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The highly-anticipated Xiaomi Mix 5 smartphone is seemingly getting closer to its release date after a benchmark of the device was spotted on Geekbench 5. One of the most premium smartphones produced by Xiaomi, the Mix lineup has been known to showcase the Chinese tech company’s innovative prowess in the smartphone space.

The Mi Mix, the first iteration of the lineup made headlines when it debuted in 2016 with an almost all-screen front, setting a trend for the rest of the industry that is still going strong 6 years later. Based on previous leaks of the Mix 5, it looks like Xiaomi is trying to perfect that all-screen front design, this time by utilising under-screen camera on its front.

Today, Digi is letting its customers play a special giveaway contest. Dubbed as “The Grandest Galaxy S22 Giveaway”, Digi customers can participate with no additional subscription or purchase required. The online contest has already begun and will end on 29 March 2022.

With the recent announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob that our country’s border will reopen this 1 April 2022, now's the perfect time for us Malaysians to plan for a trip overseas. In fact, most airline companies are currently offering discounts and other promotions to attract people to use their services again following the announcement.

One of those companies is national carrier Malaysia Airlines, which today announced a special partnership with hoolah that allows for travellers to pay for flight tickets by spreading the cost over 3 monthly interest-free instalments. In case you didn’t know, hoolah is Asia’s leading omnichannel Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform which makes the whole thing possible.

The MySJ Trace function which was added to the MySejahtera app in December last year has proved to be successful in conducting contact tracing of Covid-19 positive cases in Malaysia. In fact, a total of 124643 Covid-19 close or casual contacts have been identified by the feature as of 15 February 2022.

Revealed by Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in a Parliamentary written reply yesterday, the feature, which uses Bluetooth technology to detect close proximity is currently being used by 5971117 people in Malaysia. For reference, the MySejahtera app has over 24.5 million users in our country throughout all platforms, meaning that only around 25% of users have opted for MySJ Trace.

After getting Windows users excited with the potential addition of tabs in the OS’ File Explorer, it seems that Microsoft is getting things 'balanced' by also potentially adding a feature that is almost universally loathed. Get this, a Windows 11 Insider build tester recently discovered that Microsoft is testing putting advertisements in File Explorer!

Shared by Florian on Twitter, a screenshot of File Explorer on the Windows 11 Insider build shows a line of ad placed right above the listing of folders and files. Furthermore, it seems that the feature would be putting ads promoting Microsoft products. For this particular instance captured by Florian, he received an ad promoting Microsoft Editor.

Previously, we wrote some news about the iPhone 14 series could be getting different chipsets and a new naming scheme. The new naming scheme is quite interesting, but there are now new reports that the pro variants may look different as well.

Apple’s iPad Pro lineup could potentially see a shake up in the new future as the company is reportedly adding more variants for both the 11-inch and 12.9-inch models. According to a report published by reliable tipster Ross Young, it seems that OLED panels will be coming to the iPad Pro, essentially being the first iPads to sport the display technology.

The highest-end tablet that Apple makes, the iPad Pro was first introduced in 2015 with a massive 12.9-inch LCD display, followed by an 11-inch model released the very next year. In its subsequent iterations, both the iPad Pro 11-inch and 12.9-inch sports LCD displays with 120Hz refresh rates; one of the first tablets in the world to do so.

Pulling down your mask just to unlock your iPhone or do an online transaction can be pretty annoying. But today, Apple has finally released the much-awaited iOS 15.4 with a new Face ID Mask Unlock, as well as other updates. 

Most of us know HUAWEI has stopped producing 5G smartphones for quite a long while due to the trade ban. Although the Chinese tech giant worked hard on the 5G development, it still can't offer its solution to the industry. However, it seems like HUAWEI has identified a workaround to bring 5G connectivity to its smartphones, and it's something interesting.

Before the launch of the Redmi K50 series happens in just a few days, many details regarding the devices have been officially revealed. Today, the company has told us more about the display, including a Samsung-made OLED panel and a Gorilla Glass Victus protection.