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The scene of the collision, which occurred at Kilometre 204 of the northbound North-South Expressway, near the Ayer Keroh Rest and Service Area (R&R) December 23, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Transport Minister Anthony Loke vows action after seven die in North-South Expressway tragedy near Ayer Keroh toll plaza

Malaysia / 19 h ago

Public auction of actress Rozita Che Wan’s belongings worth RM900,000 delayed

A view of the construction site of the Jurong East terminus in Singapore for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail. — TODAY pic

Malaysia / 13 h ago

MRCB’s exit from KL-SG HSR project signals doubts about its viability, says expert

Melaka Governor Tun Mohd Ali Rustam visits relatives and victims of the accident at the Forensics Department of Melaka Hospital December 24, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Melaka governor consoles victims’ families after deadly North-South Expressway crash near Ayer Keroh toll plaza

The shortage of local coconuts has led suppliers to source coconuts from Indonesia, which are now priced at RM3.20 each, nearly double the previous price of RM1.80. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Report: Coconut prices hit RM3.20 each, coconut milk now RM16 per kilo in Kelantan

The IGP said the 74-year-old suspect and 12 others were arrested during a joint operation with MCMC in six states, namely Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Perak, Johor and Terengganu. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Malaysia / 18 h ago

IGP: Senior citizen among 13 arrested in nationwide child sexual abuse material crackdown, 40,000 files seized

A 31-second video went viral on social media platforms like TikTok, showing a woman performing a belly dance in revealing attire during a recent dinner event in Tanah Merah. — Pexels pic

Malaysia / 16 h ago

Kelantan fines event organiser RM10,000 over belly dance violation

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has extended his condolences to the families of the victims of a five-vehicle crash at KM204 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) in Melaka last night. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 14 h ago

Anwar expresses condolences to families of victims in deadly Melaka crash

The Panama Canal is an 82-km artificial waterway that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through Panama, saving ships thousands of miles and weeks of travel around the stormy, icy southern tip of South America. — Reuters pic

World / 12 h ago

Trump and the Panama Canal: The history, the politics, and the latest drama

Koay Beng Ghee, 36, Teh Eng Tat, 36, and Ng Weng Kooi, 41, were charged with abetting an accomplice, who remains at large, to injure Beh Hong Shien, 37. — Picture from Pexels.com

Malaysia / 17 h ago

In Penang, marketing executives plead not guilty to injuring lawyer with iron rod

Hong Kong police are looking to arrest six activists based overseas who are accused of committing national security crimes. — AFP pic

World / 12 h ago

HK to cancel passports of pro-democracy activists abroad, offers HK$1m bounty

Handwritten messages of hope, peace, joy and love can be seen in the background as a man decorates the Church of Our Lady of Fatima in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur on December 24, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 13 h ago

PM Anwar calls for unity and justice in Christmas message for a stronger Malaysia

Case facts revealed that Mohd Ariffshahrin Bujang instructed the victim to perform a lewd act on him, and when she refused, he punched her in the face. — Reuters file pic

Malaysia / 17 h ago

Indecent proposal: Kuching man jailed, fined for insulting woman’s modesty and punching her after she refused lewd demand

The Edge Singapore issued an apology to Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng today for publishing a Bloomberg article on its website. — Reuters pic

Singapore / 17 h ago

The Edge says sorry to Singapore ministers over false article on mansion deals, removes Facebook post

The blogger was questioned in connection with the video, which was said to have insulted the police force and the IGP. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Malaysia / 18 h ago

IGP: Papagomo defamation video investigation sent to AGC for further action

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Who’s behind ‘Balatro’? Secretive game dev LocalThunk codes cult poker hit in Canadian prairie province

The poker-inspired video game 'Balatro' has proved wildly popular, winning three prizes at the prestigious 2024 Game Awards, taking both the industry and the creator himself by surprise. — AFP pic

MONTREAL, Dec 22 — There are no photos or videos of LocalThunk, an anonymous computer programmer who lives in the vast and desolate prairies of Canada’s Saskatchewan province, far from Silicon Valley.His poker-inspired video game “Balatro,” however, has proved wildly popular, winning three prizes at the prestigious 2024 Game Awards,...

