The role of AI and 5G in powering Malaysia's autonomous buses
As autonomous vehicles (AVs) pick up steam overseas with players like Waymo, Uber and Baidu deploying their fleets on public roads, Malaysians have already had the chance to ride aboard driverless electric buses being tested back home.
Some might even describe Malaysia as being ahead of the curve, due in part to local start-up eMooVit Technology – the autonomous driving company behind last year’s public AV bus trials in Putrajaya.
JP: Tokyo: Smart city forum focuses on communities building the future
The fourth SSPP (Sustainable Smart City Partner Program) Forum convened in Tokyo’s Harajuku district this October at With Harajuku Hall, an open space fostering informal, energetic dialogue.
Launched in 2020, SSPP supports community-building centered on maximizing residents’ well-being, with communities as the main players. The program creates spaces where municipal governments, local businesses, educational institutions and residents cooperate across traditional boundaries.
Egypt jumps 47 places in 2025 Digital Government Maturity Index
Egypt jumped 47 places in the World Bank’s Digital Government Maturity Index 2025, ranking 22nd globally after being classified among the top-performing countries in digital governance.
Egypt was placed in Category A—the highest tier of the index—with a maturity score of 0.911 out of 1, up from 0.751 and 69th place in the previous report issued in 2022.
The latest ranking reinforces Egypt’s position among global leaders in digital government.
MY: Selangor: Shah Alam: I-Berhad Accelerates RAAS, RM1 Bln Investment To Drive i-City Smart City Transformation
I-Berhad is stepping up the implementation of Robotics-as-a-Service (RAAS) across its property portfolio with an investment of RM1 billion, positioning artificial intelligence (AI)-based automation as a key pillar in property management, hospitality, lifestyle and asset operations as early as next year.
I-Berhad chairman Tan Sri Lim Kim Hong said the initiative is expected to place the company and i-City at the forefront as pioneers of smart city development in Malaysia through comprehensive integration of intelligent technology using advanced task execution systems and equipment.
AL: Smart City or the Eye of the Cyclops?
Like many other modern innovations, it seems that Smart City is coming to Albania not to solve problems, but simply to make them more contemporary. The European world, of which we want to become a part, solves similar problems with work, while we want to manage them with terminology. This is also happening with Smart City, or in Albanian translation “smart city”, which the Prime Minister of the country is presenting as a vigilant city: always with eyes open, to monitor its citizens.
This is not the first time he has spoken about this. When a murder took place at the airport roundabout, he said that, if bureaucratic procedures had not hindered the installation of Smart City, the murderers would have been caught in record time. While yesterday, it seems that he had overcome bureaucratic obstacles, he came out and explained that the State Police was being equipped with a “magic eye”. He did not talk about laws, standards and institutional reforms, but about real-time surveillance cameras.