The GoldenEye 25 project’s official Twitter account made the announcement earlier via a tweet. It says in the tweet that it has been asked by the film’s IP holder, MGM/Danjaq, to stop the development of the remake. The twitter account itself will also be deleted by the end of the week. For those who were lucky enough to have owned the Nintendo 64 back in the day, GoldenEye 007 would have been one of the games you’d have the most fond memories of....

CNET quoted Mario Queiroz, Google’s Pixel development lead, as saying that the company has been prototyping the tech for a while. That said, the search engine company isn’t in any rush to release one into the market, as “there’s no clear use case yet.” While Queiroz thinks that the larger screen size of foldable phones is nice to have, it’s not exactly a “must have” feature. He argues that it’s not enough to spur consumer interest and that Google is more focused on a device that will make consumers go “I definitely need to have this....

As first spotted by Twitter user Sai Reddy (@besaireddy), in order to schedule a message via the Google Messages app, users will be required to tap and hold the Send button until a new schedule option appears. Upon doing so, there will be three separate schedule options to choose from which includes “Later today, 6:00pm”, “Later tonight, 9:00pm”, and “Tomorrow, 8:00am”. Alternatively, if users choose to schedule their own custom time, they can do so by tapping on the “Select date and time” option found below the other pre-determined options....

Nevertheless, that doesn’t stop local consumers from getting their hands on other Made by Google products including Pixel smartphones. Given that Google has just launched Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL earlier this week, you might be looking to get your hands on one of them. In terms of location, Singapore is the closest official Pixel market for Malaysia. However, it is not the best destination to purchase these new mid-range Pixel phones though since they are priced much higher in Singapore at SGD 659 (~RM 2,007) and SGD 779 (~RM 2,372) respectively....

According to a report by the Financial Times, Google argues that by cutting off Android support to Huawei and its smart devices, the US government effectively opens up new avenues of vulnerabilities and for hackers and cyber-criminals to attack it. Due to the ban, Google says that a “forked” version of Android could be used by Huawei, and that in itself leaves the US at an even greater risk of being hacked....

Sideloading is basically installing certain applications that are not available on app galleries such as Google Play Store or Apple App Store via third-party sources. Current and newer Huawei devices rely on HMS (Huawei Mobile Services) app gallery, which does not feature Google applications due to the ban imposed by the US government. Ostrovski did not imply that Huawei devices are unsafe, but expresses concern that sideloaded Google apps are not accessible to the company’s Play Protect service....

FunSportz, the local distributor for GoPro, has announced as much, with pre-orders for the GoPro Hero 8 Black coming up. It’s accessories will also be available here, but at a much later date, which we’ll get to in a bit. To start, the GoPro Hero 8 Black will be priced at RM1879. It will be available for pre-order from 10 to 20 October 2019 at GoPro Concept Stores in Midvalley Megamall, Sunway Pyramid, Gurney Plaza, and Midvalley Southkey....

Aside from the 20MP action camera itself which can record videos at up to 5K resolution at 30fps or 4K resolution if you choose 60fps, the bundle includes a floating hand grip which is also known as The Handler. It also comes with a magnetic swivel clip, an additional battery (that means there are two GoPro batteries in this bundle), and 32GB microSD card. Usually, the GoPro Hero9 Black Special Bundle is priced at RM 2599....

In the announcement, Anthony stated the company has been reviewing the costs of its operation for the past few months in anticipation for the recession that could be caused by the pandemic. Despite having cut back on spending and impose pay cuts on senior management, the company still felt that it needs to be a much leaner organization. Aside from the layoff, Grab is planning to end selected non-core projects while merging functions and resizing teams in the name of efficiency....

Said to be still in the pilot phase at the moment, GrabClub begins it journey in Malaysia through the Grab-It-All pass which is priced RM 50 per month. Under the place, customers would receive RM 100 worth of vouchers which come in the form of RM 4 discounts for 15 rides alongside 10 free deliveries on GrabFood orders with a minimum price of RM 20. The value of all these vouchers would be RM 110 which means that customers are able to save around 55% per month through the new GrabClub’s Grab-It-All plan....

