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Today, Setel has announced a new partnership with GrabPay Malaysia to provide GrabPay as a top-up option when reloading the Setel Wallet. Not only is it offering convenience, but there are also inclusive and rewarding experiences for both Setel and GrabPay users. 

The Deputy Minister of Communication and Multimedia (K-KOMM), Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin has urged for the Federal Government to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender in Malaysia. Claiming that crypto is ‘the future of finance’, Zahidi also said that his ministry will be looking into ways to increase youths' involvement in digital currencies.

The K-KOMM Deputy Minister made the statement in the Dewan Rakyat today in reply to a supplementary question from the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ledang, Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh. The latter asked K-Komm on the government’s stance on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) trading which are becoming more popular in our country.

Over the past few weeks, we have been reporting about the vivo X Fold rumoured news here and there. While an alleged foldable vivo device was spotted in public, the vivo X Note also got discovered and it was posted on a Chinese vivo mall website.

The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) today iterated that it has NEVER offered any schemes that reward members with monetary pay-off. This is after EPF members reportedly received fraudulent emails from irresponsible quarters claiming that they are entitled to a minimum of RM1000 reward if they worked from 2016 to 2021.

Shared on its official Facebook page, EPF warned its members to not fall for such a scam and to not click on the link attached to the email. Furthermore, the statutory body also stressed that it has never appointed or authorised any third parties to offer such a reward.

Apple recently released a few products during its ‘peek performance’ event earlier this month. These include the Mac Studio, Studio Display and a refresh of the iPad Air lineup.

Speaking of the latter, it seems that users who have already gotten the iPad Air are noticing build quality issues with the device. While it received a significant spec bump by getting the M1 SoC, it seems that the build quality has been downgraded by Apple when compared to its predecessor.

It seems that next-gen of flagship mobile chipsets will be sacrificing power efficiency in favour of performance boost. This is according to a new leak that claimed ARM’s upcoming Cortex-X3 cores to be more power hungry than its predecessor.

The new Cortex-X3 cores are expected to make its way into next generation mobile chipsets including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Samsung Exynos 2300. Furthermore, it may even feature inside the MediaTek Dimensity 10000.

Apple recently released iOS 15.4 for supported iPhone devices worldwide which comes with a slew of new features. Out of those, the most notable feature has got to be the ability to use Face ID while wearing a face mask, which is super convenient!

However, it seems that the update also brought aboutinconveniences too as many are complaining that their iPhone’s batteries are draining rapidly. In fact, there have been numerous complaints online by iPhone users regarding the matter, including on Twitter and Reddit.

Update: We also got a special promo code for you - TECHVIP if you're planning to get the Galaxy A33 and A53. Valid from 21 March - 31 May 2022, you can redeem one (1) 15W Fast Charge Travel Adapter (worth RM89)* when you enter the code on the Samsung Malaysia Online Store. The referral gift is limited to the first 2000 customers nationwide with terms and conditions applied (read below).

It wasn't that long ago that Samsung unveiled a brand new trio Galaxy A33 5G, Galaxy A53 5G and Galaxy A73 5G altogether. The pre-order for these new devices have begun starting today (21 March) or the Galaxy A53 5G until 25 March 2022, whereas the Galaxy A33 5G and A73 5G will be on until 13 April 2022. The starting price is RM1499 and comes with exclusive pre-order freebies. 

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has revealed that 34.4% of the adult population in Malaysia has yet to get the Covid-19 vaccine booster dose. That amounts to approximately 7.5 million people in our country.

Furthermore, out of the number, Khairy said that 2.1 million are recipients of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine and another 835000 are senior citizens. He then urged the two categories above to take the booster dose by 1 April 2022 or risk losing their ‘fully vaccinated’ status in MySejahtera. 

The Multi-Device feature for WhatsApp is perhaps the most useful feature the app has. Of course, the feature does have some limitations. Case in point, it doesn't allow you to link multiple mobile devices. But sources indicate that this could change in the coming weeks.