Malaysian Government May Implement New Service Charge For Online Shoppers

According to Zahidi Zainul Abidin, the Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia, the money acquired from the service charge would be used by the government to further enhance the nation’s cybersecurity infrastructure. Further, he says that the service charge would also allow the administration to set up better preventative measures against online scammers and cyber attacks. However, Zahidi was also quick to point out that, at the time of writing, the current administration had yet to set a minimum spending amount before the consumer would be hit with the 0....

December 17, 2022 · 1 min · 146 words · Charles Abbott

Maybank Debit Card Transaction Notifications Will Be Done Via App Starting 3 December

Maybank did not cite any reason for the change. But it did provide steps to enable push notifications for those who need it. Regardless, on whether you’re using an Android or iOS device, you’ll need to head to Settings and allow the app to send you notifications from there. Though in most cases, you should find that this is enabled by default. Ultimately, it shouldn’t be too big a change in the overall user experience....

December 17, 2022 · 1 min · 114 words · John Travis

Mbo Atria Opening Soon Features Samsung Onyx Led Cinema Hall Coca Cola Freestyle Machines And More

For those who followed our previous report, you might have remembered that the Samsung Onyx LED cinemas screen first made its way into Malaysia just a few months ago. At MBO Atria cineplex, the installation (shown below) apparently able to deliver 4K contents with support for HDR alongside a sound system that can be customized to the content shown through the cinema hall. Other than that, MBO Atria also has another hall that the company called MBO Big Screen that features a huge cinema screen that is said to be as tall as a 4-story building....

December 17, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Jennifer Dagan

Mdec Shares More Details On Level Up Kl 2019

The fifth instalment of Level Up KL 2019 will have two different parts to it. Level Up KL Biz will be focusing on the game development side, running from 2 November to 8 November. On the other hand, Level Up KL Play will be open to the public and will be held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 9 and 10 November. Level Up KL Play will be a gaming exhibition for the masses....

December 17, 2022 · 3 min · 490 words · Katharine Robinson

Mediatek Dimensity 1300 Midrange 5G Chipset Now Official

The Dimensity 1300 is built on TSMC’s 6nm process, featuring an octa-core with four ARM Cortex-A78 cores and four Cortex-A55 efficiency cores. MediaTek says the former consists of one Ultra core that runs up to 3GHz, and three Super cores that runs up to 2.6GHz. Meanwhile, the latter four cores scale up to 2GHz in processing speed. As for graphics acceleration, the chipset also includes a 9-core ARM Mali-G77 MC9 GPU....

December 17, 2022 · 2 min · 245 words · Harold Thompson

Mediatek Officially Announce Helio P70 Soc Shows Significant Improvements Over Helio P60

Alongside the bump in general tasks performance, the Helio P70 also features up to 30% boost in AI calculations as well. The 12nm chip uses the same manufacturing process as the previous generation, but has a higher clock speed. Eight cores – four Cortex-A73, plus four Cortex-A53 modules makes up the SoC. Baked into the SoC as well are three image signal processors (ISP), giving the Helio P70 power to handle dual 24+16MP camera setups or up to a single 32MP camera....

December 17, 2022 · 1 min · 171 words · Tina Putnam

Mercedes Eq Electric Vehicles To Be Assembled In Pekan Soon

However, Sagree did not provide any further detail regarding the exact model or release timeline aside from the fact that it will take place sometime in 2023. In many ways, it is a natural progression for the EQ family which has been given a rapid rollout into our market. Mercedes-Benz originally planned to launch the first Mercedes EQ model in Malaysia with EQC SUV way back in 2020. The move faced significant delay due to the massive global pandemic but the company was finally able to kick start its full electrification era over here in March by launching the EQA 250 SUV....

December 17, 2022 · 2 min · 392 words · Nicholas Wright

Meta Alerts 50000 Users Targetted By Surveillance For Hire Companies

In its Threat Report, Meta lists down Cobwebs, Cognyte, Black Cube, Bluehawk CI, BelltroX, Cytrox, as well as an unknown entity in China as the companies involved in the surveillance-for-hire industry. Four of them are based in Israel, with the other three in China, India, and North Macedonia. [Photo: Meta]The report states that these entities have a reach in over 100 countries and targets dissidents, journalists, critics of authoritarian regimes, families of opposition members, and human rights activists....

December 17, 2022 · 1 min · 210 words · Mark Gray

Microsoft Surface Go 2 Lte To Be Available In Malaysia For Rm 3455 Pre Order Opens Now

So, let us start with the smaller Surface Go 2. According to Microsoft Authorized Store on Lazada and Shopee, the device will be made available starting from 18 June. Pricewise, this is how it looks like: RM 1955: Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y / 4GB RAM / 64GB eMMC / Wi-Fi only RM 2655: Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y / 8GB RAM / 128GB solid state drive / Wi-Fi only RM 3455: Intel Core m3-8100Y / 8GB / 128GB solid state drive / LTE-Advanced As per the tradition with Surface products, the price above does not include the Alcantara-based Surface Go Signature Type Cover which currently available for RM 578....

December 17, 2022 · 1 min · 174 words · Dorothy Taylor

Minister We Look Forward To Welcome Starlink In Malaysia

This is because the company which belonged to Elon Musk has previously said that the service would be available here within 2022. Furthermore, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) did not respond to our previous enquiries when we tried to obtain further clarifications on whether SpaceX has already applied for the necessary regulatory approvals to operate in Malaysia. Over there, he was welcomed by the Director of SpaceX’s Commercial Sales, Andrew Matlock as well as Jonathan Hofeller and Samuel Gibbs IV who were Vice Presidents at Starlink....

