AI Weekly Malaysia

AirAsia's Tony Fernandes pushed back against a report raising concerns over the airline’s financial health, while signaling plans to resume growth.

Manus, which earlier this year had to break off a merger with Meta, is in discussions to raise $500M at a $4B valuation.

At Salesforce's annual mega-conference in San Francisco, attendees said they get enough value from older AI models.

Disney has hired a chief technology officer, a newly minted role for the company, as it looks to further its embrace of tech under CEO Josh D'Amaro.

Oppo has officially launched its all-new Oppo A7 Pro 5G series in Malaysia, introducing both the standard Oppo A7 Pro 5G and the top-tier Oppo A7 Pro Max 5G. Following the pre-order announcement earlier this week, the new mid-range lineup focuses heavily on long-term battery endurance with capacities up to 10,000mAh, 50MP AI ultra-wide selfie […]

Whether it's a permanent shift or part of a familiar cycle is worth asking, though.

Get yourself a new 3D printer this September from Elegoo during its Elegoo Day sales, with up to 40% off right now.

The feds are said to be investigating the compromise of the tankers' networks, which in one case interfered with one of the tanker's navigation and propulsion systems.

China's DRAM champion CXMT is reportedly planning to enter 3D NAND production as it plots 3D NAND research programs and pilot line at its future fab near Beijing.

Nvidia's Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes discuss one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups on the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

The Pakistan-aligned threat group tracked as Transparent Tribe (aka APT36 and Earth Karkaddan) has been attributed to a fresh set of cyber attacks targeting government and defense entities in India and Afghanistan. The attacks, per Zscaler ThreatLabz, involve the use of previously undocumented tools called RUSTYSHADE, RUSTYMOVE, PSNATCH, and BASHNATCH. The activity has been codenamed Operation

Muse is now available on the Mac, where it can work with your files and apps to take action on your behalf.

Sleeping on the Orion is like flipping your pillow to find “the cool side,” except that your entire bed is the cool side.

JomCharge and DBKL have just turned on new street-level EV chargers located in Bukit Jalil. Deployed in front of Restoran Sultan, which is opposite Awan Besar LRT station, there are a total of four EV charge points consisting of both AC and DC charge points. As part of the opening promo, you can enjoy 50% […]

This Ratepayer Protection Act will make data centers pay for grid upgrades made in their name. However, it still has to go through the senate and the White House, before being considered by individual state regulators for adoption.

TechCrunch announced that Robinhood VP of Product Management Abhishek Fatehpuria will speak at Disrupt 2026 (Oct 13–15, San Francisco) about how Robinhood is expanding from commission-free trading into a full financial platform spanning banking, credit, crypto, retirement, prediction markets, and AI-powered trading. Robinhood reported 28.6 million funded customers and $384 billion in platform assets as of August 2026, with its banking product attracting over $3 billion in deposits.

Tesla Malaysia opened its 7th Experience Centre at Mid Valley Megamall, joining locations in Cyberjaya, Pavilion Damansara Heights, Penang, Johor, and Sarawak. Tesla also disclosed 21 Supercharging stations (92 stalls) and 18 Destination Charging locations (78 AC points) nationwide, with six more stations expected by end of 2026 across KL, Selangor, Perak, Seremban, and Penang.

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NOR Flash and SLC NAND are the latest products to be impacted by the ongoing AI buildout, with capacities tightening and production being routed to more lucrative chips.

The Creative Spirit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit I love Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the 1988 movie by Robert Zemeckis. I haven't watched it in quite a few years, and Cypress Frankenfeld just pointed out this sequence from early in the movie: It's a pelican riding a bicycle! Look closely and you'll note that the pelican is animated while the bicycle is a real bicycle. Apparently they filled the wheels with water to add stability, then set it running and guided it with a cable. Cypress gathered more details on the scene. What a delight. Via @cypressf.bsky.social Tags: animation, film, pelican-riding-a-bicycle

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Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson has launched Inertia, a fusion energy company that raised a $450M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners in February 2026. The company opened a 50,000 sq ft HQ in Livermore, California in July, focusing on laser systems and fusion fuel target manufacturing, and Lawson will discuss the transition from software to deep tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in October.

In an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said he supports congressional hearings on AI, but wasn't keen on additional regulations.

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A three-person team at startup Hacktron AI used Anthropic's Claude (Opus 5) to chain two critical vulnerabilities and access multiple OpenAI employee ChatGPT accounts, earning a $6,500 bug bounty. The entry point was a mundane HEIF/HEIC image upload flaw in Discourse, the third-party software powering OpenAI's community forum, discovered on July 25. OpenAI says the issues are resolved.