KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Mi Technovation Bhd announced that its founder and group chief operating officer (CEO) Oh Kuang Eng will be leading a new management in the group’s semiconductor division, while handing over the equipment business to a new management team, headed by executive director Teo Chee Keong.

Mi Technovation founder to lead new semiconductor unit, handing over equipment business to new leadership

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): The government will ensure that electric vehicle (EV) ownership is available to all income groups through targeted subsidies and financial assistance, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

At the same time, the government...

Zafrul: Putrajaya to ensure EV ownership available to all

Alphabet Inc’s Google will begin to make its Chromebook laptops in India, the latest among global tech companies to expand assembly in the key growth market.

Google to make laptops in India in win for Modi’s tech push

Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation (VTAC) has signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement with 17LIVE Holding, where both companies will come together to form 17LIVE Inc.

VTAC proposes business combination with live streaming platform 17LIVE, confirms The Edge Singapore's report

Government policies and incentives will play a crucial role in supporting electric vehicle (EV) demand growth in the transition away from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICE) in Asia, said Sustainable Fitch Inc.

Govt incentives key to EV demand growth in Asia — Sustainable Fitch

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Reservoir Link Energy Bhd said its 51%-owned unit Founder Energy Sdn Bhd has received a letter of award (LOA) from Samaiden Sdn Bhd for a RM21 million subcontract work of a 50MW (megawatt) large scale solar (LSS) project in Sungai Petani, Kedah.

Reservoir Link wins RM21 mil subcontract from Samaiden for Kedah LSS project

French antitrust enforcers raided the offices of a business suspected of engaging in “anticompetitive practices in the graphics cards sector”, targeting a company that the Wall Street Journal identified as Nvidia Corp.

Nvidia linked to dawn raid by French competition regulators

Microsoft Corp discussed selling its Bing search engine to Apple Inc around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default option on the iPhone maker’s devices, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Microsoft discussed selling Bing to Apple as Google replacement

A US civil rights agency sued Tesla Inc on Thursday, claiming the electric carmaker has tolerated severe harassment of Black employees at its flagship Fremont, California, assembly plant.

Tesla sued by US agency over alleged harassment of Black factory workers

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said on Thursday the agency's proposal to reinstate net neutrality rules could give it new authority to force the removal of equipment from China-based Huawei and ZTE from US networks, including data centres.

US telecom agency says it could boost authority over Huawei, ZTE equipment

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in advanced talks with former Apple designer Jony Ive and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to build the "iPhone of artificial intelligence", fuelled by more than US$1 billion (RM4.7 billion) in funding from the Japanese conglomerate, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

OpenAI, Jony Ive in talks to raise US$1b from SoftBank for AI device venture — FT

Social media platform X could turn a profit in early 2024, chief executive officer Linda Yaccarino said on Wednesday, during a wide-ranging interview in which she defended the company's progress under billionaire owner Elon Musk.

X CEO Yaccarino says Musk-owned platform could turn a profit next year

Uber Technologies on Wednesday named Analog Devices CFO Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah as its finance chief at a time when the ride-hailing company is gearing up for growing competition in the industry.

Uber names semiconductor executive Mahendra-Rajah as CFO 

Apple was ordered on Wednesday to face a private antitrust lawsuit by payment card issuers accusing the company of thwarting competition for its Apple Pay mobile wallet.

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