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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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MSP265 WS: Bots and Blood Tests
As AI unveils its ability to speak to us, we take a look at the hidden world of data labelling, the secrets of 100-year-old blood and in-the-box updates. See…
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Navigating Plastic Perils
We speak with Umesh Madhavan, Research Director at The Circulate Initiative, as he unveils solutions to plastic pollution in Malaysia post their recent report…
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MSP264 Just Browsing
What’s in a word? From the leisurely shopping arcades of the 19th Century to the algorithm-driven surfing of today, the nature of browsing has transformed from…
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Harnessing Ethereum: Fostering Innovation and Collaboration
We’ll be speaking to Harith and putting KL at the forefront of blockchain technology with ETHKL 2023. A dedicated platform where developers, entrepreneurs, and…
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MSP263 Weird Science: U2, Purring & Fat Bear Week
It’s Fat Bear Week on MSP, with a cast of characters including purring cats, U2, Mean Girls, and disembodied hands and tongues. If it sounds weird, it’s only…
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Empowering the Future with Generative AI: A Deep Dive with Google Cloud
Google Cloud stands at the forefront of technological innovation, particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence. With a focus on generative AI, Google…
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MSP262 Weird Science: Worms, WiFi and WCs.
It’s all in the mind today with stories about brain-computer interfaces, parasitic infections, WiFi mapping and an ingenious solution to being caught short…
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MSP261 Risk Analysis: AI’s Impact on Work
Should you ignore the hysterical cries that artificial intelligence is coming for your job? And who has the most to fear and the most to gain from an alliance…
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Shaping the Halal Frontier: MIHAS 2023 Unveiled
Join us as we hear from YM Raja Badrulnizam, Senior Director at MATRADE, to delve into the world of MIHAS 2023. Explore Malaysia's pivotal role in the global…
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MSP260 Weird Science: Non-Stick Toilets And Telescopes
AI, X and, more interestingly, telescopes and toilets are all part of this week’s roundup of the weirdest science on the block. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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AWS CXO Coffee Club: Harnessing Data for Personalised Insurance Experiences.
Amazon Web Services CXO Coffee Club: Harnessing Data for Personalised Insurance Experiences concluded on the 15th of August. Our founder, Malek Ali, sat down…
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The State of Identity Security 2023: Financial Services
As digital transformation gets more complex and personal information continues to be in high-demand by cyber criminals, there has never been a more critical…
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MSP 259 I Don’t Get It: The Clickbait Episode.
From billionaire bunker builders who want to buy nations to centrally administered decentralised systems to sausages saving the world, they’re all things we…
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Cyber Savvy Kids: Fortifying Our Digital Future
This week, we’re joined by Steven Scheurmann, Regional VP for ASEAN at Palo Alto Networks, as he delves into the urgent need for cybersecurity awareness and…
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Combatting Insurance fraud with AI
The Malaysian life insurance market is poised for substantial growth, as recent studies forecast gross written premiums (GWP) to reach an impressive US$15.9…
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MSP258 Weird Science: X Mars The Spot
Human NPCs, phubbing your partner and AI influencers fail to out-weird Elon Musk’s latest X-rated escapade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Future of Machine Learning
Brooke Wenig, the Director of Machine Learning Practice at Databricks, will be sharing her insights on the future of machine learning. Since joining Databricks…
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MSP257 Rating Laziness: The End Of The Feedback Loop
In a world where everything is rated, what value do those ratings have? And how are they driving generational change in our attitude to work See…
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Defending the Digital Frontier
As digital technologies rise and sensitive data increasingly goes online, the threat of cyberattacks grows. Predicted cybercrime costs for 2023 reach $8…
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MSP256 Weird Science: Dating Surveys, Green Screens, Glitter And Loneliness
What do exit surveys for exes, a global glitter shortage, red coloured green screens and the brain patterns of lonely people have in common? They’re all…
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AWS CXO Coffee Club - Born From Retail, Built For Retailers
Catch up with the AWS CXO Coffee Club event, Born From Retail, Built For Retailers that took place at the end of May this year. This event aimed to underscore…
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MSP255 Weird Science: Teeth, Threading and Gravitational Waves
As science pushes the boundaries of physics with gravitational waves, social media pushes the boundaries of tweeting. In Japan, they’re regrowing teeth. Teeth…
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How One Fintech Giant is Powering Asia's Biggest Brands
Xendit is a fintech firm offering payment solutions to businesses across Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. It caters to SMEs…
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MSP254 Cage Fights In The Fediverse
As Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg plan the world’s most lucrative cage fight over their respective Twitter-style plans, a new generation of app builders is…
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MSP253 Will AI Make You Stupid?
