LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it would regulate BT Openreach's national broadband network for another five years, with a price cap on a wider range of speeds, to drive competition and extend fibre connections to the final fifth of the country's premises. Read full story

A wearable sensor designed to monitor intestinal gas suggests the average person may let rip around 32 times a day For decades, Reg readers have demanded to know exactly how often humans let rip and at last science may have produced an answer.

A more "Google-y" version of Circle to Search might be on its way to you.

Garmin Malaysia has announced that new Pokmon-themed watch faces will be added to select Garmin smartwatches, including the fnix, Forerunner, Venu, and vvoactive ranges. The watch faces are based on Pokmon Sleep, a gamified sleep- tracking app by The Pokmon Company. Franchise fans can choose between two watch faces. The first, Pokmon Sleep: Snorlax & Friends", [] The post Garmin Introduces Two Pokemon Sleep-Themed Watch Faces appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

MPs say the Beeb closed broadcast services expecting audiences to migrate online, but digital reach has fallen instead Britain's push to drag the BBC World Service into the digital age hasn't gone quite to plan, with MPs warning the broadcaster's "digital-first" strategy has shrunk audiences rather than growing them.

Each year Game Developers Conference, Microsoft hosts an event normally focused on indie projects, but this year, it has expanded its focus, reflecting a change in the company. It's now called the Xbox Play Anywhere Showcase, and it featured projects from smaller studios with some backed by AA publishers. Read full story

Dell expands Alienware 16 Area-51, Alienware 16X Aurora, and Alienware 18 Area-51 laptops with new Intel Arrow Lake-HX Refresh processor options.

The Champlain Hudson Power Express, a $6 billion, 339-mile buried transmission line, will soon deliver Canadian hydropower from Hydro-Quebec to New York City. The project could supply up to 20% of the city's electricity and power roughly one million homes throughout the year. "This is far and away the largest project I have ever worked on," said Bob Harrison, who has worked in infrastructure for 40 years and is the head of engineering for the Champlain Hudson Power Express. "We like to say it's ..

Results from Ryugu suggest the the Solar System produced the building blocks of life Scientists have found that all five of the substances that make up DNA and RNA in samples from Ryugu, the asteroid Japans Aerospace Exploration Agency visited in 2020.

Admins may be even more exhausted by then, because securing Microsofts AI helper is not a trivial job Gartner analyst Dennis Xu has half-jokingly suggested banning use of Microsofts Copilot AI on Friday afternoons, because he fears at that time of week users may be too lazy to properly check its possibly offensive output.

Efforts by the European Union to extend voluntary monitoring of private online communications by major tech platforms to combat child sexual abuse material have failed. Read full story

Google's March system services update is adding Wi-Fi Sync across devices, limited-time game trials on Play Sto

HANOI, March 17 (Reuters) - Vietnamese companies are competing to launch the country's first licensed cryptocurrency exchanges as the government moves to curb trading on overseas platforms in one of the world's most active crypto markets. Read full story

Earlier in the month, you may have seen PlayStation Asia marketing a PC-Ready DualSense controller. This is now available for purchase in the local market, though to be fair, this is basically the same basic DualSense that you've known, and probably love, since the PS5 was first launched. Well, it coming only in Midnight Black [] The post PC-Ready DualSense Controller Available In Malaysia For RM369 appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

Recently, Prime Minister Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that he had received a call from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and Intel Foundry Executive Vice President and General Manager Naga Chandrasekaran regarding the latest developments in the company's investments in Malaysia. So, what should you know about it?

Ciapan terkini daripada OnePlus menunjukkan perancangan mereka untuk memperkenalkan peranti baharu tidak lama lagi. Dengan kapsyen "Entering the Nord era soon" bersama tanda pagar #OnePlusNord jelas bahawa peranti tersebut merupakan sebahagian daripada siri Nord. Buat masa ini, tiada nama rasmi diumumkan, namun besar kemungkinan ia adalah OnePlus Nord 6 memandangkan model terakhir yang dilancarkan tahun []

The Xiaomi 17 Pro series debuted in September last year, and its successors are expected to arrive around the same time this year. While the launch is still a few months away, fresh details about the base Xiaomi 18 Pro have now surfaced online. According to tipster Digital Chat Station, the Xiaomi 18 Pro could pack a battery with a capacity of 7,000mAh or more. This is an upgrade over the 6,300mAh cell in the current Xiaomi 17 Pro. Xiaomi 17 Pro Max The handset is also said to support wireless ..

