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ORIGINAL STORY [10:56 PM]: Shell Malaysia will be having two roadshows to showcase the newly released Shell Motorsport Remote Control Collection, as per what we noted in our report earlier this month. However, we didn’t know at that time you can actually get your hands on all seven models within the collection directly at the roadshow. In case you missed the news, the Shell Motorsport Remote Control Collection consists of seven different racing car models which can be controlled via Bluetooth by using the Shell Racing mobile app....

Aside from payments, another well-known ShopeePay feature is the ability to withdraw the wallet’s balance directly to one’s bank account. Available only to ShopeePay Premium accounts which users can obtain by verifying their MyKad, the withdrawal process does not happen instantly though as it takes around one to three working days for the transfer to be completed. ShopeePay user interface. [Image: Wiser.]Nevertheless, if you are one of those that love this feature, we have bad news for you then: the e-commerce outfit will be removing the option from ShopeePay later this month....

As Dr Windows reports, the web app version of Skype launched back in 2019, and only worked on Chromium-based browsers. This includes Google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s own Edge browser. Support for Safari was only added in May this year. And soon, once version 8.78 of the web app rolls around, it will also finally support Mozilla Firefox. Source: Skype / WikimediaThat being said, there’s no word on when that will happen....

We first heard of such Mac mini from Reddit user cosmicrae but since the Mac mini M1 is not available in Malaysia yet, we are unable to check this ourselves. However, we thought of an alternative way to do this, which is by scouring the Internet for videos and articles made by fellow tech media in markets that have already received the new compact desktop machine. You’ve got to squint your eyes a little bit to see that Made in Malaysia mark....

There was also a recent report that someone has stolen a Gardenia transport lorry in Sri Petaling which eventually was found again at Kemaman in Terengganu some 13 hours later. Now, we don’t why would steal a Gardenia lorry but if you somehow feel the urge to drive such vehicle, maybe you can try what a local gamer, Luqman Mohd Yusof did below as shown on his channel, RcX Gaming: What you are looking at here is basically a mod of Vovlo GlobeTrotter with Gardenia branding inside the famed driving game, the Euro Truck Simulator 2....

As for the other Smart TV models, Sony says that the app will be made available on select 2018 Smart TV models and other 2019 and 2020 models before the end of this year. However, the Japanese brand did not specify exactly which models in those ranges would receive the update. As with all online streaming services, Apple TV is an app that gives its users access to Apple TV channels, as well as Apple TV+, its subscription-based streaming service....

With the deal, Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra said that the company aims to “create a unified anime subscription experience as soon as possible”. But no details were shared on what that experience will be exactly, nor when it will actually happen. As mentioned before, the acquisition gives Sony even more control over anime streaming, at least in markets that can make use of it. Crunchyroll as a service remains mostly unusable locally, due to licensing limitations as the site puts it....

The more important question at hand here is: are these earbuds worth investing time in, or are they simply a gimmick for Sony to past the time by, at least until the next generation of its WF series earbuds? What Is It? At the risk of overselling it, the Sony LinkBuds are perhaps one of the brand’s most ambitiously designed earbuds, to date. Rather than stick to the traditional, whole-ear, noise isolation design, it sports a unique ring-type shape, with the centre of its diaphragm completely open....

Speaking to Adam March, Senior Manager of Global Marketing, Sony, March confirmed to Trusted Reviews that – of all the reasons behind the Xperia’s lacklustre camera experience – an internal dispute between its mobile and Alpha mirrorless camera division. March’s description points towards the Alpha mirrorless camera division being the most reluctant of the two. Stating that it doesn’t want to provide the mobile division with certain imaging technology. Lest Sony’s Xperia smartphones “have the same as what a £3000 (~RM16168) camera’s got”....

First off, the patent describes having sensors around your DualShock controller. The location of the sensors are where your hands will be wen you’re holding the controller. This could include on the buttons. The images in the patent show a number of variations of sleeves for the DualShock 4. Though it’s important to note that this may not be the way it will ultimately be implemented. The idea is that your gaming experience will be a unique one, altered depending on your biofeedback readings....

