Alpha Startups pre-accelerator Top 10 startups revealed

Of 100 applications, 10 will vie for US$11.3k pre-seed funding
Supported by MRANTI, Digital Penang, WORQ, and Google for Startups 1337 Ventures, a Malaysian early-stage venture capital firm, has unveiled the Top 10 startups for its Alpha Startups Pre-Accelerator. The startups showcased ideas including a farmland marketplace for farmers, sustainable fashion, a self-care and…Continue Reading

Japanese industry deploys artificial intelligence

Asia Times:  Do Japanese manufacturers use ChatGPT? ChatGPT: It is possible that some Japanese manufacturers use ChatGPT or other similar language models for various applications… However, I do not have access to specific information on which Japanese manufacturers are currently using ChatGPT or other similar language models… Asia Times: How about Panasonic? ChatGPT: I do […]Continue Reading

Seeing Ourselves As Creators, Not Merely Consumers

Malaysia is digitally savvy but startups often find it difficult to thrive
Economy Ministry launches innovation hackathon open to all Malaysians Our mobile and internet penetration, online shopping pervasiveness, digital payments maturity and social media usage are one of the highest in the world. We are even considered “digital life leaders” and not…Continue Reading

China’s early AI chatbots more patriotic than smart

China will require all locally used artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to censor their content, making it comport with the ruling Communist Party’s core socialist values. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s internet watchdog, on Tuesday (April 11) started a one-month public consultation for a set of new rules that will forbid AI chat […]Continue Reading

Complete Human Network and STDC launch Swift UI Academy

It claims to be Southeast Asia’s first Apple Training Centre
Taught by development team from Apple, including Apple Distinguished Educators​ Complete Human Network (CHN) and the Selangor Technical Skills Development Centre (STDC) have collaborated to launch a one-month course designed to teach participants skills in developing native iOS mobile apps using Swift UI and…Continue Reading

SOLS Foundation inclusion work gets boost from Aspen-HP Digital Equity Accelerator recognition

US$100k for scaling Skills Hub platform, US$100k worth of devices from HP
Run workshops in 12 Orang Asli villages, touch 10k graduates for Skills Hub [Ed: Headline corrected. An earlier version gave the wrong name for the foundation.]
“I would consider Orang Asli to sometimes even be B20 because there’s more of a digital divide for…Continue Reading

SOLS Foundation 24/7 inclusion work gets boost from Aspen-HP Digital Equity Accelerator recognition

US$100k for scaling Skills Hub platform, US$100k worth of devices from HP
Run workshops in 12 Orang Asli villages, touch 10k graduates for Skills Hub “I would consider Orang Asli to sometimes even be B20 because there’s more of a digital divide for them to cross, while the B40 are in urban areas that have…Continue Reading

DOC2US launches new home-based healthcare services, DOC2HOME

Project to support sustainable community building for SP Setia’s Eco-townships​
DOC2HOME is a modern-day adaptation of a historical practice in medicine – house calls​ DOC2US, Malaysia’s first e-prescriptions and digital health provider, announced yesterday the launch of its new subsidiary, DOC2HOME, a digital health platform that provides personalised home-based healthcare services through…Continue Reading