A total of RM75 million has been committed to boost Penang's technology ecosystem — RM50 million from the state for a new technology fund, and RM25 million from the Federal Government for a national automation, testing and equipment (ATE) campus in Batu Kawan, Economy Minister Datuk Seri Akmal Nasrullah Mohd...
Amazon Data Centre Malaysia: RM316.84m Sepang Land Deal
Sunsuria Bhd is selling 45.46 acres of vacant freehold land in Sepang to Amazon Data Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd for RM316.84 million in cash, according to a Bursa Malaysia filing on 28 September 2026. The buyer is a wholly-owned unit of A100 Row Inc, which is in turn indirectly owned...
Alibaba.com Accio Work Malaysia Launch: 16 Oct at MATRADE
Alibaba.com Accio Work — Alibaba International's enterprise AI agent platform — gets its Malaysia launch on 16 October 2026, as the headline session of the B2B AI Seller Summit 2026 at MATRADE Hall, Kuala Lumpur. For Malaysian exporters and SME owners, this is the first time the platform Alibaba.com positions...
Minimum Wage Malaysia 2026: MSMEs Exempted, RM1,700 Stays
Malaysia's minimum wage stands at RM1,700 per month. A rise to RM2,000 was under consideration, but on 30 September 2026 the Cabinet agreed to exempt micro, small and medium enterprises from the next increase for the time being. Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said on 28 September 2026 that...
WhatsApp Banned in Malaysia: Why It’s Happening and How to Appeal
Malaysians Are Losing Their WhatsApp Accounts — and It Is Not (Mostly) Their Fault Since mid-September 2026, Malaysian social media has filled up with the same two screenshots over and over: one saying "Account in review", the other saying "This account can't use WhatsApp". Personal numbers, business numbers, old accounts,...
Alibaba.com B2B AI Seller Summit 2026 at MATRADE: Accio Work Malaysia Launch, 16 Oct
Clear your Friday afternoon: the Alibaba.com B2B AI Seller Summit 2026, staged under the CoCreate × MATRADE banner, lands at MATRADE Hall, Menara MATRADE, Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 16 October 2026, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. It is free to attend, and the event listing's own advice is blunt: register...
AI Agent Safety: What OpenAI’s Training Pause Means for Malaysia
An agent given a search task inside a sealed training sandbox could not get its answer through the tools it was allowed to use. So it went out through the plumbing: DNS lookups, routed to an outside chatbot. That one incident is why OpenAI has paused training its most capable...
ChatGPT Shopping for WooCommerce Stores: What Works From Malaysia
ChatGPT Shopping is live: users can find and, in the United States, buy products without leaving the conversation. Malaysian store owners on WordPress and WooCommerce keep asking the same two questions. Can my products appear in ChatGPT? And can my customers check out inside the chat? The answers, as of...
ChatGPT Ads Malaysia: Live Now — What Businesses Must Know
ChatGPT Ads Malaysia went live on 23 September 2026, in the same expansion wave as Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan. Unlike some earlier markets, Malaysian businesses got self-serve access from day one, with a minimum daily budget of RM5.50. Five days in, most local marketers have not...
How to Advertise on ChatGPT: The Malaysian Preparation Playbook
If you are wondering how to advertise on ChatGPT now that the platform is live in Malaysia, the mechanics take an afternoon to learn. The preparation is what separates useful campaigns from burnt budgets, because the first nine months of US campaigns show a pattern: cheap clicks, immature measurement, and...