KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) — Malaysia has been named one of the world’s four leading net exporters of AI hardware, alongside South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, in the International Monetary Fund’s July World Economic Outlook update. Malaysia accounts for roughly 13 percent of global semiconductor “back-end” manufactu...
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (MNTV) — Malaysia has drawn approved investments averaging $86.1 billion a year from 2022 to 2025, a level economists say reflects both strong fundamentals and deliberate policy, The Star reported. The boom has been driven partly by global supply-chain realignment, as foreign firms diversify away from concentrating oper...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) — Malaysia’s semiconductor industry has long punched above its weight in manufacturing, handling an estimated 13% of global semiconductor assembly, testing and packaging outside China and Taiwan. Yet despite the country’s prominent role in the global supply chain, it captures only about 6% of the industry’s value...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan on Thursday became a founding member of the newly established World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), as the country seeks to play a greater role in global artificial intelligence governance while strengthening technology cooperation with longtime ally China. The agreement establish...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Freelancers in Pakistan earned more than $3.2 billion in foreign exchange over the past three fiscal years, highlighting the sector’s growing contribution to the economy despite persistent challenges including slow internet connectivity and power outages. Official data showed freelance export earnings rose fr...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — A self-taught Pakistani cybersecurity researcher has been recognized by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) after responsibly disclosing a security vulnerability in one of the agency’s digital systems. According to Pakistan Today, the researcher identified the flaw during independent...
SINGAPORE (MNTV) — Malaysia’s rapid emergence as a regional data center hub amid the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom is creating new strains on power, water and talent resources, raising questions about how sustainable the sector’s growth will be over the longer term, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said in a report. Whi...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – Malaysia is gaining growing international recognition as an emerging hub for artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductor manufacturing and digital infrastructure, underpinned by record investment inflows and rapid expansion in data center capacity, reports Scoop. A recent analysis by US-based platform Captains o...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) – Palantir chief Alex Karp has said he is “the most publicly supportive CEO of Israel,” while claiming to privately raise criticism with Israeli officials about policies he does not support. Speaking in an interview with CNBC, Karp said he believed Israel remains an important US partner, even if Washington and Tel Aviv ...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — Maldives has received a Japanese facial recognition system that will be installed at its main international airport, marking a major step in the island nation’s effort to modernize border control and speed up immigration checks for travelers. Japan officially donated 48 facial recognition systems to Maldives Immigration...
