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In an effort to improve its energy efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint in our country, Shell Malaysia has today announced the installation of solar panels on the roofs of its 216 retail stations nationwide. Through a collaboration with Celantech Solar, 22505 solar photo voltaic (PV) panels were installed by Shell, for a total capacity of 10.12 megawatt peak (MWp)!

Huawei Malaysia has officially announced that they will be offering various free gifts worth up to RM1199 when you purchase the selected P50 series devices from now until 31 March. These free gifts include a Huawei FreeBuds Studio worth RM1199 when you purchase the P50 Pocket and a FreeBuds Pro worth RM699 if you get the P50 Pro.

The good news doesn’t stop there either, as Huawei Malaysia is also offering exclusive bundle deals for both P50 devices, including discounts of up to RM699 when you opt to purchase the P50 Pocket (Premium Edition) together with the FreeBuds Lipstick. You’d also get RM499 off when you purchase either the P50 Pocket (White Edition) or P50 Pro together with the FreeBuds Lipstick.

It seems that someone has gotten Apple’s Mac Studio a bit early as a Geekbench 5 benchmark result of the M1 Ultra found inside the new Mac was posted just hours after it was announced yesterday. Shared by Benchleaks on Twitter, Apple’s latest top-of-the-line SoC showed impressive Single-Threaded and Multi-Threaded scores which surpassed or matched its competitors.

In Multi-Threaded scores, the M1 Ultra scored a staggering 24055 points, surpassing both the Intel Core i9-12900K (17204 points) and the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (16565 points). Furthermore, the latest Apple Silicon also put AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X a run for its money, only losing out in the Multi-Threaded scores by a little over 1000 points or around 4.5%.

So just a few hours ago, the Nothing brand has released a short teaser and it will be about a new livestream event. In the clip, it seems that Carl Pei himself will be hosting the show and quite possibly, a new smartphone device.

One of the highlights this week was the Apple Event whereby the 3rd-gen iPhone SE was announced. As usual, Apple is notoriously known for not announcing the RAM figure and would usually have to wait until we or someone else discover it.

It looks like vivo will not be launching just one folding smartphone for the first time. According to new certification found in China, the company is preparing to present two of them, namely vivo X Fold and X Note. Although we've already heard some news about the devices, it's still exciting to know they are getting certified as it means they are very near to us.

Samsung is all about customizations for its smartphones these days. After launching the Galaxy Z Flip3 Bespoke Edition, which offers 49 unique colour combinations, the Korean tech giant has been spotted trademarking a new customizable protective film called "Fashion Film".

Not even a day after the Apple event, new information regarding the upcoming MacBook Air has arrived. Reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that the laptop will be launching by this year, and it's coming with a new design.

Counterpoint Research, a global industry analysis firm based in Asia yesterday revealed last year's top 10 best-selling smartphone models in the world and the results may surprise you. First of all, the list is dominated with Apple devices with the iPhone 12 being last year’s best-selling smartphone.

In fact, 7 out of the 10 entries are Apple smartphones, including all top 5 best-selling smartphones. However, the biggest surprises from the results have got to be the fact that no flagship Android devices made it to the list and that the best-selling Android phone last year was the Samsung Galaxy A12.

Last month, we did a comparison article on the pre-order plans for the Samsung Galaxy S22 series between Maxis, Digi, Celcom and U Mobile. Now that the pre-order period is over, if you’re planning to purchase the s22 series and wondering which telco plan gives you the best bang for your buck, worry not as we’ve got you covered!

Just for you, we've compiled the list of plans offered by the four major network operators in Malaysia for Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone series. Check them out below in no particular order.