Maxis, MDEC collaborate to support new tech startups and foster innovation

IdeaKita aims to create, foster 200 brand new tech companies by the end of the yearProgramme enables aspiring innovators, entrepreneurs to start their own tech firms Maxis and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) are collaborating to foster greater creativity and tech breakthroughs among startups through MDEC’s IdeaKita programme. ÂIn a statement,…Continue Reading

Imagining a post-Putin Russia

Speculation regarding how secure Vladimir Putin’s position is surfaces every few years, but has intensified since the invasion of Ukraine, particularly in light of Russia’s military failures in recent months. Many of these speculative debates discuss either who will take the leadership position or what sort of regime – and led by who – will […]Continue Reading

Semiconductor bans chip away at cross-Strait stability

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and President Joe Biden’s pledge that the United States would defend the island have escalated tensions in the Taiwan Strait. At the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of reunifying with Taiwan. The escalating US-China technology rivalry and global chip shortage make Taiwan’s role as […]Continue Reading

China’s stock market turmoil is down to ‘zero-Covid’

Overseas investors sold a record US$2.5 billion worth of mainland China shares on Monday, according to Bloomberg data. This pushes the year-to-date level into a “net outflow.” It comes as foreign investors fled after the twice-per-decade Communist Party congress at which Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to cement a power grab with an unprecedented third […]Continue Reading

The illiberal hypocrisy of Western nations

Western nations’ declaration of liberalism is questionable. Certainly, Western citizens treasure liberal values, but this tendency doesn’t naturally translate into their foreign policies, as claimed. Western nations’ economic and military supremacy has empowered them to dominate the world politically. This has led Western governments to perceive liberalism as a notion that is administered top-down toward the rest […]Continue Reading

Ganesh Kumar Bangah sees leveraging influencers as way to get the masses to start using Web3

National sandboxes and policy frameworks need to keep up with Web3
Web3 communities more engaging, greater monetising opportunities Web3 gained much interest from cryptocurrency enthusiasts, large technology companies, and venture capital firms last year, marking its evolution from a nascent community into a budding industry. However, optimism over Web3, a new iteration…Continue Reading