Vivo Nex 3 5G To Be Priced At RM3899 In Malaysia According To Local Retailer (Updated)
UPDATE (15 October / 2:17 PM): Vivo Malaysia has since followed up saying that the Vivo Nex 3 5G will be available for pre-order until 18 October. This can be done offline, or online via its official stores on Lazada, Shopee, as well as its own Vivo …
NVIDIA Begins Rolling Out GeForce Now For Android; APK Already Available
Remember when NVIDIA said that it was going to bring its GeForce Now game streaming experience to Android? Turns out, the GPU maker has already begun its rollout of the feature to the OS. As of Sunday…
Zoe Kravitz to Play Catwoman in Matt Reeves’ The Batman
Matt Reeves’ The Batman is coming together nicely, at least in terms of casting. About two months ago, it was confirmed that the brilliant helmer of War For the Planet of the Apes had cast Rober…
Analyst Report Supports iPhone SE 2 Rumour; To Be Priced At US$399
Last month, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on rumours of the iPhone SE 2 coming in 2020. Now, renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo chimed in with his prediction supporting the report. He also added his pre…
TM Reveals Its Intention To Become The Sole National Infrastructure Provider for 5G
In its response to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) public inquiry on spectrum bands allocation for mobile broadband services [pdf], TM has come forward with a rather bold proposal for the imminent 5G era. For starters, t…
These Are The Reasons To Pick The realme 5 Pro Over Pricier Alternatives
For mid-range smartphones, being around the RM1000 price point can easily be the difference between a purchase and a pass. realme has consistently been launching convincing phones at the RM1099 mark, …
Fortnite Unplayable As Virtual Black Hole Takes Game Offline
With the end Fortnite Season 10, players who try to access the game are greeted black hole and an endless void of black. The game itself is believed to have been knocked offline intentionally as Epic …
Joker: Oscars 2020 Voters Claim Film is Too Dark; Not Sure if it Should be Celebrated or Banned
Joker premiered at the Venice International Film Festival to overwhelmingly positive responses. Not only did the film receive an eight-minute standing ovation, it also won the festival’s prestig…
Xiaomi Submits Patent For Dual Corner Selfie Cameras On Smartphones
Xiaomi recently submitted a design patent for a smartphone design with dual camera selfies at its corners. The patent was first spotted by TigerMobiles and features several images of smartphones sport…
Apple Watch With LTE Appear On SIRIM Certification
The Apple Watch has been available in Malaysia, but only the non-LTE versions of the wearable. That might soon change, especially if a recent SIRIM of the LTE version of the Apple Watch is to be taken seriously. The information was discovered by loca…
Malaysian Football League Retracts TM Lawsuit
The Malaysian Football League (MFL) today has announced that it has decided to retract its lawsuit against TM. In case you missed it, the lawsuit was filed back in March due to contractual issues betw…
Apple Tells TV+ Showrunners To Not Portray China In A Poor Light
Blizzard has had a tough week, with the recent episode with Hearthstone pro player blitzchung. The entire thing caused an uproar because the company’s decision was perceived to be because of its…
Martin Scorsese Doubles Down on Comment: Marvel Movies Have “Invaded” Cinema
Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino) has doubled down on his criticisms regarding Marvel Studios’ movies. As part of the panel discussing the future of cinema fo…
Facebook Libra Project Loses Support Of Mastercard, Visa, eBay, Stripe
Facebook’s Libra project may be heading into obscurity before it’s even had a chance to take off. More than a week after PayPal pulled its support for the cryptocurrency, Mastercard, Visa, eBay, and Stripe have reportedly pulled out too, …
Blizzard Speaks Up On Hearthstone Player Ban; Reduced Sentence To Six Months
Last week, Blizzard courted controversy with its heavy-handed punishment for pro Hearthstone player blitzchung. For his pro-Hong Kong statement in a post-match interview, Blizzard forfeited blitzchung…
Box Office: Joker Has Already Made More Money Than Batman Begins, Shazam and Almost All the X-Men Movies
Last week, we reported that Joker did terrific numbers opening weekend despite the fear-mongering by certain portions of American media. The film grossed more than $US 234 million worldwide in its fir…
NVIDIA Looking For People To Give More Classic PC Titles The RTX Treatment
Earlier this year, NVIDIA gave the gaming community a small treat by releasing Quake II RTX, a remastered edition of the original title with all the trimmings of the GPU brand’s ray-tracing tech…
Should Political Statements be Allowed in Esports?
Blizzard set off a wave of controversy early last week when they made the swift decision to penalise a professional Hearthstone player known as Blitzchung for a political comment made during an interview after he had just won a tournament. Just to qu…
El Camino Review: A Riveting But Frustratingly Unnecessary Closure to Breaking Bad [NETFLIX]
Do we really need an epilogue to Breaking Bad? A question I kept asking myself while watching El Camino. The ending of the series which sees Walter White’s life slowly extinguish before our eyes and J…
DxOMark To Begin Testing Audio Playback And Recording On Smartphones
DxOMark announced a benchmark scoring for smartphones audio including playback and recording sound quality. It’s a pretty big step for the benchmark site, especially when you remember that DxOMa…
Apple To Use Own 5G Modems In iPhones By 2022
Previous reports indicate that Apple will be have 5G support on all 2020 iPhones. That said, these will still be using chips from Qualcomm. Apple’s own is set to only debut in 2022 According to …
Reviews
Gemini Man Review: Two Will Smiths Aren’t Enough to Save This Film
Ang Lee is one of those directors who prides himself on pushing the boundaries of cinematic technology. He loves to experiment. His recent obsession? …
Telco
TM Reveals Its Intention To Become The Sole National Infrastructure Provider for 5G
In its response to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) public inquiry on spectrum bands allocation for mobile broadband serv…
Mobile
Vivo Nex 3 5G To Be Priced At RM3899 In Malaysia According To Local Retailer (Updated)
UPDATE (15 October / 2:17 PM): Vivo Malaysia has since followed up saying that the Vivo Nex 3 5G will be available for pre-order until 18 October. Thi…
Entertainment
Zoe Kravitz to Play Catwoman in Matt Reeves’ The Batman
Matt Reeves’ The Batman is coming together nicely, at least in terms of casting. About two months ago, it was confirmed that the brilliant helme…
Laptops
Google Pixel 4 May Launch With A Pixel Watch Alongside It
Google has confirmed that it will be officially unveiling the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL phones on 15 October. It’s possible that these are not the …
Gaming
NVIDIA Begins Rolling Out GeForce Now For Android; APK Already Available
Remember when NVIDIA said that it was going to bring its GeForce Now game streaming experience to Android? Turns out, the GPU maker has already begun …
