Even then, you decided to download and run the PC Health Check tool anyway, just to see that your machine obtains the seal of approval from Microsoft (sort of). Unfortunately, your excitement immediately turned to a frown after this message appeared on your screen: You are fully confident that your PC has met all the requirements. Then you checked and thought: could it be the TPM or Secure Boot requirement?...

The near month-long event serves as a number of events mashed into one. A number of highlights, as MDEC points out, include a career fair with big names Like PlayStation Studios, Bandai Namco, Streamline Studios and Codemaster holding career talks. On the esports side of things, there are a couple of tourneys being held as part of MYDCF 21 as well. Featured titles include Apex Legends, Valorant, and Tekken 7, among others....

Hence, there are plenty of accessories in the market that are designed for them to express their creativity through PC building. The recent fascination for all things RGB within the PC hardware industry has also led to the creation of many attention-grabbing accessories. However, this upcoming release from the Japanese company Nagao Industry is among the most bizarre of them all. It is basically a mirror that allows you to show off the front part of your graphics card which is usually really seen unless you decide to mount the card outside your motherboard by using a PCIe extension cable....

Cook explained to shareholders that the acquisitions were mostly geared towards obtaining technology and talent. In the past, Apple notably bought headphone company Beats Electronics – famously founded by rapper Dr.Dre – for US$3 billion (~RM12.1 billion) and music recognition software company Shazam for US$400 million (~RM1.6 billion). A sign of its continuing interest in self-driving technologies, Apple bought Drive.ai, a self-driving shuttle company, in 2019. More recently, over the past year, Apple has acquired artificial intelligence (AI) companies, a virtual reality (VR) events business, a payments startup and a podcast business, the BBC said....

In general, 5G networks are currently being deployed via two methods with one of them being the Non-Standalone (NSA) method which is being done by utilizing existing 4G network as the anchor. On another hand, a 5G SA deployment involves having a full end-to-end 5G network. TM who also aspires to become the sole national infrastructure provider for 5G, boldly claimed that its Langkawi’s 5G SA network is the first 5G SA network in Malaysia....

In terms of capability, TM said that the new SEA-ME-WE 6 cable will offer one of the lowest latency routes between Malaysia and Europe alongside a transfer speed of more than 100Tbps. To be deployed by SubCom [pdf], it has a total distance of 19,200km and will go through 11 different countries. In addition to that, the SEA-ME-WE 6 cable system currently has twelve confirmed landing sites including TM’s new cable landing station in Morib....

Even though TM has yet to publicly announce the new lead executive for its mobile division, Jasmine has confirmed her appointment through LinkedIn. First reported by Malaysian Wireless, she is a well-known figure within the local mobile industry. Prior to TM, she made her mark at U Mobile as the telco’s Chief Marketing Officer from 2013 to 2021. In November 2021, U Mobile switched her role to Chief Digital Officer....

Given the announcement, we have then reached out to several ISPs including TM to obtain some insights in response to the latest decision by the government. Despite being greenlight by authorities, the company stated that it still finalizing the details for Internet installations during MCO. Aside from coming out with official protocols for its staff and contractors which the company will announce soon, TM also revealed that it still needs to wait for authorities to go through all the required documents and greenlight its operation....

And for two cinephiles who are now in their 20s, the 2010s is perhaps the most important decade in cinema for us. The 90s and 2000s may have sparked our love for the artform (we will never forget walking into Star Wars: The Phantom Menace as pre-schoolers and being blown away by the pewpewpews), but it’s the 2010s where we really started to take cinema seriously. Anyway, thousands of films have been released over the past decade (2010 – 2019)....

This is due to the fact that some information regarding the card has since made its way online. According to several YouTube videos discovered by SoyaCincau, the NFC card is called the Enhanced Touch ‘n Go Card and can be identified by the NFC icon on the top right corner of the card. [Image: Touch ‘n Go / SoyaCincau.]These videos have since been made private but quite a number of information have been extracted before that happened....

