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China Fines Alibaba For RM11.5 Billion Over Monopolistic Behaviour
China’s authorities have issued a CNY 18.23 billion (~RM11.5 billion) fine to Alibaba over what they consider a monopolistic practice. Beijing had initiated an anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba in December last year – notably after compa…
Fake Apple AirPods 3 Are Already Floating About
Frequent analyst of Apple products Ming-Chi Kuo said last month that the AirPods 3 will only enter production in Q3 of 2021. But it looks like that doesn’t stop counterfeits of the thing to brea…
iPad mini 6 Dummy Unit Shows That It Will Be Keeping Its Archaic Design
While rumours of the iPad mini 6 have been floating around, they’ve not been consistent about the tablet’s design. Some point to it having the same design it has always had, while others c…
Dell Launches Four New Gaming Monitors; Arriving In June 2021
Aside from its Ryzen-powered Alienware m15 R5 and G15 gaming laptops, Dell also announced that it is launching a total of four new gaming monitors for the masses. The lineup includes one standard 24.5…
The First Apple Store In Malaysia May Open Next Year, Negotiations Still Going On
Apple so far has opened five retail stores throughout Southeast Asia with three of them located in Singapore while another two are in Bangkok, Thailand. For years, there have been rumours that the company may open an Apple Store in Kuala Lumpur too a…
The New MSI GE76 Raider: Powered By GeForce RTX 30 Series, Delivering The Ultimate Performance
Right off the bat, 2021 is set to become an exciting year for gaming laptops as manufacturers have immediately been given access to the latest generation high-performance hardware such as the new NVID…
OPPO Find X3 Pro Review: The Only Smartphone With A Microscope Camera
OPPO has recently released its latest flagship, the Find X3 Pro, in Malaysia. Being the brand’s most advanced smartphone offering for 2021, expectations are indeed high – especially in reg…
Study Claims Bitcoin Mining May Trash China’s Climate Change Goals
The immense scale of bitcoin mining in China may cause the country to miss its carbon emissions reduction goals, warned a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications. The…
Blizzard Giving Out Invitations To Diablo II: Resurrected Technical Alpha
Blizzard is launching Diablo II: Resurrected’s technical alpha for PC players today, meaning that lucky individuals from across the world will have a chance to play the remastered game for the first t…
Apple Could Make Android Version Of iMessage But Didn’t; Court Documents Show
The legal battle between Apple and Epic Games is still ongoing. It had even brought unrelated third parties like Valve involved. But just as it can pull in uninvolved parties, it can also reveal other details unrelated to the legal tussle between the…
Twitter Creates Dedicated Emoji For Pro-Democracy Movement, #MilkTeaAlliance
Twitter has created a special emoji for the so-called “Milk Tea Alliance” – a pro-democracy, anti-China movement that has seen traction in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and more recently, Myanmar…
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children To Get A 4K Remaster On 8 June
Final Fantasy VII Remake is one of the biggest phenomenons in gaming right now. So it’s probably not too surprising to see the 2005 film Advent Children returning to the limelight as well. Last …
Apple Feels The Pinch Of Global Chip Shortage; Delays MacBook, iPad Production
Apple’s production for the MacBook and iPad has officially been delayed and it’s all due to the global chip shortage. According to a report by Nikkei, the fruit company has pushed back a p…
Illegear Unveils IONIC Touch: Designed In Collaboration With Intel
Illegear is more known for its gaming laptops but the company does have productivity-oriented laptops under its wings as well. Positioned under the IONIC series, the family today received a new family member in the form of the IONIC Touch. Said to be…
Lenovo Legion Duel 2 Snaps In Bend Test Fresh Off Its Announcement
The Lenovo Legion Duel 2 gaming phone is still quite fresh off the oven. And already, it’s been put through some abusive stress tests of the physical kind. And as is the case with many bend test…
Alleged Intel Xe HPG Desktop Engineering Sample Appears For The First Time
By now, we’ve heard several rumours and seen several snippets of Intel’s Xe HPG GPU, but never the desktop graphics card form factor that several of us have been hoping to see. That is, un…
Streets Of Rage 4 To Get New Characters As Paid DLC
It’s been almost a year since Streets of Rage 4 was released. Now, the game is set to get a paid DLC set called Mr X Nightmare. And as part of this DLC, three new playable characters will be add…
Lenovo Launches Legion Duel 2 Gaming Smartphone; Price Starts From EUR799
Lenovo has officially launched the successor to its first ever gaming smartphone with the new Legion Duel 2. Much like its predecessor that was released last year, the new handset comes with a side mounted pop-up selfie camera, as well as various har…
Dell G15 Ryzen Edition Arriving In Malaysia Early May 2021
