Sources to BuzzFeed News say that in the early days of Apple TV+‘s development, the company’s higher ups advised creators of some shows to “avoid portraying China in a poor light”. The instruction came from Eddy Cue, Apple’s SVP of internet software and services; and Morgan Wandell, the company’s head of international content development. This decision isn’t really surprising, according to the report. Apple commonly goes out of its way to avoid getting into trouble with the Chinese government....

91mobiles has shown what is claimed to be CAD renders of the Apple Watch Pro wearable, which tells us a couple of things about the wearable. One is that it will have a slightly larger screen, which is something that you’ll be forgiven for missing. But for specifics, this is expected to measure in at 49mm, as opposed to the usual range of between 41mm and 45mm. Lending credence to these CAD renders is Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who tweets that these renders are “indeed it”....

They can also access on-demand contents via the new box which features Astro’s latest user interface that includes the contextual-based recommendation and search feature. So, in general, it looks like the new Connected HD Box is designed to deliver the same experience as per Astro Ultra Box minus the 4K capability. The same document has also listed down the criteria of customers that Astro is looking to participate in its trial:...

To be clear these custom-skinned EVA Edition components are purely cosmetic and as such, they do not provide any additional boost in performance, save for your PC’s aesthetics, maybe. As evidenced by the images, the colour scheme for both the Z690 Hero and RTX 3090 Eva Edition follows that of EVA-01, the titular mecha piloted by the series protagonist, Shinji Ikari. Decals also include the logo for the NERV HQ, Unit-1, and of course, the ROG emblem....

For one, it comes with a joystick, which is located near the shortcut keys on its side. It can be set to send analogue or digital inputs. In analogue mode, it works like the standard thumbstick you find on, say, a DualShock 4 controller. On the flip side, digital mode simplifies the input to a four way joystick. If the default joystick isn’t right for you, you can just pop it off, and swap it for a longer one....

To recap, the ROG Phone comes equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC that is overclocked to run at 2.96GHz. It also comes with 8GB RAM, and a choice of 128GB or 512GB of internal storage. The ROG Phone’s display is also worth a mention. It sports a 6-inch 18:9 ratio Full HD+ display that runs on a 90Hz refresh rate, along with a 1ms response time. At the back, you can see the phone’s “Tactical Knife” design that ASUS’ engineers decided to employ....

Heck, the pairing of directors, the Russo brothers and writers Markus and McFeely would go on to become the gold standard of comic book film storytelling. With the Russo brothers at the helm, Markus and McFeely went on to write Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, all of which received critical acclaim and broke the bank. However, it looks like the writing duo is just about done with the MCU, at least for the time being....

Technically speaking, this character should probably be addressed as Kunimitsu II. But despite being the second generation of the character, she is in every other sense of the word the same character fans remember from the older games. She sports mostly the same moves, a familiar, if modified costume, and the same fox mask. And of course, she inherits the desire to steal the Manji clan’s sword Yoshimitsu, wielded by the clan leader who adopts the sword’s name....

On Twitter, Bethesda says that its internal dev team, Bethesda Game Studios, has “incredible ambitions for their games”, and the publisher wants to give them time to polish Starfield before it reaches the hands of gamers. The same applies to Redfall, which is being developed by Arkane Austin. These days, delays like this are pretty much expected. Between the pandemic and the work-from-home situation that follows it, and the greater awareness of developer burnout, games will generally take longer to make....

As a quick primer, Binance is not officially registered as a Recognized Market Operator (RMO) within the country and as such, is in violation of Sections 7(10 and 34(1) of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007. In conjunction with the reprimand, the SC issued cease-and-desist orders against five entities: Binance Holdings Limited, Zhao Changpeng, CEO of Binance, Binance Digital Limited, Binance UAB, and Binance Asia Services. To that end, the SC has ordered Binance to disable its official website and all corresponding mobile apps in Malaysia, within 14 business days starting 26 July 2021....

