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Tech Talk
Where would your business be in 10 years time? How about 5 years from now? Or even tomorrow? Chances are, you’re already in the age of a digital business. Tech Talk is the programme that gives you access to the minds that are shaping the world of tomorrow. Hear from global and regional experts and analyst, record breaking developers, the dark-web hackers and the “crazy ones” as they give you an insight to how the world will change. Tech Talk helps you to breakdown the geeky jargons and complex…
Episodes
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MSP355 This Isn’t A Test
Instead of talking about equitable societies, AI has once again decided we have to revert to the ‘world in peril’ format. A safety lead at Anthropic quits to…
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AI vs Cybersecurity: Are We Losing the Race?
As artificial intelligence becomes more accessible, it is rapidly changing the nature of cyber threats. From highly personalised phishing and automated…
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MSP354 Screen Time Tyranny
Do you feel like a slave to your smartwatch. Is your Screen Time report laughing at you? With holidays around the corner, Matt and Rich look at some of the…
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Stuck in Pilot Mode: Why AI Projects Aren’t Scaling
For the past two years, organisations everywhere have been experimenting with AI. Pilots are running, proofs of concept are being showcased, and leadership…
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MSP353 AI In ‘26: Crab Course
AI agents. They sound like your spy dreams come to life. Send them out into the world to snoop on your behalf. In reality, they’re kind of important but…
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Escaping The Algorithm
As tech giants race to weave AI into every pixel of our digital lives, Mozilla has done the unthinkable: they’ve given users a way out. We dive into Firefox’s…
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MSP352 Tech In ‘26: Work
Despite their best efforts to resolve the problem, it looks as though Richard and Matt have found no solution to work, though they have found some interesting…
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The Agentic Arms Race: Bridging the Divide Between EU Policy and APAC Speed
Meta’s recent $2 billion acquisition of the Singapore-based Manus AI has signaled a major shift: APAC is now outpacing the West in the race for autonomous…
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MSP351. Tech In ‘26: Health
Never has it been so hard to figure out what’s good for you. 10,000 steps a day or 7,000? More red meat or less? To use painkillers or not to use painkillers?…
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The Cost of Quantum Risk: Why PQC Matters to the Future of Money
Quantum computing is advancing faster than many realise, and when it does, it could break the encryption that protects banking systems, payment infrastructure…
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MSP350 Tech In 26
2026. Will it be the year that a robot butler finally delivers crisps to Matt on a silver platter? That nuclear fusion goes mainstream and everyone owns their…
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When Surgery Goes Borderless
In this episode of Tech Talk, we explore how 5G, AI, and mixed reality are reshaping the future of healthcare delivery. Following among the world’s first…
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MSP349. The Blue Screen Of Black Death
“If you’re enjoying it, you aren’t really listening.” That’s Matt’s upbeat introduction to 2026. He’s probably not wrong. In a world of constant iteration…
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The Quiet Arrival of AI in Everyday Work
AI doesn’t always arrive with headlines or hype. Often, it slips quietly into the tools we use every day. In this episode of Tech Talk, we’re joined by Matt…
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MSP348. What Have We Learned? More Weird Science From 2025
Injectable pacemakers, PAC-MANN munching protease tests for pancreatic cancer, de-extinction events and bottling the power of the sun. And, because Matt…
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Digital Afterlife: Who Owns Your Data After You're Gone?
We are more connected than any generation before us. Our messages, photos, searches, location data, subscriptions, and even our voices now live online, often…
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MSP347. What Have We Learned? The Science Stories Of 2025
From the war on science, to vaccines for cancer to contact lenses that allow you to see in the spectrum of light invisible to our eyes, we’re looking back at…
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The Rise Of "It Wasn't Me, My AI Did It" in APAC
As AI agents begin making decisions and transactions across borders, the line between human intent and machine action is blurring fast. In this episode…
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MSP346. Weird Science: Filthy Brains, Frontier Agents And IRC
The robots are running amok again. This week Amazon announced Frontier Agents, bots that hopefully will not hallucinate their way through tasks lasting days at…
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How Automation is Changing What We Read (and Believe)
Artificial intelligence has made its way into nearly every corner of our online lives, from search results to social media feeds. But what happens when AI…
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MSP345 Good Enough. For You.