December 17, 2022 · 1 min · 212 words · Winston Campbell

Ministry Of Health Rapid Test Kit Not Suitable For Early Detection Of Covid 19

Dr Noor Hisham explained that the rapid test kit is designed to detect antibody that would only appear in the body around 5 to 8 days after infection. Hence, the kit doesn’t really help when it comes to early detection of COVID-19. The Director-General further pointed out that the method being used at the lab for COVID-19 is called Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (rRT-PCR) which directly detects the virus in one’s body....

December 17, 2022 · 1 min · 210 words · Joanne Scott

Mixxtape Music Player Completely Reinvents The Cassette Into Something More

Amazingly, the MIXXTAPE hosts an abundance of modern features hidden in its retro aesthetic. The device is equipped with an 8GB internal flash memory with microSD support of up to 256GB, Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB-C port, a built-in 1-inch OLED display with touch navigation, and a 300mAh battery capable of up to 5 hours playback. The music player supports variety of modern music formats including 16-bit FLAC, MP3, M4A, WMA, OGG, APE, WAV, AAC-LC and ACELP....

December 17, 2022 · 2 min · 217 words · Louis Sykes

Moh Omicron Travel Ban List To Be Updated Daily

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said that while 20 countries have reported cases of Omicron infections, the countries won’t automatically be added to the travel ban. Instead, the ministry will assess and update the list on a daily basis on whether or not a country should be deemed as high risk. Factors that are taken into account for determining a country’s status include the number and origin of reported Omicron cases, as well as the country’s vaccine coverage....

December 17, 2022 · 2 min · 290 words · Raymond Borcherding

More Shell Stations In Klang Valley Now Support Rfid Fuelling

As it turns out, quite a number of stations throughout Klang Valley have now supported RFID Fuelling. First reported by SoyaCincau, the rollout seems to be taking place in a rather quiet manner as the list of RFID Fuelling stations on both TNG and Shell Malaysia’s websites still showed the same five pilot stations at the time this article is published. To those who are not aware of these stations, they are located at Mint Hotel, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Bandar Sri Menjalara, NKVE Damansara, and Taman Connaught....

December 17, 2022 · 2 min · 267 words · Charles Block

More Than Rm600 000 Stolen By E Wallet Scam Group In Kedah

According to Astro Awani, the scammers would offer to help the victims set up an e-wallet in their name, with the promise of up to RM300 being deposited in the digital wallet if the setup was successful. Like all scams, there’s a catch; all the victims “had to do” was provide their Identification Card (IC) details to the scammer. In order to expedite the registration process. The scammer simply fills out the details on an actual form, but instead of providing the victim’s address and contact details, they fill out this section with a specific number and address....

December 17, 2022 · 2 min · 304 words · Joshua Moore

Movement Control Order 3 0 Goes Nationwide From Now Until 7 June Here Are The Sops

In the announcement, he pointed out that the country is now facing the third wave of COVID-19 infections which could potentially cause a national crisis. This wave is also discovered to include newer strains of the coronavirus that also has a high rate of infection. PM Muhyiddin stressed that the country has exceeded 4,000 cases as of 10 May 2021, with a total of 37,396 active cases and 1,700 reported deaths related to COVID-19....

December 17, 2022 · 4 min · 685 words · Elaine Basquez

Msi Announces Project 491C A 49 Inch Ultra Wide Qd Oled Gaming Monitor

Expected to be announced during its CES 2023 keynote next year in Las Vegas, MSI claims that Project 491C will be an ultrawide curved gaming monitor fitted with not just any display panel, but a Quantum Dot (QD) OLED panel. If that is the case, that would make it the first ultrawide curved gaming monitor to be fitted with Samsung-made display technology. In addition to the panel, it would also have an equally high refresh rate of 240Hz....

December 17, 2022 · 2 min · 277 words · Myrtle Musser

Msi Gt76 Titan And Ge65 Raider Gaming Laptops Are Now In Malaysia Price Starts From Rm 8099

Just like previous GT Titan models, the GT76 Titan is among the most powerful gaming laptop that MSI has in its lineup. Available with up to 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K, its 17.3-inch display can be obtained with up to 4K display alongside NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 graphics. Weighing at around 4.5kg, customers can also choose to have GT76 Titan with up to 64GB DDR4-2666 RAM. The laptop also comes standard with two 512GB NVMe PCIe solid state drives in RAID mode and a 1TB 7200rpm hard drive....

December 17, 2022 · 1 min · 213 words · Roger Edwards

Mulan Producer Discusses Importance Of Getting The Chinese Accent Right

Producer Jason Reed recently sat down with Collider among the lush peaks of New Zealand to reveal some details about the casting process of Mulan and the integral components in getting the voices of the performers right. When asked about the decision to audition Mandarin speakers exclusively, and how that could have potentially sidelined Asian-Americans who were interested in such a role, Reed replied: In a latter portion of the interview, the producer also elaborated on the challenges of getting the voices right along with the diversity of where these accents originated from....

December 17, 2022 · 2 min · 306 words · Vita Littleton

Nc4 Latest Alert Reveals An Active Cyberattack Campaign Against Malaysian Websites

The operation was apparently launched in retaliation of a recent “sensitive” video parody. While the alert didn’t specify the actual video, we believe that it is referring to a rather nasty take on Indonesia’s national anthem which has since been removed from YouTube. Since the creator of the YouTube account has chosen Malaysia as its country, many believe that the video was made by a Malaysian and it has immediately become a threat to the diplomatic relations between both countries....

December 17, 2022 · 1 min · 160 words · Terri Sousa