The ad-free subscription plan costs US$4.99 (~RM21) per month or US$39.99 (~RM168) per year. Once you have opted in, you can get ad-free browsing on both its desktop site and mobile app, but the payment can only be done through desktop for now as Tumblr says it’s still working on the checkout process for iOS and Android. Keep in mind though, the company said that even with the subscription, you’ll still see sponsored posts from creators, as well as logo takeovers....

First introduced last August, the feature has been tweaked based on user feedback and comments. Twitter says the new interface is designed “to make it easier to see more of what people are saying.” — sara beykpour (@pandemona) August 31, 2018 It’s worth noting that with the new reply system, you can see the status of the tweet replies. Blue denotes people you follow, while replies from the original sender are marked in grey....

This is due to the fact that GoPayz has more to offer than just a way for users to pay from their mobile devices. According to Jasmine, U Mobile believe that Malaysians are looking for e-wallet that can be used throughout the world which is why consumers can choose to obtain physical MasterCard, UnionPay, and Visa card for GoPayz that will be made available as optional. Other than that, customers can also obtain plenty of financial services through GoPayz such as life insurance, online currency exchange delivery service, and wealth unit trusts....

According to Bloomberg, Blackstone Inc and KKR & Co, two of the biggest private equity firms, have set sights on Ubisoft. Though at the moment, the company has not started “serious negotiations” with potential acquirers. Corroborating the report, Kotaku cites current and former senior Ubisoft developers who claim that the publisher has been working closely with outside consultancy firms to audit parts of its business. This indicates that the publisher is “trying to tidy up its books for a potential sale”....

The argument presented by the ban is that doing business with Huawei is a national security risk. But according to Reuters, chipmakers argue that Huawei’s smartphones and computers that use commonly available parts will not be a security concern. At least, this is when compared to the company’s 5G networking gear. Reuters’ sources say that the move is about protecting American companies, and not Huawei. The report also states that Huawei spends US$11 billion (~RM45....

Specifically, the US Supreme Court has told consumers to go ahead with their lawsuits against the company from Cupertino. To which the company will now have to answer every legal filing against it purported use of market dominance to “artificially inflate” prices on its App Store. Financially, the injunction is expected to force Apple to reduce the commission rate that it charges on apps, which currently sits at 30%. Further, the lawsuits by its consumers so far sits in the range of hundreds of millions of dollars....

The app, known as Rufus, lets you install Windows 11 and other operating systems to your PC (or even Mac) via a USB thumb drive. On top of this, it also comes with the aforementioned ability to manually skip certain restrictions that prevents you from installing the new operating system from Microsoft. Specifically, these include the need to have Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 enabled on your PC, the minimum requirements of 4GB RAM and 64GB of free storage space, and having an online Microsoft account....

Some games are, as you’d expect, top performers in multiple categories. For example, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, crowned Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2019, claims a spot in the highest tier for top sellers, top new releases, and most played game. It’s also one of the games on Steam that’s most played using controllers. Unsurprisingly, a number of older games continue to maintain their popularity over the years....

As per the announcement, the team at Valve explained that it was ending SteamVR support on macOS because it wished to focus its resources on Windows and Linux. It’s not all doom and gloom for macOS-centric developers though; Valve also said that legacy builds of SteamVR will still be available. For coders who still wish to play about with some VR-based codes that run on Apple hardware. SteamVR was first made available on the macOS back in 2017....

For context, both Valve and video game publishers Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax were charged by the EU Commission for geo-blocking practices back in 2017. Today, it is reported that the same five video game companies have agreed to settle with the EU, leaving Valve as the only one left to challenge the EU’s charges. Initially, both Valve and the five publishers agreed on using geo-blocking on game activation keys in an effort prevent consumers in one EU country from buy cheaper versions of a game in another EU country, such as Estonia and Hungary....