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Interestingly enough, the new successor is being developed with a helping hand from Apple as Qi2 is based on the company’s MagSafe technology. A member of WPC itself, the Cupertino giant is also working together with other members to develop the new Magnetic Power Profile as the core of the standard. WPC claims that among the advantages of Qi2 will be improved energy efficiency, faster charging time, and of course, making sure the charging devices are perfectly aligned with the products using magnets....

To be held through Google Meet, MCRP said that the tour will provide plenty of facts and tips regarding the animals at the park. The promotional post for the tour also pointed out that it will feature crocodile feeding demonstrations. According to the contact form that was published by the park, there are two virtual tour sessions per day which are held from Friday to Sunday for this month. Each session is said to last for 1 hour 30 minutes and while you can inform the park regarding your preferred date as well as timing through the form, the actual tour session will depend on the available time slots....

Based on a novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 is the first game in the Metro video game series and was originally released in 2010. With a post-apocalyptic Moscow at its setting, the first-person shooter survival horror game features a character called Artyom which were asked to leave his home station in order to seek help after it was appeared to be “attacked” by mutant beings called the Dark Ones....

Tab sharing is when you open a webpage on your computer and send that tab to be read on your phone and vice versa. You’ll be able to see a new laptop and smartphone icon in the URL bar once you gain access to the feature. When you press on it, a list of all the devices on which you have Edge installed and where you are logged in with the same Microsoft account will be displayed....

The patent images were discovered on the USPTO (Unite States Patent and Trademark Office) and first reported by the Windows-centric site, Windows Latest. Technically speaking, all Microsoft surface device are 2-in-1 devices, but what makes this particular device stand is the illustration of a “Metallic Surface Device” that is situated at the rear of the notebook cum tablet. Microsoft says that the new surface (no pun intended) provides a “reflective multi-layer structure that serves as a supplemental or primary display for an electronic device”....

The minister says that hardware, both of copper and fibre-optic in nature, are dug up and stolen. This causes some rural areas that previously had internet connectivity to lose the connection abruptly. There are also cases where the generators that power the transmission towers suffer from vandalism, including the solar-powered ones. As a potential solution, Zahidi says the ministry is looking into using new tech to solve this issue, and improve connectivity in rural areas....

The minister told reporters during an event in Putrajaya earlier today that everything is according to plan, and issues pertaining to transparency and pricing involved have been sorted out. The finalised deal will see a total of 70% stake in DNB will be shared between the six mobile network operators. He added that the official announcement regarding the matter will be made in a week’s time. DNB CEO Ralph Marshall and Communications and Multimedia Minister Annuar Musa (Image: Annuar Musa [Facebook])“Bear with me, it just takes another seven or eight days before an official announcement will be made,” he said....

Through MoH’s official GitHub page, one will be able to find anonymous granular data on hospital admissions, critical care (ICU) and MOH’s cluster-based analysis of transmission. All information uploaded on the page are sorted in folders for ease of reference and are updated on a regular basis, so that visitors will be able to check the latest official data including the current number of cases in the country or by state, rate of COVID-19 critical care admissions, and so on, via the repository....

The company’s senior vice president for commercial vaccines, Patrick N Bergstedt, told New Straits Times that Malaysia’s pro-vaccination and pro-industry stance provides an opportunity to collaborate with hospitals and universities to develop messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics. “I am excited to build strong teams that can deliver on the potential this region and our mRNA platform has to offer,” said CEO Stéphane Bancel. It currently has 40 development programmes in the pipeline, one of which is a pan-respiratory annual booster vaccine that covers multiple diseases such as COVID-19, the flu, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus....

It was just earlier this week that areas within the vicinity of Selayang Wholesale Market was put under EMCO lockdown. The announcement by Senior Minister (Security Cluster), Ismail Sabri Yaakob during his daily briefing earlier today marked the seventh EMCO implementation since it was first imposed on two areas at Simpang Renggam in Johor last month. Here is the list of areas that are involved in the latest EMCO lockdown implementation: Zone A: Jalan Indah 3 and Jalan Indah 5A, Selayang Indah, Gombak....

