INNOVATION, inspiration, dedication and entertainment were just some of the key factors that brought a city together in a united effort to drive interest and action toward the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a wonderful display of unity, corporate leaders, non-governmental organisations, local school children, special society groups, influencers and over 20,000…
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Workers, driver injured after factory bus rolls down Melaka ravine
ALOR GAJAH: A group of foreign factory workers went through anxious moments when the bus they were travelling in went down a ravine after its brakes failed in an incident in Jalan Simpang Gading-Kesang Pajak near here on Saturday (Sept 24) night. Thirteen workers and the bus driver, a local, were seriously injured in the…
Covid-19 Watch: 1,924 new cases, says Health Ministry
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 1,924 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday (Sept 24), says the Health Ministry. The Health Ministry said through data released on its CovidNow portal on Sunday (Sept 25) that this brings the new total to 4,830,214 cases since the pandemic began. None of the 1,924 cases are imported, all are local infections….
Plan to get kids back in school working, says Radzi
KUALA LUMPUR: A system to find students who have stopped attending national school and help them return is already working, says Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin.However, there were still about 2,000 more students who could not be located, he said. He added that his ministry now wanted to use the system to intervene earlier…
Quarantine rules to stay till year-end
KUALA LUMPUR: There will be no changes to the Health Ministry’s Covid-19 quarantine rules – at least until the end of the year, says its minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Currently, individuals who test positive for Covid-19 are required to undergo seven days of home quarantine, but they can be released if they test negative on the…
ASRock Intel Arc A380 Challenger ITX Graphics Card Now In Malaysia For RM799
The Arc A380 marked Intel’s return into the desktop graphics card market which is a monumental challenge given how the company has to face the graphics titans that are NVIDIA and AMD. First revealed in China around three months ago, its availability outside the debut market is rather questionable though. Hence, we were rather surprised…
New PCIe Gen5 Power Cables Supposedly Only Last For 40 Cycles
NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 40 Series is already set to hit the shelves starting October yet there are already issues pertaining to the new PCIe Gen5 power port that is being deployed. What sort of issue, you ask? As it turns, it’s about the new 12VHPWR cable and how it has the potential to become a…
Polaroid Introduces Four New Bluetooth Speakers
In a move that no one saw coming, Polaroid recently introduced a total of four new Bluetooth speakers – all of which are firsts for the company. For those who’ve been keeping up with everything photography, this announcement will undoubtedly come as a surprise – especially from a brand name, which for the longest of…
Apple AirPods Pro, Pro 2 Ear Tips Not Interchangeable
When it comes to TWS earbuds, the ear tips doesn’t usually come to mind when it comes to factors affecting audio quality. But Apple is implying that it does, and is advising customers to use the ear tips that came with their AirPods Pro. It’s not stated outright, but the implication here is to not…
PM delivers UNGA speech in BM, second ‘Ismail’ to create history at world body
NEW YORK: Sixty-five years ago, a leader by the name of Ismail created history as the first Malaysian to speak at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in the United States. He was Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, the first Malaysian envoy to the US and representative to the UN. ALSO READ: UN must act…
UN must act fast to resolve crisis in Palestine, says PM in labelling Israel an ‘apartheid entity’
NEW YORK: Labelling Israel as an apartheid state, Malaysia wants action to be taken to resolve the issue of Palestine as expeditiously as crisis that befell Ukraine. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yakaob said the United Nations must be hasty in its action to ensure the prolonged crisis in Palestine is resolved as soon…
Cooperation, coordination needed among nations to achieve fairer economic well-being, says PM
NEW YORK: An international monetary cooperation mechanism that can ensure a system that is fair and effective must be put in place to achieve global economic well-being, said Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The Prime Minister said such a mechanism could act as a balance to the universal need for development. ALSO READ: Prime Minister,…
UN Security Council veto power undemocratic, says Ismail Sabri
NEW YORK: Malaysia wants the veto power at the United Nations (UN) Security Council to be abolished, consistent with the principle of one country, one vote, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The Prime Minister said the conflict and crises plaguing the world today, including in Ukraine, Palestine and Myanmar cannot be resolved due to…
Khairy: Fighting cancer back in focus after Covid-19 pandemic under control
KUALA LUMPUR: We will focus on the fight against cancer when the Covid-19 pandemic is under control, says Khairy Jamaluddin. In his speech at the National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) appreciation dinner, the Health Minister said that battling cancer will be a main focus again when the Covid-19 pandemic was under control. “Once we are…
WhatsApp Will Keep Its Service Available In Iran Amid Protests
WhatsApp has announced on Twitter that it will do everything in its power to keep its private messaging service available in Iran in a statement of solidarity with the protests raging within the country. This comes after state authorities restricted the country’s access to Instagram and WhatsApp in an attempt to curb efforts of the…
iOS 16.0.2 Available Now; Fixes Camera Rattling, Copy Paste Bugs
iOS 16 was plagued with two major bugs. One involves iPhones giving users frequent paste prompts, a result of a security feature gone wrong. Another affects the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max specifically, where some users report blurry photos and disconcerting noises from their cameras when running third party apps. Both of these major…
Nothing Starts Officially Teasing The Ear (stick)
Back in July, we saw what looked like a leak of the next Nothing TWS buds, which was thought to be called the ear (1) Stick. We even saw the thing make an appearance in the SIRIM database, albeit with a slightly different name. Now, the company has started officially teasing the thing, under the…
Opinion: The Inevitable Fad That Is Dynamic Island
Apple introduced the Dynamic Island to the world with the announcement of the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. And just like clockwork, copycats around the world – be they independent developers or large companies – have taken it upon themselves to do something similar for Android devices. Which is fine, to an extent because…
Intel Core i9-13900K Data Already Out In The Open
Intel’s top-tier 13th generation Core i9-13900K is, at this point, the chipmaker’s worst kept secret, with one leak about its core count and clockspeed having actually come from the horse’s mouth, in a manner of speaking. Now, with just several days left until its expected launch, some performance data of the next-generation, top-tier CPU is…
iPhone 14, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max Officially In Malaysia: Price Starts From RM4,199
Barely two weeks after they were first unveiled to the world, the new iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max are now officially available in Malaysia. In general, this year’s model arrived in our market rather quick – just one week after the rollout in main markets such as the United States,…