Does technology make us dumb? Has the Internet made us less smart? Will AI only make the problem worse? Or are we underestimating our own intelligence? See…
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Navigating SMB Challenges with AWS: A Conversation
In a climate of rising inflation and potential recession, small and medium businesses (SMBs) are facing the tough task of balancing cost optimisation with…
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MSP252 Spatial Computing: The New Bluetooth?
Apple’s Vision Pro may have ushered in an age of spatial computing. But how well is the company poised to profit from it? See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Unleashing The Power of Southeast Asian Micro-SMEs With Boost
Boost may have started out as a homegrown e-wallet in Malaysia, but today it's a regional full spectrum fintech player in Southeast Asia offering a suite of…
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Transforming Business: The Rising Impact of AI Chatbots
Artificial Intelligence chatbots, like OpenAI's ChatGPT, are gaining significant attention for their innovative abilities in content generation and customer…
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Academic Integrity in The Time of AI
The use of ChatGPT in education is a contentious issue, with proponents arguing that it can increase productivity and provide access to information, while…
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MSP251 Atomic AI: Baby Language Models, Machine Therapy and Footprints
This week we dive into an AI-powered Mattsplained Extended Universe (MEU) to discuss an alternative to Large Language Models, look at some of the therapeutic…
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Redefining Work: A Chat with Robotics' Game-Changer
HandPlus Robotics, a promising startup with its R&D centre in Malaysia, is creating a significant impact in the robotics industry. Having emerged successful…
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MSP250 Weird Science: Coffee, cockroaches and cola
This week we’re looking at electronic skin, cola’s effect of salty snacks and a house made from recycled diapers. PS: Matt's new favourite music: Cold Touch -…
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The Internet at Warp Speed
When you're scrolling through your favourite website or app, have you ever stopped to wonder how quickly and seamlessly all that data is being delivered to…
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MSP249 Weird Science: Parasitic Worms & Brain Bots
Today we look at a parasitic worm that battles diabetes, an injectable robot that places electrodes on the brain and some more weird stuff about AI. See…
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Paving The Way for Financial Inclusion - Boost's Venture into Digital Banking
In April last year, Malaysia was catapulted into the global limelight as its Central Bank announced the country’s first ever digital banking licences for 5…
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How 5G and AI Surveillances are Transforming Critical Infrastructure
In this fourth and final episode of Tech Talk in collaboration with CelcomDigi, Afiz Abdullah, Chief Enterprise Business Officer of CelcomDigi, delves into the…
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MSP248 You’re Only As Old As Your Wrinkles.
Is your skin ageing you? New research suggests that rather than being an effect of ageing, it’s the wrinkles that are causing us to age. See…
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Transforming Public Services With 5G
In this third episode of Tech Talk in collaboration with CelcomDigi, Afiz Abdullah, Chief Enterprise Business Officer of CelcomDigi, discusses the…
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MSP247 Weird Science: Trying Not To Choke
Coronations, chemistry, chatbots and ink. It’s the best way to synthesise some Weird Science. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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MSP246 Weird Science: Edible Robots, Time Travel & The Return Of Superwood
This week’s round up of the weird includes a digestible robot, a wooden transistor, a time travelling Ukrainian and a mouth-operated mouse. See…
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Doing Business in the Metaverse
The barrier of entry for building a Metaverse is extremely high, and the only way for the Metaverse to become more mainstream is through higher adoption. This…
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Levelling Up Malaysia's Game Development Industry
As one of Malaysia’s leading game developers, they’ve amassed a laundry list of achievements and accolades: Tencent’s GWB Award for Best Strategy Game, the…
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MSP245 Weird Science: When is a Robot Not A Robot?
