Sharp Aquos R2 Compact Features Two Asymmetrical Notches

The word “Compact” in the name is fitting, since it’s a phone with a 5.2-inch form factor – tiny by today’s standards. But it comes with a design that people may take issue with, especially among those who dislike notches. This is because this phone comes with not one, but two notches – one for the 8MP front-facing camera, and the other for the phone’s fingerprint scanner cum home button....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 196 words · Lloyd Weber

Shopee Chinese New Year Sale Runs Until 28 January Stand A Chance To Buy A Gold Bar For Rm1

Part of the sale is the RM8 prosperity deals, where an assortment of items are sold at RM8, regardless of their original prices. A number of pricier items are also potentially up for grabs via Shopee’s One Or Not promo. This includes an actual gold bar worth RM2250. Purchases over RM18 are also entitled for free shipping. For those who are living in Peninsula Malaysia, purchases of home appliances like fridges and TVs are eligible for free shipping....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 164 words · Gregory Hunt

Sid Meier S Civilization Vi Now Available For Download On Android

Civ6’s availability on the Android ecosystem also completes the game’s availability across all major platforms and operating systems, including Windows, macOS, Linux, the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and iOS. On that note, and just like its iOS counterpart, the game is free to download and you’ll get a 60-turn trial before you’re prompted to purchase the game. At which point, you’ll be prompted to pay US$20 (~RM83) if you wish to continue to play the game....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 161 words · Annette Tyler

Snap Announces Third Generation Spectacles Comes With Second Hd Camera For Depth Perception

The new Spectacles 3 now comes with a second HD camera for depth perception. With the second camera and the depth perception ability, the Snapchat Spectacles 3 is now effectively a pair of AR glasses. There will also be new 3D effects to take advantage of this, and will be exclusive to this new Spectacles 3. Beyond that, the Snapchat Spectacles 3 is a lot like the previous generation Spectacles....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 157 words · Tara Lawver

Snapdragon Ray Tracing Coming Soon To Oppo Samsung Asus Xiaomi Redmagic Black Shark

During the Day 1 keynote of the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm noted that the improved Adreno GPU within the SD8G2 will be able to deliver hardware-accelerated real-time ray tracing. Not only that, the chip is able to perform it with a power consumption of under 5W. At the same event, the company has also revealed a list of companies that are joining its effort to bring ray tracing into the mobile space....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 359 words · Stephen Garcia

Sony Playstation 5 Ui Will Be 100 Percent Overhaul Of The Playstation 4 Interface

According to Matt MacLaurin, vice president of UX Design at PlayStation, fans of the PS5 can look forward to a “brand new interface”. Specifically, MacLaurin explains that the future console’s UI is a “100% overhaul of the current generation PS4 UI)” and will feature some different and new concepts altogether. At the same time, MacLaurin is also quick to point out that the new interface will be more subtle but “no pixel is untouched” in the overhaul....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 218 words · Toshia Barnes

Sony Wena 3 Smartband Unveiled Converts Your Analog Timepiece Into A Smartwatch

The Sony Wena 3 features a stainless steel body and strap, as well as a long monochrome touch display for messages, notifications and so on. Swimmers and runners will be glad to know that the smartband is water resistant up to 5ATM. It is also available in options which allows you to wear it on its own with leather or rubber straps. The Wena 3 comes with a heart rate sensor that is capable of detecting blood-oxygen saturation and calculate VO2 Max....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 168 words · George Blaylock

Sony Xperia 5 Ii To Be Available In Malaysia Starting December 2020

Officially launched through a livestream via its official YouTube channel, the Xperia 5 II is Sony’s latest flagship and second premium smartphone to be released this year, after the Xperia 1 II. As I mentioned in my earlier report, much of the phone’s hardware and features are identical in almost every conceivable way, save for its size and some aesthetics. Internally, the Xperia 5 II is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, 8GB RAM, and a 4000mAh battery....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 203 words · Daniel Mcphearson

Sooka Goes Official Vip Plan Starts At Rm 15 90 Sports Coverage Includes Euro 2020 And Epl

As per our report yesterday, don’t be surprised if you hardly see any Astro’s branding on sooka as this was done on purpose with the intention to show that the new streaming service has a separate direction from its parent company. That being said, those who are familiar with the content lineup that the pay-TV operator offered to its customers would immediately notice where sooka got its contents from. At the moment, sooka focused heavily on sports as well as locally produced TV shows and movies with the majority of them being in Bahasa Malaysia....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 324 words · Kenneth Washington

Spider Man Far From Home Post Credits Scenes Important For Mcu S Future

A couple of days ago, a handful of critics in the US got the opportunity to catch a super early screening of Far From Home, some of whom have confirmed that the movie will not only have two post-credits sequences but that these sequences are indeed important for the MCU’s future. ScreenRant wrote the following: Avengers: Endgame was the first MCU film not to have a post-credit scene, which makes sense considering it wasn’t a film that looked forward, but backward....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 175 words · David Griffin

