Barbers Hair Salons And Optical Shops No Longer Allowed To Operate During Mco

This decision which is said to be made by PM Muhyiddin Yassin is a reversal of last week’s announcement by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) which has been opposed by majority of the population. In fact, the Malaysian Hairdressers Association stated that 91% of hairdressers in the country don’t agree with the ruling. In the briefing, Minister Ismail has also stated that Ramadhan bazaars are not allowed to be opened during MCO....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 228 words · Sara Gibson

Beats Studio Buds Finally Coming To Malaysia Pre Order Opens This Week For Rm599

Among AARs that have announced the pre-order program include Machines, Switch, and SNS Network’s iTworld. They have also noted that customers have the choice to pre-order the Beats Studios Buds via their physical retail outlets or online stores including in Lazada or Shopee. Interesting enough, these AAR have said that pre-order customers will be able to obtain the Beats Studios Buds for RM599 instead of their original RM629 price tag....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 195 words · Andrew Ouellette

Black Widow Could Change Our Perspective On Avengers Endgame And Infinity War

But what can we expect from the film? While I’m sure the film will deliver the goods as a standalone piece — we have no reason to doubt director Cate Shortland, considering her previous two indie films, Berlin Syndrome and Lore were pretty damn good — one has to wonder if Black Widow will influence the larger MCU canon in a significant way. After all, that’s what a good prequel/spin-off does....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 159 words · Junior Dickey

Blizzard Announces Next World Of Warcraft Expansion

According to the game’s official fluff, Dragonflight will shift its focus from the calamity in the realm of the Azeroth’s afterlife to an entirely new peril involving the Aspects of Azeroth, otherwise known as the Dragonflights of the realm. As with all WoW expansions, Dragonflight will also be introducing and adding several new elements and features to the game. Firstly, players will now be sent to a new map, known as the Dragon Isles, which are located in the Northwest of Azeroth....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 294 words · Jon Voight

Boeing To Suspend Production Of Troubled 737 Max In January

The news comes over half a year since it was reported that the planes have completed their software update. As previously reported, the Boeing 737 Max update involves making the planes’ anti-stall systems compare data from both attack-of-angle (AOA) sensors. An AOA disagree light, which will give pilots a visual indicator of faulty sensors, was also supposed to be added. It was previously an optional extra. It’s not clear if there is an end in sight for the suspension....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 192 words · Marlene Laman

Boost Grabpay And Touch N Go Ewallet Are The Official Wallets For E Tunai Rakyat Program

According to Khazanah who has been assigned to handle the program by the government, the chosen services are Boost, GrabPay, and Touch ‘n Go eWallet. The sovereign fund investment company has also revealed the four criteria behind the selection: – Large number of active users. – Large merchant networks. – The strength of their technical capabilities, financial, and human resources. – Significant investments that these services have made into their operations....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 161 words · Arvilla Maxwell

Canon Reportedly Choosing To Discontinue Eos 5D Full Frame Dslr Lineup

The rumour comes by way of Canon Rumors, who says that development on a potential EOS 5D Mark V was stopped “some time ago” and that the series could end up “going the way of the EOS 7D series”. This despite the brand being aware of the lineup’s popularity among professional photographers and fans, alike. Canon introduced the EOS 5D lineup back in 2005. Till today, the camera is regarded as the brand’s first full-frame DSLR that features a standard DSLR size....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 168 words · Essie Young

Captain Marvel Official Website Is A Delightful Throwback To Web 1 0 Era

While that might sound weird for a movie that is going to be released in 2019, it fits very well for Captain Marvel. This is because the movie itself is set in the 1990s which is the time where the World Wide Web was still in its infancy and most websites featured rudimentary designs. In fact, Marvel’s Director of Software Engineering, Lori Lombert has tweeted that the Captain Marvel’s website was created using Microsoft FrontPage which is a popular HTML editor back in the day....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 172 words · Teresa Peterson

Celcom Experiences Yet Another Network Disruption Affects Data Services

At around 10:15 AM today, Celcom’s name has risen into the third spot within Twitter’s trending topic list for Malaysian Twitter users: Once you search for the telco’s name within the platform, there is indeed a long list of angry tweets from Celcom customers. Plenty of complaints have also been unleashed on its Facebook page: At the time this article was published, Celcom had yet to make any announcement regarding the network disruption....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 257 words · Lois Maskell

Celcom To Support Apple Watch Lte Will Begin Offering Series 5 This December

While Celcom’s name has yet to appear in the official list of telcos that support the cellular feature on Apple Watch, the company did mention that the variant that they will offer to customers is the LTE model. The built-in cellular feature provides Apple Watch with additional capabilities including on-watch support for phone calls and messaging as well as Apple Music streaming. However, the telco didn’t provide further information whether there are specific criteria that customers need to meet before they are able to utilize the cellular feature on Apple Watch through Celcom network....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 192 words · Iva Huddleston

Certain Tv Channels On Ultra Plug Play Box Are Not Accessible For Non Astro Broadband Users

In other words, these TV channels will be off-limits to you when your Ultra Plug & Play Box is being connected through other ISPs such as unifi, TIME Internet, standalone Maxis Fibre, and others. Here is the full list of the affected channels: BabyTVFOX Action Movies HDFOX Family Movies HDFOX HDFOX Movies Premium HDFOXlife HDFX HDNat Geo People HDNat Geo Wild HDNational Geographic ChannelNHK WorldSky News HDStar Chinese Channel HD...

