Malaysia is stepping up its push into artificial intelligence with a new initiative to train 300000 Malaysians in AI-related skills by 2029. The programme is a collaboration between MyDIGITAL Corporation and Oracle, aimed at accelerating the country’s digital transformation and building a future-ready workforce.

Recently, authorities in Cambodia have carried out a major operation against an online scam syndicate, underscoring the growing scale and sophistication of cross-border cybercrime in the region. According to a report by Bernama today, a total of 49 individuals were arrested during the raid, with several foreign nationals among those detained.

Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has officially expanded the BUDI95 fuel subsidy program to cover all 16 million citizens with a valid MyKad and driving license, marking a major milestone in digital public service delivery.

Malaysia recorded cybercrime losses exceeding RM1.22 billion between January and October 2024, according to Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail. The staggering figure highlights the growing scale and sophistication of online threats — from financial scams and identity theft to data breaches and digital deception.

The Thailand Ministry of Tourism and Sports has announced that it is introducing an online version of its arrival and departure card, Tor Mor 6 (TM6). Accordingly, starting 1 May 2025, all foreign arrivals via air, land, and sea, including from Malaysia, must complete the digital TM6 form to enter the country. 

In 2022, Celcom and Digi began talks to merge the two companies, that would eventually become CelcomDigi. Hoping to utilize the best of both telcos, initial signs indicated that there was some improvement but lately, quite a few CelcomDigi users from our Facebook page have said that it has become worse since their merger. On paper, pulling all the resources from both sides should make the mobile internet experience better but it became the opposite instead. 

Building upon the foundation of the previous Sustainability Achieved via Energy Efficiency (SAVE) program, Malaysians can now get an up to RM400 rebate off of energy star 4.0 and above electrical appliances with the SAVE 4.0 initiative. Recently announced by Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister, SAVE 4.0 will allocate RM50 million on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Cybersecurity has been a hot topic in our country recently following a series of high-profile data leaks that have unfortunately affected Malaysians. If you’re in the dark about what to do to protect yourself in the digital world, then the following advice from global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky could do you a world of good. 

Read on to learn of the measures that you can take to safeguard yourself from the adverse repercussions of a cybersecurity breach.

Recently, we shared a few essential tech tips for post-pandemic international travel, including familiarising yourself with a specific country’s contact tracing app. Well, that includes our country’s own MySejahtera app, which until today requires those entering Malaysia to fill in its Traveller Pass feature.

However, the requirement will be rescinded starting this 4 July 2022 for Malaysians coming back home from overseas, though it will still be enforced for foreign nationals entering our country. This was announced by Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin through a Ministry of Health statement yesterday.

Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri yesterday announced that RM2.7 million worth of e-vouchers has been allocated for Malaysians to purchase domestic flight tickets online. The e-vouchers, worth between RM25 and RM100 can be redeemed by 45,879 Malaysians until the end of 2022.