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Where would your business be in 10 years time? How about 5 years from now? Or even tomorrow? Chances are, you’re already in the age of a digital business. Tech Talk is the programme that gives you access to the minds that are shaping the world of tomorrow. Hear from global and regional experts and analyst, record breaking developers, the dark-web hackers and the “crazy ones” as they give you an insight to how the world will change. Tech Talk helps you to breakdown the geeky jargons and complex codes that many often would fear. Also find out what are some the latest consumer offerings like smartphones, drones, robots, cameras, video games that are best in the market and quirky insight to a mind of a digital pop culture technology advocater, Richard Bradbury.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    MSP362. The Goblin Protocol

    Verbal tics, unwanted personality quirks and self-replicating habits. No, it’s not Kishan’s list of complaints about Matt. It’s the Goblin Protocol. An unlikely world where reinforcement learning, sycophancy and language bias are shaping the AI models of the future.  As we head into the agentic AI age, our tireless heroes battle the gremlins to discover how these quirks reveal deeper truths about the way these machines learn, and how those defects are creating a new business model: trend slop.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    42 min

  2. 3 DAYS AGO

    The Cyber Threats You're Not Ready For

    Cybercrime is a professionalised, trillion-dollar industry, and AI is making attacks faster, cheaper, and more devastating. No organisation is too small to be a target. Tune in to find out how the cyber threat landscape has fundamentally shifted and what businesses must do to stay ahead. Learn more about: The AI Advantage for Hackers: How AI is turbocharging phishing, social engineering, and vulnerability discovery Cybercrime as a Service: Why a mid-size Malaysian company faces the same threats as a global bank, using the same tools and techniques. The Mythos Wake-Up Call: How an AI platform identified decades-old zero-day vulnerabilities that had gone undetected, and why this changes everything. Geopolitics and Cyber Risk: Why conflicts and technology bifurcation are making vendor selection an increasingly strategic and politicised decision. Building True Resilience: Why survival now depends less on preventing attacks and more on how swiftly an enterprise can respond and recover. Tech Talk is brought to you by Maxis Business. Building Tomorrow's Business Today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    40 min

  3. 6 MAY

    Agentic AI: 10x Speed But Lacklustre Productivity?

    Can your P&L survive a developer who burns hundreds of dollars in tokens for a single minor feature? While coding speed has reached a 10x breakthrough, the rest of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) remains stuck in a pre-AI bottleneck, resulting in marginal gains to actual throughput. Idan Zalzberg, Chief Technology Officer at Agoda, joins Tech Talk to breakdown the reality of agentic workflows, the danger of "AI slop," and why the next generation of engineers must stop typing and start managing. Tune In To Find Out: The Tokenised Billing Trap: Why frontier models can burn hundreds of dollars on "reasonably small" tasks and the critical lack of governance tools to cap spending. The 10x Productivity Myth: Why "vanity metrics" like lines of code are failing and why we must pivot to PR Throughput to find the real SDLC bottlenecks. The Managerial Mindset: Why developers must move away from single-tasking and learn to direct "teams of agents" working in parallel via the cloud. Turns per MR: A new metric to measure the "friction" between humans and AI, designed to prevent a flood of low-quality "AI slop." The Pilot-to-Scale Strategy: How to secure C-suite trust by choosing "low-hanging fruit" with short ROI before pursuing long-term AI strategic investments. Tech Talk is brought to you by Maxis Business. Building Tomorrow's Business Today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    34 min

  4. 29 APR

    Mag 7 Earnings, OpenAI v Anthropic, & Manus’ China Drama

    Big Tech is printing cash, but the "Mag 7" earnings reveal a stark divide in investor reactions to the AI Capex race. On the Big AI front, OpenAI has officially broken its exclusivity with Microsoft but is beginning to show signs of a user-acquisition stumble, just as Anthropic nears a staggering $900 billion valuation. Meanwhile, a geopolitical earthquake has hit the private markets: China has ordered Meta to unwind its $2 billion Manis acquisition, a deal that is legally and logistically "more than done". Kevin Brockland of Indelible Ventures joins Tech Talk to discuss the market's winners and losers. We unpack why Alphabet is the "sleeper" winner of the AI race, the regulatory shift in Beijing that just killed the "Singapore-washing" exit strategy for Chinese founders, and which companies will be left standing when the AI bubble finally pops. Tune In To Find Out:The ROI Pressure Cooker: Why current AI spending mirrors the fiber optic bubble of the late 90s, and who survives if the bubble pops. The Manus Shock: Inside the $2 billion unwinding ordered by Beijing for Meta to undo an acquisition, creating a legal and logistical nightmare for relocated staff. OpenAI’s Performance Gap: Why internal concerns are mounting as the company misses acquisition targets while Microsoft relinquishes exclusivity. The Claude Surge: Why users are ditching OpenAI for Anthropic, and the looming commoditisation of foundational models. Alphabet’s Distribution Edge: Why Google Workspace and talent density make Alphabet the most dominant long-term player. Tech Talk is brought to you by Maxis Business. Building Tomorrow's Business Today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    43 min

