Apple Warns Of Possible Screen Damage When Using Macbook Webcam Covers

It added that the clearance between the display and keyboard on MacBooks are designed to be very tight tolerances. Meaning that with a webcam cover present, an awkward gap in between the two parts will be made apparent and would risk the laptop’s display to bend towards the keyboard if not handled properly, thus resulting it to crack. Moreover, some covers would also interfere with the device’s ambient light sensor....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 199 words · Robyn Wells

Apple Watch Health Upgrades Rumoured To Include Blood Pressure Monitoring Fertility Planning

The sources claim that the aforementioned temperature sensor might be coming to a new Apple Watch as early as next year. This contradicts an earlier report by Bloomberg which expected Apple to add the thermometer and glucose sensor in this year’s model. The sensor is said to assist in fertility planning based on ovulation cycle tracking and improved detection of sleep patterns, with hopes that it could someday be used to detect fevers....

December 26, 2022 · 2 min · 314 words · Christine Delatrinidad

Aston Martin Announces Its First Racing Sim Called The Amr C01

Aston Martin says that the racing sim is made of carbon fibre, and the leather seat is made to mirror the sitting position of its Valkyrie supercar. The front of the whole setup is also made to be reminiscent of the car made by the brand. There’s also a PC of some sort beneath the fancy setup, which runs Assetto Corsa. Displaying what you see is a large curved screen, though the company did not disclose its make and specs either....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 176 words · Lisa Jacob

Asus Confirms Webstorage Exploitation By Hackers Revamps Cloud Storage Architecture

Eset states that BlackTech primarily targets Asian governments and firms. In ASUS’ case, the security research firm detected BlackTech’s activity in Taiwan using router-level Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, and also where the Plead malware was reportedly most active. Alarms first began ringing when researchers at Eset found a process in WebStorage known as “ASUSWSPPanel.exe” activating Plead. Eset says that the WebStorage software is “vulnerable to these type of attacks” and that “the software doesn’t validate its authenticity before execution”....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 166 words · Edwin Haugh

Asus Rog Phone 3 Set To Launch On 22 July

At the time of writing, the timer still has a little more than 19 days left on it. Do some quick maths and the date you’re looking for on the calendar is 22 July. On top of that, ASUS has accommodated the countdown timer with the exact time the livestream will kick off: 11PM. There has undoubtedly been a lot of hype and anticipation surrounding the ROG Phone 3. Exact details of the phone have been scarce, but some specifics have already been more or less confirmed....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 147 words · Timothy Bowman

Asus Rog Phone 6 Is Now Official Starts From Rm3599

Despite the distinction, the two phones have more in common than the usual base and Pro models. Going over the similarities, both models of the ASUS ROG Phone 6 come with a 6.78-inch AMOLED Full HD+ display with a 165Hz refresh rate and 720Hz touch sampling rate. Both also pack the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen1 chipset, as is befitting of a top-of-the-line gaming phone. They also draw power from a massive 6000mAh battery, which supports 65W charging....

December 26, 2022 · 2 min · 284 words · Lou Christensen

Asus Zenbook 13 Edition 30 Now Available Retails From Rm5199

Instead of the typical all-metallic design, the Edition 30 features a more toned down but still equally luxurious aesthetic. The back of the notebook showcases a pearl white leather cover, complete with a specially designed 30th anniversary, 18-karat rose gold-plated emblem to add to the luxury. Specs-wise, the Edition 30 comes either with an 8th generation Intel Core i5-8265U or Core i7-8565U, a maximum of 8GB LPDDR3 RAM, up to 1TB of storage via an NVMe PCIe SSD, and an NVIDIA GeForce MX150 discrete GPU....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 194 words · James Smith

Asus Zenfone 6 Latest Set Of Leaks Reveals Motorized Flip Camera

Instead of using a pop-up camera which is gaining traction as of late, the Taiwanese company has implemented a motorized flip camera on ZenFone 6. According to the leak, the camera which acts as both rear and selfie camera comes with a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor alongside a 13MP super wide-angle camera. The ZenFone 6 will also be carrying Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor alongside 5000mAh battery that supports Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 4....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 132 words · Gregory Treible

Ayaneo Announces Air Plus Powered With Amd Mendocino Processor Retails For Us 289

As a quick primer, during AMD’s Computex 2022 keynote last week, the CPU and GPU marked the day with several product announcements, one of which happened to be about its new Mendocino CPUs; processors that comprise Zen2 CPU cores and RDNA2 GPU cores. The choice of processor by Ayaneo is interesting, but not all that surprising, given the console maker’s history and relationship with AMD’s silicon, since its inception. For context, Ayaneo’s very first handheld console was powered by an AMD Ryzen 4500U....

