Apple Reportedly Cuts Down On Ipad To Focus On Iphone 13 Production

According to a recent report by Nikkei, Apple is said to have trimmed the production of its iPads in favour of feeding more components to the iPhone 13. It added that production of the tablets was down half from the company’s original plans for the past two months, while parts intended for older iPhones were also redirected to the newer model. Last month, Bloomberg reported that Apple is expected to cut down the manufacturing capacity of the iPhone 13 series due to the ongoing worldwide chip shortage....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 246 words · Jennifer Hanson

Apple Shelves Walkie Talkie Feature For Iphone

The iPhone feature would have reportedly worked like a text version of a walkie talkie. The Information reports that it made use of the 900MHz radio spectrum to send messages when mobile networks are unavailable. Internally, it went by the name of Project ORGS. There’s no clear indication as to why the company decided to axe the project. That said, it may have something to do with Rubén Caballero leaving the company earlier in the year....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 130 words · Tyrone Bunch

Astro Fibre Standalone Packages Are Here Price Start At Rm99 For 50Mbps

For those who are not familiar with Astro Fibre, it is the company’s in-house fibre offering although it does rely on TM’s infrastructure. On the other hand, the previous Astro & Broadband bundles utilised Maxis Fibre and TNB’s Allo broadband services. Available since late last month, consumers can now obtain the Astro Fibre as standalone plans. In other words, one can now choose to omit the Astro Packs from Astro Fibre plans and just subscribe to its broadband service....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 222 words · Taylor Evans

Astro May Launch A New Streaming Service Next Year

However, the report which was based on an interview with the CEO of Astro, Henry Tan, stated that contents from other companies including rival streaming services may appear on it as well. This is because Astro is also trying to position itself as a “super aggregator” of digital contents which is something that we have heard before. The report by Nikkei also pointed out that Astro is relying on its knowledge on the Malaysian market as well as its massive customer, marketing, and sales reach in order to attract other content providers....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 178 words · Yvonne Mohseni

Astro Ultra 4K Uhd Box Enters Public Beta Alongside Cloud Recording Feature

Minimum of 200 hours (500GB) of Astro Cloud storage for free, allowing customers to access recorded content on the Cloud via the Internet. A new user interface that provides a richer, more meaningful experience for customers with curated content and recommendation based on your viewing behaviour. Meanwhile, this beta test is only available to Astro customers with a single subscription which means that Multiroom and IPTV customers are not eligible for it....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 129 words · John Henning

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 Coming To Malaysia Retails From Rm859

As previously mentioned, the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2 comes in three configurations. The first one – 4GB RAM + 64GB storage – is priced at RM859, while the other model with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage comes in at RM999. The last one, with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, has not been revealed. In terms of availability, both devices are available for pre-order starting today, all the way until 17 December....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 173 words · Arlene Williams

Automatic Registration Sees 5 8 Million New Voters More To Be Added Every Month

Of that massive figure, 1.2 million comprise of Undi18 voters, a movement which gave suffrage to those aged between 18 and 20. With automatic registration in place, citizens will no longer need to worry about having to manually register themselves to be eligible to participate in elections. EC deputy chairman Azmi Sharom added that the voter roll will be updated on the 16th of every month instead of every three months and will automatically add new eligible voters who just turned 18....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 284 words · Willie Rose

Ayaneo Oled Handheld Console To Feature Amd Ryzen 5000U Apu

According to a few sources, the AyaNeo OLED console is expected to operate at just 12W, meaning that we could be looking at a Ryzen 4 5400U or 5425U APU. Specs-wise, the two processors are definitely using the Zen3 microarchitecture, along with AMD Vega graphics cores. In terms of performance, the CPU cores in these APUs are capable of hitting speeds of up to 4.1GHz, while the Vega Compute Units can run at 1....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Katherine Bianco

Bayonetta 3 To Release Sometime In 2022

The trailer starts off with a scene akin to something from Astral Chain, another Platinum Games title. Only after about 89 seconds into the trailer does the Umbra Witch show up, confirming that it is indeed a trailer for Bayonetta 3. The remaining two minutes of the trailer is a generous showing of gameplay, though nothing will be too unfamiliar to fans of the series. Though one new feature of the game looks to be the ability to fully summon and control demons like Gomorrah and Phantasmaraneae....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 169 words · James Moritz

Bbc News Launches Tor Mirror Site To Prevent Censorship Attempts

The Tor browser in infamous for being the gateway into the dark web. It also happens to be able to obscure the user’s identity, and data being accessed. This allows users to safely read uncensored news in countries where that happens often. The BBC itself cites China, Vietnam and Iran as countries that have tried to block access to it. For whose using the Tor browser, the BBC says you can use the bbcnewsv2vjtpsuy....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 165 words · Daniel Kirk

Belanjawan 2019 Rm 10 Million Funding Will Be Made Available For Esports Development

