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In Disney’s case, the announcement of its live streaming platform saw the company’s market value shoot up by as much as US$25 billion (~RM102 billion). One other contributing factor to Netflix’s drop in share value could possibly be Disney+’s subscription fee. Come its launch on 12 November 2019, potential subscribers will only need to pay US$7 (~RM28) per month or US$70 (~RM288) yearly. That’s considerably cheaper than Netflix’s current subscription rate of RM51 per month....

The Volta’s introduction may finally put to rest the battery life woe that many have experienced with the GoPro Hero 10 Black. According to the company, the grip’s onboard 4,900mAh battery could further extend the action camera’s usage by up to three times, enabling it to record up to four hours of 5.3K resolution videos at 30 fps. Additionally, GoPro says that the newly launched accessory is also compatible with the Hero 9 Black....

To be specific, details of the 11900K’s performance was discovered on the PassMark Software’s database. On it, the Intel CPU is seen to clearly be taking the lead with a score of 3764, surpassing even AMD’s current Zen 3-powered, Ryzen 5000 series offerings. That’s not all, either. Clicking on the device, we can see that the 11900K listed on the database has a base clock of 3.5GHz and peaked at a boost clock of 5....

That aside, Apple Malaysia’s official website currently offers two ‘base’ configurations of the new Mac mini (customisable). The more affordable option features an unspecified 8th-generation quad-core 3.6GHz Intel Core i3 processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM (2666MHz), Intel UHD Graphics 630, and a 128GB PCIe-based SSD storage. This model comes with a ‘modest’ price tag of RM3,449. Next up is the more powerful Mac mini variant which features a six-core 8th Generation Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 4....

The first video, titled “Caring for Razr”, significantly reminds users that the phone is still a fragile device if not properly taken care of. It also points out that its screen is water repellent and features protective coating that eliminates the need of a screen protector. Amusingly, the video explains that bumps and lumps are to be expected from a foldable display, thus assuring the user that there’s nothing to worry about....

But, believe it or not, outside the toxic comments section, things are looking pretty positive for Robert Pattinson. Days after Pattinson had been officially picked as the titular character, The Hollywood Reporter ran a Batman-related survey among 2201 American adults, where participants were asked to pick between Pattinson, Nicholas Hoult (who was also a front runner to play The Dark Knight) and “no opinion.” The survey finds that 42% of those in the 18-29 bracket are in favour of Matt Reeves’ casting choice, while only 30% picked Nicholas Hoult....

Ismail said the Human Resources Ministry and the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry will be holding discussions to identify small and micro businesses that can’t afford to pay RM1,500. While no specific conditions have been revealed yet, the Prime Minister said that selected small businesses will be able to “delay” paying the new minimum. This suggests that they will also be subjected to the policy eventually. This isn’t a major surprise seeing as the move has been teased for months....

“Due to the influence of the problem, it is difficult to procure some electronic parts, so we have decided to end the bundled inclusion of the Z7 II and Z7 that previously came with the EH-7P from Thursday, July 1st,” it wrote. “We will do our utmost to deliver better products to our customers, and we appreciate your understanding.” Nikon did not specify if this was a permanent decision, much like how smartphone manufacturers such as Samsung and Apple have decided to exclude wall chargers from their products’ packaging....

Seen from the video, the Nikon Z9’s rear LCD can be tilted out to face the photographer at any horizontal or vertical angles without needing to be flipped out ala the more traditional vari-angle approaches. As pointed out by Petapixel, this new mechanism used by Nikon may be similar to the one featured on the Pentax K-1’s Flex-Tilt LCD screen, which functions somewhat similarly. Nevertheless, both methods are more straightforward when compared to regular vari-angles, and there’s no denying their usefulness – especially when shooting photos at difficult angles....

As part of the unveiling, NVIDIA also launched its Hopper-based GPU, the H100 for accelerated computing. Specs-wise, it’s a chip based on TSMC’s 4nm process node and houses 80 billion transistors, making it one of the most densely transistor-packed chips in the current market. Other specifications include a new Transformer Engine that NVIDIA says is six times faster than the previous generation; a 4th generation NVLink that also comes with a new external NVLink Switch, capable of extending the feature as a scale-up network beyond the server, connecting as many as 256 H100 GPUs at nine times higher bandwidth, compared to last generation’s HDR Quantum InfiniBand; a 2nd generation Secure Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) that allows one H100 GPU to be partitioned into seven smaller instances, while increasing their throughput performance by up to seven times over the last generation; and the addition of Confidential Computing for the H100 to protect AI models and customer data while they are being processed....

