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My partner noticed how rarely we see mixed-race groups, even in groups of friends, in #KL #Malaysia, while at a local Kopitiam that seemed to be all Chinese-Malaysian (besides us). A day after she got to be the only non-Indian at an Indian restaurant.
It's perhaps a bit sad, but that was one of my fir…

Malaysia plant Social-Media-Verbot unter 16 Jahren
Eine zunehmende Anzahl an Ländern will den Zugang von Kindern zu sozialen Medien einschränken. Malaysia will 2026 ein Verbot für unter 16-Jährige einführen.
https://www.…

Malaysian authorities are using drones, power sensors, and tips to hunt Bitcoin miners over power theft, which cost a state energy company $1.1B over five years (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Bitcoin (BTC) Miners Hunted After Stealing $1 Billion Power From Malaysia Grid
Cracking down on illegal Bitcoin mining gangs has become a cat-and-mouse game in Malaysia.

Heading to #Malaysia for the first time since the pandemic in a few weeks, likely followed by #Indonesia. Can't wait - to eat all the amazing vegetarian food, drink lots of teh, speak in Indonesian.

Cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia
Death toll passes 1,100 in
devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand
– latest updates
Hundreds remain missing in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as rescue efforts continue after Cyclone Ditwah

Here you go again....
Malaysia may implement age verification..
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/malaysia-may-ban-users-under-16-from-social-media-starting-next-year

Malaysia's AI-Driven Education Landscape: Policies, Applications, and Comparative Insights for a Digital Future
Fadhilah Jamaluddin, Ahmad Hakiim Jamaluddin, Faridzah Jamaluddin, Faathirah Jamaluddin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21858

Malaysia's AI-Driven Education Landscape: Policies, Applications, and Comparative Insights for a Digital Future
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming education globally, and Malaysia is leveraging this potential through strategic policies to enhance learning and prepare students for a digital future. This article explores Malaysia's AI-driven education landscape, emphasising the National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 and the Digital Education Policy. Employing a policy-driven analysis, it maps AI applications in pedagogy, curriculum design, administration, and teacher training across p…

Trump, Lula Seek Meeting in Malaysia as Brazil Eyes Tariff Cut (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-22/trump-lula-seek-meeting-in-malaysia-as-brazil-eyes-tariff-cut
http://www.memeorandum.com/251022/p44#a251022p44

Had to correct my Malaysian #grab driver who thought that Bahubali was a #Tamil film.
Most likely, only the Tamil version was released in #Malaysia but its a

More than 1,400 dead across Asia after ‘rare’ cyclone & typhoon converge https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/more-than-1400-dead-across-asia-after-rare-cyclone-typhoons-converge/

More than 1,400 dead across Asia after ‘rare’ cyclone & typhoon converge
At least 1,400 people have died as a result of flooding and landslides across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, with many more still missing. The unusual combination of a tropical typhoon and two tropical cyclones is behind the mounting humanitarian disaster. Scientists and meteorologists note that Cyclone Senyar formed just north of the equator, […]

OpenAI expands its ~$5 ChatGPT Go plan to 16 new Asian countries, including Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam, after launching it in August (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/openais-affordable-ch…

OpenAI's affordable ChatGPT Go plan expands to 16 new countries in Asia | TechCrunch
OpenAI is expanding its $5 per month ChatGPT Go plan to 16 more countries.

I think I've met more interesting western #expats in a week in #Malaysia than I do in a year in #Japan.

Meer dan 1.100 doden t.g.v. regenval in Zuid-Oost Azië
#klimaatverandering
"Human-caused climate breakdown has increased the occurrence of the most intense and destructive tropical cyclones, though the overall number of storms per year has not changed globally. This is because warming oceans provide more energy, producing stronger storms. Extreme rainfall from tropic…

Today, #TimorLeste 🇹🇱 becomes the #ASEAN’s 11th member when the 47th summit begins in Kuala Lumpur later. 🎉
To mark this occasion, I decided to create a mock Philippine historical marker commemorating the body owing to the

"UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Plastic #Plastics

Arzt gibt ein Update - „Zustand ist ernst!“ Große Sorgen um Moto3-Juwel #News #Nachrichten

Malaysia's Johor state, which has approved 51 data centre projects as of November, stops approvals for new low-tier data centers citing high water consumption (The Star)
https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2025/11/26/no-more-…

‘No more low-tier data centre approvals in Johor’
JOHOR will stop approving applications for Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centres due to their massive water consumption, which can reach up to 50 million litres a day.