Windows 11 Will Make Switching Default Browser From Edge More Difficult

According to The Verge, Microsoft has changed the way its system prompts users whenever they are switching default apps. Like Windows 10, a prompt will appear whenever you install your new browser – Chrome, Firefox, Opera, you name it – asking which app or browser you want to make your default choice. With Windows 11, users will need to tick the “Always use this app” box located at the bottom of the prompt....

January 21, 2023 · 2 min · 271 words · Debra Capaldi

Wira Review A Great Action Flick Or Squandered Potential

Wira synopsis: Like The Raid, the plot is simple and videogame-esque. There is a mob boss (Dain Said, chewing the scenery in every frame he’s in) who has enslaved the residents of a small low-cost flat complex. Everybody works for him — 20 hours a day, 7 days a week, we’re told — in a condom factory that doubles as a drug lab and also has a bar and an MMA arena, both of which are neon-drenched....

January 21, 2023 · 2 min · 235 words · Walter Crawford

X Tra Is A Crowdsourced Digital Camera Battery That Offers Double Capacity Built In Usb C Charging And More

The major highlight of the X-tra battery is its massive 3,700mAh capacity that holds twice the charge of Canon’s LP-E6, which comes in at 1865mAh. It also includes a slight extension below the base for extra grip and includes an external four-LED battery indicator. Below it is a release button which easily frees the battery from the compartment, allowing for a quick reload when required. Amusingly, its design does resemble a pistol magazine in a way....

January 21, 2023 · 2 min · 358 words · Harry Coleman

Xiaomi 12 Pro Review Going For Gold

While a direct successor to last year’s 11 Pro, Xiaomi also seems to have made some downgrades in certain areas of the 12 Pro, which I’ll get into. It shares many of the same specs as the vanilla Xiaomi 12 model, with the notable differences being in the display, cameras, and charging speed. Specifications As a 2022 flagship, the Xiaomi 12 Pro runs on Qualcomm’s most powerful chipset to date, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1....

January 21, 2023 · 7 min · 1430 words · Belinda Marburger

Xiaomi Mi 10T Series Price In Malaysia Starts From Rm 1699 Free Mi Tv 4S For Early Birds Update

ORIGINAL STORY (6 October / 4:18 PM): Following the series global launch late last month, Xiaomi today has officially launched the new Mi 10T Series in Malaysia. As per our report, the series has three devices under its wings but only two of them will be released in our market for the time being. Leading the line-up is the Mi 10T Pro which comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor alongside the 108MP main camera, 13MP ultra-wide camera, and 5MP macro camera on its back....

January 21, 2023 · 2 min · 298 words · James Dietrick

Xiaomi Mi Gaming Laptop Receives 9Th Gen Intel Core Cpu Geforce Rtx 2060 And 144Hz Display

Unveiled during ChinaJoy expo last weekend, gamers can choose to obtain the newly refreshed Mi Gaming Laptop with either Intel Core i7-9750H or Core i5-9300H. The laptop is also available with up to 16GB of RAM while it comes standard with a 512GB PCIe solid state drive for all variants. Another major upgrade that Xiaomi has equipped into the refreshed model is a 144Hz panel for its Full HD display which is also available for all variants....

January 21, 2023 · 1 min · 169 words · Adam Haag

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 Coming To Malaysia To Launch On 12 January 2019

The company shared an image on its Facebook page, with a date reading 12 January and the Mi MIx 3 phone. Unlike the last teaser, there’s no mention of price, the only missing piece of information left. As a quick recap, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 comes with a magnetic-sliding body. Beneath the sliding display is the dual-front camera setup that consists of a 24MP sensor and another with 2MP....

January 21, 2023 · 1 min · 208 words · Raymond Khan

Xiaomi Redmi 9 Is Coming To Malaysia For As Low As Rm 449

However, the actual availability of the phone depends on the variant that you prefer. Specifically, the variant with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage will be released first on 18 June while the unit with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage will follow later on 25 June. Both variants are equipped with a 6.53-inch Full HD+ display alongside MediaTek Helio G80 processor, LPDDR4X RAM, and eMMC 5.1-based internal storage. They also comes with a 13MP main camera on its back alongside 8MP ultra-wide, 5MP macro, and 2MP depth cameras....

January 21, 2023 · 1 min · 174 words · Sue Linsley

Your Ps4 Games Are Actually At The Mercy Of A Battery

Plenty of arguments have been made as to why the closure of the digital storefronts are a bigger deal than they appear. Ditto the virtues of video game preservation, even if doing so means resorting to emulation. In fact, there’s one each that you should spend some time reading. The former is by Den of Geek, and the latter is by video game critic Josh Bycer. But things can be worse, as evidenced by the PS4 and its weird DRM implementation....

January 21, 2023 · 3 min · 463 words · Wayne Armijo

Youtube Super Stream To Provide Free Premium Animes Dramas And Movies Until 16 September

Coming just in time for the Merdeka month and the upcoming Malaysia Day, the Google subsidiary is collaborating with several broadcasters and content providers including Astro, MUSE Malaysia, Media Prima, and WebTVAsia in order to deliver the event. The main highlight of the YouTube Malaysia Super Stream event is the live stream sessions that will take place on YouTube channels belonging to the participating content partners. For example, Media Prima through TV9 Malaysia’s YouTube channel will be streaming the full collection of the legendary comedy series, Scenario during the Super Stream period....

