AI Weekly Malaysia

TechCrunch announced that applications to host an official Side Event during Disrupt 2026 close at midnight PT on September 4, 2026. Approved side events run October 10–16 in San Francisco alongside the main conference, which expects 10,000+ attendees. Hosts get placement on TechCrunch's official Side Events page, app, emails, and social channels, plus a 25% ticket discount code to share, but bear all logistics and costs themselves.

Tom's Hardware reviews the HyperX Omen 15 gaming laptop, noting strong gaming performance and a colorful OLED display but calling out obvious cost-cutting measures. The as-tested price is $2,100, which the reviewer says is a few hundred dollars more expensive than close competitors.

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/04/military-disables-phone-ad-trackers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564555

Microsoft will begin blocking email from Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 installations that are not patched to the October 2025 baseline starting the second week of September 2026. The policy applies to servers sending email to Exchange Online via an inbound OnPremises connector, though other delivery methods are unaffected. Microsoft Principal Project Manager Nino Bilic noted that this baseline update would have occurred regardless of the announcement.

Zscaler beat Q4 fiscal 2026 estimates with $898M revenue (up 25% YoY) and $1.19 adjusted EPS vs $1.09 expected, ARR hitting $3.77B. CEO Jay Chaudhry highlighted a newly launched Zero Trust security product for AI agents, calling it early-stage but expecting rapid acceleration into fiscal 2028-2029.

JomCharge replaced its old ABB DC charger at Oasis Ara Damansara with a 120kW ChargeDot unit (two CCS2 nozzles, RM1.50/kWh) plus two 22kW AC points (RM0.90/kWh), activatable via JomCharge, Gentari Go, or ChargEV apps. A 50% discount promo runs 5-6 September 2026 at this site and at Sunway Square Mall.

TQ Wuling Malaysia is offering a Malaysia Day rebate on its locally-assembled Bingo EV: RM4,000 off the Bingo Pro (now RM56,800) and RM2,000 off the Bingo Max (now RM63,800), plus a RM2,000 insurance rebate for both variants. The promo has no stated end date and includes a free portable charger (or 7kW wallbox for the Max).

A Denver data center has been continuously watering its lawn despite city drought restrictions, angering local residents. It remains unclear whether the facility is violating the law or using its own recycled water supply.

The US Department of Defense disabled advertising tracking IDs on all government-issued devices across the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command after foreign adversaries used commercially purchased location data to target troops in the Middle East. Sen. Ron Wyden, who pushed for the change, noted that personal devices brought onto bases still pose a risk, and that US intelligence agencies continue buying similar data for warrantless surveillance.

PostgreSQL 19, due late September or early October 2026, adds baked-in SQL/PGQ property graph query syntax from the SQL 2023 standard, implemented through multi-vendor collaboration including OpenCypher engineers and SQL standards committee members. Turner notes the feature still lacks indexing add-ons and one or two syntax features before it can displace dedicated graph databases for many workloads.

AMD announced the Threadripper Halo Station, an AI workstation with 96 CPU cores and dual liquid-cooled MI350P accelerators, claiming it can run trillion-parameter models locally. The article is primarily a vendor product unveiling with no independent benchmarks, pricing, or availability details.

Article URL: https://bob.ibm.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563851

The article title references Artemis III engine installation, a Long March 6C breakup in low Earth orbit, China debuting a new rocket, and NASA considering bulk purchases—but the provided article text contains only Ars Technica's cookie consent and privacy policy boilerplate, with no actual article content.

Discrete graphics card shipments reached 13.24 million units in Q2 2026, a four-year high, defying the broader PC slump despite soaring memory prices. AMD gained market share, with notebook graphics driving the market rather than desktop cards.

Tom's Hardware reviews the Fractal Design Refine 2 gaming chair, priced at $639.99, calling it a minor improvement over the original Refine. Key changes include 4D armrests that now lock, a more lax tilt limiter, and easier solo assembly despite the chair's heavy weight.

pnpm v12 has been rewritten in Rust (65.9% Rust, 33.5% TypeScript), cutting uncached install times from 8.22s (pnpm 11) to 5.19s, and to 3.37s when paired with a new Rust registry server called pnpr. The upgrade is fully backward-compatible: commands, flags, settings, and lockfile format from v11 carry over unchanged.

CNBC's Morning Squawk covers the August US jobs report (economists expect ~53,000 jobs added), Lululemon earnings, and the NFL expanding to Australia. The only tech item is Microsoft announcing cloud time limits for Xbox Game Pass subscribers later this year.

NHTSA opened an investigation hours after Tesla launched its steering-wheel- and pedal-free Cybercab on public roads in Austin, Texas. Tesla self-certified the vehicle as compliant with all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, but the agency wants to examine the process and technical data behind that certification, including whether Tesla relied on determining certain standards don't apply to the Cybercab. The same audit-query process was used on Zoox in 2022-2023, which slowed that company's path to commercialization.

Article URL: https://productrise.app/blog/google-ai-mode-prefers-more-expensive-products Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563386

ASX-listed Holista Colltech and HKEX-listed Swang Chai Chuan formed a 50:50 JV (Ovicoll Pty Ltd) with RM5 million funding from SCC and technical expertise from Holista to commercialize ovine collagen wound dressings, targeting a US$460M–810M segment. Dr Rajen Manicka describes a 17-year journey involving USM, UTM, MOSTI, NanoMalaysia, and several Australian and US universities, with early 2009 Cleveland Clinic research showing ovine collagen comparable to bovine collagen for wound treatment—relevant given US mad cow disease concerns around bovine-derived material.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/openai-agents-hijacked-... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563355

Docmail, a cloud-based hybrid mail service used by 30,000+ UK organizations including NHS trusts and medical practices, has been offline since September 2 with no confirmed restoration time by day three. CFH Docmail Ltd cited 'essential maintenance' and 'required updates' but has not disclosed the root cause.

Nvidia confirmed a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, its second-largest deal after the $20 billion Groq asset purchase. The move gives Nvidia ownership of the dominant open-model repository used by millions of AI developers, plus visibility into which models, datasets, and architectures are gaining traction.

V-Color is now selling fake DDR5 memory kits: 0GB dummy modules starting at $43 and single-stick kits paired with a fake stick for $300. These are non-functional decorative RAM modules aimed at PC aesthetics, not actual memory upgrades.

Tom's Hardware highlights a limited-time deal on Hoto's 25-bit electric screwdriver set, discounted 40% to under $30. The tool features a 1,500 mAh battery, multiple torque settings, and 25 bits aimed at PC builders and hobbyists.