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Team Malaysia’s Tekken 7 athletes are currently training day and night in preparation for the approaching event. As the SEA Games allow two representatives from each participating country, Team Malaysia will be represented by 20-year-old Zarif “Zaba” Aiman from Kuala Lumpur and 28-year-old Abdul “Fate Q” Rahim from Penang. Player’s Background and Training Naturally, both players have years of experience in playing Tekken. Rahim has 11 years of experience while Zarif has been playing games from the series for seven years....

An unnamed source told the news portal that the federal government is apparently mulling over the issue of whether TNB would be allowed to pass on the increased cost on to consumers. Every six months, the Energy Commission (EC) reviews the Imbalance Cost Pass-Through (ICPT) formula which determines if a price hike is needed, with the next ICPT review set to commence next month. Earlier this year, the EC announced that it would maintain the current tariff rates at a two sen per kilowatt-hour (kWh) rebate for domestic users and a 3....

In an interview with Empire, Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer discussed taking the highway to the danger zone quite literally. The actor was adamant on one thing: realism. If it was CG, he was out. Thankfully, the studio, Paramount, shared his enthusiasm and greenlighted the practical stunts. Jerry Bruckheimer also weighed in on the what it took to get the need for speed this time around. Tom Cruise is one bonkers madman who constantly shines on the big screen with his stunt work....

The issue was first reported late last week on tech blog PiunikaWeb as users started having issues with the popular social networking and micro-blogging site’s iOS app. Those who already had the app installed in their devices were not able to browse, or search for content via the app. Using a mobile browser however confirmed that Tumblr itself was fine. The app disappeared from Apple’s App Store shortly after the issues above were highlighted, prompting many to suspect that Tumblr was removed as it was deemed to have broken App Store’s policies on inappropriate content....

In its blog post, Twitter says it wants to hear from its users “whether or not they believe world leaders should be subject to the same rules as others”. Also part of its public survey is if politician rule violators should face the same punishment. Of course, Twitter will be consulting more than just the general public. The company says that it is currently “consulting human rights experts, civil society organisations and academics”....

When a tweet is deemed to be violating rules, a grey box displaying a notice will replace the offending tweet. The notice will also come with a link to Twitter Rules, plus an article on the ways the rules are enforced. Rule violators will have to delete the offending tweet before they can tweet again. That said, the notice of violation will remain for 14 days after the tweet has been deleted, on both the offending tweet in question as well as the user’s profile....

Currently, the Postpaid 38 plan gives U Mobile users a monthly data limit of 30GB, with no restrictions on hotspot usage as long as you have not used up the quota. This is set to change starting from 17 August, with customers being limited to only 5GB per month moving forward. — Azren Bakar (@azrenbakar) August 4, 2022 Moreover, U Mobile is also upping the SMS rate for the plan, which is also due to go into effect on 17 August....

One highlight of the Ubisoft Black Friday sale is that, in addition to Watch Dogs Legion itself being discounted, get one other item and your basket gets an additional 20% discount. And then you have the usual discounts going all the way up to 85%. You could potentially stack the discounts up for an even better deal. As for the games themselves, it’s the same range of games published by Ubisoft....

The new plant is expected to create about 1,000 jobs – around 95% of which will be high-value positions such as technicians, process technicians, and engineers, The Straits Times reported. “Our new facility in Singapore will support fast-growing end-markets in the automotive, 5G mobility and secure device segments with long-term customer agreements already in place,” said GF CEO Tom Caulfield. — GLOBALFOUNDRIES (@GLOBALFOUNDRIES) June 23, 2021 The company said it plans to add 250,000 square feet of cleanroom space and new administrative offices in Singapore, increasing its manufacturing capacity there for 450,000 additional wafers per year....

Alongside the invitation, Vivo Malaysia also revealed a little about the phone that’s about to be launched. It is indeed the Vivo S1, but it’s not the one mentioned earlier. There are a few important differences between what we’re familiar with and the one that Vivo Malaysia is unveiling. The upcoming phone will have a 4500mAh battery, and a 32MP front-facing camera that sits in a waterdrop notch. This is quite unlike the Vivo S1 in China....

