Tag Archives: Work

42 (or Ecole 42), the famous school of coding that was first launched in Paris, France, has made its way to Malaysia through a virtual launch by the Minister of Multimedia and Communications Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah. Called 42 KL here, it is the result of a partnership agreement between Sunway …

In June 2020, AirAsia laid off over 300 employees to cut costs during the pandemic. That same month, it launched an agriculture e-commerce platform called Ourfarm, where F&B businesses can buy fresh produce in bulk straight from its network of farmers. When we spoke to its CEO, Lalitha after its …

Back in August 2019, 3 startup founders were appointed by Mahathir and Syed Saddiq as youth leaders in their fields of expertise to work with the previous National Economic Action Council (NEAC) lineup. They were Nadhir Ashafiq, Executive Director and co-founder of TheLorry, Liew Ooi Hann, founder and Director of Jirnexu, and …

(Reuters) — (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday posted a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with China’s Huawei to develop standards for 5G and other cutting-edge technologies, despite restrictions on doing business with the telecommunications equipment maker. Reuters reported on Monday that the rule …

In a paper titled “The ‘Criminality From Face’ Illusion” posted this week on Arxiv.org, a trio of researchers surgically debunked recent research that claims to be able to use AI to determine criminality from people’s faces. Their primary target is a paper in which researchers claim they can do just …

Author’s Blurb: Some companies have already returned to their offices while some are still implementing WFH, and over time we’ve learnt to appreciate the pros and manoeuvre the cons of it. Now, the big question remains, what is the future of working arrangements in a post-COVID-19 world? Speak to 5 …

Following the Covid-19 outbreak, Singapore and other countries such as Japan, China, South Korea and India have developed their own versions of the contact tracing app, aimed at mitigating the spread of Covid-19. Fundamentally, contact tracing works by tracking down the individuals an infected person has been in contact with …

This week, as thousands of protestors marched in cities around the U.S. to bring attention to the death of George Floyd, police brutality, and abuses at the highest levels of government, members of the AI research community made their own small gestures of support. NeurIPS, one of the world’s largest …

In the last few months, hundreds of millions of employees had to go home. It was a mass migration unlike any before it. While sheltering in place, companies have been wondering how to eventually bring all those people safely back into the office. However, there’s no road map for navigating …