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SMK Bukit Sawa in Marang has successfully guided 35 students to build five unmanned aerial vehicles under a corporate-backed initiative, with alumni already pursuing aircraft engineering degrees.
Major artists including Madonna and SZA are resisting record labels' deals to train AI models on their music without permission, demanding stronger protections for voices, likenesses, and royalty structures before the technology advances further.
AI company Anthropic has appointed veteran policymaker Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar as its first chief global affairs officer, tasking him with navigating complex regulatory relationships with the US government and international markets as the sector faces mounting scrutiny.
Three Malaysian tech professionals have developed custom applications designed to solve everyday problems for their wives, transforming personal projects into viable commercial products that serve thousands of users across the region.
Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu has underscored the urgent need to elevate food security to a national strategic priority, citing ongoing Middle East conflicts and climate disruptions threatening global supply chains.
The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to prohibit the sale of devices containing key hardware components from Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE, tightening restrictions that previously allowed component-based workarounds.
A US federal judge has approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement in a landmark copyright case brought by authors who alleged the AI company improperly used their books to train its Claude chatbot without permission.
US federal investigators found that a Tesla driver manually overrode the self-driving feature moments before a fatal crash in Texas, though broader questions about autonomous vehicle safety persist.
Nvidia has reduced its list of approved Asian AI chip buyers by more than half following stricter US export controls, with Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan facing tighter customer screening to prevent advanced technology reaching China.