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ChatGPT Can Now Remember Your Activity Across Apps, Websites While Windows Recall was the centre of quite the cybersecurity controversy, we haven’t heard much of it since Microsoft rolled it out to Insiders last year. Now, another AI chatbot is getting features much like what Recall promised, but from another company. Following the announcement of GPT-5.6, OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will now have… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401688/chatgpt-remember-activity-across-apps/

Former Square Enix Exec: Killing Discs Could Make PlayStation Digital Games Cheaper Sony’s decision to stop producing physical game discs for new PlayStation releases from January 2028 has understandably raised concerns that digital games could become more expensive. With physical retailers and the second-hand market no longer competing with the PlayStation Store, the expectation is that publishers will have less reason to offer discounts. However, former Square… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401689/playstation-killing-discs-digital-games-cheaper/

Users Can Now Remove Visible Watermarks From Images Generated With Google Gemini Generative AI image outputs are becoming more convincing, leading to concerns about distinguishing between real and fabricated content. One way to identify AI-generated images is through the embedded watermarks, although looking for the visible Gemini logo is not always a reliable method. This is especially true now that Google is giving users the option to… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401682/google-gemini-visible-watermarks/

SK Hynix Refunds Customer For Faulty SSD Instead of Replacing It SK Hynix is one of three major memory makers in the world, after Samsung and Micron, that have been reaping the benefits of the memory shortage and boom. However, this hasn’t necessarily bode well for consumers, especially if they’re getting a warranty replacement for products from the brand. According to one Redditor, they tried to… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401667/sk-hynix-refunds-customer-for-faulty-ssd-instead-of-replacing-it/

Razer Has A US$90 Artisan Keycap Upcoming Videogames peripheral brand Razer has made some pretty out-of-left-field products before, but they’ve all still served practical uses to varying degrees. It doesn’t look like the company is keen on keeping the streak going, as it has put up a page on its website for something pretty extra – a fancy keycap, and a very… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401659/razer-us90-artisan-keycap-upcoming/

Apple’s iPhone Ultra Reportedly Launching As US-Only At First Apple is expected to unveil its long-rumoured foldable iPhone Ultra at its September event, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. However, a new report claims that the foldable will not go on sale at the same time as the other new iPhone models, with Apple allegedly facing production issues that could… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401657/apple-iphone-ultra-us-only-first/

Redditor Cools And Games With Snapdragon 8 Elite Smartphone By Slapping Two CPU Coolers On It A Redditor on the Nubia subreddit transformed their Snapdragon 8 Elite smartphone into a “gaming PC” by slapping two CPU coolers on it. According to them, it all began with a “stupidly simple question”: How far could they push a smartphone if they stop treating it like a smartphone? The phone in Redditor ntsow’s experiment… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401646/redditor-cools-and-games-with-snapdragon-8-elite-smartphone-by-slapping-two-cpu-coolers-on-it/

Huawei Reportedly Launching A Non-Folding Wide-Screen Phone In September Earlier this year, Huawei unveiled the Pura X Max in China, kicking off the wide-screen foldable revival. It seems that the company is not quite done with smartphones with wide screens, though. The brand is reportedly planning to release a non-folding candybar phone sometime soon. Rumours of a Huawei handset with a 16:10 screen aspect… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401639/huawei-non-folding-wide-screen-phone/

Intel Razor Lake APU Will Allegedly Run On Non-Overclockable Nova Lake Cores New alleged information about Intel Razor Lake has emerged via serial leakster Jaykihn. According to them, the Razor Lake-AX APU will use Nova Lake-S CPU cores, but they will be locked and not overclockable. When questioned whether Razor Lake would use the newer Griffin Cove and Golden Eagle cores or Nova Lake’s Coyote Cove and… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401633/intel-razor-lake-apu-will-allegedly-run-on-non-overclockable-nova-lake-cores/

Ryt Bank Now Lets You Activate Your Account Via ATMs Or Bank Branches Ryt Bank customers can now activate their accounts through ATMs and bank branches in Malaysia, following the introduction of a new funding option by the digital bank. The option allows the initial transfer required for account activation to be made without using online banking. The bank said in a Facebook post that it is the… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401619/ryt-bank-activate-atms-or-bank-branches/

