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Samsung’s upcoming wearable, the Galaxy Watch 5 is reportedly getting a ‘thermometer function’ that can accurately measure body temperature without being affected by the wearer’s external environment. This is according to a leak shared by Korea IT News, who also claimed that the smartwatch would be launched in August this year.

The report further elaborated that Samsung has actually been trying to add a thermometer function to its wearables for a while now but faced problems with accuracy. In fact, Apple is also facing the same issue, hence why the Apple Watch is also missing a thermometer function up until today.

We are just five days away from the Xiaomi 12 series and there would always be a ton of leaks before the launch. Previously, we talked about a possible Xiaomi 12 Ultra with a big rear camera bump but there are now leaked images of the Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro. This includes the leaked tech specs infographics as well so read on below.

After teasing Android 12L last year, Google has finally released the optimised Android 12 version for tablets and foldable display smartphones last Monday (7 March 2022). However, the official release was a bit awkward, given how there’s no actual tablet or foldable device hardware to run Android 12L on currently.

Back in November 2022, it was announced that Netflix has officially launched on Astro TV and Ultra Box. The platform was planned for Astro Ulti Box as well and it has now arrived today. Netflix will be available for streaming on the High Definition (HD) enabled Astro Ulti Box. 

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.