• Apple’s new laptops and desktop uses its own chips, instead of processors from Intel.
  

• Apple is making the move because it already makes its own phone and tablet processors, and it says it can improve laptop battery life.
  

• Intel has also fallen behind on manufacturing, and Apple’s chip manufacturing partner is more advanced, analysts say.
  

But the US president-elect - who has been making contact with foreign leaders - insisted nothing would stop the transfer of power.

Mr Trump meanwhile tweeted he would ultimately win the race that he has been projected to lose.

As happens every four years US media projected the winner of the election.

None of the state-by-state results have yet been certified, several vote counts are continuing, and the outcome will only be set in stone once the US Electoral College meets on 14 December.


What did Biden say?

The president-elect was asked by a reporter on Tuesday what he thought of President Trump's refusal to acknowledge defeat.

"I just think it's an embarrassment, quite frankly," Mr Biden, a Democrat, said in Wilmington, Delaware.

"The only thing that, how can I say this tactfully, I think it will not help the president's legacy."

"At the end of the day, you know, it's all going to come to fruition on January 20," he added, referring to inauguration day.


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KUALA LUMPUR: Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob has confirmed that there is no need to scan the MySejahtera app when refuelling if people do not enter the station’s shop to pay for petrol.

This follows conflicting reports on whether people are required to scan the app’s QR code even if they were paying at the petrol pumps or through the shop’s pigeonhole.

“For individuals who make transactions inside the petrol station’s shop, whether to buy petrol or goods in the shop or to withdraw money from the ATM, then they are required to register with MySejahtera or manually,” he said at a press conference today.

He added that those who use the station’s toilet or surau must register, whether with the app or manually.


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The US attorney general, William Barr, has authorized federal prosecutors to begin investigating “substantial allegations” of voter irregularities across the country in a stark break with longstanding practice and despite a lack of evidence of any major fraud having been committed.

The intervention of Barr, who has frequently been accused of politicizing the DoJ, comes as Donald Trump refuses to concede defeat and promotes a number of legally meritless lawsuits aimed at casting doubt on the legitimacy of the election. Joe Biden was confirmed as president-elect on Saturday after he won the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.


Republicans back Trump challenge to Biden election victory


Barr wrote on Monday to US attorneys, giving them the green light to pursue “substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities” before the results of the presidential election in their jurisdictions are certified. As Barr himself admits in his letter, such a move by federal prosecutors to intervene in the thick of an election has traditionally been frowned upon, with the view being that investigations into possible fraud should only be carried out after the race is completed.

But Barr, who was appointed by Trump in February 2019, pours scorn on such an approach, denouncing it as a “passive and delayed enforcement approach”.

The highly contentious action, which was first reported by Associated Press, was greeted with delight by Trump supporters but with skepticism from lawyers and election experts. Within hours of the news, the New York Times reported that the justice department official overseeing voter fraud investigations, Richard Pilger, had resigned from his position.


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"This election is not over," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told a news conference. "Far from it."

She made a flurry of allegations of election corruption, although no evidence of systemic fraud that might have influenced the result has emerged.

Mr Trump, a Republican, has not conceded the race.

What are Biden and Trump up to?

Since media projected on Saturday that Mr Biden had won the critical state of Pennsylvania, accumulating enough votes to claim the White House, the president-elect has forged ahead with his plans to take reins of the power.


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IPOH, Nov 10 — Two individuals are feared buried in a landslide at a hotel located in a hilly area in Tambun near here early this morning.

A Perak Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said that they received information about the incident involving two victims, a male and female, who were staying at the hotel at 1.28am.

“We immediately deployed a team from the Ipoh Fire and Rescue station for rescue work upon receiving a call about the incident,” he said in a statement here today.

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IPOH, Nov 9 — It is mandatory to register with the MySejahtera app for Covid-19 contact tracing when filling up using self-service kiosks at petrol stations, the police said.

His steps to set the tone of his administration come despite the unprecedented spectacle of a President who has lost the election declining to accept reality. Sources tell CNN that Trump campaign aides are considering their own aggressive strategy -- not to finally tackle the virus that has killed more than 237,000 Americans -- but for the President to possibly hold rallies to bolster his false claims that his second term has been stolen.

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PETALING JAYA: More than 30,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have closed shop since the movement control order (MCO) was implemented in March.

Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar today said 9,675 SMEs ceased operations during the first phase of the MCO from March 18 to June 9, and 22,794 during the recovery MCO (RMCO) phase from June to September.

“The highest figure was recorded in August with 17,800 SMEs ending operations,” he said, citing statistics from the Companies Commission of Malaysia, in a parliamentary written reply to June Leow Hsiad Hui (PH-Hulu Selangor).

Leow wanted to know the number of SMEs that had closed shop since the MCO was enforced to stem the spread of Covid-19 and what the ministry was doing to counter this.


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