple Can See All Your Pictures Of Bras 7:53 - Wind Turbine Terror – Dead Rabbits Were Spread At Wind Farm Presumably To Lu...

If you’ve accidentally come into contact with the news over the past few weeks you might have noticed a series of apologies and admissions from tech companies that show them in less than their best light. From Mark Zuckerberg acknowledging that Facebook underestimated the manipulation of its site both during and after the US Presidential election, to huge personal data breaches from companie...

Level Up KL 2017 is happening again and this time its bigger than ever. Over 5 days and 40 key players of the gaming sector, the gaming sector is a giant stride forwards as we come to the end of 2017. We speak to the key icons behind this year’s Level Up event about what to expect and what look out for! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Years ago, one would dream about starting a company, going on through the journey, all the way to when the baby is ready to go on the IPO route. Today however, IPO isn’t really always the dream for many startups. Sure, raising funds is always the dream but IPO isn’t the only ultimate goal. Fundnel, is a Singaporean Fintech company that provides an online investment platform which uses...

The team from Digital News Asia.com talks about Malaysia investigating reported leak of 46 Million mobile users data, awareness on digital adaptation, Silicone Valley lessons in innovation, Indonesia's Snapchat fundraising & Recommend takes on the large jobs. Also on the show, AllSome fills in the cross-border e-commerce gaps, IDC Digital Transformation Awards and CanLaw, the lawyer discovery...

China is an important market for Malaysian businesses, especially once the China-led-mega trade agreement, RCEP and the One Belt One Road Initiative take effect. However, in order to access the market, the businesses would rely on cross-border transfer of data for business operations - things like online advertising, social media presence, and even emails. But the newly passed China cyber security...

With heart disease being the number one cause of death, Kuldeep Singh Rajput founded Biofourmis, a healthcare data analytics company aims to correlate how lifestyle affects heart health and build predictive models in detecting risk factors patients with cardiovascular diseases will face. By miniaturising bulky medical equipments to a wearable medical device, you can check and monitor your health v...

In the era of social media domination, images, videos and audio files are being shared and widely circulated online. This also includes the social media pages of celebrities that have million of followers, and receive thousands of likes and comments from fans daily. However, recently Amy Schumer, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Miley Cyrus are some of the celebrities that generate the most dangerous s...