John Law

Kuala Lumpur

Deputy Editor at Lowyat

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Ukrainian Hacker Gets Arrested For Hacking 5,000 Accounts For Cryptojacking

2 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

Ukrainian authorities recently took a hacker who allegedly breached more than 5,000 accounts of a global hosting company into custody. Accordign to the Cyber Police of Ukraine, the suspect ran a cryptojacking scheme, compromising servers to run mining software over a course of seven year.
Dutch Gamer Buys NVIDIA RTX 5090 On Amazon, Gets Pasta And Mystery GPU Instead

3 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

A Redditor from the Netherlands recently shared their story on how they were scammed out of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. They purchased the card from Amazon, only to receive a box filled with pasta, rice, and a mystery GPU. Redditor OK-Atmosphere7655 said that they saved for weeks to afford an Aorus Master RTX 5090. It’s an expensive purchase, no doubt, but Ok-Atmosphere says that they wanted to make the most out of their Dual UHD, 240Hz, 57-inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor.
NVIDIA Reportedly Working On A GeForce RTX 5050; Could Launch In July

3 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

Rumour has it that NVIDIA has been speaking with board partners, discussing the possibility of launching a GeForce RTX 5050. Specifically, the company may release the card as a desktop GPU, and that it may want to launch the card in July. Obviously, the specifications of the RTX 5050 have not been confirmed but according to reports, NVIDIA may build it around the GB207 GPU, and give it 2,560 CUDA cores and 8GB GDDR7.
Xiaomi Officially Launches Mijia Refrigerator Cross Door 510L

3 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

Xiaomi has launched its new Mijia refrigerator Cross Door 510L in Malaysia. As its designation suggest, the refrigerator boasts a 510 litre storage space but more importantly, it’s also a smart home appliance. “Mijia Refrigerator Cross Door 510L delivers outstanding fresh storage with intelligent zones designed for modern lifestyles. The i Fresh convertible zone offers adjustable temperatures from -1°C to 5°C,1 catering to various food types, ensuring optimal preservation.
Transport Minister: KLIA1 Aerotrain To Resume Operations "Soon"

3 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

Anthony Loke, Transport Minister, recently announced that the Aerotrain at KLIA1 is set to resume operations soon. In a brief Q&A during the groundbreaking ceremony at the Selangor Aero Park (SAP), he told media that they will be the first to test the aerotrain before it becomes operational. Aerotrain services were suspended indefinitely back in 2023, after the mode of transportation suffered two critical and major breakdowns.
Japanese Scientist Develop Plastic That Dissolves In Seawater In Matter Of Hours

3 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

A team of Japanese researchers have reportedly developed a special plastic that melts in seawater within a matter of hours. The dissolved material also doesn’t leave behind any harmful residues, such as microplastic particles. The group of Japanese researchers hail from the RIKEN Centre for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo.
Here's The Local Pricing For The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

3 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

Here’s our compilation of the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. As with the 9070 Series, AMD isn’t releasing a model with a reference cooler, leaving the cooling solutions to its AIB partners. As always, we’ll update the list with other brands that aren’t currently on the list as we get the information but in the mean time, below are the brands that have confirmed their SKUs with us.
NVIDIA Is Reportedly Poaching TSMC Engineers In Taiwan For R&D Centre

3 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

During Computex 2025, Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, announced that he was opening a second R&D Centre in the island country of Taiwan, known as Constellation. The office is obviously going to need to staff the office when it opens up, but more importantly, it’ll need people and engineers well-versed in AI. So, it comes as little surprise that a report that NVIDIA is poaching engineers from other tech companies has surfaced.
Samsung Bring NVIDIA G-Sync Compatibility To 2025 OLED TV

3 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

Samsung announced that it is rolling out NVIDIA G-Sync Compatibility to its 2025 OLED TV lineup. The feature is the second anti-tearing technology to be made available on the brand’s TVs, the first being AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.
Powercolor Radeon RX 9060 XT Review: More Than Just Entry-Level RDNA4

3 weeks ago | lowyat.net | John Law

While details of AMD’s entry-level Radeon RX 9060 XT has been out for some time now, it’s only now that we are able to share our review about the “entry-level” RDNA4 graphics card. In this review, we were provided a unit made by the Chinese brand Powercolor, and honestly, it is a card that surprised me in more ways than one.