December 26, 2022 · 2 min · 278 words · Ebony Marcano

Baidu May Have Picked The Ceo To Lead Its Electric Car Jv With Geely

However, CNBC, citing a source, claimed that the man picked for CEO is Xia Yiping, a co-founder of Mobike – a bicycle-sharing start-up. His LinkedIn profile indicated that he worked for Fiat Chrysler and Ford before co-founding Mobike which was bought over by the Chinese food delivery firm Meituan in 2018. However, Baidu declined to comment when it was contacted by CNBC. In its electric vehicle venture with Geely, the majority shareholder is Baidu and Li has previously described the company as combining Baidu’s expertise in autonomous driving with Geely’s expertise in the automotive industry....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 204 words · James Knight

Beats Studio Buds Now Official Coming To Malaysia For Rm 629

Even though they technically came from Apple, many out there would be glad to see that the new Beats Studio Buds still looks distinctively different from the AirPods or AirPods Pro. The company didn’t provide in-depth details regarding the audio drivers that they used for Studio Buds but they apparently featured a two-piece diaphragm and designed specifically for Active Noise Cancellation (ANC). As you may expect, Studio Buds also comes with Transparency mode that allows users to hear sounds from their surroundings....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 204 words · Caitlin Velez

Bigpay Stashes Adds Support For Scheduled Deposits Duitnow And More

To refresh your memory, the feature allows you to earmark a set amount of your balance in the app as savings. You don’t get any interest or anything of the sort from the feature, but it instead helps you compartmentalise your finances and encourages you to develop better saving habits. With the new update, users can now set up multiple Stashes whereas previously, you could only have one at a time....

December 26, 2022 · 2 min · 272 words · Alisha Armstrong

Bitcoin Cash Gets Green Light From Securities Commission As 5Th Approved Cryptocurrency

The revelation of the SC’s decision was made during a live interview session between Chin Wei Min, SC Executive Director for Digital Strategy & Innovation, and Fintech News Malaysia. However, this is something that SC has yet to announce publicly. Again, the approval is provisional, meaning that there is still a chance that the SC could change its mind on the cryptocurrency. However, if given full approval, the coin will then be available for trading on the three approved crypto exchanges in Malaysia: Luno, SINEGY, and Tokenize....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 128 words · Julia Miller

Black Shark 2 Gaming Phone Officially Lands In Malaysia Retails From Rm2499

As a quick recap, the Black Shark 2 comes in two variants. One packs 8GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage, while another variant comes with a 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage configuration. Both are priced at RM2499 and RM2999, respectively. Colour variants for the Black Shark 2 is limited to either in Shadow Black and Frozen Silver. There is a blue variant of the phone, it seems that that won’t be made available here officially, at least for now....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 188 words · Edna Hernandez

Blizzard Diablo 4 Will Not Feature An Offline Mode

According to Del Priore, the game will require a constant connection to the internet across all versions of the game and that Blizzard has no intention to “support and offline mode”. The news is a bit of a mixed bag, depending on who you speak to; gamers who played Diablo 3 on PC are unlikely fazed by Blizzard’s connectivity choice. In fact, the only people who might be affected by this are the ones who played the game on the PlayStation 4 (PS4) or Xbox One consoles....

December 26, 2022 · 2 min · 247 words · Anthony Klingensmith

Boost Now Supports Duitnow Qr Instantly Increases Its Reach To More Merchants And Users

In effect, Boost merchants are now able to accept cashless and contactless payments from users of any participating bank and e-wallets in the DuitNow ecosystem. At the same time, Boost users can now use the app to pay any merchant that supports DuitNow QR. In fact, the integration of the national QR standard has allowed the e-wallet service to increase its merchant base to more than 231,000. Boost has stated that close to 60 per cent of its merchants consist of micro-enterprises and traditional cash-based merchants such as mom-and-pop shops, hawker stalls, and pasar malam vendors....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 190 words · Earnest Tardy

Celcom Faces Network Disruption In Perak Perlis Kedah And Penang Due To Fiber Failure Updated

ORIGINAL STORY (5:45 PM): Celcom has revealed that its network is currently facing disruption in the Northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. This was confirmed through an announcement on its Twitter and Facebook page. Due to the disruption, data, SMS, and voice services for customers within the region which includes Perlis, Kedah, Penang, and Perak might be affected. The announcement also stated that the disruption was caused by fibre failure....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 175 words · Felix Hammock

Celcom Is Facing Technical Problems In Peninsular Malaysia Also Affects Tune Talk And Yoodo

The announcement was made via its Facebook and Twitter page at around 5:45 PM today: — Celcom #NextNormalReady #ReadyWithCelcom (@Celcom) May 7, 2020 Not surprisingly, TuneTalk and Yoodo which utilize Celcom’s infrastructure for their service are also affected as noted on their Twitter: — Yoodo (@yoodoMY) May 7, 2020 — Tune Talk (@TuneTalk) May 7, 2020 While the announcement was made today, a search through Twitter showed that Celcom has already faced disruption for its network in Peninsular Malaysia as early yesterday’s afternoon....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 187 words · Sarah Abbenante

Chinese Zhaoxin Produces 16Nm Kx 6000 Cpus On Par With 7Th Gen Intel Core I5 Cpu

In terms of performance, the KX-6600 series CPUs are reportedly able to go toe-to-toe with Intel’s 7th generation Core i5-7400 CPU, albeit at a lower boost clock of 3GHz. Additionally, the KX-6600 processors require double the amount of cores, making it an octa-core CPU versus the Core i5-7400’s quad-core configuration. As unimpressive as this may sound to the majority of us, Zhaoxin’s processors are something of an achievement for the company....

December 26, 2022 · 1 min · 179 words · Elisabeth Moreno

Clubhouse App No Longer Invite Only Across All Platforms

The decision to remove its invite-only approach is a long time coming, the company revealed. Ever since its launch a year ago, Clubhouse has always been intended to be accessible by anyone in order to have “meaningful conversations” with each other – bypassing limitations such as distance, especially during these trying times. “The invite system has been an important part of our early history. But we’ve always wanted Clubhouse to be open,” the company said in its latest blog post....

December 26, 2022 · 2 min · 423 words · Roderick Moncivais