While hyper reality experiences aren’t exactly new, they’re also not as common. Additionally, this particular outlet not only lets you move through a VR environment, but also to experience it with your other senses. I’ve had the opportunity to go for a session of the experience, and here’s what I thought of it. To start, the gear looks like proprietary equipment. It consists of a backpack that houses most of the processing hardware, and a VR headset which has a pair of headphones attached....

The new Selfie Series is a collaboration between the toy company and 3D printing specialist Formlabs. According to the latter’s CEO and co-founder Max Lobovsky, this partnership is in line with its growing project to turn 3D printing into a viable way of making customised, mass-market products. “3D printing has long been viewed as a prototyping tool, but the Hasbro Selfie Series personalization platform demonstrates that Formlabs enables end-product manufacturing at scale,” he said....

The ministry had previously announced that it had signed a letter of commitment to purchase 150,000 courses of Merck’s molnupiravir but Azmi said that, at the time, it was the only drug announced by the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency as an antiviral, specifically for the treatment of COVID-19. Pfizer recently released clinical trial results of its combination COVID-19 treatment called Paxlovid, which was found to be 89% effective at preventing severe symptoms or death from the virus, much higher than molnupiravir’s 50% rate....

(ORIGINAL Article – 11 January 2021):Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin earlier today has revealed a new set of Movement Control Order (MCO) implementation that will take place throughout Malaysia for a duration of 14 days. In his address to the nation earlier today, the move was taken to reduce the stress facing by the national healthcare system after facing a rapid increase of positive COVID-19 cases as of late. The new implementation which has been nicknamed by many as MCO 2....

The MagicBook Pro’s design is pretty similar to the 2019 version. Complete with the same 16.1-inch display with a high screen-to-body ratio, stereo speakers, pop-up webcam, and an aluminium based chassis. It’s not a bad thing per say, as the device maintains the familiar yet premium feel as its predecessor. Much appreciated is its colourful, bright, and sharp screen that takes up a majority of its display, thanks to the narrow bezels and the lack of built-in webcam module....

Like its predecessors, the new convertible notebook features a 360-degree design in order for it to be utilised in four different positions: laptop, reverse, tent and tablet. The ENVY x360 2020 is equipped with a 13.3-inch FHD IPS touchscreen display, which can also be used together with the included HP Rechargeable MPP2.0 Tilt Pen. Powering the device is the latest multi-core AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Processor with Radeon Graphics, RAM of up to 16GB, and up to 1TB PCIe SSD storage....

Specs-wise, the new Spectre x360 13 sports a 13.3-inch Full HD touch display, a selection of 8th generation Intel Core processors, up to 16GB DDR4 RAM, a choice between a 256GB or 512GB SSD. All housed inside a machine-cut aluminium chassis, which can easily be opened using one hand. Like its predecessors, the Spectre x360 13 is very flexible, and can be folded and transformed into three modes: notebook, entertainment, and tablet mode....

Starting with the better armed of the two, the HTC U19e comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a 6-inch Full HD+ display, and a 3930mAh battery. If the first two items on the spec sheet sounds familiar, it’s because something similar did pop up on Geekbench earlier in April. As for its cameras, the HTC U19e comes with a 12MP f/1.8 + 20MP f/2....

In the month of June, The first batch of Huawei devices to get the EMUI 9.1 update are the Nova 3e, Y9 (2018), and the Mate 20 series. Regarding the latter, the list also includes the Mate 20X and Mate 20 RS Porsche Design. Then, in the month of July, Huawei will begin rolling out its new interface to the P20 series, Nova 3 and 3i, the current Nova 4 series, the Mate 10 and Mate 9 series....

Starting with today, customers can obtain the Huawei P30 for RM 2,299. As a comparison, the phone was previously priced at RM 2,699 when it was launched in Malaysia back in April. On another hand, the P30 Pro with 256GB internal storage now goes for RM 3,399 instead of its original RM 3,799 price tag. However, there is no price changes to the 512GB model which still remain at RM 4,399....