Malaysian tech news headlines in May 2025
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“The launch of artificial intelligence-powered Islamic preachers has raised questions in Malaysia over the technology’s potential to distort local Islamic teachings…” / full item
- DronTech Asia 2025 is set for Malaysia, September 30 to October 2, gathering all things drones-related for land, air, and sea applications / full item
- The ASEAN Digital Content Summit 2025 is set for Malaysia’s Johor Bahru from September 2-4, looking at the region’s games, animation and creative tech spaces / full item
- Malaysia: Penang Digital Economy Summit 2025 is set for August 9th, a one-day conference and exhibition looking at cybersecurity, policy, tech talent and more / full item
- Malaysia: Port Klang Free Zone unveils PKFZ 2.0 masterplan, outlining vision to transform into a future-ready, smart logistics and industrial hub / full item
- Malaysia: Sovereign AI Cloud project between Skyvast Corp’n and Huawei is to feature Huawei Ascend Graphic Processing Units in the first deployment outside the China market / full item
- Malaysia: The proposed ‘Silicon Island’ project, off the southern coast of Penang island, is projected to take between 10 and 15 years to complete / full item
- Malaysia: Young Creator Fellowship applications are open until May 31st, seeking creatives aged 18 to 25 interested in journalism / full item
- Malaysia: Google awards second data center contract to infra company, Gamuda, for a $233.7 million hyperscale data center 90km south of capital, Kuala Lumpur / full item
- Malaysia: Maybank sets RM200 daily transaction limit for reload services, aiming to limit opportunities for cyber fraud / full item
- Malaysia: Digital bank, Boost Bank, announces milestone of having disbursed close to $35M in financing to hundreds of Malaysian SMEs / full item
- Malaysia: State-owned Center for Technology Excellence Sarawak expands skills training with Amazon Web Services, aiming to become Malaysia’s premier AI state by 2027 / full item
- Malaysia: Government’s tech agency, MIMOS Berhad, and MY EG Services Berhad digital services company have formally operationalized Malaysia Blockchain Infrastructure / full item
- Malaysia: State of Negeri Sembilan is to host 2 data centers, potentially pursuing a new hub position in the country as Johor limits approvals over resource consumption concerns / full item
- What next for Southeast Asia’s China-backed solar boom?’ / full item
‘Vietnam recorded nearly 20 million brute-force cyberattacks in 2024, or 37% of all such incidents in Southeast Asia.’ / full item
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