Malaysia will begin testing a new immigration system that will allow Malaysians and selected visitors to cross borders without using a physical passport, starting from September 22, 2025, to February 28, 2026. So, what should you know about it?

A Bursa Malaysia filing by Datasonic Group Bhd’s wholly owned subsidiary Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd (DTSB) revealed that it has been given a contract extension for the supply of passport chips to the Immigration Department by the Home Ministry. DTSB has been given a 12-month extension from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025, with an additional contract value of RM104.78 million.

The Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM) is offering free passport replacements to flood victims throughout Malaysia. It said in a statement on Facebook that flood victims who have lost or damaged their passports can get their personal documents replaced for free. So, what should you know about it?

The world's most powerful passport index by Henley & Partners has been published today. Malaysian passports rose to the 12th most powerful in the world this year compared to the 14th in 2023. Malaysian passport holders are allowed to travel to 182 countries without the need for a visa compared to 179 countries last year. So, what should you know about it?

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today revealed that Malaysians will soon have the option to apply for a passport with a decade-long validity. He added that the Immigration Department is ready to introduce a 50-page passport with double the validity period as it is currently, like the ones by other Southeast Asian countries.

The Selangor Immigration Department (JIM) has announced the introduction of MyOnline Passport Kiosk at the Shah Alam Urban transformation Centre (UTC). Aimed at facilitating the process and application of obtaining a passport, the initiative is a proactive approach by the department to help walk-in applicants to its office at UTC, especially during peak hours.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has urged Malaysians who have renewed their passports online to collect the document immediately after it is ready. This is because any passports uncollected by applicants within 90 days will be disposed of by the Immigration Department.

It's been more than a year now since Huawei is working on HarmonyOS. In fact, there's already HarmonyOS 2.0 which the beta version was made publicly available globally since December 2020. Ironically, it's not really made accessible for users outside of China for some reason and here's what we know so far.

It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed external hard disk drives so the sheer ultra compact mobility of the WD My Passport SSD certainly surprised me. Small enough to fit in the palm of my hand, it certainly looks like the most mobile external storage yet but how does it perform and who is it made for? Find out in our review of the WD My Passport SSD below.

Western Digital officially launched a new range of backup and storage devices for rugged mobile photographers on the go. This includes the My Passport Wireless SSD (250GB - RM1099, 500GB - RM1499, 1TB - RM2299, 2TB - RM3699) and SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD (250GB - RM529, 500GB - RM829, 1TB - RM1699, 2TB - RM3299).