Just yesterday, Dell announced that its Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 gaming laptop will be available in Malaysia sometime next month. It should also be known that the brand is also launching its non…
Visa Study Shows Massive Increase In Online Shopping, Contactless Payments In Malaysia
A Visa study conducted last year showed a massive increase in online shopping activity and the use of contactless payments among Malaysians as they adapted to the ‘new normal’ of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Dell Launches Alienware M15 Ryzen Edition R5 Gaming Laptop; Arriving May 2021
Dell officially launched its Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 gaming laptop. The laptop marks the first time in 14 years since the company launched its first ever AMD-powered gaming laptop, the Aurora m…
China Fines Alibaba For RM11.5 Billion Over Monopolistic Behaviour
China’s authorities have issued a CNY 18.23 billion (~RM11.5 billion) fine to Alibaba over what they consider a monopolistic practice. Beijing had initiated an anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba…
Fake Apple AirPods 3 Are Already Floating About
Frequent analyst of Apple products Ming-Chi Kuo said last month that the AirPods 3 will only enter production in Q3 of 2021. But it looks like that doesn’t stop counterfeits of the thing to brea…
iPad mini 6 Dummy Unit Shows That It Will Be Keeping Its Archaic Design
While rumours of the iPad mini 6 have been floating around, they’ve not been consistent about the tablet’s design. Some point to it having the same design it has always had, while others c…
Dell Launches Four New Gaming Monitors; Arriving In June 2021
Aside from its Ryzen-powered Alienware m15 R5 and G15 gaming laptops, Dell also announced that it is launching a total of four new gaming monitors for the masses. The lineup includes one standard 24.5…
The First Apple Store In Malaysia May Open Next Year, Negotiations Still Going On
Apple so far has opened five retail stores throughout Southeast Asia with three of them located in Singapore while another two are in Bangkok, Thailand. For years, there have been rumours that the com…
The New MSI GE76 Raider: Powered By GeForce RTX 30 Series, Delivering The Ultimate Performance
Right off the bat, 2021 is set to become an exciting year for gaming laptops as manufacturers have immediately been given access to the latest generation high-performance hardware such as the new NVID…
OPPO Find X3 Pro Review: The Only Smartphone With A Microscope Camera
OPPO has recently released its latest flagship, the Find X3 Pro, in Malaysia. Being the brand’s most advanced smartphone offering for 2021, expectations are indeed high – especially in reg…
Study Claims Bitcoin Mining May Trash China’s Climate Change Goals
The immense scale of bitcoin mining in China may cause the country to miss its carbon emissions reduction goals, warned a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications. The…
Blizzard Giving Out Invitations To Diablo II: Resurrected Technical Alpha
Blizzard is launching Diablo II: Resurrected’s technical alpha for PC players today, meaning that lucky individuals from across the world will have a chance to play the remastered game for the first t…
Apple Could Make Android Version Of iMessage But Didn’t; Court Documents Show
The legal battle between Apple and Epic Games is still ongoing. It had even brought unrelated third parties like Valve involved. But just as it can pull in uninvolved parties, it can also reveal other…
Twitter Creates Dedicated Emoji For Pro-Democracy Movement, #MilkTeaAlliance
Twitter has created a special emoji for the so-called “Milk Tea Alliance” – a pro-democracy, anti-China movement that has seen traction in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and more recently, Myanmar…
Reviews
OPPO Find X3 Pro Review: The Only Smartphone With A Microscope Camera
OPPO has recently released its latest flagship, the Find X3 Pro, in Malaysia. Being the brand’s most advanced smartphone offering for 2021, expe…
Telco
Celcom and Digi To Merge Into A Single Company; Will Continue As Different Brands
Axiata and Telenor Asia have officially revealed that they are now in advanced talks to merge their telco operations, Celcom and Digi into one entity.…
Mobile
iPad mini 6 Dummy Unit Shows That It Will Be Keeping Its Archaic Design
While rumours of the iPad mini 6 have been floating around, they’ve not been consistent about the tablet’s design. Some point to it having…
Entertainment
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children To Get A 4K Remaster On 8 June
Final Fantasy VII Remake is one of the biggest phenomenons in gaming right now. So it’s probably not too surprising to see the 2005 film Advent …
Laptops
Illegear Unveils IONIC Touch: Designed In Collaboration With Intel
Illegear is more known for its gaming laptops but the company does have productivity-oriented laptops under its wings as well. Positioned under the IO…
Gaming
Blizzard Giving Out Invitations To Diablo II: Resurrected Technical Alpha
Blizzard is launching Diablo II: Resurrected’s technical alpha for PC players today, meaning that lucky individuals from across the world will have a …