Specs-wise, the Bravo 15 is the entry-level series of the trio: components for the lineup starts with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600H CPU but there is also a variant with a Ryzen 7 5800H. For the GPU, both variants only ship out with a Radeon RX 5500M with Full HD display panels. However, it should be noted that the display for the model with the 5600H has a 144Hz refresh rate, while the 5800H is, oddly enough, limited to the standard 60Hz....

Specifically, MX Exchange currently only trades with Bitcoin and Ethereum and pairs the two digital coins to the Malaysian Ringgit. Further, to lead the charge, the company has appointed Dato’ Fadzli Shah, as its CEO. “We are deeply grateful for the confidence entrusted upon us by the Securities Commission Malaysia (‘SC’). We look forward to working closely with the SC, the crypto community and local partnerships to build an amazing investor experience and expand Malaysia’s thriving local capital markets....

TechCrunch cites developer Steve Moser who claims that Netflix started allowing users to create unique game handles for some games. The list includes the likes of Into The Breach, Bowling Ballers, Mahjong Solitaire and Heads Up!, among others. The report also noted that the streaming app had references to features like inviting others to play with you, as well as a ranking leaderboard. [Photo: napoleonschwan /Pixabay]Moser quotes two lines from the Netflix app which days that game handles are in place so that people playing will not be seeing the true names and profile icons of others....

Similar to Spectre and Meltdown, Spoiler also abuses speculative execution in Intel chips to leak sensitive data. For those unfamiliar with the parlance; speculative execution is a process where the system predicts future task. If executed properly, hackers could exploit the vulnerability through a malicious JavaScript on a website; a malware running on the CPU’s system, or even through a rogue user. Once through, the attacker could easily extract passwords, keys, and other forms of sensitive data from the memory....

The Nicehash developers confirmed a couple of days ago that its latest QuickMiner software would now enable NVIDIA RTX 30 Series LHR graphics cards to fully mine Ethereum, with no hit to its performance. Following that report, it was also confirmed that the latest NBMiner v41 software also removes the LHR limiter and works for both Windows and Linux. [Photo: Worldspectrum / Pexels]As a quick primer, efforts to undermine NVIDIA’s LHR efforts first started back in March last year, when it pledged to get its RTX 30 Series desktop graphics into the hands of gamers, and not miners....

Button presses on the Game Boy case translates to touches to the phone’s screen beneath them. The buttons have a conductive sheet at their base so that the phone’s touchscreen senses button presses as it would finger taps. As for the open window that corresponds to the Game Boy’s screen, the patent states that the games being played will be scaled down to fit that window, almost as if you’re actually playing the classic Nintendo handheld....

According to the report, Nintendo’s supposed change-of-heart came after reviewing the revenues gained from its mobile games. Compared to the commercial success of the recently released Animal Crossing: New Horizons on their Nintendo Switch console, it was made apparent to the company that its mobile division was not up to par. Most mobile games adopt a freemium model which allows the game to be played for free, but features elements such as lottery systems which are accessible by consuming rare in-game currency....

Just in case you missed it, DJI initially launched the Pro version of Mini 3 back in May this year. It came with a 48 MP 1/1.3-inch sensor that is capable of recording 4K videos at 60 fps, a 3-axis gimbal, Tri-Directional Obstacle Sensing system, an estimated maximum flight time of 34 minutes (47 minutes when used together with the Intelligent Flight Battery Plus), and an included DJI RC remote controller....

Since it’s just a teaser, we don’t get a proper look at what this new audio product looks like. As such, there’s no telling if the previous leaks that indicate that the Nothing Ear (stick) will be lacking eartips are accurate. But what the teaser does show is what could be the carrying and charging case. Which looks wildly different from what the leaks suggested, looking more like a pill tube than a USB stick....

That feature revolves around NVIDIA’s Omniverse and the new technologies it is introducing, Avatar and Replicator. In the case of Avatar, the technology provides Omniverse users to create their very own online avatar from scratch via a combination of the Megatron 530B language model, Merlin recommender framework, and the GPU brands Metropolis computer vision framework. To show what could be achieved, Huang also showed off Project Tokkio; an avatar created in his own likeness, just smaller and a lot more animated....