When asked about its decision to bump up the graphics memory format, NVIDIA said that this was due to a global shortage of GDDR5 memory. As such, the GPU brand made the decision to transition the product into GDDR6. Apart from the upgrade in graphics memory format, the GTX 1650’s specs remain largely unchanged; the card still comes with 896 Turing-powered CUDA cores, 56 TMU, and 32 ROPs. Its also still comes with 4GB of graphics memory, but with the new GDDR6 format, that memory is running at a frequency of 12Gbps instead of 8Gbps....

Speaking about the price tag, it turns out that NVIDIA has quietly revealed the starting price for the GeForce RTX 30 graphics cards in Malaysia. This is quite surprising given how these graphics cards are not being released into the market immediately but nevertheless, we have since verified the information with NVIDIA. According to the GeForce RTX 30’s official website for Malaysia, the RTX 3080 which will apparently be made available in Malaysia starting from 17 September onwards has a starting price of RM 3360....

According to NVIDIA, the new card will be released simultaneously throughout the world including Malaysia on 2 December although you may want to contact your favourite retailer for actual in-store availability. As for the Malaysian pricing, the chip company informed us that the RTX 3060 Ti will start from RM 1880 although its website still showed RM 1800 at the time this article was published. As you might be able to guess from its moniker, the RTX 3060 Ti is the most junior family member of the series at the moment....

Word about the deal first broke back in July, but it was only in August that word about NVIDIA being ARM’s next owner began to coalesce. Softbank purchased ARM back in 2016 to the tune of US$31 billion (~RM131 billion). Unfortunately, a series of losses and a lower-than-projected profit by the chipmaker has led the bank to rethink its ownership. NVIDIA’s acquisition of ARM isn’t without its own set of questions; ARM is a company that produces chips mainly for companies within the mobile space, and can count AMD, Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm among its list of clients....

According to CapFrameX (@CapFrameX), NVIDIA is supposedly already working on a set of AI-optimised drivers, and said drivers could be available as early as the first quarter of this year. Again, this is still just a rumour and the GPU brand has yet to make any formal announcement, so we do ask that you apply a healthy dose of skepticism here. ▶️ Up to 30% more performance▶️ Average improvement ~10%▶️ No info about specific gen Take this with a grain of salt....

Space Sense is a new addition many would agree that should’ve been a default feature on both of Oculus’ Quest and Quest 2 devices. Basically, it keeps you alerted by notifying you whenever an object or person is within the area-of-play (aka Guardian bounds) that are otherwise unseen when wearing either headsets. Should any of which are detected, Space Sense will highlight them in your VR visual space with a pink-ish glow....

The image, which was first posted on the Chinese social platform, Coolapk.com, which shows both the OnePlus 6T and the alleged OnePlus 7 smartphones. Both phones are encased in white cases; a fairly standard method that is used in the smartphone industry to conceal the design of a phone that isn’t quite ready for showing off to the masses (just yet). At a glance, it seems clear that the upcoming flagship looks slightly bigger, if not taller than its predecessor....

The tweet mentions the terms “invisible camera” and colour-shifting glass tech, and comes with a video showing that at the end. According to Wired, this is done using electrochromic glass, with the help of McLaren. — Pete Lau (@PeteLau) January 3, 2020 Electrochromic glass draws power from the phone to shift from opaque to translucent. This keeps the rear cameras hidden from view until the camera app is engaged. The transition from one state to the other takes just under a second on the OnePlus Concept One....

The brand also noted that the Air Glass will only see a limited release in its home country of China next January, with no plans of launching it in other regions for now. Thankfully, OPPO Malaysia has granted us the chance to try the device for ourselves. So without further ado, here’s our hands-on impression of the company’s new hi-tech monocle. As mentioned in our initial coverage last week, it is required for the Air Glass to be mounted on the included spectacles frame in order to use it....

OPPO gave us the opportunity to spend some time with the bleeding-edge device and I’ll be sharing my experience with it. Unfortunately, there isn’t a global version just yet so the unit that we received is one meant to be sold in China, therefore lacking any Google apps or services. Because of this, I couldn’t practically use it as a daily driver but nonetheless, the Find N2 impressed me more than some other foldables I’ve had my hands on....