In a world of cost-cutting and minimal headcounts, AI doesn’t need to better than the people it replaces. It doesn’t need to be as good. Heck, it doesn’t even…
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Cut the Hype: Where AI Really Delivers for Business
Most companies still struggle to turn AI hype into real enterprise value. Despite years of excitement, many organisations remain stuck in pilots while boards…
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MSP344. The Other Dark Web
Imagine waking up one morning and the Internet isn’t there anymore. You can’t order a car, groceries, log into your remote working portal, or any of the dozens…
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When The Web Stopped Working
When Cloudflare stumbled, so did thousands of websites, apps, and digital services around the globe. It affected everything from banking transactions to social…
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AI Colonialism: Who Owns the Next Digital Empire?
As the world rushes to build ever-smarter AI, a new kind of empire is emerging, one built on data, language, and cultural dominance. Most large language models…
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MSP343. Bored To Be Wild
When was the last time you were bored? No, not that 30 second lift ride with no cell service. Properly bored. Whimsically looking out of a window bored. Can…
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Inside Shah Alam’s AI Brain
We look at how Shah Alam’s new AI-powered Integrated Smart Monitoring System, IRIS, could redefine how Malaysian cities operate. Can technology make urban life…
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MSP342. Alien Intelligence: Charming Bots And Toxic Humans
Would you rather hang out with a charming bot or a toxic human? That’s just one of the many questions Rich and Matt pickle their brains with as they struggle…
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Trade, Tech, and the Trump Factor: What Malaysia Gave Up, and Gained
Malaysia’s new trade deal with the United States has been hailed as an economic win, but it also comes with digital strings attached. Under the agreement, US…
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MSP341. The Hero’s Journey: Testing Out Life
Mic check. One two. Testing. This week Matt and Rich try to figure out exactly when everyday life became a never-ending series of tests with no clear meaning…
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AI That Hears What You’re Not Saying
Today we’re talking about something surprisingly revealing, your voice. Not what you say, but how you say it. Because according to Canary Speech, a 20-second…
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Whole Brain AI: Buzzword or Breakthrough?
Is “Whole Brain AI” a breakthrough or just branding? Prashant Kumar, Founder of Entermind, a new consultancy in Malaysia, believes AI should amplify both logic…
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MSP340. The Reality Remix: AI’s Amazon Moment
Spongebob for President. As our social media feeds fill with the examples of OpenAI’s experiment in synthetic cinema, the quite shocking Sora 2 text to video…
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Malaysia's MarTech Machine
Now, marketing used to be about clever slogans and good lighting. These days, it’s about data pipelines, consent forms, and algorithms that know you’re out of…
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MSP339 Weird Science. Hard Work: Babies, Bank Cards & Body Art
Is the existential threat of the office cubicle replacing traditional horror movie fixations like zombies and monsters? As workplace horror sweeps the Emmy’s…
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Has Illegal Streaming Gotten Out Of Hand?
Cybersecurity conversations often focuses on phishing, ransomware, and data breaches, but a less obvious threat is growing into households through illicit…
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Why Deep Tech Could Be Malaysia’s Next Big Play
When we talk about startups in Malaysia, we usually think of e-commerce, fintech, or SaaS. But deep tech and AI startups are a different story and quite…
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MSP338 Buying Time: The Price Of Immortality
Can money buy you time? If breakthroughs in epigenetics continue, the only thing between you and a lifespan of 150 years might be the ability to pay for it…
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When Cyber Recovery Becomes Leadership’s Job
Kavitha Mariappan has spent her career helping organisations navigate technology shifts, from driving customer transformation at Zscaler to her current role as…
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MSP337. Reality Sandwich: Has The Internet Turned To Slop?