Spider Man Far From Home Writers Considered Making Mysterio A Skrull

Perhaps the most jaw-dropping moment in Spider-Man: Far From Home happens right at the very end during the second post-credits sequence. We see Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) and Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) drive away only to slowly transform into the shapeshifting Skrull Talos and his wife Soren, whom we previously met in Captain Marvel. It’s a neat trick pulled by the writers and directors, and one that makes sense if we pay attention to the bread crumbs dropped throughout the movie....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 235 words · Omar Neal

Star Wars Did Luke Hide The Truth About Kylo Ren From Princess Leia

It’s these sequence of events that leads Luke to exile himself and block out the Force. The question is, did Luke actually inform Ben Solo’s parents of this truth or do Princess Leia and Han Solo actually think that their son just decided to betray the family and join forces with Supreme Leader Snoke and the First Order? Rebecca Roanhorse’s Star Wars novel, Resistance Reborn just might’ve given us a little insight....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 386 words · Shawn Francis

Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker Jj Abrams Says Rian Johnson Motivated Him To Work Outside His Comfort Zone

In the latest issue of Total Film (via sister site Games Radar), Abrams talked about how The Force Awakens differs from The Rise of Skywalker, as far as his filmmaking approach is concerned. Abrams also talked about how Rian Johnson inspired him to swing for the fences without feeling constrained or worrying about following and established formula. This may rub some fans the wrong way, understandably so. There were a lot of fans who disliked The Last Jedi because Johnson took certain Star Wars ideas and turned its own its head....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 187 words · Alec Linkous

Steam Deck Booklet Promises Sequels To The Handheld Pc

This booklet is simply known as the Steam Deck Booklet, and you can give it a read for yourself via the link to it at the end of this article. At the very end of the booklet, Valve says that “In the future, Valve will follow up on this product with improvement sand iterations to hardware and software, bringing new versions of Steam Deck to market”. The company goes as far as to call its handheld gaming PC a “multi-generational product line”, with promises of new versions to be “even more open and capable than the first version”....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 262 words · Herbert Given

Students No Longer Required To Return Perantisiswa Tablets At The End Of Their Studies

The full PerantiSiswa package, featuring Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 LTE. [Image: Annuar Musa / Facebook.]For example, a Facebook posting by Sabah’s Department of Information said that the students will only get to keep the tablets if they achieve a CGPA of 3.5 or higher. However, no such requirement was specifically mentioned by Ismail during his speech although he did reveal it has been suggested during a meeting between Communications and Multimedia Minister Annuar Musa and student representatives last month that the tablet should be given away for free to outstanding students....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 265 words · Kristina Mellon

Super Nintendo World Opens In Universal Studios Japan On 4 February

If you’re familiar with the things that USJ does, you’ll know that it doesn’t hold back when it comes to its tie in theme zones. And it’s much the same story with Super Nintendo World. Its main attraction is a Mario Kart-themed rollercoaster, held in a reconstruction of Bowser’s castle. Those who want to go on it also get AR headsets that look like Mario’s hat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Nc9au7FjY Bloomberg reports that the Mario-themed area is quite small....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 186 words · Lillian Reid

Telcos Begin To Offer Spm And Stpm Data Package 15Gb For Rm 20 Per Month

Both telcos also stated that the plan is only available for prepaid customers. Xpax users can sign up for it through the Celcom Life app although new customers may have to wait for up to 4 working days to get the SPM/STPM plan to work for them. As for U Mobile, they can obtain the package via MyUMobile app or SMS-based UMB codes. Another important thing to note is that the SPM/STPM plan is only valid until 30 April 2021 which means that users need to pick up other data plans from 1 May 2021 onwards....

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 176 words · Frank Reed

The Asus Rog Strix Xg438Q Is A Massive 43 Inch Freesync Gaming Monitor

Specs-wise, the XG438Q’s panel is capable of outputting at a resolution of 4K (3840 x 2160). It’s also a DisplayHDR 600 compliant monitor, featuring a maximum HDR brightness of 500 nits and and 15 individual dimming zones. As if that weren’t enough, the display also comes with a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz, In terms of ports, the XG438Q comes features DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, several USB 3.0 ports, along with a 3....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 227 words · Matthew Thomas

The Polestar O2 Concept Is A Coupe Ev With An Integrated Aerial Drone

Oh, and it comes with an integrated aerial drone too. For many, the thought of featuring a deployable drone on a car can be either downright bizarre, or seriously cool – like in the spy fiction kind of way. But rather for reconnaissance missions, Polestar says the onboard quad-rotored miniature UAV is meant for cinematography. As depicted in the O2’s reveal video, its intended use case is to trail the car and capture cinematic top-down or surround views while you drive around in the countryside and so on....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 329 words · Sharon Grimm

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Next Gen Update Lands 14 December

The long-awaited arrival of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s next-gen update was formally made via the release of a trailer, which CDPR is also dubbing the “Complete Edition”. To recap, it is a free update for those who already own the base game and its two expansions, as well as for newcomers to the World of the Witcher. Besides new 4K texture packs, the next-gen update for the game will also include a number of other improvements and enhancements, both in-game and visually....

January 14, 2023 · 2 min · 344 words · Mamie Bartholomew