Specifically, the amount of funding that the government has set aside for eSports development under the Belanjawan 2019 is RM 10 million. It will apparently be handed to the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) which is an interesting choice as one might expect that the funding would be channeled to the Ministry of Youth and Sports instead. Regardless of the receiving party though, this should be seen as a major boost for the local eSports scene....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 118 words · David Brewer

Belanjawan 2020 Government Provides Rm 20 Million Funding To Esports Updated

According to the minister, the government has acknowledged the high level of potential that esports has and wishes all the best to all the players that will represent Malaysia to the upcoming SEA Games 2019. However, in-depth details regarding the allocations have not yet been revealed at the time being. UPDATE (7:07PM): Minister of Youth and Sports, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has provided more details regarding the RM 20 million allocations for esports under Belanjawan 2020, through his official social media channels....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 166 words · Wilson Bridges

Bethesda Games Get Black Friday Discounts Through Fanatical

With this sale though, things are a lot more straightforward than the last time. Rather than having you create your own bundle to get games at discounted prices, you just get straight up discounts on select Bethesda games on Fanatical. Of course, the significance of these discounts vary from title to title, with newer games having a higher price and a smaller reduction in general. That being said, there are some easy recommendations provided you don’t already own them....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Barbara Skaggs

Bokeh Game Studio Warns Of Malware Attacks Using Its Name

As Bokeh Game Studio explains in the tweet, people – and even companies – have been getting emails claiming to have “chosen” the recipient to promote the dev’s game. The studio claims that such emails come with virus attachments that recipients should not open, and to ignore such emails or to report them as spam. Rightly or otherwise, the studio has addressed those who sent the fake emails as “silly people”....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 265 words · Steven Childs

Call Of Duty Warzone Damage Shield Prevents Cheaters From Dealing Critical Damage

As posted on the Call of Duty blog, this new form of anti-cheat is called Damage Shield. When the game detects a cheater, “it disables their ability to deal critical damage on other players”. This form of anti-cheat is now “out of testing and deployed across the globe”. Check out the latest progress report from #TeamRICOCHET: https://t.co/XSNB8poAyh pic.twitter.com/F4j9rXBhfr — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) February 18, 2022 The wording is oddly specific, in being that this Damage Shield prevents cheaters from dealing critical damage, rather than just outright making them unable to deal with damage at all....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 183 words · Omar Dolan

Casio G Shock Gbd 200 Fitness Watch Is Coming Soon To Malaysia

What makes the new GBD-200 rather different from GBD-100 is its square-shaped case. This particular design was derived from the first-ever G-Shock watch, the DW-5000C which was released back in 1983. At the same time, Casio pointed out that the GBD-200’s urethane-based case is also much more compact as it is 2.0mm slimmer, 8.8mm shorter, and 3.4mm narrower than the GBD-100. Aside from that, the buttons on the watch have been purposely designed to make the GBD-200 look flattering when viewed from the side....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 236 words · William Gonzalez

Certain Samsung Models Can T Connect To 5G Through U Mobile And Unifi

As it turns out, that is not the case with certain Samsung 5G phones with U Mobile and unifi Mobile SIM cards. We have since confirmed this with DNB and U Mobile representatives. After cross-checking DNB and unifi Mobile’s 5G device lists, here are the Samsung 5G phones that facing this issue: Galaxy S21 Ultra 5GGalaxy S21+ 5GGalaxy S21 5GGalaxy Z Flip3 5GGalaxy Z Fold3 5GGalaxy A33 5GGalaxy A53 5GGalaxy A73 5GGalaxy M33 5G...

December 23, 2022 · 3 min · 428 words · Richard Garstka

Chinese Video Blogger Revealed To Be Middle Aged Woman After Face Filter Malfunction

The video blogger in question hails from China and goes by the persona “Your Highness Qiao Biluo”. The blogger was known as being a young, long haired woman with big eyes, fair skin, and “sweet and healing voice”. Reports also say that she was worshipped as a “cute goddess”, and had more than 100000 followers on Douyu, one of China’s popular livestreaming platform. Moving on, the glitch supposedly happened when Your Highness Qiao Biluo did a joint-live stream with another popular blogger on the platform....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 420 words · Albert Lazzara

Cimb Clicks May Contain Serious Security Flaws Update Cimb Responds

ORIGINAL STORY (16 Dec 11.16PM) Something strange is happening with CIMB Clicks, and judging by their rather abrupt implementation of a reCaptcha code on their login page today, there are reasons to be concerned. We are not publishing details for now, as it might lead to more abuse. We strongly recommend changing your password right now to something complex using an online password generator until this massive security flaw is patched....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 151 words · Louis Garza

Clubhouse Announces Privacy Changes To Fix China Spying Vulnerability

In a statement provided to the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO), Clubhouse admitted that the pings that the company sent to servers all over the world do contain user’s ID. Even though this only applies to a small part of its traffic, these servers might be located in China as well. Hence, it will now increase the encryption and blocks within the Clubhouse app to stop it from pinging Chinese servers....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 230 words · Wendell Tucholski