On this week’s take on science and tech, the weirdness includes a 3D-printed cake, trash can robots, a runaway blackhole and a doorbell for fish. See…
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Digital Literacy: TikTok's Empowerment Quest
Tune in for an exclusive interview with TikTok Malaysia's Head of Public Policy, Hafizin Tajudin, as we dive deep into the world of digital literacy and…
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MSP244 Artificial General Intelligence. The Time Is Now.
With the rapid advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence, is a human-level AGI inevitable, possible or desirable? More importantly: who gets to…
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Accelerating Corporate Malaysia with 5G
In the second episode of Tech Talk in collaboration with CelcomDigi, Rich interviews Afizulazha Abdullah, Chief Enterprise Business Officer of CelcomDigi…
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MSP243 Weird Science: The Smell Of Fear
Experiments with AI, the best place to survive the zombie apocalypse, what a chemical smell at a swimming pool really means, and a sweaty cure for social…
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Malaysian Emerging Fintech Giant Strengthens Regional Presence
In the first episode of our fintech series with Boost, the regional full spectrum fintech arm of Axiata, we managed to spend some time with Sheyantha Abeykoon…
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Unlocking New Opportunities for Growth - 5G as a Catalyst for SME Growth in Malaysia
Dive into the first of four special episodes in collaboration with CelcomDigi. In this episode, Afizulazha Abdullah, Chief Enterprise Business Officer of…
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MSP242 Electric Feel. Electroceuticals & Bioelectronic Medicine
Is there anything we don’t rely on electricity for in a digital age? A little bit of current could also be the solution to a happy and healthy life. See…
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Can We Win The Data Arms Race?
Data is the new oil, the lifeline of both digital and phygital economies. But data is broken. Big Tech controls most data. Leaks and unauthorised sales and…
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MSP241 Weird Science: Mind-Reading AI, Hacked LLaMAs & Fungus-Killing Keanu.
Can machines know our thoughts? Does time stop on the moon? Is Keanu Reeves going to be the Last of Us? That’s some Weird Science. See omnystudio.com/listener…
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ASEAN’S First Retail Tech Ecosystem
Incite Foodtech Sdn Bhd, a fast-growing food tech venture, recently acquired Eatcosys Sdn Bhd, a homegrown retail technology solutions provider that was…
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MSP240 Soul Searching: The Machines Transforming Your Search Experience
Forget Skynet. The machine invasion is already here. It’s you search engine. Bot-assisted search is the future. But what kind of future will that be? See…
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Is Disruption Always A Part Of Modernisation?
Due to evolving economic pressures, ADB revised its 2023 growth forecast to 4.7 percent for ASEAN as global demand weakens. As such, the financial services…
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MSP239 Cringe Fest: What Will The Future Think?
History is a wild and savage place. And one day that wild and savage place will be us. Will future societies cringe at our selfies, food shots and obsession…
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MSP238 Weird Science: The One With The Aliens And Neanderthals.
Bingbots, algo-cheating, taped-up batteries, aliens and Neanderthals are just some of the topics Mattsplained is weirding out with today Photo Credit…
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Digitally Saify
With his recent appointment to CEO at Pertama Digital, Saify brings with him a multitude of experience in the tech business space. He has built and expanded…
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MSP237 Who Wants Web3? Do We Need An Open Web.
Web3 promises to democratise the Internet, and return control to users at the expense of Big Tech. But is it a problem masquerading as a solution? Photo Credit…