SEOUL: The North Korean leader's powerful sister Kim Yo Jong has been spotted with a likely Chinese-made foldable phone, as Pyongyang's elite skirt sanctions to get their hands on the latest gadgetry from abroad. Images released by state media on Dec 14 showed Kim holding the phone in her right hand during a trip to a hospital...
Apple’s head of user interface design, Alan Dye, is leaving the Cupertino, California-based company. While losing key executive talent is usually bad news for a company, some industry voices have welcomed the news of Dye’s departure. “Dye’s decadelong stint running Apple’s software design team has been, on the whole, terrible – and rather than getting better, the problems...
PETALING JAYA: MyDigital ID will be the sole sign-in method for MyJPJ app users aged 18 and above starting Feb 1, 2026. The Road Transport Department (RTD) announced yesterday (Nov 27) that MyDigital ID will replace the existing login method for Malaysian users aged 18 and above. Users aged below 18 and MyPR card holders will still be able to...
Apple Inc’s iPhone Air went on sale in China on Oct 22, eliciting a subdued consumer response in the world’s biggest smartphone arena. The launch in mainland China comes a month after Apple’s latest iPhone lineup rolled out internationally, drawing lengthy lines at many stores. Chinese consumers had to wait longer for the 7,999 yuan (RM4,751)...
CelcomDigi has launched its new unified app to replace the Celcom Life and MyDigi apps, urging customers to switch before the two apps are discontinued on Dec 31. The company in a release today (Oct 7) said the new CelcomDigi app launch marks a major milestone in its post-merger integration. "Going forward, the new app, which serves the largest customer base...
I am breaking my behavioural advice column format for the first time since I started writing it in 2014. The normal format of answering questions about how adults can teach kids to be better people will return next week. I have never broken format because, in my lifetime, there has never been a topic in education that...
US President Donald Trump said he’s asked Apple Inc’s Tim Cook to stop building plants in India, taking aim at the iPhone maker’s plans to diversify its manufacturing beyond China. "I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said of his conversation with the Apple chief executive officer in Qatar, where he’s on a...
From June 20, 2025, all smartphones and tablets sold in the European Union will have to carry a new energy label. This initiative aims to inform consumers about the energy efficiency, durability and repairability of the devices they buy, while encouraging manufacturers to design increasingly environmentally-friendly products. This measure stems from a European Commission regulation dated...
SINGAPORE: Children younger than 18 months old should not be allowed screen use or be exposed to screens in the background. Background screen use refers to having the television or other devices turned on in the background even when a child is not watching them. These are part of stricter and clearer guidelines on screen use that the...
PETALING JAYA: The Touch 'n Go (TNG) eWallet has unveiled a new feature called SOS Balance, which aims to prevent users from being caught at toll plazas due to insufficient balance in their accounts. The feature, intended to work at Touch 'n Go RFID and PayDirect-enabled toll plazas, will activate if a user does not have enough...
