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A big bang: In less than five hours of his first post to China's Weibo service, Stephen Hawking had more followers than Apple chief Tim Cook did after a nearly a year online. — AFP Relaxnews

Stephen Hawking's brief history on Chinese social media

Renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking entered the universe of Chinese social media with a big bang, with his first post to the country's Twitter-like Weibo service garnering him more than a million followers.

Tech News

Electronic Arts attracts more investors even as stock fizzles

Connecting with buyers: EA asks customers for feedback on games before they are released. —  Reuters

Fresh off a two-year stock rally and a win with its Star Wars: Battlefront title, Electronic Arts Inc is attracting sizeable buy-in from institutional investors who expect the company to keep doing well with shooter videogames.

Dropbox files are now available to share directly from Facebook Messenger

File sharing: Dropbox users can now share files directly from Facebook Messenger. —  AFP Relaxnews

Dropbox announced on its blog that its files are now available to share using Facebook Messenger.

Tech Opinion

Speedy progress: It’s only a matter of time before we create a computer that’s smarter than the human brain. — IBM

The cognitive era: Wither the machine brain

11 April 2016

Since War of the Worlds hit the silver screen, never has the notion that machine intelligence will overtake human intelligence is more real. In this two-part series, the author examines the growing trend towards cognitive machines.

Fighting in darkness: Each game scenario or “quest” requires players to slay any number of monsters and critters that lurk in the shadows.

Warhammer time

1 April 2016

Fantasy Flight Games’ Warhammer Quest got a lot of pre-release hype last year. Chee Yih Yang got a feel of it.

Anxiety factor: The SMEs’ greatest fear is loss of customer data and damage to  reputation. — 123rf.com

Spearheading cybersecurity for SMEs in Malaysia

31 March 2016

Malaysian enterprises and institutions have a 33% chance of encountering Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs).

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Cameras

Pocketable power: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Micro Four Thirds digital camera goes on sale in May with prices starting at US$797 (RM3,136) for the camera body plus lens bundle. — Panasonic
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Hardware

Always on: The heart rate data is collected periodically or automatically when the user engages in an activity such as running. — Photos:TAN KIT HOONG/The Star
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Games

Work of art: The Assassin’s Creed Chronicles games employ 2.5D artwork to great effect to create an atmospheric environment.
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