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A Chinese supercomputer manufacturer has announced a 64-thread mobile AI workstation using a domestically produced CPU paired with an unidentified GPU featuring 16GB of VRAM, claiming cloud-level performance. The article text is largely boilerplate with minimal technical detail beyond the headline claims.

Tottenham Hotspur replaced VMware with HPE GreenLake (OpsRamp + Morpheus VM Essentials) on ProLiant Gen12 servers and Alletra storage, citing over 85% licensing savings. CTO Rob Pickering attributed the move to Broadcom's post-acquisition bundling and focus on VMware's 10,000-30,000 largest customers, framing virtualization as a commodity whose value drops further if not integrated into a broader AI operation stack.

RedMagic launched its Astra 2 gaming tablet in Malaysia, priced from RM3,599 (promo) for the 12GB/256GB variant up to RM4,399 (promo) for 16GB/512GB, available from 8 September 2026. The 9.06-inch tablet features a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, 185Hz OLED display, active liquid cooling, and runs RedMagic OS 11.5 based on Android 16.

England's Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza told a House of Lords committee that the UK's Online Safety Act has made 'absolutely no difference' to children's ability to access harmful content, over a year after its key child protection duties took effect. She criticized the legislation's focus on content moderation rather than platform design features, and contrasted its lack of measurable results with Meta's proposed $18 billion US settlement that includes two-hour daily limits for under-18 users and opt-out from algorithmically ranked feeds.

TNG Digital reported over RM1 billion in inbound tourist spend via TNG eWallet during the first six months of Visit Malaysia 2026, bringing total foreign visitor spending to RM2.58 billion since overseas registration launched in April 2025. Retail (43%) and F&B (40%) dominate transaction value, with 76% occurring at physical merchants. Foreign users register with overseas phone numbers and pay via DuitNow QR, bypassing card terminal infrastructure and opening micro-merchants and street stalls to tourist payment flows.

Citizen Lab and the SHARE Foundation confirmed that a Serbian student movement member's iPhone was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware via an iMessage zero-click exploit, patched in iOS 18.4.1 released April 2025. At least 14 people in Serbia have been targeted with advanced spyware since early 2026, including activists, an MP, and a local councilor, coinciding with March 29, 2026 local elections. A new Android spyware variant similar to NoviSpy was also found installed on a student's device while detained by police.

Maersk is fitting a 35m-high, 5m-diameter rotor sail from British firm Anemoi Marine Technologies onto an 8,700 TEU Lima-class container ship (identified as the Maersk Labrea), with installation in mid-2027. Anemoi claims a three-rotor setup achieved 9.1% average fuel/emissions savings over a year, reaching 21% on some voyages.

KTMB is adding Bandar Tasik Selatan as a temporary stop for its EMUPlus supplementary intercity train service from 4 to 6 September 2026, connecting to the Sri Petaling LRT line, KLIA Transit, and TBS. EMUPlus is an unreserved free-seating service capped at 306 seats per trip, with specific schedules for Klang-Ioh routes and notable limitations including no onboard toilets, limited power outlets, and no bicycles allowed.

Sime Motors is teasing a BYD Atto 3 Performance variant for Malaysia with 330kW (443hp) AWD, 0-100km/h in 3.9s, 470km WLTP range, 800V architecture, and 220kW DC charging, on display at showrooms from 10-13 September. The existing Premium RWD variant has 230kW (308hp) and 5.5s 0-100km/h; both share a 74.88kWh Blade battery and 11kW AC charging.

This is a sponsored Nutanix event promo citing VMware license hikes of up to 600% post-Broadcom acquisition and Gartner migration costs of $300-$3,000 per VM over 18-48 months. It advertises a free Nutanix .NEXT on Tour event in London on Oct 7 covering VMware migration and AI strategy, including token cost control and shadow AI via Nutanix Agentic Gateway.

Forbes released its 2026 Singapore's 50 Richest list on Sept 3, with combined wealth flat at US$239 billion. 35 of 50 listees got richer, but tech-related wealth declined sharply—Eduardo Saverin's net worth fell US$10.1B to US$32.9B, though he remained #1 for the fourth year. Notable tech figures include Forrest Li (Sea, US$7.7B), Gang Ye (Sea, US$4.3B), Min-Liang Tan (Razer, US$1.75B), and Teo Swee Ann (Espressif, US$1.48B).

A terminated employee at a 1,000+ person company retained active credentials for several days because HR and IT each assumed the other would revoke access. The ex-employee deleted files, locked out other accounts, and corrupted a database, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and weeks of project delay. Recovery was slow because the person who damaged the systems knew them best.