WD says that its new external storage solutions are based on the WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD that is currently on the market. As such, the storage devices are built to last while providing gamers with massive storage capacities with minimal impact on their speed and performance. To break the list down, the new external storage lineup features one SSD and four HDDs. Below are the official names for the products:...

The idea of smart contracts first transpired in 1994 when Nick Szabo, a computer scientist wrote an article outlining the role of smart contracts. Szabo described it as a “… computerized transaction protocol that executes the terms of a contract.” and its ability to “… minimize exceptions both malicious and accidental, and minimize the need for trusted intermediaries.” However, smart contracts couldn’t be fully realized until blockchain technology was developed....

According to WhatsApp features tracker WABetaInfo, WhatsApp has finally introduced a dedicated sticker search tool for users to take advantage through its latest beta 2.20.198.5 version. At the time of writing, if you wish to join the beta test, do note that beta servers are currently fully occupied. Similar to finding an emoji, WhatsApp users will be able to find the sticker search tool by tapping on the sticker icon situated next to the GIF and Emoji....

In it, WhatsApp says that this sharing of data only applies when you interact with a business on its platform. And more specifically, only businesses that use Facebook’s hosting services. Messages that pass through the service, be they via WhatsApp or other channels, will be visible. This information can then be used to send you personalised ads on Facebook. The company says your chats with these applicable businesses will be clearly labelled....

As per our previous report, the Mi Curved Gaming Monitor 34” has a 1500R curvature rating and is equipped with a 144Hz panel. Alongside a native resolution of 3440 x 1440 and 121% sRGB colour gamut coverage, the monitor also has 4ms response time and supports AMD FreeSync technology. The release of the gaming monitor is also fulling the company’s promise to bring over more of its ecosystem products into Malaysia....

Just like its older sibling, the new RedmiBook 13 comes standard with 10th Gen Intel Core processor. Specifically, it can be obtained with either Intel Core i5-10210U or Core i7-10510U. Equipped with 13.3-inch Full HD display that has 89% screen-to-body ratio, both RedmiBook 13 variants also come standard with NVIDIA GeForce MX250 graphics that is accompanied by 2GB GDDR5 VRAM. Both models are also equipped with 8GB DDR4-2666 RAM and 512GB SATA solid state drive as standard....

As you can see from the image above, in the middle of the teaser is actually the rear camera module from the Mi 10 Pro 5G. While both Mi 10 Pro and Mi 10 camera modules have the same physical shape, but you can easily tell them apart by the additional holes between the second and third camera that exist only on the Mi 10 Pro’s module. The purpose of these holes was not clarified on Xiaomi’s official website, but we believe that it is the location of the laser auto-focus sensor for the phone....

The Mi Band 5 is available from the official Xiaomi Stores on both Shopee and Lazada. And from here we get the confirmed specs for the local variants of the smartband. To quickly recap, the Mi Band 5 comes with a 1/.1-inch 126 x 294 AMOLED display, 512KB of RAM, 16MB of internal storage, and a 125mAh battery which lasts up to 14 days. Other items on the spec sheet include water resistance of up to 50m, and Bluetooth 5....

According to a post on its official Facebook page, Xiaomi Malaysia has teased a new phone without naming the actual device. However, the caption especially the word “sliding” clearly pointed out to Mi Mix 3. As you can see from the teaser image above, expect the new Mi Mix 3 to be available in Malaysia next month with a price tag of below RM 2,500. In China, the phone is currently being sold from CNY 3299 (~RM 2002) to CNY 4999 (~RM 3034) onwards....

As you can tell from the name, the Smart Speaker is equipped with an IR transmitter, will lets it control certain compatible conventional devices such as your air conditioner, fan, or lamps. Being a smart device, it is equipped with built-in Google Assistant which gives you the usual smart assistant stuff such as controlling the volume, playback, certain smart device functionalities, and other things using voice commands. Audio-wise, the Xiaomi Smart Speaker (IR Control) sports a single 1....