The Verge reports that Iowa-based Affinity Credit Union has filed a lawsuit against the company, specifically its Apple Pay feature. The card issuer’s lawyers are also hoping to extend it into a class-action lawsuit so that other card issues can join in. At the core of the complaint is that Apple charges credit card companies up to 0.15% per transaction in Apple Pay fees. While this looks to be a small amount, the suit claims that the iPhone maker makes over US$1 billion (~RM4....

For those not in the know, Perfect World has been a close partner of Valve over the years, and the Shanghai-based company is responsible for bringing the popular MOBA (Massive Online Battle Arena) game, Dota 2, into China. It’s also no secret that China’s policy and stringent regulation towards gaming has a part to play in the creation of the Steam Platform. As such, the digital platform has been built from the ground up for the Chinese market, as well as to comply with Chinese regulations and communications law....

At least, based on the numbers provided by one service, ExpressVPN. TechCrunch reports that the service provider’s numbers have gone up by 10% in the US on a week-over-week basis. Other markets have also seen increase in the company’s use numbers, with Japan seeing a 19% increase and Australia getting a 41% increase. The same also applies to India, with ExpressVPN getting a 22% increase in traffic after the country banned TikTok back in late June....

The announcement is set to come in May, which could mean that the actual playable game will be coming later. No other details were included this time around, so more information will only be available in two months’ time. With the nature of mobile games, some elements like aggressive monetisation are probably to be expected. Though Blizzard can always provide a pleasant surprise to its fans. Moving back a little, Blizzard has plans to announce the next World of Warcraft expansion on 19 April....

For starters, the WeChat Pay MY e-wallet can now be utilized in almost 200 Petron service stations at the moment. The support will then be expanded to more Petron stations throughout Malaysia in gradual manner. Integrated within the popular messaging app WeChat, Malaysia is actually the first country outside of China to receive the support of WeChat Pay in local currency. The feature was officially rolled out to users in Malaysia back in June and have since been supported in various outlets including KK Mart, Tealive, Starbucks, and many more....

Now, a newly discovered version of chat transfer has been spotted by WABetaInfo in the latest beta build (2.23.1.26) of WhatsApp, which simplifies the steps even further. Most notably is excluding the need to rely on Google Drive, meaning that you can easily and securely transfer your chat history to a new device without having to back it up to the cloud first. However, it’s noted that this potentially upcoming feature only applies to when you’re switching over from one Android smartphone to another....

In light of the Windows 10 October update, NVIDIA also just released the current GeForce 416.16 driver. The new driver will fully and officially support the DXR API. As a recap, ray-tracing is a light-altering technology that is usually used to add an extra depth of realism inside a game. It’s not a new technology by any measure of the term. In the case of NVIDIA, the GPU company is leveraging on ray-tracing by taking it to next step by making it react within an in-game environment in real-time....

According to CNN, the loss of the Antonov An-225 was reportedly part of a Russian attack on Hostomel Airport near Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city. While the cause of its destruction was not made clear, satellite images from Maxar Technologies show significant damage to part of the hangar in which the aircraft is stored. Additionally, NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System reports that a fire took place at the hangar at 11:13 am (7:13 am local time) on Sunday....

This concept isn’t actually entirely new and is quite similar to the Virtual Memory approach on PC operating systems such as Windows. What this feature does is allocate a certain amount of physical memory aka Read Only Memory (ROM) from the device’s storage, and converts it into Random Access Memory (RAM). This also means that after the conversion, the allocated ROM will be completely unusable for usual storage purposes – that is, until the user decides to reverse the action....

Aside from being equipped with Qualcomm’s newest premium-class 5nm processor and Snapdragon X60 5G modem, the Mi 11 also comes together with a 6.81-inch WQHD+ AMOLED display that also has 120Hz refresh rate and touch sampling rate of 480Hz. The HDR 10+ display also has a maximum brightness level of 1500nits and is protected by Corning Glass Victus. Not only that, the in-display fingerprint scanner of Mi 11 can also act as a heart rate sensor....

