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The Minister of Health, YB Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has made an official statement regarding the blocking of the smoking ban hotline. Essentially, he confirms that the ministry will be discussing with WhatsApp’s parent company Facebook in order to come to a solution regarding the matter. ORIGINAL STORY (19 May / 1:40 PM): Malaysia’s Ministry of Health has a WhatsApp hotline that allows people to report others who smoke in public areas....

Accessing it is quite simple; in a chat, simply tap on the paperclip icon that is located beside the text bar and select the Sticker option. Alternatively, the same can be done by tapping on the emoticon icon and then selecting the sticker icon which will appear beside it. From there, clicking on the Create button will prompt you to upload an image which can later be further customised via a built-in editing tool....

The family deal in question is for four, and you only get one code per family deal. You’ll also have to dine in, and finish the whole thing to get the code. This is what the family deal consists of: 1 Double Chicken Burger1 Vegan Mushroom Burger1 5-piece Chicken Nuggets2 Original Recipe Chicken1 2-piece New Orland Chicken Wings1 Old Beijing Spicy Duck Roll2 Pepsi (Large)2 Peach Oolong Tea (Large)...

Starting with the Start Menu, Microsoft is doing away with the solid background behind app icons. This gives a cleaner look to the start menu, in place of the jarring background colour differences behind app icons. With this Windows 10 update, the tiles on the right are also getting background colours that better fit the rest of the menu. It’s overall still the same Start Menu, just that it looks a little cleaner....

Dramatics aside, the announcement was made by Xbox head Phil Spencer in a recent blog post on the official Xbox website. He revealed that both the Series X and Series S will be released on 10 November this year, with pre-orders opening on 22 September. In terms of pricing, the former will retail at USD499 (~RM2,080) while the latter is priced at USD299 (~RM1,246). Xbox Series X: $499 (ERP)Xbox Series S: $299 (ERP) Release date: November 10 Pre-order starts September 22: https://t....

At the same time, the screen on the Civi also offers a 120Hz refresh rate and in-display fingerprint scanner, as well as the support for Dolby Vision and HDR10+. Housed within the top centre part of the display is a 32MP selfie shooter which features autofocus and a “beautification” filter that uses sophisticated machine learning that reportedly “re-depicts” the original picture pixel-per-pixel to maintain skin texture while getting rid of imperfections such as blemishes and acne: The Civi also features a three-camera setup on its back which includes a 64MP primary, an ultrawide lens with a 120-degree field-of-view, and a 2MP macro camera....

Alongside 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM as standard, the Mi 10 with 128GB storage can be obtained for RM 2,799 while the 256GB variant is priced at RM 2,999. As for the higher-end Mi 10 Pro, it comes with 256GB by default and a price tag of RM 3,899. The pre-order for both devices is open from today onwards until 30 April in which Mi 10’s pre-order customers will receive a Mi Smart Band 4 alongside their new phone in May....

Among them is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G, 6.7-inch Full HD AMOLED display with curved edges, 5260mAh battery, and support 30W fast charger. However, the camera on the Mi Note 10 Lite is different from its higher-end brother as the phone is equipped with a 64MP quad camera system on its back and 16MP selfie camera. Naturally, the Mi Note 10 Lite is priced slightly lower though. Available from tomorrow onwards, the phone can be obtained with 8GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage for RM 1,599 in Glacier White, Midnight Black, and Nebula Purple colourways....

Points will essentially be used the same way as credits, where it can be used to pay for plans and purchase products like data, SMS, voice, Power Pass, add-ons, IDD, and roaming Passes. The main difference between the two payment systems is that points cannot be bought, but earned through Yoodo’s Refer2Earn programme. The programme itself currently rewards you RM20 worth of credits for every successful referral and moving forward, Yoodo’s customer support has told us that referrals will remain the same value at 2000 points....

One element that separates NEKMAT’s service compared to other online grocers is its payment method. Rather than paying when you check out, this service takes cash-on-delivery, meaning you only pay when you get your goods. Raja Khalid Raja Ariffin, Director General of the Malaysian Fisheries Developmen Board (LKIM), announced the service today, according to Bernama. He said the service is an initiative by the collabiration of 44 fishermen’s associations under NEKMAT....