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform. Read full story

Jualan Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold dilaporkan telah dihentikan di Korea Selatan bermula hari ini. Ia tiba selepas tiga bulan ia dilancarkan di pasaran negara tersebut. Dianggarkan sejak dilancarkan, sebanyak 3 ribu unit Z Trifold telah dijual di Korea Selatan. Di sana, jualan hanya dibuka setiap 1-2 minggu dengan keseluruhan stok kemudiannya habis dijual. Walaupun jualan []

Intel dikenali sebagai syarikat pengeluar cip semikonduktor dan cip pemprosesan komputer yang sangat terkemuka, tetapi tahukah anda bahawa kilang semikonduktor pertama yang dibuka di luar negara Amerika Syarikat adalah di Pulau Pinang pada tahun 1975? Semalam, Perdana Menteri Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengatakan bahawa beliau telah menerima panggilan daripada CEO Intel, Lip-Bu Tan dan Naib []

China has now established more than 40 robot education centres , with 24 of them already in operation. That said, what should you know about it?

As Monster Hunter Now heads into season 9, Niantic has polished the game and introduced enough features that it has fallen into a great rhythm. Read full story

If you were hoping that the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold would land on our shores at some point, you may be out of luck. Apparently, its already on its way out of the market. The company is reportedly discontinuing the smartphone on its home turf, just three months after the official launch. According to South [] The post Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold Reportedly Getting Axed Just Three Months After Launch appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

In the heart of Sao Paulo, a "prisonometer" keeps a live tally of people jailed due to Latin America's largest AI facial-recognition system, but its successes have been marred by mistaken arrests. Read full story

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Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)has discovered an underground water source called Nadi Bumi on its Johor Bahru campus. That said, what should you know about it?

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra has no more secrets, since a new leak basically revealed all of its specs today. The phone is said to have a 6.82-inch LTPO AMOLED screen with 1440x3120 resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, and 3,600-nit peak brightness. On top will sit Oppo's NanoCrystal Glass for protection. The phone will have a 200MP main camera, a 200MP periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, a 50MP periscope telephoto camera with 10x optical zoom, a 50MP ultrawide, and a 50MP selfie camera. The ..

he popular messaging service Telegram is facing a blackout in Russia. Users reported that the service's app and web versions were inaccessible on Monday, with rumours having previously circulated of a full ban from April 1. Read full story

MCash has announced its direct participation in Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), enabling DuitNow QR payments and DuitNow transfers for its users nationwide. The move marks a shift from operating largely as a standalone eWallet ecosystem to becoming part of Malaysias broader interoperable payments infrastructure. With DuitNow QR, MCash users can now make payments using Malaysias []

Half a year before Apple Inc. is expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone, a Chinese rival has solved the biggest compromise with such devices to date: the crease. Read full story

Well, this is a surprise. Just three months into the announcement of DLSS 4.5 and its 31 March rollout, NVIDIA officially announced DLSS 5 just hours ago at its GTC 2026 keynote. Unlike the former, the new neural rendering upscaler will infuse pixels with photorealistic lighting and material and, as Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, [] The post NVIDIA Announces DLSS 5 At GTC 2026 And What Are We Looking At appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

It seems that a lot of brands are raising the prices for their smartphones .Rumoursays that could include vivo and iQOO too . That said, what should you know about it?

Samsung appears to be pulling the plug early on one of its most experimental foldables. According to a report from Korean media , the company is set to end domestic sales of the Galaxy Z TriFold in South Korea just three months after launch.

Huawei Mate 80 Pro kembali ke Malaysia selepas menyepi sejak pelancaran Mate50 Pro. Kali ini, peranti masih mengekalkan fokus pada sistem kamera tetapi hadir dengan perkakasan dalaman dipertingkatkan seperti cip Kirin 9030 Pro, paparan OLED 120Hz serta bateri dengan pengecasan pantas. Sejauh mana kemunculan semula ini benar-benar bermakna? Berikut adalah ulasan penuh saya selepas pandang []

If you use a lot of bookmarks on the mobile version of Google Chrome, and you're using an Android tablet or foldable, there's good news. The browser got an update that essentially gives it the desktop bookmark bar. It's something that you'll have to turn on, by going to Settings Appearance Show bookmarks [] The post Google Chrome On Android Tablets, Foldables Get Desktop-Like Bookmark Bar appeared first on Lowyat.NET .