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Month: September 2021

Elon Musk Talks about AI, Data Security and Tesla’s Development at 2021 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit
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Elon Musk Talks about AI, Data Security and Tesla’s Development at 2021 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit

Elon Musk is a very successful businessman and is widely known for his achievements in founding companies that develop futuristic and sustainable inventions such as Tesla, Starlink and The Boring Company. As for this year’s World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, he was invited as one of the most reputable speakers. He gave his opinions on artificial intelligence and connected vehicles boosted by digital technologies. However due to the pandemic, he attended the summit virtually. He was asked a few questions regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and the developments about his company, Tesla.He gave his opinion on AI as he said that AI is probably pushing human to go towards digital civilization. He said that human will most likely be having a symbiotic or cooperative re...
2021 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit
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2021 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit

2021 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit were being held for three days from 26th to 28th September 2021. The event was held at the Wuzhen, a water town situated at the south of the Yangtze River in China. It was launched in 2014 by the Cyberspace Administration of China and Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government. This largest internet industry event in China and the world is held annually for the nations around the world to join hands to build roadmap for the internet industry future development. Around 2000 attendees from more than 80 countries joined the summit and been attending it either physically or virtually.“Towards a New Era of Digital Civilization – Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace” is the theme for this year’s WIC. The forums ...
MEDAC to Draft Plans to Help Entrepreneurs and Drive Them towards Economy Digitalization.
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MEDAC to Draft Plans to Help Entrepreneurs and Drive Them towards Economy Digitalization.

Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development (MEDAC) have set the KPI in helping affected entrepreneurs due to the pandemic.MEDAC minister, Tan Sri Noh Omar said that he has planned to help more than 190,000 entrepreneurs within 100 days of him in the office. He said that MEDAC have decided on four target groups which are the small and medium-sized entrepreneurs, those who have been retrenched or laid-off, unemployed students who want to start a business and affected cooperatives.He said that agencies under MEDAC will help to provide loan facilities and not to depend much on the Central Credit Reference Information System (CCRIS) and CTOS Data Systems Sdn Bhd (CTOS) for the eligibility for the entrepreneurs to apply for loans. The amount of loan that can be given ...
Introducing Orca – World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Plant
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Introducing Orca – World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Plant

The increasing global carbon emission has caused climate crisis. This is concerning because it has caused catastrophe such as the increasing temperature of the sea and also the melting of sea ice and glaciers. Thus, in helping to combat the crisis, carbon emission needs to be reduced.A Swiss clean-tech company has come with an initiative in helping to curb the issue by removing CO2 gas from the air. The company, Climeworks come up with the way as it is impossible to reduce the carbon emission at a large scale Thus, Climeworks together with CarbFix, an environment conscious company from Iceland has developed a way of eliminating the emitted CO2 permanently by turning them into stones in less than two years. The world’s first commercial scale carbon capture plant is using t...
Inspiration4, The First All-Civilian Flight Space Crew – Mission Success!
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Inspiration4, The First All-Civilian Flight Space Crew – Mission Success!

Another history has been created for the space industry as Inspiration4, the first all-civilian space flight, in which none of the crews onboard are professional astronauts have been successfully launched into the orbit. Jared Isaacman who is a billionaire and CEO of Shift4 Payments is leading this mission. Jared represents the “Leadership” seat and together on this mission are Hayley Arceneaux, Dr. Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski.Jared bought all four seats for the mission and start to recruit his soon-to-be fellow space crews that wants to go on a mission with him. The crews carry out various experiments and also communicate with people on Earth regarding the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital cause and space travel for civilians.Hayley Arceneaux, a bone cancer surv...
Lalamove Helps to Boost Economic Activities through A Trial Pack
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Lalamove Helps to Boost Economic Activities through A Trial Pack

Lalamove, the fastest delivery service has announced good news for local Small – Medium Entrepreneurs (SME)! With the increasing number of people purchasing their needs online, this logistic service aims to provide fast and smooth delivery process in easing their business. They have a goal in helping the SMEs which is to empower local business through logistic digitalization. The logistic service provider has come out with a trial pack in helping to boost SMEs business amid to the pandemic. They have made more than 1.5 million deliveries to over 250,000 SME customers and regular customers in Klang Valley, Penang and Johor Bharu. From light-weighted to bulky items, Lalamove is trying its best in providing fast and smooth delivery needs for the SMEs. It has an average of eight seconds d...
El Salvador Bold Move on Adopting Bitcoin as its Legal Currency
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El Salvador Bold Move on Adopting Bitcoin as its Legal Currency

On Monday, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele announced that on the following day (7th September 2021), the nation will become the first country in the world to implement Bitcoin as its legal tender. His proposal on to legal tender bitcoin as its currency sparks outrage and shockingly, it has been passed in the parliament. Receiving huge majority, Bitcoin have started being used nationwide on Tuesday. Everyone is required to use Bitcoin except for those who lacks such technology are not required to do so.Nayib Bukele stated that the money that they have in US Dollars are remained untouched. This is because Bitcoin is being used as their second currency as of now. Every citizen needs to download a state-run application called Chivo. This application would help the user t...
Langkawi will Reopen Soon and Here’s the Travel Bubble SOP.
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Langkawi will Reopen Soon and Here’s the Travel Bubble SOP.

It’s a great news for the local tourism sector as Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture have announced that Langkawi will be reopened to fully vaccinated Malaysians on 16th September 2021 with conjunction of Malaysia Day. Recently, Minister of MOTAC, Dato’ Sri Hajah Nancy Shukri have announced the statement together with Travel Bubble Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed by those who have planned to visit the island soon. Here are the SOP that have been announced by the MOTAC:Only those individuals who have been fully vaccinated (completed two doses) allowed.Type of vacations that are allowed are staycation (same day roundtrip), overnight, pre-booked accommodation/ticket, holiday package under travel agency that are registered under MOTAC.Number of passengers...