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
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
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 âdigital life leadersâ and not…Continue Reading
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
It claims to be Southeast Asiaâs first Apple Training Centre
Taught by development team from Apple, including Apple Distinguished Educatorsâ 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
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.]
âI would consider Orang Asli to sometimes even be B20 because thereâs more of a digital divide for…Continue Reading
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 âI would consider Orang Asli to sometimes even be B20 because thereâs more of a digital divide for them to cross, while the B40 are in urban areas that have…Continue Reading
Project to support sustainable community building for SP Setiaâs Eco-townshipsâ
DOC2HOME is a modern-day adaptation of a historical practice in medicine – house callsâ DOC2US, Malaysiaâs 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
Sustainable cards to be validated by independent auditor
Roughly 16,000 tons of plastics are used to produce cards globally every year From January 1, 2028, all newly-produced Mastercard plastic payment cards will be made from more sustainable materials â including recycled or bio-sourced plastics such as rPVC, rPET, or PLA and approved…Continue Reading
The partnership is part of a global effort under Teach For All
It targets 57 teachers and 8,550 students in Perak And Sarawak Â
Teach For Malaysia announced it is partnering with the Micron Foundation on its flagship Fellowship Programme. The collaboration lets Teach For Malaysia recruit and train teachers to be placed…Continue Reading