January 21, 2023 · 2 min · 242 words · William Snow

Ytl And Facebook Launches Terragraph Trial In Penang Capable Of Reaching More Than 1Gbps

Derived from the existing WiGig standards, YTL pointed out that the implementation of Terragraph is also less intrusive than fibre network which is crucial for Georgetown given its status as a UNESCO World Heritage city. This is due to the fact that Terragraph’s nodes can be installed on common street furniture such as street lights and signages. To showcase Terragraph’s real-life network performance, YTL and Facebook ran a live speed test demo during the launch event today....

January 21, 2023 · 1 min · 203 words · Sharon Wilkinson

Zack Snyder Explains The Nonsensical Martha Scene From Batman V Superman

This plea confuses Batman and brings back memories of his late mother, Martha Wayne. Yeap, in a movie titled Batman V Superman, Gotham’s Dark Knight and the Metropolis Marvel stop fighting because their moms share the same name. It’s a headscratcher of a scene, to say the least. It’s also a scene that proved to many of us that perhaps Zack Snyder doesn’t quite understand these DC characters. As reported by ComicBook....

January 21, 2023 · 1 min · 186 words · Duane Mccutcheon

Zoom Away Photo Samples From A Brand New Phone Coming Soon To Malaysia

The emergence of multi-camera setup not only helps smartphone to become better at photography but also allows it to become a versatile tool for users to capture memories or express themselves. Of course, it also depends on the specific set of cameras that manufacturers have set for each individual models. For this particular smartphone which will be launched very soon…well, we can’t tell you yet though. For now, we just going to let these pictures which we snapped using a pre-production device do the talking....

January 21, 2023 · 1 min · 153 words · Lona Burns

Onthatnote The Long Lasting Battery Of Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Now, it is time to look at another reason that made Galaxy Note 9 a potent productivity tool: its battery. Specifications-wise, the Galaxy Note 9 is equipped with 4000mAh battery which is around 21 percent more than Galaxy Note 8 which was rated at 3300mAh. It is also generally the largest ever battery capacity that Samsung has ever equipped into a flagship-class Galaxy device. As pointed in our review of the device, the 4000mAh battery on Galaxy Note 9 is certainly one of the best reasons to get your hands on the phone....

January 20, 2023 · 3 min · 551 words · Gregory Hatfield

10Th Gen Intel Core Mobile Processor Line Up Expands Further With Eight Comet Lake Chips

Aside from the identical process technology, Intel has also retained the same Gen 9 Intel UHD Graphics from previous generation Whiskey Lake for Comet Lake. As per usual, these new mobile processors have also been divided into the mainstream U-series and low-power Y-series as shown below: Through its 6-cores 12-threads setup, the Core i7-10710U is the first Intel Core U-series mobile processor to come with more than 4-cores and 8-threads....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 228 words · Brandon Pryor

2022 Acer Swift 5 Lands In Malaysia With New Design And 12Th Gen Intel Core

First introduced back in February, Acer forgoes the magnesium alloy chassis that the company has used for previous generations of Swift 5 and opted for full aluminium chassis instead. Not surprisingly, this has made the new model heavier than its sub-1kg predecessors but it still can be considered as a lightweight laptop since the 2022 Swift 5 weighs just around 1.2kg. Other changes that Acer has brought into the new model is a 14-inch touchscreen with a 16:10 aspect ratio as opposed to the traditional 16:9 ratio and protected by a layer of Antimicrobial Corning Gorilla Glass....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 379 words · Daniel Pigford

Acer Swift 7 2019 Ultra Light And Thin Laptop Now In Malaysia Available From Rm 5 699

The new 2019 Swift 7 is made available in Malaysia in two different variants including the Intel Core i7-8500Y model which also comes with 512GB PCIe NVMe solid state drive and Windows 10 Pro. On another hand, there is also the Core i5-8200Y variant which features 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD instead. Said to offer 92% screen-to-body ratio, both models do come standard with a 14-inch Full HD IPS touch display that has 100% and 72% coverage of sRGB and NTSC colour gamuts respectively....

January 20, 2023 · 1 min · 173 words · Antionette Ford

Activision Blizzard Has More Remakes And Remasters For 2020

Dennis Durkin, chief financial officer of Emerging Business at Activision Blizzard, said that the company will bring “several remastered and reimagined” titles from its library of IPs. Which titles exactly will be remasterd, he did not say. As far as remasters or remakes go, there are plenty of titles that fans would understandably want. Most of them are on the Activision side of the company. Examples include the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series, or certain entries of the Call of Duty series like Black Ops....

January 20, 2023 · 1 min · 193 words · Dorothy Miller

Aflix Ceo You Don T Love Children If You Don T Want Netflix To Be Censored

The executive has also apparently stated that if they love their kids, they should choose Aflix who claimed themselves as the world’s first ethical streaming platform and is scheduled for launch next year. While Fadzil admitted that he also a subscriber to Netflix, he argued that the streaming service’s parental control method is not good enough as parents have to watch Netflix separately from their children given the uncensored nature of the service....

January 20, 2023 · 2 min · 295 words · Michael Watts

Airasia App Launches Airasia Beauty In Klang Valley And Jakarta

Accessible via the Beauty tab in the AirAsia app and a dedicated webpage, the platform will offer skincare products, make-up, fragrances, and bath and body supplements. Featured brands include History of Whoo, Dr. Morita, Mediheal, The Mineraw, farmskin, Clio, Dashing Diva, and Cosrx. “With airasia beauty, consumers can look forward to an integrated online shopping experience supported by real personal beauty tips, product reviews and favourite picks from our Allstars and other users,” said AirAsia app Head of e-Commerce Lim Ben-Jie....

January 20, 2023 · 1 min · 206 words · Marilyn Nelson