LEMON BLOG

On January 22, 2026, Cloudflare experienced a short but impactful routing mistake: an automated configuration change in Miami unintentionally leaked BGP routes. The result was that some Internet traffic that should never have touched Cloudflare's Miami network was briefly pulled through it, affecting both Cloudflare customers and external networks.

Windows updates are supposed to be the boring kind of news. You install them, reboot, and move on with your life. But every so often, an update lands that turns everyday tasks into a mess of freezing apps, stuck processes, and confused users wondering what they did wrong.

Microsoft is trying to make Windows app development feel less like assembling IKEA furniture without the manual, and more like… well, actually building your app. A new tool called winapp has been introduced to simplify the annoying setup work that usually happens before you even write the fun parts of a Windows application. If you've ever felt like Windows development involves juggling too many moving parts, this tool is basically Microsoft saying, "Yeah… we know."

Spotify is widening the rollout of a feature it calls Prompted Playlists, moving it beyond its earlier limited trial in New Zealand and bringing it to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada. If you're on the free tier, this one isn't aimed at you (at least for now).

To most people, a letter is just a letter. A shape. Something you read and move on from. But designers don't get to "move on." Because once you've spent enough time choosing type for logos, websites, posters, or UI, you start seeing the tiny decisions hiding inside every letterform. That "simple" font choice suddenly becomes a whole personality system: sharp or soft, modern or classic, friendly or strict, airy or dense.

Every illustrator knows that awkward standoff with a blank page. You've got a deadline, you've got a client waiting, and your brain decides this is the perfect time to forget how creativity works. Even worse is when the brief is vague in that dangerous way, like "surprise us with your style." You want to deliver something exciting, but suddenly your own style feels like it's hiding from you.

If you've ever spent half an hour hunting for "the perfect" marble texture, you already know the problem isn't lack of options. It's that none of them are exactly what you need. The color is slightly off your brand palette, the vibe feels too generic, or the pattern looks like something you've seen on ten other sites. AI flips that workflow: instead of searching and settling, you describe what you want and generate it, then keep the best results to grow your own reusable library.

Few rock songs are as instantly recognizable as Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple. That legendary riff is often the first thing guitarists learn, and the solo that follows is just as iconic—simple, melodic, and full of character. For this cover, I decided to take a slightly different route by performing the guitar solo using a clean tone, stripping away distortion to focus purely on phrasing, timing, and feel.

A quick way to think about this course - If you have ever watched a short video, clicked through an interactive website, played a game, or even sat through a presentation that mixed text, pictures, and sound, you have already "used" multimedia. CBMT2103 basically takes that everyday experience and breaks it down into parts you can understand, plan, and build.

If you've ever streamed a video on shaky Wi-Fi, used maps to dodge traffic, or tried to do "real work" on a phone screen the size of a biscuit, you've already met the main characters of mobile computing: movement, wireless networks, and multimedia.

Windows has pushed out a fresh January 2026 update, and if your PC looks like the screenshot, you're already in the middle of it. The update showing up is 2026-01 Update (KB5078127) and it's tied to Build 26200.7628, with the download already underway. For most people, this kind of update is less about shiny new features and more about the practical stuff that keeps Windows stable, secure, and less annoying over time.

If you've been hearing "MyDigital ID" pop up more often lately, this is why: Malaysia is now running a larger Phase 2 "sandbox" (basically, a controlled test environment) to plug MyDigital ID into real banking systems. According to a written parliamentary reply by the Ministry of Finance (MOF), 18 banking institutions have confirmed they're taking part in this second phase.

Malaysia's "digital talent gap" isn't a new topic, but it's one of those problems that keeps showing up everywhere once you look closely. Companies want people who can build and secure cloud systems, automate deployments, work with data, and now increasingly, understand AI workflows too. At the same time, plenty of Malaysians are still trying to find a solid way into tech without spending a fortune on courses that may or may not lead to a job.

If you've ever tried comparing medical insurance plans and ended up more confused than confident, you're not alone. That's exactly the problem the government says it wants to tackle with a new baseline product: a basic Medical and Health Insurance/Takaful (MHIT) plan that's meant to be affordable, standardised, and easier to understand, while also helping to cool down the pressure from rising private healthcare costs.