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The prime minister's political secretary Datuk Azman Abidin (centre) attends press conference at the Bandar Tun Razak Member of Parliament's office in Kuala Lumpur, Dec 21, 2024. — Benama pic

Malaysia / 18 h ago

Dr Wan Azizah demands swift response to mutilated cats at Universiti Malaya

A screen shot of a video showing the brawl involving football fans at the Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station on the Ampang-Sri Petaling Line.

Malaysia / 5 h ago

‘Absurd’, Minister Hannah Yeoh says of football fans’ brawl inside Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT station

Johor police chief Datuk M Kumar said the receipts, dated December 19 and 20, involved food purchases at fast-food restaurants in Kluang, Batu Pahat, and Muar, believed to have been made by the same individual. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Johor cops probe receipts from fast food eatery allegedly containing insults to Islam

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said that the National Registration Department (JPN) is conducting nationwide outreach programmes to combat the possession of fake MyKad among the public. — Picture by Farhan Najib

Malaysia / 4 h ago

Home Ministry cracks down on fake MyKad syndicate, mulls digital transition for future

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to the media during a visit to the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg. — Reuters pic

World / 19 h ago

Holiday horror: Death toll climbs to five in German Christmas market car-ramming, over 200 injured

People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg that saw over 200 injured. — AFP

World / 4 h ago

Suspect in deadly Berlin Christmas market attack railed against Islam, Germany

The concept of negative time has drawn both fascination and scepticism, particularly from prominent voices in the scientific community. — Pixabay pic/Gerd Altmann

Life / 17 h ago

Scientists observe ‘negative time’: A quantum breakthrough or just a new way of thinking?

A man passes by a mural of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Shah Alam, Selangor, on March 8, 2023. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Malaysia / 3 h ago

What you should know about MH370, the jumbo jet Malaysia is searching for again a decade after it went missing

A volunteer places a gold leaf on a human skull during a Lang Pa Cha mass cleansing ceremony for unclaimed bodies. — Reuters

Life / 4 h ago

Thai ceremony for the dead brings good karma and emotional closure

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Teen girl missing in Cheras since attending lion dance class in Batu 11 Thursday

‘Sate ayam’ and ‘sate daging’ at Sate Famili’s newest outlet in Mutiara Damansara. — Picture by Ethan Lau

Eat-drink / 5 h ago

Meru’s Sate Famili brings exceptional ‘sate ayam’ and more to Mutiara Damansara

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Man missing in Kuantan found in parked car nine days later, then dies on site

Salt cod has long been a national staple in Portugal, where it is said there are as many recipes for this humble fish as there are days in the year. — AFP pic

Life / 17 h ago

Salt cod: Portugal’s Christmas staple served with tradition and a twist, but for how long?

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir delivers a speech during the launch of the Index Nexus Polycc: Synergy between Polycc and Industries at the Ungku Omar Polytechnic in Ipoh September 4, 2024. — Bernama pic

Malaysia / 5 h ago

Minister Zambry tells UM to start inquiries into sex pest claims

Batu Pahat police chief, ACP Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani, said the victim, Afiqah Syaurah Qamarul Arifin, died at the scene from severe head injuries in the incident, which occurred around 10.30am. — Screengrab from social media

Malaysia / 3 h ago

Tragic end: Four-year-old girl riding pillion with two siblings on bike with dad killed in motorcycle-lorry crash in Johor

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Tech/Gadgets

1 h ago

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 / 4 h ago

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

Tech-gadgets / 2d ago

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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