AI Weekly Malaysia

“I can tell you SpaceX has already gone captive."

ASML has rejected particle accelerator-based EUV lithography technology reportedly backed by Elon Musk, instead committing to scaling its existing laser-produced plasma (LPP) approach to 1,000W power levels for next-generation chipmaking tools. The actual article body was not provided—only the headline and site boilerplate are available.

Tom's Hardware highlights a $300 discount on the ABS Stratos II prebuilt gaming PC, bringing it to $2,599. The rig pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD.

Researchers discovered 13 npm packages delivering WeaselBiscuit, a lightweight JavaScript stealer that borrows from DPRK-linked BeaverTail and OtterCookie malware. Triggered on npm import, it pulls malware from an Npoint dead drop, executes in memory, and harvests Chrome extension storage across Windows, macOS, and Linux — but lacks persistence, remote access, or crypto wallet-draining capabilities.

Article URL: https://tokenstead.ai/guides/zcode-silent-git-history-upload Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752422

Huawei revealed its AI accelerator roadmap, pulling next-generation Ascend NPUs forward by several quarters. The Ascend 960PR reportedly delivers FP4 performance double initial expectations. No further technical details are available in the article body, which consists entirely of site subscription boilerplate.

A hacker exploited a missing bounds check in a Symbiosis DeFi exchange smart contract, minting 46 billion fake Bitcoins from a 25-cent deposit and stealing $770,000. The vulnerability was a basic input validation failure rather than a novel cryptographic attack.

A man was arrested for selling $50 3D-printed Glock switch conversion kits to undercover officers; these devices convert semi-automatic pistols into fully-automatic weapons. The article text itself is almost entirely Tom's Hardware site navigation boilerplate with no substantive body content beyond the headline.

Article URL: https://openjev.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752041

Anthropic and OpenAI are pursuing smaller 20-30 MW data center deals in the U.K., Nordics, and U.S., in addition to their existing multi-hundred-megawatt and gigawatt-scale agreements. The appeal is 'speed to usable capacity'—smaller deployments come online faster, letting AI labs serve workloads sooner than waiting on massive facilities.

Realme is launching a Harry Potter Edition of its Buds T500 Pro wireless earbuds in Malaysia on 21 September 2026, alongside the Realme 16 Pro 5G Harry Potter Edition. The standard Buds T500 Pro launched in April 2026 at RM199 with IP55 rating, 50dB ANC, 56-hour battery, and Bluetooth 6.1; pricing for the themed edition is undisclosed until launch. A public roadshow runs at Sunway Pyramid Blue Concourse from 21–27 September.

CrowdStrike reports that a threat actor claiming to be a bug bounty hunter distributed the PhantomRaven npm info-stealer across 100+ typosquatted packages, likely written with an LLM based on verbose comments, placeholder code, and token-analysis patterns. The malware used remote dynamic dependencies to evade detection and targeted CI/CD secrets, GitHub credentials, and environment variables across GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and CircleCI.

Beijing-based Moonshot launched Kimi for financial services, connecting its AI model to data providers including S&P Global Market Intelligence, Crunchbase, Wind, Tianyancha, SEC EDGAR, IMF, World Bank, and the U.S. Federal Reserve. Financial clients signed on include investment bank CICC and VC firm Hong Shan (formerly Sequoia China).

Zimperium researchers disclosed RatHat, an Android malware attributed to China-based threat actors, distributed via smishing and malvertising to trick users into installing malicious APKs. It abuses Accessibility Services to enable Wireless Debugging, extracts the ADB pairing code, and self-pairs via ADB to escape the Android sandbox and persist with shell-level privileges even after the app is uninstalled. The malware also uses four anti-analysis techniques—container tampering, manifest bombs, DEX bytecode poisoning, and dual string-encryption—to evade automated analysis pipelines.

Article URL: https://blog.ferstar.org/en/posts/zcode-silent-workspace-snapshot-upload/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750694

Article URL: https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/tag/5.4.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750152

Article URL: https://fex-emu.com/Scourge-of-emulation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750094

Researchers warn that no single 'kill switch' can reliably shut down AI systems, because doing so requires control over the essential resources those systems depend on, which becomes complicated when AI acts autonomously outside its initial environment. The article notes that AI's deep integration into daily life raises the risk that disabling AI could also disable crucial services.

Rockstar Games announced the GTA VI soundtrack, featuring 34 previously unreleased tracks including songs by Travis Scott and Keith Richards, with six already available on streaming platforms. The game is set for release on November 19.

Waymo will launch its fully self-driving ride-hailing service in Singapore by 2028, marking its first expansion into Southeast Asia and outside the US. The Alphabet-owned company is partnering with Singapore's Ministry of Transport and LTA, with initial Jaguar I-PACE vehicles arriving in the coming months for road and weather familiarization, driven by locally hired AV specialists. Waymo's Singapore subsidiary was registered on May 20, and this follows confirmed plans for Tokyo in 2027 and a subsidiary in South Korea.

Article URL: https://archive.org/details/b904a8eb-9c98-4bb1-bf25-3cb9d075b157 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749724

Article URL: https://www.hacktron.ai/blog/hacking-openai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749656

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max launched in Malaysia on 18 September 2026 at Apple The Exchange TRX, with pre-order pickups starting at 8:00am and the first buyer queuing from 4:30am. Malaysian pricing starts at RM5,499 for the 256GB Pro and RM5,999 for the Pro Max, with higher-capacity tiers (1TB and 2TB) costing RM1,000–RM2,000 more than last year's iPhone 17 Pro equivalents. The standard iPhone 18 arrives next year, while Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, hits Malaysia with pre-orders on 16 October and availability on 23 October.

Shanker Joyrama left a corporate career at Citibank and DiGi to eventually build Orion Digital, a regional digital consultancy with offices in Malaysia and Singapore, 80 industry awards, and clients spanning banking to aviation. The article traces his quarter-life crisis at 25 — carrying credit card debt despite ambitious income goals — and his realization that corporate progression required navigating office politics he didn't enjoy. Two major business resets reshaped Orion from social media management into a digital consultancy.

Shanker Joyrama left corporate roles at Citibank and DiGi to eventually build Orion Digital, a regional digital consultancy with offices in Malaysia and Singapore, 80 industry awards, and clients across banking to aviation. The article focuses on two major business resets and his realization at 25 that corporate progression required navigating office politics rather than just performance.