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In an effort to level the playing field and give every user a fair shot at claiming their ideal username, WhatsApp is developing a username reservation system. The feature — currently under development and not yet available to beta testers — will let people lock in their preferred username before the full username feature launches, tackling a long-standing challenge of early adopters securing the most popular names.

A few hours ago, CIMB customers have been experiencing server lag on the OCTO App. The bank has already acknowledged the intermittent slowness, and its team is working to resolve the issue.

Arriving earlier than usual, Google has officially announced the stable release of Android 16. The schedule is for Q2 of 2025, with indications pointing to a potential rollout on 3 June.

It was only recently that Prasarana announced Malaysians won't be able to renew their My50 pass from 23 December to 31 January 2025. However, Rapid KL quickly made another announcement that users can still renew their passes during the system upgrading period.

In 2022, we are still not getting flying cars, but we will get an automated driving test (also driving-related, haha). Road Transport Department (JPJ) has announced that the new system will deploy at 232 driving schools nationwide starting from April. Read on to find out how it works!

It seems that a report by theverge.com seems to have spotted a bunch of new icons that will be available in a future Windows 10 update. While not much is known in regards to the exact release date, it does give us a better idea of what to expect when it is officially available globally.

Based on a statement by Twitter user @_h0x0d_, it seems that Microsoft could be planning to release a new Windows operating system sometime after March 2021. While not much is known in regards to the exact release date, it does give us an idea of when to expect the aforementioned operating system.

It seems that the One UI 3.0 open beta, which is available in selected countries introduces several new features that could improve the user experience of Samsung Galaxy smartphone owners when the update is rolled out to the public. One of the features worth taking note of is the Double Tap to Sleep function, which lets the user double tap on an empty portion of the home screen or lock screen in order to turn off the display.

It seems that a recent statement by ithome.com hinted that 5G messages could potentially replace SMSes in the future which could benefit everyone, due to the fact that 5G messages allow users to send more complex messages to one another. While not much is known in regards to when this feature will be available to everyone, we do know that certain Xiaomi smartphones have already received an update to use the aforementioned feature.

Based on a statement by gizmochina, it seems that Google recently unveiled a feature that allows users to send audio messages to their contacts via the Google Assistant. While not much is known in regards to when the aforementioned feature will be available in Malaysia, we do know that it will be available on most Android devices such as smartphones, tablet, and more.