  5. 23 APR

    MSP361. The Trouble With Toilets And Other Space Tales

    Artemis II saw the first manned mission to the moon in over 50 years and flew its crew further into space than any human has ever gone before. But with so many seemingly intractable issues here on planet earth, are missions to the moon a waste of resources that could be better used elsewhere? Matt and Kishan examine the case for space exploration, manned missions and look at the true ROI of space travel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    46 min

  6. 22 APR

    No Copyright For AI Content?

    In a digital world where "copy-paste" is the default setting, what content is legally protected and what isn't? From AI-generated imagery to the hidden licensing traps of stock photos, businesses are unknowingly sitting on, or infringing upon, massive intellectual property (IP) risks. Ong Johnson and Lo Khai Yi from Halim Hong & Quek join Tech Talk to discuss the current state of Malaysian copyright law, break down why the "IP by Design" philosophy is the only way to protect your business, and the legal grey areas of AI-generated content, which current looks to be not a copyright. Tune in to find out: The AI Ownership Crisis: Why content purely generated by Gemini or ChatGPT might lack legal protection, and the "untested" threshold for human authorship in AI-assisted work. Idea vs. Expression: The critical legal boundary, why you can’t copyright a "good idea," but you can copyright the second it’s written down. The Enforcement Playbook: When to send a C&D—and when takedowns actually work The Hidden Risk: Why “anything online is free” could cost your business The IP-by-Design Strategy: How to protect assets before they’re exposed The Scraping Shield: How digital creators can use robots.txt as a technical signal to opt-out of AI model training. Tech Talk is brought to you by Maxis Business. Building Tomorrow's Business Today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    36 min

  7. 15 APR

    29-Minute Breaches, Fake CAPTCHAs, & AI Phishing

    Cybersecurity has hit a crisis of speed. In 2025, the average e-crime breakout time plummeted to 29 minutes, a 65% increase in speed from 2024, with the fastest recorded intrusion occurring in a staggering 27 seconds. Fabio Fratucello, Field CTO World Wide at CrowdStrike, joins Tech Talk to break down how "cloud-conscious" adversaries are exploiting trusted identity flows and supply chains to bypass traditional defenses. From a 563% surge in malicious fake CAPTCHA pages to the targeting of Malaysian logistics, we audit the tactics of nation-state actors and the necessary shift toward autonomous, agentic security operations. Tune In To Find Out: The 29-Minute Average: Why the speed of e-crime increased 65% from 2024, with the fastest recorded breach taking only 27 seconds. The CAPTCHA Trap: Why fake verification pages saw a 563% surge as a way to trick users into executing code without triggering malware alerts. AI-Powered Phishing: Why AI-generated social engineering is now more successful and authentic than human-written lures. Identity as a Key: Why 82% of detections are now malware-free, as adversaries use "digital keys" to log in undetected. Targeting Malaysia: Why the global (including Malaysia) logistics sector saw an 85% spike in attacks, alongside a 30% increase in telecommunications. China Nexus Threats: Why nation-state adversaries in APAC are shifting toward long-term intellectual property theft rather than quick ransomware gains. Cloud Consciousness: Why intrusions into cloud environments rose 37% as adversaries specialize in abusing SAS integrations. Tech Talk is brought to you by Maxis Business. Building Tomorrow's Business Today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    34 min

  8. 9 APR

    MSP360. Surviving The Slop

    AI-generated junk is flooding feeds, harvesting eyeballs and minting money in the process. Kishan Sivaswamy and Matt Armitage look at the business of brainrot and slop; the cheap, displosable machine-generated content that is increasingly dominating our social and streaming platforms. And ask a simple question: can we survive the slop? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    46 min
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Where would your business be in 10 years time? How about 5 years from now? Or even tomorrow? Chances are, you’re already in the age of a digital business. Tech Talk is the programme that gives you access to the minds that are shaping the world of tomorrow. Hear from global and regional experts and analyst, record breaking developers, the dark-web hackers and the “crazy ones” as they give you an insight to how the world will change. Tech Talk helps you to breakdown the geeky jargons and complex codes that many often would fear. Also find out what are some the latest consumer offerings like smartphones, drones, robots, cameras, video games that are best in the market and quirky insight to a mind of a digital pop culture technology advocater, Richard Bradbury.

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  • Years Active
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