It’s been long known that Facebook has long been at odds with government organisations and regulators, with intense public scrutiny over privacy breaches and subsequent episodes of censure over the past year. Enabling users and lay citizens to create petitions targetted at organisations and specific officials, Facebook Community Actions essentially
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Verily, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, is responsible for Study Watch, a smartwatch for research purposes in to Parkinsons and heart diseases. As such, it only captures health data for clinical research, with metrics including heart rate, electrodermal activity and body movement. Launched in 2017, the Study Watch
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Fujifilm has announced the availability of its first GF-mount telephoto zoom lens, the Fujinon GF100-200 f5.6 R LM OIS WR. With a 35mm equivalent focal length of 79-158mm, the GF100-200 is ideal for nature and landscape photography applications, adding on to Fujifilm's GF series of medium-format optics, now totalling nine
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Retailing at SGD 199 (MYR 539 / USD 129) for all variants, the Apple-manufactured iPhone Battery Case makes a comeback for the iPhone Xs, Xs Max and XR. The last official iPhone Battery Case was made for the iPhone 7 in 2016. [caption id="attachment_134700" align="alignleft" width="1419"] The Apple Smart Battery
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Garnering an incredible US$ 1,590,090 (S$ 2,151,870) on crowdfunding site Indiegogo, Snoppa’s latest gimbal entry comes amidst turbulent times, but brings with it unique capabilities and features. With strong competition in the form of mobile gimbals like the DJI Osmo Mobile 2 and the Zhiyun Smooth line of mobile gimbals,
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Sony has unveiled a litany of audio-visual developments at CES 2019 at Las Vegas this year. From music production technology to TVs, sounders to turntables, Sony’s got all bases covered. 3D Music Gets A New File Format What Sony refers to as “360 Reality Audio” is a music experience developed
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First revealed last year at CES 2018 as a concept, the LG Signature OLED TV R rollable OLED TV has been showcased yet again at CES 2019 in Las Vegas this year. In a more final form, the showcase is completely different from last year's LG Signature OLED TV W
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Opening the barrage of CES 2019 launches are Razer's product announcements - the first, an anticipated annual refresh of its Razer Blade 15 line of gaming laptops, but the next, a forage into the gaming monitor market. 2019 Razer Blade 15 First released mid-2018, Razer has updated the Razer Blade
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At SGD 349, the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M2) pits itself against a whole field of entry-level smartphones like the Honor 8X (SGD 348), the Huawei Nova 3i (SGD 398) and the Samsung A7 (SGD 383). With such strong contenders, the ZenFone Max Pro (M2) pushes its edge in battery
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Interactive TV has always been a futuristic concept. Simple, multiple-choice questions dictate the storyline, and thus the outcome of the plot. With Netflix's ubiquity on capable computing devices, it seems like it has been the rather obvious choice for the video streaming giant. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM0xWpBYlNM[/embed] Black Mirror: Bandersnatch continues in Black Mirror's
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Although there are many music streaming subscription out there, Apple Music and Spotify have solidified themselves as the top two. But whether you're Team Spotify or Team Apple Music, or deciding between the two, it's good to know what you have been paying for - and more importantly, what you've
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After several weeks of teases and leaks, the Huawei Nova 4 has been announced. Featuring its iconic ‘hole-punch’ cutout in the display to accommodate its single 25-megapixel front-facing camera, the Nova 4's iconic design has been seen on the Samsung Galaxy A8s earlier last week, and on Huawei sub-brand Honor
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Under pressure from a resurgent AMD, and with Qualcomm intent on entering the PC processor market, Intel has announced its next generation processor architecture. Called Sunny Cove, it will replace Intel’s current Skylake architecture and its derivatives starting from the second half of next year. Sunny Cove: An Improved Architecture
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As the competition in the PC processor market intensifies between Intel and AMD, Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 8cx, its first PC processor. Aimed mostly at ultraportable laptop market, Qualcomm claims that the 8cx is the first 7nm chip in a PC platform, though AMD is not far behind with
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On the second day of its annual Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm unveiled its latest flagship mobile processor for 2019: the Snapdragon 855. Compared to the current Snapdragon 845, the Snapdragon 855 features a CPU that is 45-percent faster, and a GPU that is 20-percent faster. It will be
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ASUS has announced the 15.6-inch TUG Gaming FX505 laptop, designed for durability and for sustained high-end gaming while keeping at an affordable price point. The TUG Gaming FX505 features 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8750H processors with six cores and twelve threads to best handle multithreaded workloads. For graphics, it has
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In a press conference held by the Philippines Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PhilSGOC) in Pasay City on Wednesday, it was announced that with a partnership between the Philippines Olympic Committee and gaming hardware giant Razer, esports will be a part of the 2019 SEA Games officially as a full-fledged
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This Thursday, Canada had arrested the CFO of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei at its Vancouver airport, pending the possibility of extradition to the United States. Meng Wanzhou is the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, who also happens to be a former People's Liberation Army (PLA) officer and elected member
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Mounting evidence of Apple's great thrust toward health applications were all around: the unification of the built-in Health and Fitness applications, and then the introduction of HealthKit, GymKit, CareKit and ResearchKit to extend capability, support and collaboration with developers and researchers around the world. With the launch of the Apple
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In their incessant quest to achieve the ultimate all-screen, no-bezel display, manufacturers have pulled all sorts of tricks to that end. Slimming chins and receding foreheads not enough - many have resorted to the use of the now ubiquitous display notch. Used to house vital front-facing sensors and elements, these
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