From uncanny valleys to Big Willie style, Rich and Matt leave no metaphorical stone unturned as they pour a hefty bucket of AI slop over themselves. Are social…
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Wasted Power, Big Ideas
John Belizaire has gone from architecting systems at Intel to selling two tech companies and now building data centres powered by renewable energy that would…
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Can Malaysia Scale Industrial AI?
Over the past few years, industrial AI has moved from boardroom buzzword to factory floor reality. It’s now being deployed to streamline operations, cut energy…
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MSP336. Slop, Scams and Strikes: Halfway to Hail
On this oddly timed edition, Matt and Rich hike into the uncanny valleys of machine music. From the Laurel Canyon folk rockers that never existed, to featured…
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Hackathons and the Future of Youth Employment
Malaysia is producing more tech graduates than ever, yet many still struggle to land the right jobs. Hackathons are changing that — evolving from coding…
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MSP335. AI Ate My Intern: The Talent Search For Empathy
Like a hungry Pac-Man after too many power ups, AI is coming for the career ladder itself. The grunt work is gone, replaced by break-free LLMs, while coffee…
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The Digital Gap: Why Malaysian Enterprises Are Stuck In The Middle
AI is reshaping industries worldwide, but Malaysia’s digital journey has its own challenges and opportunities. We speak with Prateek Pashine, Chief Enterprise…
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MSP334. The Big Sleep: Business at Bedtime
Decades of mid-morning mania, questionable (sleep) hygiene and an anesthetist’s worst nightmare, Matt Armitage is the closest thing to being professionally…
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Should We Trust AI Before We Buy?
AI isn’t just helping us shop anymore—it’s starting to decide how we shop. In Southeast Asia, and especially in Malaysia, consumers are embracing AI but still…
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MSP333. Uber for Snake Oil
The brain worms might be slowing him down this week, but Matt Armitage is no stranger to parasites. This week we’re back inside the world of startups, fraud…
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Tackling Online Harm, One Case at a Time
Online safety has always been a concern, but in a world increasingly shaped by AI, scams, and digital manipulation, it’s become a critical public issue. New…
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MSP332. Florida Man, Robo Bunnies And The Cure For Cancer
This week’s episode might sound like a Flaming Lips album title but robot bunnies really are fighting Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades. With the help…
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Built to Protect: CelcomDigi’s Scalable Cybersecurity for Every Business
In this episode of Tech Talk, we dive into how CelcomDigi is helping businesses strengthen their cybersecurity posture in an increasingly complex digital…
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MSP331. Weird Science: Coldplay, Coal And Data Hygiene
An awkward clinch on a jumbotron is an odd place for Matt and Rich to start their thoughts, but, in 2025, the world of tech is a strange place to be. Is this…
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How SapiensAI Is Rethinking Work Tools
As Singapore rolls out its National AI Strategy 2.0, the region is signaling a strong focus on AI as part of its economic and digital future. SapiensAI…
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MSP330. If It Ain’t Grok, Don’t Fix It
Grok. It’s the best AI out there.* If you want a crash course in what AI should and shouldn’t be, Grok is the model to head for. At least that’s the opinion of…
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Using AI to Analyse Gut Microbiome to Help Everyone
When it comes to health tech, most of us think gadgets, not gut bacteria. But what if the future of medicine isn’t wearable, it’s microbial? We dive into the…
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MSP329. Spin Cycle: The Machine Intelligence Unicorn With A Human Heart
We’re no strangers to flights of fantasy here. So, it makes a change to be explaining scams rather than apologizing for them. Or so Matt keeps telling Richard…
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Broken Browsers: Is Your Extension Secretly Spying on You?
They promise to check your grammar and boost your productivity, but are your browser extensions a hidden backdoor for data theft? A recent wave of attacks saw…
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Can Fintechs Fix Finance Without Fixing the Banks?
Malaysia’s fintech scene is booming on the surface, but underneath, many startups are still stuck at the MVP stage, blocked by legacy systems, fragmented…
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Can Fintechs Fix Finance Without Fixing the Banks?
Malaysia’s fintech scene is booming on the surface, but underneath, many startups are still stuck at the MVP stage, blocked by legacy systems, fragmented…