Tech Talk
by BFM Media
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Quantum Isn’t Ready Yet, but Businesses Should Be Preparing
Quantum Isn’t Ready Yet, but Businesses Should Be Preparing
About this podcast
Where would your business be in 10 years time? How about 5 years from now? Or even tomorrow? Chances are, you’re already in the age of a digital business. Tech Talk is the programme that gives you access to the minds that are shaping the world of tomorrow. Hear from global and regional experts and analyst, record breaking developers, the dark-web hackers and the “crazy ones” as they give you an insight to how the world will change. Tech Talk helps you to breakdown the geeky jargons and complex codes that many often would fear. Also find out what are some the latest consumer offerings like smartphones, drones, robots, cameras, video games that are best in the market and quirky insight to a mind of a digital pop culture technology advocater, Richard Bradbury.
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- Quantum Isn’t Ready Yet, but Businesses Should Be Preparing · 29 minQuantum computing is still years from commercial use, but BCG estimates it could eventually help cut 3 to 7 gigatonnes of carbon emissions a year, especially in heavy industries…
- MSP380. SuperMaxxing: The Era Of Endless Enhancement · 42 minWe’re speeding around the Internet with Dictonary.com’s word of the year for 2026: Maxxing. From its origins in gaming culture and its adoption by underground online cultures…
- Why AI Isn’t Paying Off for Most Businesses · 28 minA PwC survey of more than 4,400 CEOs found 56% saw neither higher revenue nor lower costs from AI, even as some research puts AI adoption in Malaysia as high as 86%. We talk…
- MSP379. KIllswitch Engage · 49 minWhat happens if AI self-replicates, infecting and embedding itself in every computer, network and system it encounters? Yes, that is the starting point of The Terminator…
- Data Centres Weigh In on Malaysia’s Tougher Rules · 33 minMalaysia plans to draft a Data Centre Bill for Cabinet in 2027, and operators already face tougher terms, from paying for grid upgrades and unused reserved power to meeting 30%…
- MSP378. Super Intelligence: What is AI? · 51 minA recent White House Executive Order declared that Artificial Intelligence is now Super Intelligence. But is it? Matt and Kishan try and unpick the many vines that sprout from a…
- US and China AI Agents: How to Govern the Risks? · 30 minIn July, an OpenAI agent broke out of its test environment and into the systems of Hugging Face, the AI platform. Since then, there have been more reports of AI agents going…
- Spotting Mule Accounts: The Tech Behind It · 30 minMalaysians lost RM2.97 billion to scams in 2025, and much of that money moved through mule accounts. The National Fraud Portal now links Bank Negara, PayNet, and the banks to…
- MSP377. Weird Science: The Power Of Failure · 45 minWe’re taking a trip to the weird side today as we explore the power of failure. Matt and Kishan discuss a failed experiment which is leading to new insights about the evolution…
- Inside Malaysia's Upcoming AI Governance Bill · 38 minMalaysia is about to get an AI Governance Bill, with its own regulator to enforce it. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Digital's Personal Data Protection Department just started a…
- Deepfakes Are Now a Global Business Problem · 36 minIt used to be relatively easy to spot a scam call or message. But what happens when the person on the other end looks and sounds exactly like someone you trust? This technology…
- MSP376. Who Asked You? Initiate Annihilation · 46 minWhat on earth is happening with AI? Agents are hacking systems. Inventing their own languages. Covering their tracks and behaving like spies from a 1980s farce. The bosses of AI…
- Singapore's Stablecoin Bet: The Tech and the Impact · 37 minSingapore's central bank has proposed new rules for stablecoins, digital currencies pegged to real money. Varun Mittal, Founder of Fintech Nation and Managing Director Country…
- MSP375. The Human Premium · 46 minIn a unit based, tokenized world, what is the value of a person? AI can replace all those costly inputs on seats with output from the cloud. Lawmakers tell us to get onboard or…
- If AI Codes, What's Left to Teach Engineers? · 30 minBecoming a software engineer has always started with writing code, fixing bugs, and building experience over time. But as AI takes on more of the actual coding, entry-level…
- Can Businesses Keep Up With AI Agents? · 28 minAI agents are moving beyond experimentation and into business-critical workflows, but many organisations still struggle to monitor what these systems are doing in production. As…
- MSP374. The Human Reservation · 41 minImagine spending your life roaming a wildlife reserve, food, shelter and medicine provided. Not a care in the world. But no agency or freedom to travel beyond the fences of the…
- Powering Johor's Data Centre Boom · 30 minMalaysia's semiconductor sector has attracted more than RM90 billion in approved investments since 2024, and Johor is emerging as one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing digital…
- MSP373. Connectivity. · 38 minIt’s a Minisode week as Matt and Kishan talk Cards Against Humanity’s battle with Elon Musk, slippery sandboxes, and Matt quizzes Kishan about his dating habits. What connects…
- Beyond DeepSeek, CXMT, and Unitree: What’s Hot in China Tech Now? · 37 minFrom DeepSeek to CXMT to Unitree, China is producing technology companies that are increasingly challenging assumptions about where the next wave of global innovation will come…
- What Rogue AI Agents Mean for Cyber Resilience · 40 minTwo of OpenAI's own AI models reportedly broke out of a test environment and hacked into another company's servers on their own. The internet has dubbed this "Skynet Day." We…
- MSP372. Everything Good Is Bad · 45 minEvery technology has a hype cycle. From its introduction with endless possibilities to the growing realization that maybe it wasn’t the dream you were sold on. For social media…
- Network Security Is a Connectivity, Cloud and Cybersecurity Effort · 31 minAttackers can move through a compromised network in under 30 minutes, but Malaysian organisations take an average of 187 days even to discover they've been breached. Azhar Adnan…