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 245 words · Joey Aston

China Tech Firms Pledge Compliance To Antitrust Laws After Alibaba Fine

On Tuesday, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) summoned 34 firms to a meeting and ordered them to rectify their monopolistic practices, Bloomberg reported. Not one for subtlety, the regulatory agency directed the companies’ attention to the example of Alibaba – penalised for making merchants sell exclusively on its platform. Food delivery giant Meituan promised to “consciously maintain market order” and not force merchants into exclusivity arrangements “through unreasonable means....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 196 words · Garland Smith

Chinese Memory Maker Releases Data For Ddr5 Ram Running At 6400Mhz

According to Tom’s Hardware, Longsys currently has two DDR5-6400 RAM modules in the works; a 16GB variant with a single-rank design and a 32GB model with a dual-rank design. Regardless of design, both variations feature an eight-layer PCB, have CAS Latency (CL) of 40, and requires only 1.1V to operate. Based on Longsys’ data, its DDR5-6400 RAM showed as much as 64% gains over the current DDR4 memory standard in the Master Lu benchmark, but to be fair, it was not made clear as to what frequency the DDR4 memory was running on....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 203 words · Patricia Durfee

Cloudflare 1 1 1 1 Dns Service Now Available On Android And Ios

According to The Verge, the mobile version of the DNS service will come with its own VPN support. Designed to push to your mobile traffic towards Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS servers, thus providing improvements over your speeds. Also as mentioned in our earlier report, one of the primary distinctions of Cloudflare’s DNS service from its competitors (i.e. Google) is the emphasis it places on user privacy. Specifically, any IP address query is never logged for more than a period of 24 hours....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 130 words · Travis Hendricks

Covid 19 Walk In Booster Shots To Be Available For The Elderly High Risk Individuals

Among those that have been urged to obtain booster shots are individuals with comorbidities or chronic illnesses and senior citizens aged 60 years and above. Those who have a high risk of developing serious symptoms and complications from the COVID-19 infection are being urged to do so as well. Those who wish to talk advantage of the walk-in basis may do so at any government hospital and clinic during clinic hours....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 331 words · Angela Camacho

Customs Officers Will Wear Bodycams Starting This June

The department’s director-general Abdul Latif Abdul Kadir, said that the implementation will be done in stages nationwide, as it involves a large allocation. The first phase will involve more than 100 officers, including those on duty at KLIA and border crossing stations. Shahar said in Parliament that as of September 2021, there were 2,518 cases of illicit cigarettes and alcohol being seized by Customs officers, with a total value of RM41....

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 151 words · Rickie Hsu

Cyberjaya To Test Automated Rapid Transit System In Early 2022

Described as a crossover between a train, a bus, and a tram, Hamid said that the three-carriage vehicle used by the ART system can travel up to 70 km/h with a maximum capacity of 307 passengers. He also claims that this pilot project could help Cyberjaya achieve a reduction of carbon emissions by 40% by 2030, if successful. The ART system also seems to be highly recommended by the Malaysia Institute of Transport (Mitrans) which said that it is significantly cheaper than LRTs and monorails while still being able to deliver a similar capacity....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 251 words · Trevor Blume

Dell Xps 13 Series With 10Th Gen Intel Core Processors Now In Malaysia For As Low As Rm 4999

According to Dell Malaysia’s official website, the new XPS 13 (7390) with 10th Gen Intel Core processor is readily available for order with a starting price of RM 5299. However, customers are apparently able to purchase it at a slightly lower price of RM 4999. The base model is equipped with Intel Core i5-10210U, 8GB RAM, and 256GB PCIe NVMe solid state drive. They can push the specs further up to Intel Core i7-10510U, 16GB RAM, and 512GB PCIe NVMe solid state drive as well as 4K touch display for RM 6999....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 219 words · Michael Johnson

Despite Rerelease Endgame Will Still Not Beat Avatar At The Box Office

Well, whatever the reason for the rerelease, it looks like Avengers: Endgame will still not beat Avatar‘s $US 2.788 billion record at the global box office. In North America, Endgame raked in a fine $US 5.5 million this past weekend, which is a massive rise from last weekend’s $US 1.9 million. This puts Endgame‘s North American box office at $US 841.3 million. In North America, Star Wars: The Force Awakens still holds the top stop with a staggering $US 936....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 225 words · Refugia Chambers

Diablo Immortal Gets Delayed In Asia Pacific To 23 June

In addition to Malaysia, other countries to get Diablo Immortal on 23 June instead include Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. That last one is also drawing the short end of the stick, as they only get access to the game on PC, when the game is also supposed to be on Android and iOS. In a press release, Blizzard also says that Southeast Asian countries will also be getting dedicated regional servers....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 252 words · Timothy Murphy