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It's been more than a week since Threads by Instagram launched. As always, it was met with enthusiasm on how it would compete with Twitter. It even crossed over 100 million users in just five days but it seems that the hype has gone down considerably.

According to this new report, Adobe is preparing to launch a web version of Photoshop, and most importantly, it's free to use. The company has already started the testing phase, and it should roll out to more users in the near future.

Owning a 9.2 percent share of Twitter is not enough for Elon Musk, as the world's richest person has offered $43 billion (~RM181 billion) to purchase the social media company completely today. The news came from Musk himself through a tweet attaching the link to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Today, Touch ‘n Go eWallet and Maxis have announced that they will be collaborating to provide a smooth user experience for both Touch ‘n Go eWallet and Maxis customers. Is it a new service? Well, it's more like offering the customers from both sides the convenience to make payments online. 

Getting through tolls on highways could soon be less of a hassle in the near future. Touch 'n Go (TnG) has finally announced the implementation of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for the TnG cards. Not only that, but the government has also stated that it will soon allow the public to pay using any digital payment provider, not just TnG.

When it comes to language translator, how can we forget Google Translate? Besides helping us to translate foreign words, Google might also be preparing for a new service that helps us to learn new foreign languages, just like Duolingo or could be better?

Due to the sudden popularity of Clubhouse, many tech brands try to create their own version to mimic the success. For Facebook, they too are developing one and will be testing a new Live Audio Rooms today in the US timezone (15 June 1 PM EDT).

It seems that a Twitter Spaces developer @magusnn recently sent out a bunch of tweets hinting that Twitter Spaces will also be accessible via desktop web browsers. However, there’s no official information in regards to when the feature might be available in the Malaysian region, so you might want to check back with us for more updates in the future.

Based on a statement by theverge, it seems Zoom recently admitted that they did not have more than 300 million daily active users on their video conferencing platform. With that said, they’ve recently updated their blog post stating that they have up to 300 million daily zoom meeting participants, which is different compared to daily active users.

Samsung has recently announced that you can redeem an RM10 Starbucks Physical Gift Card, simply by spending 1000 points on Samsung Members platform. Do note that stocks are limited, and one user is only eligible for one redemption of the aforementioned gift card.