News and spins

With the chapter of 2020 and its rollercoaster of events coming to a close, we thought that it’d be nice to have a look back at what some of Vulcan Post’s top headlines were this year. As trends changed, so too did the focus of our content in our bid to keep you all updated…(Continue Reading)

Several days ago, Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman made a social media post about going bald with the #BotakChallenge. However, that would only happen if he manages to raise RM200,000 for 100 laptops in five days, with a countdown starting from December 26. This effort is part of his programme, 1 Keluarga 1…(Continue Reading)

This year, the Covid-19 pandemic has wrecked havoc on the lives of individuals and the global economy as well. In the first half of 2020, a total of 11,350 people faced retrenchment in Singapore. From Singapore Airlines to GoBear, large firms and even startups have laid off staff. The crisis has however, presented opportunities as…(Continue Reading)

The year 2020 will long be synonymous with the term ‘pivot’, with companies focusing on survival instead of growth. 2020 forced companies to digitalise and make inefficient business processes redundant. It also exposed gaps in every industries, and companies had to relook into how business has typically been done. If you have been wondering if now is…(Continue Reading)

It’s an oft-quoted claim, how coding is an unfriendly place to women. Women made up only 21% of Malaysia’s cybersecurity workforce in 2017 (though it was still an impressive number compared to the US’s 11% at the time). But Vani Mahadevan—founder of Malaysia’s first women-only coding school, TechSprint Academy—claimed that the issue isn’t about a…(Continue Reading)

Look, considering the “Skywalker Saga” (to be clear, you’re absolutely a narc if you call it that) came to a close last December, 2020 was still a banner year when it comes to Star Wars merchandise. Between The Mandalorian merch finally hitting in full force after a slight delay, a whole bunch of killer releases…(Continue Reading)

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It didn’t feel like it, what with a major pandemic and massive financial crisis, but 2020 was actually an incredible year for gadgets. For companies like Apple and Microsoft, this could have been a landmark year were it not for everything else going on. While the competition for our attention this year was steep,… Read…(Continue Reading)

Price hikes for streaming TV has become a new holiday tradition, as Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu have increased their subscription prices ahead of 2021. For that reason, year-end is a good time to confirm how much you’re paying for subscriptions, and cancel those that you’re barely using. Read more…

Can you remember the last time you wiped your MacBook and reinstalled everything? I’d guess somewhere around “never,” but there are plenty of reasons you might want to Exterminatus your system, ranging from the serious (a major error with macOS) to the so-so (your system feels sluggish after all the crap you’ve put on… Read…(Continue Reading)