NVIDIA RTX 5090 Owner Made A Cutout In Side Panel For 12VHPWR Cable, Still Burns Out An owner of an NVIDIA RTX 5090 went the proverbial extra mile to ensure the GPU’s 12VHPWR cable was free from the dreaded melting issue by creating a cutout in the mesh side panel of their casing. Sadly, not even that could prevent the situation from happening, and the connector’s head still burned out. The… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401611/nvidia-rtx-5090-owner-made-a-cutout-in-side-panel-for-12vhpwr-cable-still-burns-out/

Proton-Branded Public DC Chargers May Roll Out This Year A Proton-branded DC charger for EVs is probably not something that you’d expect to see outside of a dealership for the eMAS electric cars. That may change at some point later this year, as Proton New Energy Technology (Pro-NET) chief branding officer Salawati Mohd Yusoff hinted at the brand’s intention to develop its own branded… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401576/proton-branded-dc-chargers-this-year/

Loke: Kota Bharu-Gombak ECRL Operations Could Start As Early As December 2026 Transport Minister Anthony Loke has revealed that Phase 1 of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project has attained 95.08% completion as of July this year. Although the service is scheduled to begin in January 2027, the minister is aiming to expedite the start of operations. As such, commercial operations could commence as soon as… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401606/kota-bharu-gombak-ecrl-december-2026/

Mercedes CLA Now Available In Malaysia For RM274,888 Mercedes-Benz (Mercedes) is officially launching the CLA, its all-electric vehicle (EV), in Malaysia, with availability for it starting today. The EV was initially previewed back in January this year, and is the first EV to wear the CLA badge. Running through the specs quickly, the CLA 250+ is powered by an electric motor with 272HP… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401568/mercedes-cla-now-available-in-malaysia-for-rm274888/

SOCAR Ending Its Car Rental Service In Malaysia On 31 August 2026 SOCAR has announced that it will be ending its car rental service in Malaysia, with operations set to cease on 31 August 2026. The announcement was made through a notice on the company’s official app, where it also apologised for the late and sudden notification. The company did not provide a reason for its decision… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401577/socar-malaysia-exit-31-august-2026/

iFixit Tears Down Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8; Gives It Provisional 4/10 Samsung has introduced a new-ish form factor for foldable smartphones to its catalogue in the form of the Galaxy Z Fold8. It’s more passport-shaped, while the older, slimmer device now gets the Ultra tag. It was a given that at some point, electronics teardown specialist company iFixit would do what it does best to the… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401557/ifixit-teardown-samsung-galaxy-z-fold8/

Keychron’s New Macro Pad Looks Like An April Fool’s Joke, But Is Indeed Real It looks like a spoof product solely intended for shitposting (pardon my fluent French) purposes during April Fool’s, but it isn’t. Keychron‘s newly unveiled C100 8K macro pad is indeed real, and like most faux products that appear exclusively on 1 April, it looks absolutely ridiculous. In a way, the C100 8K is essentially the… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401558/keychron-c100-8k-macro-pad/

There Were Better Options, But Instagram Is Officially Changing Its Wordmark To This… Today, Instagram has officially unveiled its newest wordmark for the platform, moving away from the iconic script that it has used for over a decade. Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, shared the new line of scribbles in a post on the platform, complete with all the banalities these kinds of announcements come with. The new… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401539/instagram-officially-changing-wordmark/

Tecno Pova 8 Pro Unveiled With Dimensity 7400 Ultimate SoC, Alive Matrix Display Tecno has unveiled a new addition to its Pova lineup. If the name doesn’t already make it obvious, the Pova 8 Pro serves as the fancier counterpart to the recently launched vanilla version. Compared to the regular model, this new Pro variant offers upgrades in terms of display, chipset, as well as camera. Starting with… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401526/tecno-pova-8-pro/

Pokemon Bank Is Closing On 25 February 2027 If you’re a hardcore fan of Pokemon, you probably wouldn’t have to worry about this, as you’d have already migrated all the monsters you’ve collected over the generations to the Pokemon Home service. If you’re one of the remaining Pokemon Bank holdouts, there’s bad news on that front – the service is being shut down… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401522/pokemon-bank-closing-25-february-2027/