The Verge reports that the German car maker intends to add AirConsole, a cloud gaming service, into its cars. Though specifically, only cars with the curved infotainment displays will be getting this feature. For now, this limits it to the brand’s i7-series cars as mentioned. In a statement to the outlet, publicist Bilal Mahmood said that AirConsole will be available on new BMW cars that have the “latest hardware”, referring to the curved displays as well as processing capabilities....

As the name of the method suggests, thermal disinfection uses high heat applied to surface areas, to both treat and disinfect them of any potentially dangerous virus. In this case, these surface areas are the flight decks of Boeing’s planes, as well as hard-to-clean flight deck equipment. The method was put into place after Boeing collaborated with the University of Arizona, the latter having found that just a three-hour exposure at temperatures of 50°C would effectively kill and destroy 99....

Yes, it did gangbusters at the global box office, grossing over $875 million. Yes, it received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and won three. But the film simply doesn’t scream ‘franchise’, especially considering how it ended — with Freddie Mercury coming out to his parents, telling his bandmates he has AIDS and then performing his heart out at the Live Aid concert. A film like this does not call for a sequel....

Statistically, the division has earned US$2.2 billion (~RM9.1 billion) for Broadcom in its 2019 fiscal year. It’s a plus point that has led the parent company to project the division’s value by the proposed sum. At the time of writing, Broadcom is said to still be looking for buyers, but rumours have that Apple has expressed interest in the unit. Which isn’t surprising. Earlier this year, Apple officially acquired Intel’s mobile modem business to the value of US$1 billion (~RM4....

The new trailer also confirms what Activision has teased before regarding the four playable characters that make up the campaign of the WWII game. And with four characters, the game events shows the dramatised version of the war on four different fronts – the Eastern and Western fronts of Europe, the Pacific and North Africa. Then naturally there’s the pre-order benefits, which includes early access to the open beta. And as is usual for the series by now, this will be available first to those who do so on the PlayStation platform....

Aside from Mudah, 701Search also owns Cho Tot in Vietnam and OneKyat in Myanmar. The company became a subsidiary of Telenor back in 2017 through a deal with the original owners, Singapore Press Holdings and Schibsted. Under the new deal which includes 32% stake for Telenor, all three 701Search’s entities have now been absorbed into Carousell. Worry not though, Mudah will continue to exist in Malaysia as Carousell has decided to retain Mudah’s brand and platform for the time being....

All four companies revealed their support for DWN in a response to the open letter by the MP of Bangi, Dr Ong Kian Ming which was published on 14 February. The MP has previously written an open letter to DNB as well, who then subsequently responded with a very detailed reply. Who is being more transparent here?#5Grollout pic.twitter.com/4vqkntiwfg — Ong Kian Ming 🇲🇾 (@imokman) February 18, 2022 The four telcos didn’t explain their DWN proposal in detail through the joint statement, citing that the matter is already on its way to the Cabinet....

The Celcom MEGA postpaid plan starts off at RM80. This gives you 30GB of high-speed mobile internet. But from there, you can add on extras that are split into two categories. The first set of add-ons are called the “Unlimited Internet” options. Here, you can pick either the MEGA Unlimited M or the MEGA Unlimited L add-ons. The former costs RM18 extra, but grants you unlimited data, even after you’ve exceeded the initial 30GB quota....

Celcom offers the phone in either its EasyPhone program, or a more straightforward bundle. Using the former, you can get the Samsung Galaxy S20 from between RM99 a month to RM151 a month. This becomes RM118 – RM170 for the Plus model, and RM167 – RM218 for the Galaxy S20 Ultra. There’s also the option to pay for the device upfront, as you’d expect. The base Samsung Galaxy S20 will be priced at RM1848, RM2248 and RM2548 for the XL, L and M add-ons, respectively....

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced the new rules, which target price-fixing, predatory pricing, and unreasonable trading conditions. For example, e-commerce platforms are now banned from forcing vendors to deal exclusively with them. The rules also prohibit companies from restricting technologies and using data and algorithms to manipulate the market. SAMR said reports of anti-competitive behaviour were on the rise, and industry regulation was challenging. “The behaviour is more concealed, the use of data, algorithms, platform rules and so on make it more difficult to discover and determine what are monopoly agreements,” the regulatory body said, according to the BBC....