Thailand has banned the sale of satirical city builder Tropico 5 on grounds that the content of the game mirrors real world events a little too closely. The game allows...
Today is the birthday of John Venn, the person who first introduced the Venn diagram, and Google is celebrating the day with one of their inventive Doodles. Venn was an...
The Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi a total of NTD600,000 (around $20,000) for false advertising over the number of units that were sold in...
In a classic example with quick-thinking and making good use of opportunities, a HTC product manager in the US turned a negative user experience from someone using a competitor device...
Classic first person shooter Doom appears to be the default go-to game for hackers who want to make traditionally boring machines interesting. The latest device to join the Doom-capable club...
Japanese manufacturer of Transformers toys, Takara Tomy, has revealed a new version of Optimus Prime to be released in 2015. This particular Transformers-console crossover is not the first to...
Naughty Dog's mega-hit The Last Of Us is receiving a HD upgrade for the PlayStation 4 some time next week. To celebrate this, the developer is putting on a live...
Looking for a way to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11's moon landing? Here's an idea: why not take a tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the launch venue...
What might looked like just another random car accident in Kuantan, the violent reaction from the young lady against an elderly man in this video is enough to make it...
https://twitter.com/FifNdhs/status/488192360459694080 Earlier this morning, Germany won the World Cup, beating Argentina via Mario Gotze's goal scored in the 23rd minute of extra time. Many claimed it was a goal worthy...
eSports are currently all the rage. Both The International Dota 2 Championship and the Evolution Championship Series (EVO) ran over the weekend, and more sponsors are being drawn in with...
Today marks my last day at Lowyat.NET. 4 years ago, I moved back to KL from Singapore to take up the job as a writer for Lowyat.NET under my then...
