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  • Setel users can now use GrabPay to reload their Setel Wallet

    Setel users can now use GrabPay to reload their Setel Wallet

    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. 

  • New leak claims that Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will sacrifice efficiency in favour of a slight performance boost

    New leak claims that Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will sacrifice efficiency in favour of a slight performance boost

    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.

  • Health Minister: 2.93 million Malaysians to lose ‘fully vaccinated’ status by 1 April unless they get the booster dose

    Health Minister: 2.93 million Malaysians to lose ‘fully vaccinated’ status by 1 April unless they get the booster dose

    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. 

  • Apex Legends Mobile pre-registration now in Malaysia with exclusive in-game items

    Apex Legends Mobile pre-registration now in Malaysia with exclusive in-game items

    We have been reporting news about Apex Legends Mobile for a while now but today is your lucky day. If you head over to your Google PlayStore now, you will be able to pre-register for Apex Legends Mobile right now.

  • airasia ride launches LadiesONLY, a female-only e-hailing service in Malaysia

    airasia ride launches LadiesONLY, a female-only e-hailing service in Malaysia

    airasia ride, the e-hailing service operated by Capital A (previously known as AirAsia) launched Community Drivers on its plaform yesterday, a new feature that caters to different passenger needs. The feature kicks off with a LadiesONLY Driver community, with another four categories to be added in the near future.

    As the name would suggest, the LadiesONLY Driver community gives female passengers the option to ride with lady drivers and vice versa for a more comfortable ride. Users can now book a LadiesONLY ride by selecting the ‘Ride’ option on the airasia Super App.

  • Celcom, Digi, Maxis & U Mobile accept offer on equity stake in DNB

    Celcom, Digi, Maxis & U Mobile accept offer on equity stake in DNB

    As of 16 March 2022, the Malaysian government announced that Digital Nasional Berhad's (DNB) Single Wholesale Network (SWN) will remain as planned. However, the government also only retain a 30% equity stake in DNB and offered the rest of the 70% to CelcomDigiMaxis and U Mobile.

  • DNB encourages telcos to join the 5G commercial pilot & extends it to 30 June 2022

    DNB encourages telcos to join the 5G commercial pilot & extends it to 30 June 2022

    Following the announcement of the Malaysian government's decision to main the Single Wholesale Network (SWN) for Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), DNB released a statement not too long after. Basically, the announcement was about DNB welcoming the decision and also encouraging telecommunications companies to subscribe for the equity stakes.

  • DNB's Single Wholesale Network for 5G maintained but offers 70% equity stake to telcos

    DNB's Single Wholesale Network for 5G maintained but offers 70% equity stake to telcos

    After waiting for more than two weeks, the Malaysian government has finally settled on what they were going to do with the Single Wholesale Network (SWN). From today's tweet as well as the press conference, the government has decided to maintain the implementation of the 5G network as an SWN.

  • New leak claims that Samsung’s upcoming Exynos 1280 chip is more powerful than first thought

    New leak claims that Samsung’s upcoming Exynos 1280 chip is more powerful than first thought

    Samsung is expected to launch a slew of smartphones within its A Series during the Galaxy A Event tomorrow, with the Galaxy A33, A53 and A73 all expected to make their debut. Rumours have been floating about regarding the processors of these devices, with many suggesting that two of the devices will feature a new Exynos 1280 chip by Samsung.

    Now, a new leak regarding the chip points to it being more powerful than first suspected. This is after the Galaxy A53 5G was spotted in a Google Play listing that shows the device sporting an Exynos 1280 chip with the codename ‘S5E8825’ accompanied with 6GB of RAM.

  • Malaysia Airlines now lets you pay for flight tickets via a 3-month instalment at 0% interest

    Malaysia Airlines now lets you pay for flight tickets via a 3-month instalment at 0% interest

    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.