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Isozaki, Pritzker-winning Japanese architect, dies at 91
Isozaki, Pritzker-winning Japanese architect, dies at 91
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Some of us are back to the big city and back to work. Some of us are still spending time with lov...
If you’ve been scrolling social media app feeds like Instagram stories recently, you’ll encounter friends and acquaintances sharing avatars with the word ‘Bondee‘ above them. These cute personalised virtual identities remind us of The Sims, Roblox, and Habbo Hotel – but in 3D. So what exactly is Bondee? What is Bondee? (Image credit: Screenshot from Bondee official website) Launched earlier this month (17 January 2023), Bondee is a virtual avatar social app created by Singapore-based tech firm M
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Former Spanish national football star Gerard Pique has revealed his new love interest since his b...
There is a lot of buzz around the outstanding multiverse film Everything Everywhere All at Once, owing to its smash-hit commercial success and solid critical acclaim. Michelle Yeoh picked up an award in the Best Actress – Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy category at the 80th Golden Globes Awards for her gritty portrayal of an exhausted Chinese-American woman. This film has also bagged five statuettes at the Critics Choice Awards. Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, popularly known as
A video viewed nearly 200,000 times on Instagram appears to show a crowd interrupting US President Joe Biden with an expletive-laden chant during a speech on gun reform. But the clip has been manipulated; the original footage of the address shows Biden reacting as the father of a school shooting victim stood up to call for a greater response to gun violence."Sit down, you'll hear what I have to say," Biden says in the video, as the crowd, unseen in the background, appears to drown him out with j
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia today reached out to Khairy Jamaluddin, urging him to join as a mem...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Some government hospitals might see their contract pharmacists walk out on the job in protest of...
While health authorities consistently say the benefits of Covid-19 vaccination outweigh the risks, an image shared on social media appears to show an article from The Conversation questioning why unvaccinated individuals failed to warn others about the safety of the shots. But the photo is altered; the nonprofit outlet did not publish the piece, which originated on an apparent satire website."A lot of us knew from the get go that something just didn't add up so we did our own research from publi
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Rapid Rail has temporarily suspended the Light Rail Transit (LRT) service at two stations on the...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Former Selangor Umno chief Tan Sri Noh Omar is among several party divisional leaders who are lik...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — A local fried chicken seller has amused TikTok users after he accidentally became an ‘iPhone revi...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Pop star Rihanna’s music is enjoyed by many people all over the world, but apparently it’s also a...
Social networking giant Meta announced earlier this week that it would soon reinstate former US president Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram with “new guardrails,” two years after he was banned over the 2021 US Capitol insurrection. “We will be reinstating Mr. Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks,” Nick Clegg, Meta‘s president of global affairs, said in a statement, adding that the move would come with “new guardrails in place to deter repeat offences.” Goin
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — A former AmBank manager Joanna Yu admitted in court today to her past failure in contacting Low T...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Malaysia’s food security and the environment will be the focus of the Budget that will be retable...
Recently, The Last of Us premiered on HBO Max and it has received widespread acclaim from fans and critics alike, with many hailing it as the best adaptation of a video game series. It’s being praised for its gripping narrative, top-notch performances and for accurately adapting its source material – the 2013 video game of the same name developed by Naughty Dog. Set in the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world, the video game focuses on two characters – Joel (a smuggler) and a teenage girl named
Like Black Friday, 11.11, and Christmas, Chinese New Year is one of the best times to go shopping.
SEBERANG PERAI, Jan 28 — Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow today implored pig farmers in the state to work with the au...
Malaysian social media users have repeatedly shared a false claim the country is mandating Covid-19 booster shots and "will take legal action" against those who do not comply. The claim circulated as Malaysia anticipated an influx of tourists from China, which saw a surge of coronavirus cases after hardline zero-Covid policies were scrapped at the end of 2022. But a Malaysian health ministry spokeswoman said there was no mandate, and a lawyer told AFP there have never been any state or federal l
The OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT has brought in a revolution of sorts in the world of technology. There is of course the looming threat on jobs, especially those of writers and artists, but there are also concerns over the manner in which artificial intelligence (AI) is getting integrated with the daily lives of people. Despite this, there has been a marked interest in ChatGPT alternatives. Interestingly, some of these are way better than OpenAI’s chatbot. AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and its alternati