Access is everything: How Atlas Vending repurposed tech to bridge the period poverty gap

We live in an era defined by artificial intelligence and technological acceleration, but the true measure of innovation may lie not in its sophistication but in its capacity for quiet dignity.

Whilst Malaysia's corporate landscape races towards digital transformation, one question persists: who gets left behind?

For Amy Gan of leading integrated beverage company Etika Group, the answer arrived in an unexpected form—young girls missing school, resorting to newspaper and coconut husks during menstruation. What followed was a little ingenuity, resourceful thinking, and a fundamental reimagining of what vending machines could achieve.

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Few luxury jewellery houses have enjoyed as enduring and glittering a romance with cinema as Tiffany & Co.

Granted, the beloved 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s cemented the maison’s image in popular culture, with an iconic opening scene featuring Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly gazing into the windows of Tiffany & Co.’s Fifth Avenue flagship while eating a croissant. 

While Tiffany’s permitted filming inside its store for the first time, costume designer Edith Head and Hubert de Givenchy–who created Hepburn’s wardrobe–selected pieces from a costume jewellery collection rather than Tiffany’s ateliers.

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As luck (and the calendar) would have it, Halloween this year falls on a Friday, officially transforming the holiday into a full-blown "Halloweekend." This means the celebrations aren't just limited to one night; they're set to spill over, allowing for three full days of spooky festivities.

Whether your ideal celebration involves traditional trick-or-treating, hosting your own haunted gathering, or finding a major event to attend, Halloween is the perfect excuse to embrace your creative side, don a costume, and dive into the electric, chaotic energy of the city.

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Young Malaysian talent Vincent Ong has struck a chord in one of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions, successfully advancing to the final round of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Compe­ti­tion 2025.

Organised by Poland’s Fryderyk Chopin Institute, the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Compe­ti­tion is one of the oldest music events of its kind in the world. The 24-year-old, being the first Malaysian in history to reach the final round of the competition, astounded audiences with his masterful piano skills in Warsaw, Poland. 

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In the much-anticipated Netflix adaptation of Frankenstein, Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro resurrects not only Mary Shelley’s tragic myth but also the haunting majesty of Gothic architecture–an enduring language of stone, shadow, and sorrow.

Besides filming at authentic Gothic sites such as the historic Royal Mile near St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland–a thoroughfare lined with spired façades and weathered masonry seemingly lifted from a Gothic reverie–del Toro opted for a “hand-crafted, epic-scale” set design instead of relying solely on CGI.

For instance, del Toro’s interpretation of Victor Frankenstein’s (played by Oscar Isaac) laboratory serves as the crucible where the creature (Jacob Elordi) is brought to visceral life–anchored by a monumental circular window, crowning a tower constructed from native Scottish stone.

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