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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on December 21, 2024, that the government will shut down social network TikTok for at a least a year starting at the beginning of 2025. — AFP pic

Tech-gadgets / 2d ago

‘Chase this thug out’: Albania shuts down TikTok for a year after teenage killed from social media tiff

Tech-gadgets / 19 Dec 2024

Apple in talks with Tencent, ByteDance to roll out AI features in China, sources say

The new MacBook Pro's design might not have changed but its beating heart has. — Picture by Erna Mahyuni

Tech-gadgets / 19 Dec 2024

MacBook Pro M4: Minor improvements on near-perfection

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19 Dec 2024

Apple accuses Meta of risking user privacy in bid for deeper software access

The US government alleges TikTok allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users. — AFP pic

19 Dec 2024

US Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok ban case in Jan

If you’re waiting for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 or Galaxy S25 Ultra, you don’t have to wait too long as the next Samsung Galaxy Unpacked appears to be happening next month before Chinese New Year. — SoyaCincau pic

19 Dec 2024

Is the Samsung Galaxy S25 series launch happening on Jan 25, 2025?

People trade Pokemon cards during the first day of the 2019 Pokemon World Championships at the Washington Convention Center in this file picture dated August 16, 2019, in Washington, DC. With more than 60 million downloads and nearly US$180 million generated worldwide since the end of October 2024, the mobile game adaptation of Pokemon cards has enjoyed global success, not far from the records of its predecessor. — AFP pic

18 Dec 2024

Pokemon is back with a hit new app: ‘Pokemon TCG Pocket’ surges to 60 million downloads, US$180m in revenue

e.MAS 7 is the second Proton that can support Android Auto and Apple CarPlay after the 2025 Proton X70. — SoyaCincau pic

18 Dec 2024

Proton confirms e.MAS 7 EV will support wireless Android Auto, Apple CarPlay

Starlink is still seeking approval in India to provide satellite broadband services — AFP pic

18 Dec 2024

Elon Musk says Starlink was never on in India, after device seized among militants and drug smugglers

Foldable iPhone mod by The Aesthetics of Science and Technology. — SoyaCincau pic

18 Dec 2024

Don’t expect Apple’s first foldable iPhone to come before 2026, but do expect a ‘foldable iPad’

Over a two-week period in 2018, unauthorised users were able to hack into around 29 million Facebook accounts globally. — Reuters pic

18 Dec 2024

Ireland fines Meta RM1.2b over Facebook hacks that affected 29 million accounts globally in 2018

18 Dec 2024

Fun app or spying tool? With over a billion users worldwide, controversies mount up for TikTok

Examples of the new interface demonstrated by OpenAI resembled search results provided by Google and Google Maps, though without the clutter of advertising. — AFP pic

17 Dec 2024

ChatGPT search opens to all users in challenge to Google

This picture taken on November 8, 2019 shows pupils attending a class at a children's computer coding training centre in Beijing. — AFP pic

15 Dec 2024

From classrooms to controversy: AI tools flood schools globally as experts warn of inequality, isolation and doubts over effectiveness

The BBC yesterday said it had filed a complaint with US tech giant Apple over AI-generated fake news that was shared on iPhones and attributed to the British public broadcaster. ― Reuters file pic

14 Dec 2024

BBC raises alarm over AI-driven fake news on Apple platform

The internet titan on Thursday unveiled an Android XR operating system created in a collaboration with Samsung, which will use it in a device being built in what is called internally ‘Project Moohan,’ according to Google.

13 Dec 2024

Google eyes the future: AI-powered mixed reality headgear in the works (VIDEO)

Astro Bot was released for PS5 earlier this year. — Picture from Facebook/Playstation Asia

13 Dec 2024

Big on play and charm, ‘Astro Bot’ named title of the year at The Game Awards 2024 — here are the other winners (VIDEO)

University of Sydney's autonomous robot 'SwagBot' moves around a field in Allynbrook, Australia, November 21, 2024. — Reuters pic

12 Dec 2024

Meet SwagBot, the AI-powered robot cattle herder preventing soil degradation

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