What"s behind the Malaysia EV scene
Competition is becoming less about the competitiveness of the games and more about whether or not we are creating winners together. This is well exemplified in Malaysia's electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem......»»
Malaysia to issue five digital bank licenses in early 2022
The Central Bank of Malaysia is set to issue five digital bank licenses for the first time in early 2022 and the move is expected to push the country to become one of the leaders in Southeast Asia's FinTech industry, according to a report by ASEAN Br.....»»
Southeast Asia roundup: Xiaomi top smartphone brand in Indonesia in 2Q21
Smartphone sales were strong in Indonesia in second-quarter 2021, with Xiaomi being the top selling brand. while Apple fans in Thailand will receive their new iPhones earlier than usual this year. And Malaysia will have new digital banks next year......»»
Apple Watch Series 7 vs. Apple Watch Series 6
The Apple Watch Series 7 hits the scene with a bright new color scheme and expanded screen space. We provide a comparison with the Apple Watch Series 6......»»
Should we care about the lives of our kids’ kids’ kids’ kids’…
We live during a time of live, real-time culture. Telecasts, spontaneous tweetstorms, on-the-scene streams, rapid-response analysis, war rooms, Clubhouses, vlogging. We have to interact with the here and now, feel that frisson of action. It’s a com.....»»
Testing times: Borneo orangutans get COVID swabs
Dozens of critically endangered orangutans in Malaysia have been tested for the coronavirus, with vets in protective suits undertaking the tricky task of giving the apes nasal swabs......»»
Tracking startup growth rates
This week was more than hectic, so we have a lot of ground to cover. Below are more notes on the Brazilian IPO market, more coverage of the Chicago startup scene and a host of numbers from startups concerning their recent growth results. We.....»»
When VCs turned to Zoom, Chicago startups were ready for their close-up
Chicago is an outlying benefactor from accelerating venture capital activity and the rise of remote investing. Chicago’s startup scene is finally getting the attention it long felt it deserved. By now it’s common knowledge that 2021 is.....»»
Lamborghini Introduces Rare Hybrid-Electric Countach Sportscar
Lamborghini's exotic Countach sportscar was featured in the opening scene of the 1981 movie Cannonball Run. On the car's 50th anniversary, they've now introduced a 802-horsepower hybrid-electric version. Mashable reports: The reimagined Countach, u.....»»
VCs unfazed by Chinese regulatory shakeups (so far)
Slightly falling quarterly venture capital totals and a notable decline in unicorn formation does not a startup winter make. So let’s look at what's happened more recently. China’s technology scene has been in the news for all the wrong.....»»
OSATs, power chips makers gain shifted orders from ASEAN
Shortages of automotive MOSFET and power management ICs are getting worse as many IDMs including Infinenon and On-Semi are operating at reduced capacity at their plants in Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia amid lockdowns, enabling Taiwan's OSATs and p.....»»
Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam see June exports exceed pre-pandemic levels
Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam saw their respective export values for June 2021 exceed the corresponding pre-pandemic monthly figures for June 2019, thanks mainly to economic recovery in the US and China that sharply boosted imports from the three So.....»»
Connected car insurance startup Flock raises $17M Series A led by Chamath Palihapitiya
Cast your mind back to that scene in Minority Report where all those autonomous cars are whizzing through the city. The more practically-minded of you may well have gone: “Yeah, but what about the insurance…?”. Among the startups building t.....»»
The YouTuber who improved ILM"s CG Mark Hamill landed a job with Lucasfilm
One fan who goes by Shamook on YouTube attempted to "fix" Lucasfilm's footage of the scene using deepfake technology and did a spectacular job. He posted his version in a side-by-side comparison last December, and it went viral, gathering over 2.2 mi.....»»
MCU prices to rise through year-end
MCU prices are poised to rise through the end of 2021, due to the impact of a nationwide lockdown in Malaysia and a cutback in support from China-based foundries, according to industry sources......»»
Announcing Sight Tech Global 2021
Shortly after the first Sight Tech Global event, in December last year, Apple and Microsoft announced remarkable new features for mobile phones. Anyone could point the phone camera at a scene and request a “scene description.” In a flash, a clo.....»»
Researchers estimate extraordinary carbon emissions from El Nino-induced biomass burning
Equatorial Asia, which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and surrounding areas, experienced devastating biomass burning in 2015 due to the severe drought condition induced by the extreme El Niño and a positive anomaly of the Indian Oce.....»»
SF’s Off the Grid food truck festival refocuses on emergency response and services
Off the Grid is a mainstay of the San Francisco culinary scene. The event company, founded by Matt Cohen in 2010, created neighborhood pop-up festivals centered around entrepreneurial food trucks. It was part of the vanguard in the food truck movemen.....»»
ODMs shifting some orders back to China due to worsening pandemic in Malaysia
With COVID-19 infections surging in Malaysia, several ODMs are planning to shift orders from their plants in the Southeast Asian country to those in China and have obtained the approval from their clients, according to sources from the upstream suppl.....»»
Eson to prioritize production at Malaysia plants
Eson Precision Engineering, an IT product design and manufacturing arm of Foxconn Technology, is adjusting the production priority of its two plants in Kuala Lumpur and Johor, respectively, in Malaysia to cope with the local COVID prevention control.....»»
Malaysia lockdown could worsen global IC shortage
A nationwide lockdown in Malaysia has made disruptions to the output from local chip plants, which fulfill mainly orders for entry-level and mid-range logic ICs, and power diodes and other power components for use in PCs and other mass-market applica.....»»