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Grab Holdings Limited has announced a definitive agreement to invest US$60 million (~RM249 million) in Vay Technology GmbH, a Berlin-based remote-driving technology company. The deal marks Grab’s entry into the fast-evolving world of teledriving and autonomous vehicle innovation. Subject to regulatory approvals and standard closing conditions, the investment is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2025, giving Grab a minority equity stake in Vay.

KRAFTON — known for titles such as PUBG: Battlegrounds — announced that it is shifting its identity to become an “AI First” company — placing artificial intelligence at the very centre of its problem-solving, operations and growth strategy. During its internal live-talk event “KRAFTON LIVE TALK”, the company laid out its medium to long-term vision under the theme “AI First: Work, Company, Individual – The Future” and said the transformation extends across organisation, culture and technology.

In a sweeping move to combat online fraud, the Malaysian government is preparing to enforce a cap of two prepaid SIM cards per telecommunications company for Malaysian citizens — and a total of two across all telcos for foreign users. The announcement came from Deputy Communications Minister Teo?Nie?Ching during a session in the Dewan Rakyat.

Now and then, scammers would pose as fake officials to message us. This week, Touch 'n Go has issued an urgent public advisory warning users about fraudulent calls and individuals falsely claiming to represent the company.

HONOR is now doing great after leaving HUAWEI. Not only the brand has made it into the top smartphone rank in China, but its laptop division is also performing well by getting more market share. However, it seems like that the company could return to the old days as the US is considering banning it.

In September 2020, Nvidia had announced its plan to acquire Arm from SoftBank for about 40 billion USD (~RM164 billion). However, Qualcomm has jumped out of the middle of nowhere recently and offered to invest in the semiconductor company rather than purchase it outright, in the event Arm rejects the deal offered by Nvidia.

Earlier, Xiaomi had been blacklisted by the United States as former President Donald Trump designated the company as a “Communist Chinese military company". As a result, US citizens and companies were barred from investing or dealing with Xiaomi. Until now, it is reported that the Chinese tech company is finally removed from the blacklist following a lawsuit to US courts.

Not only the 2021 iPad Pro has arrived with mini-LED, but Apple's latest tablet is also surprisingly equipped with the powerful M1 chip. Now, the iPad Pro is basically equally powerful as the M1 MacBooks and it brings us to the question of whether Apple will merge these products one day. However, Apple executives have responded to the doubt by saying the company currently has no plan for it.

HUAWEI has released its annual report and it is shown that the company is doing better than before despite the US ban. As HUAWEI doesn't report quarterly earnings since it's a private company with a unique employee ownership structure, the annual report is the only thing that allows us to check on the company's performance.

After leaving OnePlus, the co-founder has found himself another probably-going-to-be huge thing that he can focus on to continue his journey in the industry. Last month, Carl Pei has announced the name of his new startup and it's called Nothing. At that time, he didn't mention anything about the products that the brand will be making, but now it has been revealed that the first product will be a pair of wireless earbuds.