Tech Talk

So let’s say you run a company and after a few successful years in the greens, you start thinking of scaling up. You’ve done things like moving to a new office or a bigger space, you experienced a rapid increase in customers, you got a brand swanky new website and all that. But let’s be real, the landscape is fraught with digital disruption across all fronts and you HAVE to stay...

Investors are using real-time satellite images to predict retailers’ sales. Is that cheating? And who do you sue if your AI screws up? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part 3 of our Disrupted World series, MSP takes a look at the social costs of digital disruption and asks if we are somehow becoming less human in the process. Of course, that takes us to CoffeGate, Game of Thrones and Gladiator, and Matt considers launching the world’s first Sesame Street fake movie review podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The era of 5G is upon us. Recently the Malaysian government has made a promise that Malaysians will enjoy 5G technology by year 2021/2022. This is a bold statement as 5G multiple stakeholders from both public and private sector. But what can you do to prepare yourself for this revolution? We speak to Ivan Landen, CEO of Blue Wireless about getting your business ready for 5G technology. See omnystu...

Most of heard the latest Game of Thrones episode because seeing it was impossible. It’s like staring at a black photo and imagining the battle of Winterfell. This was because streaming services and internet bandwidth aren’t ready for ultra high definition. And because we’re only a day away from May the 4th, we end with a story that might end our planet Earth. See omnystudio.com/l...

In the 2nd part of our Disrupted World series, MSP dismisses Avengers Endgame and looks to The CW’s The 100 for a solution to our privacy problems. It was supposed to be a celebration of Star Wars for May 4th but we couldn’t think of anything that hasn’t already been done. That’s how Disruptive we are. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Artificial Intelligence taking over our jobs or can AI assist us to be better at our jobs? Whichever way you look at it, you can’t deny how far we’ve come. These days we hear things like Reinforcement Learning and Machine Learning. So how would the future working life look with artificial intelligence. We speak to Dr Marko Kesti, CEO of Playgain and Research Director at the Universi...

The future of automobiles is a scary one as more EV’s are blowing up in public. Should we be afraid? And have you ever wondered how NASA probes send data from Mars back to Earth? We have no clue either! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s the entrepreneurial equivalent of a middle finger. Disruption is more than a tech bro buzzword. It’s a destructive force that we’ll be paying the price of for generations to come.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes, a hero that saves lives doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves especially today with the advent of technology. PIES for example, not the food, but PIES stands for Platform Intrusion Emergency Stop. It’s a system that immediately halts an approaching train upon detecting an object on the track. Now you may think just how many people would accidentally fall on a train...

On this week’s Geeks we look at the big players in the tech space and ask if they have broken their social contract with us. eBay become trending topic because of dinosaurs and Matt claims a Black Summer is his King of Kultur. Rounding off this package of positivity, our Geek Tune this week is Everybody Hates You by Courtney Barnett. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is it time to start feeding our meat addiction with a new approach? It ends up in a pan. Why not grow it in one? Advances in biotechnology, food processing and changing consumer demand are putting us on the cusp of a cultured meat and plant-sourced burger revolution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some estimates that by the of 2019, Malaysia will have close to 700 malls nationwide. MallDash is a startup that calls itself the Waze and Google for malls. So gone are the days walking around every mile in a mall to look a specific item or getting lost in the millions of retail square feet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Geeks Squawk this week, we talk about arguably the worlds-first approved drone delivery business that takes off in Canberra. Followed by, Facebook using AI to inform users to stop sending messages to dead friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While parents worry about self-harming memes like Momo, are their own actions creating a generation of kids destined to self-destruct? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Data Science Association or Persatuan Sains Data is the initiative of a group of senior academics and professionals from Malaysia and overseas. They share a common belief that data skills - the ability to extract data, to understand it, to process it, to obtain value from it, to visualise it and to communicate it - are essential skills in decision making processes in every area of human endeav...

The geeks this week talk about australia's new social media law and billboard charts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The idea of wooden cars, homes, planes and skyscrapers used to be a Fred Flinstone fantasy. Now,with huge leaps in material technology, could wood be the miracle material of our future? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The equity crowdfunding space in Malaysia is stepping up momentum with 7 players operating actively, Fundnel being the latest granted a license by Securities Commission Malaysia. Fundnel is a Singapore-base private investment platform that allows investors to discover private market opportunities in unlisted companies and secondary unicorn shares, the likes to Elon Musk's SpaceX. We speak to Sng K...

There is no question that AI is a game changer. Microsoft recently embarked on a study with IDC that showed AI will accelerate the rate of innovation to almost double and increase employee productivity improvement by 60% by the year 2021. That’s not too far away when you think of it. So, despite clear benefits, we are still far behind when embarking on our AI journey. Why? Dr Dzahar Mansor,...

Google recently announced its cloud gaming services called Google Stadia. Does this spell doom for Sony and Microsoft? And should Facebook and social media platforms be held accountable for the content that's posted on their channels? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you selling the dream or running a long con? How to sort the Silicon Valley spin from the outright lies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earlier in February, a woman was brutally assaulted and robbed in a lift in an MRT station. The incident was caught on the CCTV system and went viral. But with the advent on technology, is there a better way to utilise video surveillance systems to protect citizen and improve our well-beings? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is your technology working for you, or are you working for it? Why machines want us to prove that we are human. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Alibaba Netpreneur Training is a 10-day program that will provide local Malaysia entrepreneurs and business leaders an opportunity to learn and explore how to harness digital technology to positively transform their businesses and the local economy. We speak to Song Hock Koon, the Director of eCommerce at MDEC to talk about the learnings from the East and what’s next in MDEC’s pipe...