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Sonos Launches New OS And Ultra Products Sonos officially launched a handful of new products today, both digitally and physically. These products are the self-named Sonos 27 OS, the Beam Ultra, and the Ace Ultra. Sonos Ace Ultra The Ace Ultra comes a little after the two-year mark, when the brand first entered the market with its first-ever headphones, the Sonos Ace.… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402867/sonos-launches-new-os-and-ultra-products/

POCO X8 Officially Debuts In Malaysia With 8,340mAh Battery POCO has announced a selection of new smartphones for the local market. Alongside the flagship F8 series, the brand unveiled the base X8. The device serves as the latest addition to the X8 series, which launched earlier this year. The phone features a 6.83-inch AMOLED display protected with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2. This panel… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402841/poco-x8-malaysia/

POCO F9 Ultra, F9 Pro Officially Launches In Malaysia POCO has officially launched the F9 Ultra and F9 Pro in Malaysia, introducing its latest flagship smartphones with upgrades spanning performance, displays, imaging and battery life. The company has also announced the next phase of its partnership with Bose, with both models featuring audio tuning through Sound by Bose technology. The POCO F9 Series is… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402839/poco-f9-ultra-pro-launch-malaysia/

NVIDIA Confirms DLSS 5 Will Be Available Starting 3 September NVIDIA has officially confirmed that DLSS 5 will be available from 3 September (4 September for us) onwards. The very first title that will be leveraging the technology is what has already been known since the first leak: NBA 2K27. NVIDIA’s official confirmation puts to rest the rumours and leaks that have occurred with DLSS… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402832/nvidia-confirms-dlss-5-will-be-available-starting-3-september/

Samsung Announces New Odyssey Monitor Lineup Samsung has announced its gaming monitor lineup for the upcoming year. Unveiled during Gamescom 2026, the collection includes the Odyssey OLED G9 G95SJ, Odyssey OLED G8 G80SJ, Odyssey OLED G7 G75SJ, and the Odyssey G6 G60H. Starting with the G9 G95SJ, it features a 49-inch QD-OLED panel with a Dual QHD resolution (5,120 x 1,440),… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402823/samsung-new-odyssey-monitor-lineup/

Massive 12TB Steam Leak Exposes A Decade Of Valve, Third-Party Game Data Valve has reportedly suffered one of its biggest leaks yet. More than 12TB of data has surfaced online, which allegedly contains a vast amount of material uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013. Not only did this data include the gaming giant’s own titles like Portal 2 and the cancelled Half-Life 2: Episode 3, but… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402815/massive-12tb-steam-leak-decade-of-data/

PlayStation Announces Ad-Supported Live TV On PS5 In The US For those who remember the days leading up to the launch of the PS4 – and by extension the Xbox One – today’s announcement will definitely elicit a heavy sense of irony. This is because PlayStation has announced what it calls Live TV on PS5, at least in the US market. And it’s really just… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402800/playstation-ad-supported-live-tv-on-ps5/

G.Skill Launches Low-Profile Flare X5X DDR5 RAM Lineup G.Skill has launched a new line of DDR5 RAM, the Flare X5X. The new series comes with several features, but more importantly, it’s low profile and has a discrete design. The discrete look is minimalist by design, and devoid of RGB lighting, providing a clean aesthetic. Ultimately, this set of memory kit is all about… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402801/g-skill-launches-low-profile-flare-x5x-ddr5-ram-lineup/

HONOR X9e Pro Shows Up At National Day Parade Ahead Of Local Launch HONOR is set to launch a new smartphone on our shores pretty soon. During the National Day Parade, the company showed off the X9e Pro alongside its HONOR Robotics D1 humanoid robot. The smartphone will serve as the latest addition to the brand’s durability-focused mid-range X9 series. For now, details on the device remain under… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402786/honor-x9e-pro-national-day-parade/

U Mobile Launches ULTRA Home 5G Pro With Up To 2Gbps Speeds, 2TB Monthly Quota U Mobile has officially launched its new 5G home broadband service, the ULTRA Home 5G Pro, in Malaysia. The service offers speeds of up to 2Gbps, alongside 8×8 MIMO 5G-Advanced (5G-A) broadband, AI-Powered Game Turbo, and an ULTRA Performance WiFi 7 5G-A router. According to the press release, the new service is designed for increasingly… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402779/u-mobile-launches-ultra-home-5g-pro/

