



Stuck in Pilot Mode: Why AI Projects Aren’t Scaling
For the past two years, organisations everywhere have been experimenting with AI. Pilots are running, proofs of concept are being showcased, and leadership teams are under pressure to show progress. But behind the excitement, many initiatives never make it past the testing phase. We speak with K…

MSP353 AI In ‘26: Crab Course
AI agents. They sound like your spy dreams come to life. Send them out into the world to snoop on your behalf. In reality, they’re kind of important but boring. Which is why Matt and Rich have put off talking about them for so long. But then a bot only social media platform called Moltbook come…

Escaping The Algorithm
As tech giants race to weave AI into every pixel of our digital lives, Mozilla has done the unthinkable: they’ve given users a way out. We dive into Firefox’s new "AI-Off" switch and what it means for the future of the web. We spoke with Alexander Wong from SoyaCincau to find out whether this is a …

MSP352 Tech In ‘26: Work
Despite their best efforts to resolve the problem, it looks as though Richard and Matt have found no solution to work, though they have found some interesting approaches that might. On today’s show they offer up their apologies and outline what you can expect to see at your desk in 2026. From a…

The Agentic Arms Race: Bridging the Divide Between EU Policy and APAC Speed
Meta’s recent $2 billion acquisition of the Singapore-based Manus AI has signaled a major shift: APAC is now outpacing the West in the race for autonomous agents. As geopolitical tensions rise over tech transfers, Europe is left questioning if its "safety-first" regulations are leaving it behind. …

MSP351. Tech In ‘26: Health
Never has it been so hard to figure out what’s good for you. 10,000 steps a day or 7,000? More red meat or less? To use painkillers or not to use painkillers? Increasingly it seems that medical advice is being issued based more on feelings and political ideology than scientific fact. In the sec…

The Cost of Quantum Risk: Why PQC Matters to the Future of Money
Quantum computing is advancing faster than many realise, and when it does, it could break the encryption that protects banking systems, payment infrastructure, and government data. In this episode of Tech Talk, we speak with Wo Swee Teck, Managing Director at Securemetric Technology, about why P…

MSP350 Tech In 26
2026. Will it be the year that a robot butler finally delivers crisps to Matt on a silver platter? That nuclear fusion goes mainstream and everyone owns their own star generating tokamak? Maybe a way to send actual viruses to digital scammers. Or will it be more rent to own subscriptions, low ea…

When Surgery Goes Borderless
In this episode of Tech Talk, we explore how 5G, AI, and mixed reality are reshaping the future of healthcare delivery. Following among the world’s first multi-country live surgery conducted by Universiti Malaya Medical Centre and CelcomDigi, we look at how holomedicine is enabling real time surgic…

MSP349. The Blue Screen Of Black Death
“If you’re enjoying it, you aren’t really listening.” That’s Matt’s upbeat introduction to 2026. He’s probably not wrong. In a world of constant iteration cycles and incremental upgrades, we take time to salute some of the big names and services that the tech world lost in 2026. Skype, AOL and…