The Float Run adopts a traditional running headphones look, which features two earpieces connected via a flexible neckband that is positioned behind the user’s head. But rather than being in-ear like most products that are similar, its speakers sit above the ears instead. Apart from offering a comfortable and pressure-free usage experience, Sony claims that this design will still be able to provide users with high quality audio. Much like the brand’s other uniquely designed audio device, the LinkBuds, the newer headphones also allows for runners to be aware of their surroundings by letting in external sounds while in use....

The ZV-E10 was first announced back in July this year but only arrived on our shores in September. What makes the camera appealing to its target market is its compact form factor, weight, and its 24MP APS-C sensor that is capable of recording 4K videos at 30fps or Full HD videos at 120fps. Other features of the camera include time-lapse and slow-motion video recording, plus a “product showcase mode” that was first introduced with the Sony ZV-1....

According to the company, the new image sensors offer a more streamlined solution in terms of AI enhancements. The onboard AI chip allows a camera to get information processed in real-time, which is useful for facilities such as fully automated cashiers, and security systems that rely on complex approaches like facial recognition. Once the camera analyses a subject, the image sensor itself performs whatever AI processing that is necessary and produces the metadata required....

Sayed-Khaiyum, who also serves as the Minister for Communications, told FBC News that a SpaceX engineering team will be on the ground in Fiji for six months to set up the system. In the future, Starlink satellites will be able to connect to one another via lasers, but the first batches of the technology work by relying on ground stations called gateways that tap into existing fibre-optic infrastructure. During the recent Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption, the Tonga Cable, an 827km submarine cable that connects Tonga to Fiji and international networks, was severely damaged, resulting in the island losing its only connection to the rest of the world....

What surprised me, though, is just how much, director Jon Watts (along with writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers) lean into the funnies, considering this is the final chapter of phase three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — an epilogue to a decade’s worth of longform storytelling. But it works. Early in the movie, as we navigate the bustling halls of Peter’s high school, we see a couple of teen broadcasters on TV, explaining the incident known as the ‘blip’ (that’s what they’re calling the snap) in the most awkwardly hilarious of ways....

The new trailer shows more gameplay and story portions which can only be described as carefully picked to pluck at nostalgia strings (and perhaps induce PTSD along the way). At the end of the trailer is another tease, stating that more will be revealed in June. Based on what we’ve seen, it doesn’t look like there’s much to add to what we’ve already known for the last four years. What little that was shown suggests that game will have a combat system that’s similar to Crisis Core, the PlayStation Portable title that stars Zack Fair....

One of it, is the name of John Boyega’s character in the new Star Wars trilogy. As we know, Boyega’s character was a stormtrooper with the number FN-2187. When he meets Poe in The Force Awakens, the fighter pilot decides that he should have a name and calls him Finn. But did you know that FN-2187 is actually an Easter Egg? It was revealed on the Star Wars official Twitter account that the number ‘2187’ is actually a reference to a tiny detail in A New Hope....

However, that is not all though. Earlier today, PlayStation Asia has revealed the second free title for June 2020 which comes in the form of Star Wars Battlefront II. Originally released back in 2017, the shooter game came out just one month before the release of The Last Jedi. While they are not included as part of the free PlayStation Plus deal, the scope of the game can be expanded to cover Rogue One and Solo: A Star Wars Story as well as The Rise of Skywalker through optional DLCs....

As per the posting on its forum, the updates extends support for more than four Xbox Controllers, the ability to now bind the paddles on the Elite controller in the configurations tab. For the Series X controller, its share button will now also be configurable via configurations options. In addition to the configurations expansion, the update also adds a drop-down menu in the personalisation menu for the PS5 DualSense controller player slot LED, allowing players to disable it whenever they feel like it....

In fact, the amount of users the platform has recently gained greatly surpasses the influx of new registrations it experienced in January. As a refresher, WhatsApp announced an update to its privacy policy back in early 2021, revealing that it would begin sharing user data with parent company Facebook. The move backfired, raising privacy-related concerns which resulted in over 25 million users of the private messaging service to jump ship to Telegram....