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Road closures in Kuala Lumpur for Thaipusam 2026

News | 30 January 2026

If you're driving in (or through) Kuala Lumpur around Thaipusam weekend, this is one of those times where planning ahead isn't optional. With major roads being closed in stages to support the chariot procession, even a "normal" short drive can turn i...

Malaysia’s upcoming AI Governance Bill: what it’s trying to fix (and why deepfakes are suddenly front and center)

Cybersecurity | 30 January 2026

Malaysia is moving toward a more "grown-up" way of dealing with artificial intelligence: not by banning it, not by pretending it's just another app feature, but by building a national framework that spells out who's responsible for what when AI syste...

CelcomDigi’s New Prepaid Passes: “Hyper” vs “Power” (And Who They’re Actually For)

Mobile Development | 29 January 2026

If you've ever stood at the prepaid plan screen thinking, "Why are there so many options and why do they all sound like superhero moves?", CelcomDigi just added two new families of passes that try to make the choice simpler.

Serious Sam The First Encounter – Relentless Action and Classic Shooter Chaos

Games | 28 January 2026

Serious Sam The First Encounter arrived at a time when shooters were beginning to slow down, grow darker, and lean heavily on scripted sequences. Instead of following that trend, it confidently went in the opposite direction. The game embraced speed,...

JPJ is going fully digital: no more printed road tax slips from 1 February 2026

Mobile Development | 28 January 2026

If you're the kind of driver who still feels calmer when there's "something physical" to look at, here's the heads-up: starting 1 February 2026, JPJ will stop issuing printed road tax slips for Motor Vehicle Licences (LKM). This also means Pos Malays...

ShopeePay just added Money+, and it’s basically “let my idle e-wallet balance earn something”

News | 28 January 2026

ShopeePay has rolled out a new feature called Money+, an in-app investment option that's meant to feel more like a daily-use wallet feature than a "serious investing platform." You can access it from the ShopeePay app (and it also shows up through th...

Why everyone’s confused in the first place

Mobile Development | 28 January 2026

If you've been following the Malaysia–Singapore border tech updates lately, you've probably seen three names floating around that sound like they do the exact same thing: MyBorderPass, MyNIISe, and MyDigital ID. Add QR code autogates into the mix, an...

Malaysia’s Under-16 Social Media Rule Is Now Being Tested, With July 2026 as the Likely Start Date

Web Development | 27 January 2026

Malaysia's plan to restrict social media access for users under 16 is no longer just a "we're thinking about it" idea. According to Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching, the proposal has already moved into a regulatory sandbox phase, which is...

WhatsApp Might Let You “Pay to Remove Ads” Soon, If Meta Goes That Route

Mobile Development | 27 January 2026

WhatsApp has always had this reputation of being the "simple" messaging app. You open it, you chat, you send a photo, you move on. No loud banners, no autoplay videos, no feeling like you're walking through a shopping mall just to reply "ok."

Summary of CBAA3103 - 2D Animation

Designs & Artworks | 26 January 2026

A Conversational Walkthrough of 2D Animation: From Core Principles to Moho 4.0 Practice. If you've ever watched a cartoon, a looping GIF, a game cutscene, or even a simple loading animation and thought, "How did they make that feel alive?", you've al...

Route Leak Incident on January 22, 2026

Technical Solutions | 26 January 2026

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 Mia...

When a Windows Update Breaks Your Email: What’s Going on with KB5074109 and Outlook Classic

Technical Solutions | 26 January 2026

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 wonderin...

Microsoft Introduces Winapp, a New CLI Tool That Simplifies Windows App Development

Web Development | 26 January 2026

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 us...

Spotify’s “Prompted Playlists” Are Expanding, but Only for Paying Users

Mobile Development | 26 January 2026

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 (...

The Anatomy of a Glyph: A Designer’s Guide to Speaking Type with Confidence

Designs & Artworks | 25 January 2026

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 decision...

Illustration With AI: From Blank Canvas to First Draft in Minutes

Designs & Artworks | 25 January 2026

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 dangero...

Assets and Textures with AI: Building Your Infinite Resource Library

Designs & Artworks | 25 January 2026

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...

Smoke on the Water – Clean Guitar Solo Cover

Guitar Covers | 25 January 2026

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 de...

Summary of CBMT2103 - Intro to Multimedia Technology

Designs & Artworks | 25 January 2026

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. CBMT2...

Summary of CBMC4103 - Mobile Computing for Multimedia

Mobile Development | 25 January 2026

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.