There are exceptions to this rule, however. In this instance, local distributor of Zotac graphics cards, Sun Cycle Sdn Bhd, is currently offering the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 2080 Ti for an asking price RM4889. At the price, you get a card with a custom dual-fan cooling solution, a customised backplat for added rigidity, the simple Spectra lighting to illuminate the minimalist RGB on the card. Specs-wise, the card still features 11GB GDDR6 based on NVIDIA’s TU102 Turing GPU architecture....

We gave the feature a quick try earlier today and we have discovered that you don’t even have to be on location to utilize it. To access the feature, scroll down on the Setel’s home page until you see the Parking icon. Once you tap on it, you will be presented with the option to choose either Street Parking or Automated Parking Payments. Once the Street Parking section goes on your screen, tap on the Park Now button which will open up a map....

ORIGINAL STORY (8:33 PM): Users all over the world including Malaysia have reported that selected Google services are inaccessible at the moment. Among such services that we have verified ourselves include YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive. For example, if you visit the YouTube home page right now with your Google account logged in, you would be welcomed by the error message shown above. We were also unable to access the service via Android and iOS app under a similar condition:...

ORIGINAL STORY (7 April / 2:20 PM): Last week, Zoo Negara started seeking donations to fund its operating costs. The national zoo is struggling, since no tickets can be sold during the Movement Control Order (MCO). Since then, the zoo has opened up a new avenue for donations, via Ticket2u. In addition to the new ways to donate, Zoo Negara also added a couple of new donation tiers. In addition to the RM50, RM100, RM200 and RM500 tiers from before, you can now choose to donate RM25, RM400, RM700, RM900 or even RM1000 at a time....

In general, the price list showed that ZOTAC has reduced the price tag for the whole GeForce RTX 30 Series. Depending on the specific models, the price differences can be as low as RM150 just like the RTX 3080 AMP Holo LHR 12GB or in the case of RTX 3090 Trinity, the gap is as much as RM1,480. ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity: the brand’s highest-end RTX 30 Series card at the moment....

First on the list is the brand‘s Blade V40s smartphone. Impressively, though falling under the entry-level category, the phone is equipped with a flat 6.67-inch AMOLED display that features FHD+ (1080 x 2400 px) resolution, 16M colour support, and 60 Hz refresh rate. Unlike other devices under the same class, it features a punch-hole cutout for its front-facing camera instead of a notch. There’s also a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, while situated beneath the upper camera island on its back is a “breathing” lighting system for notifications and so on....

The way the vulnerability works is by taking advantage of direct-memory-access (DMA) that Thunderbolt devices have. For context, DMA allows Thunderbolt devices to read and write data on a system’s memory without permission from the operating system. This level of access is usually only granted to internal components, such as GPUs. But with the Thunderbolt interface – used by USB-C connectors – capable of replicating those functions when plugged in externally, the interface is given the same level of access....

In spite of my previous reservations for Tom Holland as the MCU’s Spider-Man, I’m still rooting for the kid to succeed and grow. And if I could get heady for a moment, villains can play an immensely important role in shaping and growing our heroes through Hegelian dialectics. When our hero and his beliefs (the thesis) clashes with an opposing force (an antithesis) it often results with the hero learning a higher truth from the conflict (a synthesis)....

The possibility of such a card actually stems from a brief and obviously staged exchange between the official Cyberpunk 2077 account – created by the game’s developer, CD Projekt Red (CDPR) – and the GPU company in question. NVIDIA’s final response to the question was simply a blurred out image of a graphics card, accompanied by the words “Stay tuned…”. Stay tuned… pic.twitter.com/wahUtfw3f6 — NVIDIA GeForce (@NVIDIAGeForce) February 16, 2020 Despite the blurring, there are some elements that we can make out about the mystery GPU....

“From having biryani rice to beauty products delivered to your doorstep, we hope everyone will have an enjoyable experience shopping on our airasia super app during the Super Sale,” said Karen Chan, CEO of the AirAsia app. Super Sale deals that have been lined up include, up to 50% off selected merchants on airasia food, 20% off storewide for Santan Cafe via delivery on airasia food, up to 60% off selected items on airasia fresh, and up to 70% off on airasia shop with delivery fees as low as RM0....