- AI Enters Malaysia's Creative Industry · 42 minAI has already reshaped software, business, and the workplace, but what happens when it enters industries built on human creativity? Rizal Kamal and Kim Lim join us to talk about…
- MSP371. Heroes: Just For Work Days. · 41 minThey’re lazy. Entitled. Don’t want to work. Disrespectful. These are some of the comments you’ll find hurled at Gen Z on any given day. But maybe. Just maybe. They’re the agents…
- Redefining Modern Logistics In Malaysia · 33 minFor years, warehouse transformation has often been associated with large-scale upgrades, costly replacements and lengthy implementation timelines. But as businesses face…
- MSP370. The Superfan Economy · 45 minWith the record breaking sums raised by the FIFA World Cup this summer, Matt and Kishan examine the open and closed loops and ecosystems of the worlds of the superfan. What…
- The Cracks Hiding Inside Your Security System · 39 minFor the first time in the Internet's history, machines are generating more web traffic than humans, and bots now account for the majority of it. Volker Rath of Cloudflare joins…
- MSP369. Weird Science. Eye Know · 42 minFrom oxygenated boxes to preserve eyeballs to cloud seeding technologies to counter El Niño, we take a look into the weirder side of science and technology to bring you some of…
- The Tech (And Risk) Behind Wearable Health Data · 31 minWearables have evolved far beyond step counters, now tracking chronic conditions and detecting early health warning signs. As the global wearable market is projected to grow 576%…
- MSP368. The Endless Simulator · 43 minAre you worried that life is turning into an episode of Black Mirror? Are your avatars more successful than you? We’re talking about reality today. Simulation theory and the idea…
- How AI is Rewiring Financial Services · 32 minBanking, insurance, and capital markets have been built on trust, regulation, and decades of infrastructure. Now AI is rewriting the rules, and the institutions that don't adapt…
- The Tech Behind National Security · 28 minNational security is about a country's ability to protect its borders, infrastructure and critical systems from threats that are digital, fast-moving and hard to anticipate. We…
- MSP367. The Great Water Wars of 2036 · 41 minMatt and Kishan continue their tour of the future as they jump back into 2036. The role kelp could play in rebuilding local communities and shoring up environmental protection…
- Building an Electronics Workforce Global Buyers Trust · 30 minElectronics manufacturing runs on precision. Every solder joint, every inspection, every decision on the production floor has to meet global standards. What does it take to build…
- MSP366. 2036: Kelp Me If You Can, I’m Feeling Down · 46 minForecasting the future is hard. The Atlantic Council’s Global Foresight report paints a pretty bleak picture of 2036. And it’s hard to be bleaker than Matt. Fortunately, the…
- AI Crypto, The Blockchain Trilemma, & New SC Rules · 36 minAs Malaysia’s digital asset market surges past RM17 billion in trading volume, the industry is entering a new era of maturity. But as product pipelines expand and the Securities…
- MSP365. Rage Against The Machines · 46 minWe were promised technology would make life easier. Instead, everything feels harder. Matt and Kishan try to figure out where all the fun has gone and why it’s been replaced with…
- The Tech Behind the Mega-IPOs of 2026 · 34 minThree of the world's most powerful tech companies are heading to public markets in 2026 but none of them are profitable. From reusable rockets to large language models, the…
- MSP364. Weird Science: Shiny, Shiny Gold And Lymph Nodes · 42 minTime for a speed run on science as Matt and Kishan tackle some of wilder stories of recent weeks. A new generation of triple-action smart drugs is opening up treatment options…
- Your Biggest Security Risk? Your Workforce · 33 minOrganisations have spent billions securing their technology. Yet two-thirds of global data breaches still involve a human element. So what exactly is human risk, and what can…
- Most Businesses Use AI. Few Use It Well. · 34 minMalaysia has four years to become a regional AI hub. So why are most businesses still using AI to write emails and clean up presentations? More importantly, what does it actually…
- MSP363. Death Of The Internet · 43 minThis week, Kishan and Matt have the unenviable task of wading through trendslop. Pull on your wellies as they unpick the AI-generated business strategies that could set your…
- Your Customer Service Chatbot Needs Fixing · 34 minIn an AI-powered world, are Malaysian chatbots actually doing their job? A whitepaper by Entermind, a data and AI consultancy, says most are not, and some are more like a…
- MSP362. The Goblin Protocol · 42 minVerbal tics, unwanted personality quirks and self-replicating habits. No, it’s not Kishan’s list of complaints about Matt. It’s the Goblin Protocol. An unlikely world where…
- The Cyber Threats You're Not Ready For · 40 minCybercrime is a professionalised, trillion-dollar industry, and AI is making attacks faster, cheaper, and more devastating. No organisation is too small to be a target. Tune in…
- Agentic AI: 10x Speed But Lacklustre Productivity? · 34 minCan your P&L survive a developer who burns hundreds of dollars in tokens for a single minor feature? While coding speed has reached a 10x breakthrough, the rest of the Software…
- Mag 7 Earnings, OpenAI v Anthropic, & Manus’ China Drama · 43 minBig Tech is printing cash, but the "Mag 7" earnings reveal a stark divide in investor reactions to the AI Capex race. On the Big AI front, OpenAI has officially broken its…
- MSP361. The Trouble With Toilets And Other Space Tales · 46 minArtemis II saw the first manned mission to the moon in over 50 years and flew its crew further into space than any human has ever gone before. But with so many seemingly…
- No Copyright For AI Content? · 36 minIn a digital world where "copy-paste" is the default setting, what content is legally protected and what isn't? From AI-generated imagery to the hidden licensing traps of stock…
