Singapore Bans Illegal TV boxes
The High Court ordered Singapore’s internet service providers to block access to popular illegal applications that are frequently sold pre-loaded on android TV boxes. Such TV boxes are also known as illicit streaming devices (ISDs). These apps, which flagrantly infringe copyright by acting as gateways to websites streaming pirated content, are preloaded on TV boxes […]
Vivo Drops Price On V11i Flagship
For those who waited to get the newly launched Vivo flagship smartphones can rub their hands with the latest announcement by the phone maker. The Vivo V11i has seen its price tag reduced from RM1299 for the 4GB RAM, 128GB ROM model to RM1099 with immediate effect. Being the less opulent sibling to the V11, […]
Learning C-Based Programming And Robotics At Holiday Camp
Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad launched the CIMB RoboCAMP a holiday camp that teaches primary school students taking the STEM subjects in C-based programming language and robotics in a fun and engaging way. Headed by CIMB Foundation a CSR initiative the banking group conducts, 189 students from 21 schools in Langkawi were invited to […]
Is The Internet Healthy?
Mozilla launched the first full edition of its Internet Health Report. It consists of research and analysis about the Internet compiled by researchers, engineers, data scientists, policy analysts and artists in Mozilla’s extended community. The report is “an open source effort to explore the state of human life on the Internet,” wrote Mozilla Executive Director […]
LinkedIn Violated Data Protection Rules
LinkedIn, the social network for the working world with close to 600 million users, violated data protection rules, concerning some 18 million email addresses. Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) had conducted and concluded an investigation of Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. The investigation was prompted by a complaint from a user in 2017, over LinkedIn’s practices regarding […]
Fujifilm’s latest camera to be in stores by December
Fujifilm’s latest Instax instant camera, the Square SQ20 will be available in stores in December after its officially launch in Jakarta on 15th November. Aiming to attract a younger demographic, the Square SQ20 will be the first of its series that has a zoom mode. Furthermore, the camera also comes with a Motion Grab Feature, […]
USA Asks More Countries To Restrict Huawei
At this year’s CES, the largest consumer electronic event held in Vegas, USA, Huawei CEO Richard Yu had a distraught look on his face throughout his keynote address. While presenting the latest smartphone on stage the Huawei P20, Richard intersected the news he had gotten from the governing telecommunication regulatory rejected his company’s application to […]
Autonomous Cars: Good News For Tourists, Not For Industry
Transport experts say motorways between cities will one day fill at night with slow-moving AVs carrying sleeping occupants. The focus of most urban autonomous car concepts centres on how it will make commuting and the practicalities of everyday life simpler, speedier and safer. However, researchers are now analysing how autonomous travel could revolutionize the tourism industry, […]
