PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has emerged as the overall champion in the 3rd Global Esports Games held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia recently, finishing on top of the table with one gold medal and two silver. The country took home a gold medal in the Dota 2 Women’s Category after defeating Peru 2-0 in the finals on Dec 16. The...
SINGAPORE: Advertisements for campus accommodation at some local universities have appeared on Chinese social media platforms and Carousell recently, throwing the illegal practice back in the spotlight. Rooms at Nanyang Technological University hostels were being offered for short and long-term rentals on Chinese social media apps Xiaohongshu and WeChat. One advertisement was offering a room for S$350 (RM1,225)...
A client of Malaysia’s biggest bank recently discovered that her bank balance had mysteriously increased to more than RM400mil. When Hafidzah Abdullah checked her account late last month it showed she was over RM404mil in credit. It would have been a huge windfall, especially in a country where the average household takes home around US$22,000 (RM102,993)...
A Maybank customer was surprised to wake up one day and find more than RM400mil parked in her account. Hafidzah Abdullah, director and co-founder of Malaysia HR Forum, knew she could not have become a multimillionaire overnight. Nor could she have expected the tortuous path she had to take to report the glitch and regain access...
A growing nationwide scam could target your grandparents, the FBI warns. “Phantom hacker” scams are on the rise and are disproportionately affecting older people, according to a Sept 29 FBI public service announcement. It’s an “evolution of more general tech support scams”, US federal officials say, as these “phantom hackers” claim to be technology support, bank staff and...
Elon Musk’s satellite Internet service is heading deeper into one of the world’s oldest and vast economic frontiers: the high seas. Hapag-Lloyd AG, the biggest container shipping line based in Germany, said Thursday it will install SpaceX’s Starlink service aboard the ships it owns and manages after a pilot program involving four vessels proved successful. Charters...
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said that it is considering a regulatory framework to address “challenges posed by the evolving landscape of online media”. In a statement today (Sept 5), MCMC said it held a discussion with online platform owners Meta and Google at MCMC headquarters in Cyberjaya yesterday. ALSO READ: MCMC urges Internet service...
A tiny island in the Caribbean is now sitting on a digital treasure. Anguilla, a tropical British territory, is known for its coral reefs and white sand beaches. Since the 1990s, however, it’s also been in charge of assigning Internet addresses that end in .ai to residents and businesses looking to register websites. It was one...
KUALA LUMPUR: Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil will launch the 5G Rahmah package and the Rahmah Civil Servants Postpaid Incentive on Tuesday (Aug 29). He is expected to provide details on the package and incentive that were announced on Aug 7 as one of the unity government's initiatives to bridge the digital divide and ensure...
KUALA LUMPUR: The government's decision to use the services of satellite internet providers such as Starlink in areas which do not have good access is a temporary solution, while the long-term solutions are being implemented, says Fahmi Fadzil (pic). The Communications and Digital Minister said the internet service is suitable as a temporary solution because it...
