According to Paultan, BYD Malaysia has confirmed that it will be bringing its Megawatt Flash Charging fast charging technology to the local market. This technology is capable of charging the battery from 10% to 70% in just 5 minutes, with a power output of up to 1,500 kW (1.5 MW). It uses a 1,000-volt architecture and an advanced cooling system, allowing for an additional range of around 400 km in that time.

Previously, we mentioned the official price for GTA 6 and how it will arrive on 19 November 2026. According to PPE.pl, Rockstar customer service, told them that the initial sales of Grand Theft Auto 6 will only be in digital form, with a physical version being introduced after the game's launch.

At the Malaysia Aerospace Summit 2026 (MyAERO), the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has unveiled its first locally-made anti-drone system. The Birdie-X system uses lasers to repel drones in the air. It is a collaboration between the RMAF, the Defence Science and Technology Research Institute (STRIDE), and Benua Defence as a low-cost solution to the modern drone threat. Each shot is only hundreds of ringgit per shot, but this might actually not be a bad thing.

Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad and the Malaysian Broadcasting Authority (RTM) have announced a new strategic partnership to increase content choices for consumers. With this announcement, RTM's original plan to end its channel offering on Astro from 1 July, which was announced in May, will not be continued.  In fact, more channels will be offered when RTM News, Sukan+ and the RTM radio network begin to be available on these platforms in the near future.

MyCERT is now issuing a warning to users in Malaysia to be careful when accessing files received via WhatsApp, especially WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Desktop. MyCerts said there are irresponsible parties targeting local users by sending VBS-formatted files to WhatsApp users. The file will run automatically if opened using WhatsApp Desktop or WhatsApp Web when using the Windows operating system.

Yes recently announced that they will offer an ILMUChat Pro subscription for free to all of their subscribers. Normally, ILMUChat Pro costs RM50 per month and you can get easy access via the MyYes app. If you didn’t know, ILMUChat is a Malaysian AI or LLM developed by YTL. No news on how long it will be available though, so if you’ve been wanting to try it, now may be the time.

While it is from China, XTU has released their new XTU S7 Pro action camera for USD 159.99 (~RM657) on Amazon US and the official XTU website. Featuring a 1/2-inch Sony CMOS sensor for up to 4K video recording at up to 50 fps with HDR support, dual-screens, Stabilization 5.0, 360-degree horizon correction and Gyroflow support for post processing it should shake up the current market of super expensive action cameras.

Samsung Electronics has officially announced the new Samsung Galaxy A27 5G for Malaysia from RM1399. Available from 25 June 2026, it uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 chipset, 6GB / 8GB RAM, 128GB / 256GB storage and supports up to 2TB expandable memory. It still features AI functions like Circle to Search with support for AI Assistants like Gemini and Perplexity and more. It has a promo until 21 July for RM100 off the Double Storage Upgrade and other savings.

Malaysia prices for the Apple Macs, iPads and some other devices have officially increased, with the highest increase up to RM2600 for the MacBook Pro 14” M5 Max. It’s not that Apple didn’t warn us about it, but we were sort of expecting the price increase due to rising memory prices to just affect the upcoming Apple iPhone 18. Unfortunately for us, this also has other consequences, because everyone else may follow as well.

Nothing teased their full Nothing Phone (4b) design in blue featuring what appears to be a metal chassis with rounded corners and raised camera bump area much like the current iPhone. On it, there are 2 raised cameras with an LED flash and a stack of Nothing’s Glyph Bar LEDs with a red square LED on the bottom. While it is coming on 7 July 2026, there’s no actual tech specs or Malaysia release dates just yet.