MyKad Printing Services Face Disruptions; Expected To Last Until 7 September The National Registration Department (JPN) has announced that there will be disruptions to the printing of the MyKad as it transitions from the existing structure to the new one. Via its official social media channels, it announced that these disruptions are expected to last through to 7 September. For those looking to get it, the… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402773/mykad-printing-disruptions-until-7-sept/

Why People Blindly Trust AI, Even When It’s Unreliable We’re well into the era of AI, with a variety of chatbots and digital assistants seeking to become permanent fixtures on our devices. Whether you like it or not, companies like Google are working hard to make sure AI becomes an integral part of the day-to-day experience. At the same time, the Malaysian government is… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402343/why-people-blindly-trust-ai/

Govt Offers Youth Access To Four GenAI Tools Via Rakyat Digital In addition to bringing the BUDI95 petrol subsidy quota back to 300l, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also announced a number of other measures which take effect starting today. Probably the second most important of them all, behind the petrol subsidy, is the offering of up to three months of free access to four premium GenAI… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402766/youth-access-genai-tools-rakyat-digital/

ASUS Confirms RTX Spark ProArt P14 Will Get Different Unified Memory Configurations ASUS has seemingly confirmed that its NVIDIA RTX Spark-powered ProArt P14 laptop won’t just be getting one configuration. Rather, it is planning to launch five SKUs, all with different configurations of Unified Memory. The configurations can be found, at the moment, on the official ProArt P14 RTX Spark specs page. In the memory section, Asus… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402760/asus-confirms-rtx-spark-proart-p14-will-get-different-unified-memory-configurations/

Base OPPO Find X10 Specs Leak: May Come With Massive Battery, Pro-Level Camera OPPO is expected to launch the Find X10 series sometime soon. While the company has yet to officially announce anything about the upcoming lineup, several details have already surfaced through leaks. Though we might not see the Ultra variant make its way to international markets, a well-known leaker claims that the base model could be… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402761/base-oppo-find-x10-specs-leak/

Tim Cook Marks His Final Day As Apple CEO While it is already 1 September in Malaysia, Tim Cook is still spending his final day as Apple CEO in the US. After 15 years leading the company, Cook took to X to share an emotional message with the Apple community ahead of his transition to a new role. “Sending lots of love to the… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402755/tim-cook-final-day-apple-ceo/

BUDI95 Quota Returns To 300 Litres Starting Today The government has restored the monthly BUDI95 subsidised RON95 quota to 300 litres, effective today, 1 September 2026. This reverses the reduction to 200 litres introduced earlier this year. In case you missed it, the announcement was made by Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim during the 2026 National Day Prime Ministerial Ceremony at the… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402751/budi95-quota-returns-to-300-litres-starting-today/

Bandai Announces The Tamagotchi Ring That’s Fully Functional As mad as it sounds, Casio got to fit a smartwatch into the size of a ring. More recently, Bandai, notably not a watchmaker, has done something similar but with Tamagotchi instead. The result is the simply named Tamagotchi Ring, the new smallest virtual pet toy after the Nano. Yes, despite its size, it is… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402743/bandai-tamagotchi-ring-fully-functional/

CXMT Files Lawsuit Against US Pentagon Over “Chinese Military Company” Labeling ChangXing Memory Technologies, also known as CXMT, recently filed a lawsuit against the US Pentagon. It claims that the Department of Defense (DOD) had wrongfully designated it as a “Chinese Military Company”. CXMT vehemently states that all its products are designed are for civilian and commercial purposes, and not for military use. “CXMT is not… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402734/cxmt-files-lawsuit-against-us-pentagon-over-chinese-military-company-labeling/

Huawei Mate XT 2 Confirmed To Feature An Inward-Folding Design The Huawei Mate XT 2 is set to debut as the proper successor to the Mate XT. Ahead of its launch, rumours of a redesign circulated online, claiming that the tri-fold smartphone will adopt a folding mechanism like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Trifold. Now, the Chinese company has shared a video teaser for the handset, confirming… https://www.lowyat.net/2026/402735/huawei-mate-xt-2-inward-folding-design/