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Eli-Shaoul Khedouri, CEO of Intuition Machines, argues that standard sandboxes and VMs are insufficient to contain frontier AI models, and proposes 'data diodes'—hardware enforcing one-way network flow via optical fiber—to prevent AI breakouts. The hCaptcha team describes a concrete architecture: isolated training zones with optical ingress diodes for vetted artifacts only, a second diode sending telemetry to a seL4 receiver/scrubber, and immutable snapshots of PyPI, GitHub, and npm registries plus mocked APIs.

A researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse released a PoC called FalconFlank, a zero-day privilege escalation flaw that abuses CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor's office malicious macros remediation on fully updated Windows 11 25H2 and Windows Server 2025. CrowdStrike may already have detections for it. This follows the same researcher's recent PoCs for Kaspersky endpoint security (HardBreacher) and Microsoft Defender (ShieldBreak/CVE-2026-69414), the latter of which remains unpatched.

Xiaomi launched the Mijia Front Load Washer Dryer Pro in Malaysia with 12.5kg wash / 8kg dry capacity, touchscreen, dual auto-dosing, steam hygiene, and Xiaomi Home app integration. Retail price is RM3,399 but an introductory price of RM2,399 is available from 9 September 2026 via Xiaomi's site, stores, Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok. A compact standalone 8kg washer was also announced for the same date.

Xiaomi Malaysia launched three budget wearables — Redmi Watch 6 Lite (promo RM249), Redmi Watch 6 Active (promo RM159), and Xiaomi Smart Band 11 Active (promo RM119) — available now through Xiaomi Stores, mi.com, Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop until 30 September 2026. The Watch 6 Lite includes built-in GNSS and 5ATM water resistance; the Active variant has IP68 rating and a 9.9mm body.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure warned that Europe's AI ambitions cannot depend on a single company like Mistral, emphasizing the need for a diversified AI ecosystem amid US-China tensions. He acknowledged Mistral's significance but pointed to a consortium-led state-of-the-art model development initiative as part of broader European efforts, while noting Mistral's expansion plans including a new data center.

CISA added seven actively exploited vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including a CVSS 10.0 SSRF and a 7.8 OS command injection in SonicWall SMA 1000, a 9.8 improper authentication flaw in JFrog Artifactory allowing unauthenticated admin access under default config, a 6.5 HTTP request smuggling issue in Kludex Starlette, a 10.0 unauthenticated workflow execution flaw in Kestra OSS, and an 8.8 improper authentication bug in Berri LiteLLM's MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint that lets an unauthenticated attacker establish an authenticated MCP session with an arbitrary Bearer token.

Edotco Group, which operates over 3,000 towers and managed sites in the Philippines since 2019, has appointed Sunil Issac as country managing director to lead its next growth phase there. The Philippines is now a priority market for Edotco, aligned with the country's National Digital Connectivity Plan and rising data demand.

Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 launched claiming frontier-level performance matching GPT-5.6-Sol, ranked #3 globally per AAII, with open weights promised soon and a pricing model offering 90%+ discounts if users opt in to training on their data. Separately, Stanford replaced 85% of its Fall 2025 software engineering curriculum with agent-focused topics including context engineering, MCP portals, and parallel background agents, alongside a new CS329Z course on building agents from scratch.

Uber and British start-up Wayve launched London's first commercial robotaxi service on September 3, 2026, with human safety supervisors still behind the wheel. The phased rollout starts with a limited vehicle fleet, as fully driverless operations await regulatory approval. Wayve is now ahead of Waymo (Alphabet) and Baidu (Lyft partnership) in the London market, with plans to expand to Tokyo and other cities.

Unifi TV is granting free access to all 73 channels—including HBO, Cinemax, SPOTV, and beIN SPORTS—from 31 August to 30 September 2026, available to anyone in Malaysia including non-Unifi customers via the Unifi TV 2.0 app with no payment or subscription required. From 1 October 2026, a permanent lineup of 22 free channels (16 free-to-air plus six premium including DEGUP HD, Dunia Sinema HD, and Al Jazeera) will remain, with promotional users auto-transitioned.

Boost Bank and Parkson Credit Sdn Bhd have partnered to offer digital financial services—including personal loans, insurance, and savings/current accounts—to underserved Malaysians via streamlined digital onboarding. Parkson Credit CEO Danny Poh and Boost Bank CEO Puan Fozia Amanulla framed the alliance as combining consumer financing experience with digital banking channels to improve financial accessibility.

Macrokiosk, an enterprise solutions platform company, has adopted FutureK, a hybrid employee medical benefits solution from Heydoc Health, for its workforce. The partnership was formalized at Macrokiosk's Founders' Theatre in Kuala Lumpur and covers preventive care, everyday health management, and mental health support.