News & Reviews:   Google Cloud Malaysia

Google Cloud recently announced the Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. This 3 month, equity free program provides generous support, including up to RM1645000 (US$350000) in cloud credits for 25 startups before the application deadline of 20 June 2026, with the program commencing in August 2026. 

Ransomware remains a devastating cyber threat, involving organizations from healthcare to education and governments to corporations. Today, Google Cloud announced a new, AI-powered defense for Google Drive particularly for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows files.

Google Cloud has announced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), a new open standard to securely initiate and process payments led by AI agents. The move is a significant step into the future of commerce, particularly for Southeast Asia, where the combined gross merchandise value of e-commerce and other online services exceeded RM1.1 trillion in 2024. So, would you use an AI Agent to do your shopping?

The digital frustrations of a faulty search bar, the logistical headaches of maintaining consistent service across a vast hotel network, and the operational inefficiencies of traditional workflows are all too familiar. As customer expectations are on the rise in Malaysia, these issues can be a silent killer of sales and a major blow to brand reputation.

However, a glimpse into an AI-powered future is already underway just across the causeway. In Singapore, Gill Capital Group (powering brands like H&M in Indonesia and Thailand), Frasers Hospitality, and FairPrice Group are leveraging Google Cloud agentic solutions to tackle these very challenges head-on. These could provide a blueprint for how Malaysian counterparts in similar industries could also utilise such features.

The first time I tried Google Veo 3 and Flow to make a more than 8-seconds video, I came up against problems with consistency. This meant that throughout my videos, my character sometimes didn't have the same clothes, hairstyle or even voice.

For today's topic, we made this guide on How to get consistent characters in Google Veo 3 and Flow, so do read on.

Google Veo 3 and Flow are Google’s latest generative AI platforms that offer text-to-video prompting. While Veo 3 is the engine, Flow is the platform where the videos are generated and put together. Together they allow users to rapidly create various types of videos using just text prompts.

Recently, Google offered us a chance at trying out Google Veo 3 and Flow. Here are our first impressions of the platform along with our own rather basic attempts at text-to-video. If you’re interested in trying it out then do keep on reading.

One of the main reasons why Generative AI is such a game changer is that it enables people to do what they couldn’t do before. People who couldn’t draw or make music can now do that with just a line or two of text, code and even apps can be made in minutes and so forth. Unfortunately, this also applies to hackers and scammers as well, as generative AI is taking Cybersecurity threats to another level. Find out what to do about it here.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday launched MyGovCloud, a cloud computing service which serves as an upgrade to the Public Sector Data Centre (PDSA). Moving forward, the new service will be used by all government agencies.