By Tengku Faezah Tengku Yusof KUALA LUMPUR: The rainy season is upon us and with that comes thunderstorms and the risk posed by lightning strikes. Speaking of lightning, did you know it is more dangerous to talk on a corded landline phone than a cellular phone during a thunderstorm? Landlines […]
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TikTok drops cyberbullying policy
TIKTOK has dropped a ‘blunt’ cyberbullying policy, the Chinese-owned video sharing app said after a report it hid posts by disabled, gay and overweight people. People deemed “susceptible to harassment or cyberbullying based on their physical or mental condition” had the reach of their posts restricted, German site NetzPolitik.org reported, […]
Oprah Winfrey to produce new documentary
THE yet-untitled documentary is set to premiere next year on the streaming service Apple TV+. According to a press release, the film will be “a profound examination of race, gender, class and intersectionality, and the toll assaults take on their victims and society at large.” The documentary will particularly focus […]
Majestic Hills and Mountains of Sarawak
Pioneers of the Bidayuh Mountains Among Sarawak’s most innovative and hard-working communities are the Bidayuh — highlanders who came down the mountains to settle on the plains around Kuching. Originally from the Sungkung mountain complex in South Western Kalimantan, the community trudged across the forests to the hills of Sentah, […]
Chip demand to rebound next year on 5G expansion
SEOUL: Global demand for memory chips will rebound next year, helped by the spread of 5G services, market research reports showed Saturday, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported. Chipmakers, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., have suffered from declines in sales revenue this year due to excessive […]
Do you really need the handbrake? Or is parking in ‘P’ enough?
IF you drive an automatic, you might have wondered if it’s enough to just put the gearshift in “Park” when you stop the car — or do you also need to engage the handbrake, no matter what? Safety experts say if the gearshift lever of a vehicle with automatic transmission […]
Jar Jar Binks actor to host ‘Star Wars’ TV game show
STAR Wars fans will get a chance to enter the Jedi ranks in a new Disney+ TV game show — if they can stomach the return of the muchmaligned Jar Jar Binks. ‘Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge’ will be hosted by Ahmed Best, who played the bumbling, comedic alien sidekick […]
Drake declared Spotify’s most-streamed artiste of decade
As the 2010s winds to a close streaming titan Spotify recently announced that poppy rap sensation Drake is the most globally streamed artist of the decade with more than 28 billion streams. British crooner Ed Sheeran, hip hop warbler Post Malone, pop royalty Ariana Grande and rap iconoclast Eminem rounded […]
How to keep apples fresh and crisp
If you’ve ever tried to keep a stock of apples over the winter, you’ll know that keeping them fresh and appetising can be a challenge. But there is a way to delay the ageing process. The minute an apple leaves the tree, it starts to change. First it ripens, becoming […]
Extraordinary method to save the earth
Durable, and environmental-friendly, Lucy Heng first encountered the method of weaving bags out of plastic packaging more than two years ago from her elder sister during one of her visits to her hometown, Malacca, Malaysia. But she had only gotten serious months after when the priest of her church read […]