Working with Crest, Wong Peng Wen aims to create a world-class RF ecosystem in Malaysia

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Left role as head at Huawei’s R&D Lab in Sweden, to ‘do something for Malaysia’ 
Help firms embrace RF technologies like 5G/6G and IoT, support value-added RF activities As the world becomes increasingly connected, radio frequency (RF) technology has emerged as an essential component of wireless communication. Driven by his passion for microwave engineering and years…Continue Reading

Working with Crest, Wong Pen Wen aims to create a world-class RF ecosystem in Malaysia

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Left role as head at Huawei’s R&D Lab in Sweden, to ‘do something for Malaysia’ 
Help firms embrace RF technologies like 5G/6G and IoT, support value-added RF activities As the world becomes increasingly connected, radio frequency (RF) technology has emerged as an essential component of wireless communication. Driven by his passion for microwave engineering and years…Continue Reading

Forget semiconductors; superconductors are the future

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Superconductors make highly efficient electronics, but the ultralow temperatures and ultrahigh pressures required to make them work are costly and difficult to implement. Room-temperature superconductors promise to change that. The recent announcement by researchers at the University of Rochester of a new material that is a superconductor at room temperature, albeit at high pressure, is […]Continue Reading

AmBank Group Inks MoU With APU To Develop Digital Talent

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Partnership provides students with internship and career opportunities
APU provides list of interns while AmBank hires based on qualifications AmBank Group, through its entities AmBank (M), AmBank Islamic, and AmInvestment Bank have signed an MoU with Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), to share knowledge and expertise, provide internship and career…Continue Reading

Qoala raises US.5 mil Series B+ round

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Funds will be channeled towards regional expansion
Claimed its customers have benefited from over US$30mil in claims Qoala has completed its Series B+ funding round, raising US$7.5 million (RM33 million). 
In a statement, the Indonesian based Southeast Asian insurtech said the round led by European investment firm, responsAbility Investments AG, with participation from Appworks…Continue Reading

CPA Australia: Young Malaysian small business owners drive up tech focus

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72.2% expect to grow in 2023, compared to 54.6% last year
Increasing attention on innovation & technology will support long term growth Malaysian small businesses are upbeat about their business and the economy. Meanwhile, young business owners are driving an increasing focus on technology and innovation in their small businesses. These are some of…Continue Reading

Douyin: the app making more noise than TikTok in China

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Chinese people are increasingly using TikTok’s sister app as a way to complain about products and are finding it a powerful asset. Our research shows that Douyin, which is produced by ByteDance the same company that owns TikTok, has become influential in offering Chinese people a way of putting consumer pressure on companies. This short-video […]Continue Reading

Khazanah Partners Sunway Education Group To Launch 42 Malaysia

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Free for those 18 & above, develop 10k tech talent within 10 years
Expanding beyond KL campus with sites in Johor, Penang & Kuching in coming years Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, entered into a joint venture with Sunway Education Group (SEG) to establish 42 Malaysia (42MY), a peer-to-peer computer science school that aims to develop 10,000…Continue Reading

Solarvest brings back its Innovation Lab for 2023

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Key focus on greentech, fintech and renewable energy
Two rounds of funding from concept to execution, funding of up to US$22,590 Solarvest Holdings Bhd has launched the Solarvest Innovation Lab 2023 (SIL 2023), a continuance and revitalization of the startup programme that first ran in 2021. The programme is designed to provide…Continue Reading