As per what we have mentioned in previous reports, the Mi 9T Pro is essentially a variant of Redmi K20 Pro which a model that already available in China and India. Among the hardware that the phone carries include the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 alongside up to 8GB of RAM. In terms of storage, certain markets such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Indonesia are able to obtain it with up to 256GB....

One of them is the Mi Wi-Fi Range Extender Pro which will be making its official debut in Malaysia on 25 June. As per its name, this particular device is designed to enlarge the Wi-Fi coverage in your home or premise. Equipped with two external antennas, the MediaTek-powered device apparently can be set up easily through Xiaomi Home app and able to deliver a speed of up to 300Mbps. Designed to cater up to 16 devices at a time, do note that the Mi Wi-Fi Range Extender Pro can only support 2....

In the case of the newly unveiled Mix 4, it comes with an under-display camera featuring a design that Xiaomi calls Camera Under Panel (CUP) which apparently has been in development for the past five years through an investment of USD77 million (~RM325.5 million). Through a combination of hardware and software, Xiaomi claims that the CUP design allows the 20MP selfie camera on Mix 4 to be virtually invisible to the user’s eye but still able to maintain its photography as well as video quality....

ORIGINAL STORY (10:26 AM): In a rather interesting development, Xiaomi has now been placed by the United States government in one of its ban lists [pdf]. This particular list which belonged to the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) is different from the Department of Commerce’s Entity List which famously includes Huawei and DJI. In general, the corporations that were listed down by the DoD has been referred to as the Communist Chinese military companies....

As demonstrated in the video, Xiaomi’s 200W charger is shown to fully charge a handset’s battery to 100% in just 8 minutes, which is around 12 minutes faster than its rival’s technology. It’s also worth noting that both companies claim that they’ve used their own 4,000mAh-equipped smartphone for their respective tests, thus making it easier for us to compare charging speeds. Too good to be true? Check out the timer yourself!...

Lin Bin, the brand president of Xiaomi gave the world a first look at the 100W charger via Weibo recently. To show its superiority, the 100W charger running at 20V/5A is pit against OPPO’s 50W solution. For context, the fastest charging solution from Xiaomi right now is just its 27W charger. Only the current flagship, the Mi 9, is compatible with said charger, but the device comes bundled with an 18W power adapter only....

While the new QR code feature is available for everyone, it was apparently designed mainly for businesses. Through this feature, business owners will be able to print their own QR codes for potential customers to scan them and be directed to their official Instagram profile. Additionally, by scanning these codes, users will be able to know more about the business as a whole too. In order to find the new feature, users can do so by locating it from the settings menu on their Instagram profile and tap the QR Code button found within the same list....

Here’s what to avoid if you or your loved ones have implanted medical devices: AirPods, including its regular and wireless charging casesAirPods Pro and Wireless Charging CaseAirPods Max and Smart CaseApple Watch, including bands and magnetic charging accessoriesHomePod and HomePod miniiPad, iPad mini, iPad Air, iPad Pro; its smart covers, folios, magic keyboardThe entire Mac lineup, including the Pro XDR DisplayBeats Flex, Beats X, PowerBeats Pro, UrBeats3 One of the many things that Apple enjoys doing is utilising magnets in order to make lids, power connectors, and other functions much more convenient....

Fortunately, Huawei’s Together 2020 Gaming Package provides all that and more, where you can get the Huawei Mate 30 smartphone, FreeBuds 3, MateBook 13 i7, and WiFi Q2 Pro for a low, low price of RM25.96 per day. Huawei Mate 30 The Huawei Mate 30 smartphone packs unprecedented performance in the palm of your hands. Powered by Huawei’s powerful Kirin 990, the phone is capable of running current competitive mobile games such as Call of Duty: Mobile and PUBG on the highest settings and still achieve over 60 frames per second....

According to Android Police, the trial is triggered server side for the few who have been selected for it. So if you don’t see it, then no number of updates for the YouTube app will make it appear. And it’s especially if your native language is not Portuguese. At the moment, that seems to be only language that video platform automatically translates to. But when the translation is seen in action, it translates nearly everything....