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WhatsApp

WhatsApp testing dark mode

WhatsApp joins the 'dark side', though it's only inviting beta users for now.

Digi

Digi ties up with Time to expand broadband coverage

The telco said this will allow it to offer its broadband plans to more customers, especially those who are residing in residential condominiums and apartments.

Video games

Official Tetris mobile games retiring April 2020 as Tetris Royale approaches

Electronic Arts is to shut down Tetris, Tetris Premium and Tetris Blitz in April 2020. Could we see the new Tetris Royale launch around the same time?

Technology

Google CEO thinks AI will be more a profound change than fire

Google’s chief executive officer has left no doubt in how important he thinks artificial intelligence will be to humanity.

Video games

Delay season: Dying Light 2 evades Spring 2020 launch

Initially announced for northern Spring 2020, Polish developer Techland is pulling back Dying Light 2 in favour of "more development time to fulfill our vision".

Politics

How social media services handle political ads

Online platforms including Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google face growing pressure to stop carrying political ads that contain false or misleading claims ahead of the US presidential election.

Video games

Nine out of 10 parents feel their teens spend too much time playing video games

An American study conducted with 963 parents of teenagers aged between 13 and 18 years old shows that 86% of them felt their children devote too much time to video games.

Social media

Britain lays out tough child data privacy rules

Social media sites, games and other online services won’t be allowed to "nudge” British kids into revealing personal details or lowering their privacy settings.

Samsung

Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip is set to be lower-spec and more affordable than the Galaxy Fold

Now it's the turn of Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip phone, the brand's upcoming foldable screen model, to be the subject of online leaks.

China

How to cope with China virus? Stay in and see The Flu

Threatened by a new virus outbreak, many Chinese have been turning to an online plague simulation game and a disaster movie called The Flu as part of coping mechanisms.

Banking

Grab, Razer, AirAsia among firms exploring bids for Malaysia digital bank licence

Ride-hailing group Grab, gaming firm Razer, AirAsia, telecoms firm Axiata and lender CIMB are among companies looking to apply for digital banking licences in Malaysia.

Mobile apps

e-Tunai Rakyat: RM105mil claimed so far

About a quarter – or RM105mil — of the amount allocated for the e-Tunai Rakyat initiative has been disbursed so far.

Video games

Play the original Half-Life games for free on Steam

You can play the Half-Life series for free on Steam, though only until the latest game in the franchise, Alyx, is released.

TECH

UK's Double Eleven setting up studio in Malaysia, hiring new talents

Double Eleven announced seven vacancies are available, including for the role of a studio manager, on its website.

Facebook

Former Bank of Japan exec: Facebook spurred central banks to study digital currencies

The challenge posed by Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency likely prodded major central banks to set up a new group to study the potential for issuing their own digital currencies.

Apple

New low-cost iPhone to enter mass production in February

Apple Inc suppliers plan to begin assembling a new low-cost iPhone in February.

Video games

Pokémon homage Temtem jumps into Early Access

If you evolved the Pokémon franchise, would it turn into Temtem?

Driverless vehicle

GM's Cruise heads down new road with new robotaxi concept

General Motors' self-driving car company will attempt to deliver on its long-running promise to provide a more environmentally friendly ride-hailing service in an unorthodox vehicle.

Smartphones

Google releases three Digital Wellbeing apps to curb smartphone addiction

One of the apps even turns a user’s smartphone into a feature phone.

Internet

China faces social media backlash with new virus outbreak

Hundreds of millions of Chinese web users have been furiously discussing the outbreak of a new deadly virus that’s killed nine people and infected hundreds.