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Intel and Qualcomm bans Huawei too

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Intel and Qualcomm bans Huawei too
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The United States Government has added the Chinese tech giant, Huawei into its Entity List. Right after Google blocks its access to Huawei, other major tech companies such as Intel and Qualcomm have banned Huawei from using their chipsets.

Based on the report from Bloomberg, these companies start to inform all their employees to stop supplying chipsets to Huawei. Other than these two tech giant companies, other US chipmakers companies such as Broadcom and Xilinx has ban Huawei from using their chips in Huawei devices.

As for now, there are few other Huawei smartphones which are powered by the Qualcomm chips. For Intel chipsets, none of the Huawei smartphones is equipped with it. However, Intel is supplying its processors for Huawei’s servers and notebooks. The new Huawei MateBook X Pro is also powered by Intel’s 8th Gen processor. Now, Huawei has to find a contingency plan to create its own processor for its servers and notebooks too.

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In conclusion, Huawei has enough chip supplies to continue until three months. We might not know yet what could probably happen after these three months. Do you think the US government will lift the ban from Huawei? More updates coming to you.

Google blocks all its access to Huawei

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Google blocks all its access to Huawei
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Back in 22nd January 2018, China and the United States have begun their trade war. This has affected the economies worldwide including Asia countries such as Malaysia. A few days ago, the United States President Trump adds Huawei into its trade blacklist called Entity List. This bans Huawei from doing any kind of business with US companies such as Google. Unless Huawei needs to get the US government approval ahead before conducting any business with the US companies.

Now, according to Reuters, Google is blocking all its access to this Chinese tech giant which includes the transfer of hardware, software and technical services. Reuters says Huawei can only use the public version of Android. This means Huawei could not use Google’s proprietary apps and services. This includes the Google Play Store, Gmail, and YouTube. As part of this ban, Huawei future products will not have access to the Android operating system.

At this moment, there is an assurance that existing Huawei smartphones will not be affected by this ban. All Google services will operate as usual on all Huawei’s devices. If you just bought Huawei’s P30 Pro, you don’t have to worry about this ban. Google is stopping mainly on its technical supports with Huawei.

What’s next for Huawei?

According to sources, Huawei is already working on developing its own operating system few years itself. Looks like Huawei is fully prepared for this kind of situation perhaps. If Huawei, develops its own operating system, then you don’t have to worry anymore, because China is always good at reverse engineering things. They could possibly come up with an operating system which is a hundred times better than Google’s Android operating system.

In conclusion, Google has no choice other than banning its access to Huawei. Unless the US government removes Huawei from this ban, then Google will allow all its access to Huawei again. As for now, we just have to wait for more updates from either Google or Huawei. Stay tune for more updates on this issue.

Astro launches Beta Programme with a new user interface

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Astro launches Beta Programme with a new user interface
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Astro is Malaysia’s leading content and consumer company which provides digital video services to every household nationwide. On April 24 Astro Malaysia Holdings inks a deal with Synamedia who is the largest independent video software, provider. The purpose of their deal is to provide seamless video experience to all Astro subscribers. Now, Astro is launching its Beta Programme for its customers which includes a fresh new user interface.

A new user interface

Astro subscribers can sign up for this Beta Programme through its official page. After getting feedback from their beta users, Astro will roll out this new feature nationwide to all Astro subscribers. There are two versions of its Beta Programme. The first Beta V1.1 release, users will get to try its new user interface design which focuses on the personalization. By taking a look at the image below, the design looks similar to its VOD platform design.

4K UHD TV box and cloud storage coming soon

For the Beta V1.2, Astro is planning to offer a TV box which offers 4K UHD video experience to eligible users mainly. This TV box could be similar to the Apple TV box or Android TV box. Other than that, Astro will also offer a cloud storage feature which its subscribers can use to record their program and store it in the cloud server. At present, Astro has not revealed when it is planning to roll out the Beta V1.2 to its users yet.

Discover picture

Below image shows the basic requirement before signing up for this Beta program.

On top of that, Astro also will provide access to its Astro Super Pack Plus 4 to those beta users who sign up before June 30, 2019. More information is provided in its FAQ page.

In conclusion, if you are interested to join this beta program, you can visit its Astro official page to understand more about this program.

Asus ZenFone 6 vs OnePlus 7 Pro battery capacity

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Asus ZenFone 6 vs OnePlus 7 Pro battery capacity
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Two days ago, OnePlus reveals the OnePlus 7 Pro. It has been the talking of the tech reviewers after the launch. Now Asus teases us the battery capacity of the ZenFone 6 on its official Twitter account.

In the tweet, there is a mathematic calculation written as:

5000 > 1+7+3700

If you read it loudly it is very obvious Asus is mocking OnePlus. The ZenFone 6 comes with the largest battery capacity of 5,000mAh. The OnePlus 7 comes with the smaller battery capacity of 3,700mAh. Now you can see the picture of what Asus is trying to say to us. In that picture also Asus say “why choose ordinary when you #DefyOrdinary?”

While analysing all the rumours of the Asus ZenFone 6, we can now say the ZenFone 6 will have an all new design where no notch and no punch-holes in the display. Previously, Asus ZenFone 5Z had the same notch on the top as the iPhone X. Many tech reviewers has said it is the clone of the iPhone X. Now, Asus is taking a huge step forward after its previous model.

Before this Asus teases us by saying it will retain the headphone jack. If you notice now, most of the smartphones do not have the headphone jack. Now, Asus is focussing to retain user favorites feature.

In conclusion, there are more feature will be soon reveal on May 17. We will be covering it live on our page. Stay tune for more updates.

SanDisk 1TB microSD card is now available for $449.99

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SanDisk 1TB microSD card is now available for $449.99
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microSD cards are the future of data storage device. Nowadays, mobile phones are equipped with external storage support except for Apple’s iPhone. A few weeks back, Samsung sells Samsung Evo Select 512GB microSD card for $99 (RM410) which was the cheapest price at the moment. Today, SanDisk is selling its 1TB Extreme microSD card for $449.99 (RM1,870). This is the largest capacity of storage ever made for a microSD card.

As for now, this card is available at SanDisk’s online store where you can purchase it if you are living in the US. Amazon also sells this microSD card in Spain, Germany, and the UK. It is not available yet in the Amazon US. Those who are living in these countries can order it, but the delivery time frame could increase up to three months.

Even you are interested to get one of it, you have to check your device specs whether it is really compatible. Getting it can speed up the process of file transfers and load times. But if your device is not compatible then it is not worth purchasing one. Devices such as Amazon Fire tables can only support a maximum of 256GB of microSD storage only. According to Samsung’s Galaxy S10 specs, the phone only supports a maximum of 512GB of microSD storage only. If you purchase a 1TB storage, you might not be able to use the microSD card.

In conclusion, this microSD card is the world first ever card which offers 1TB storage. You can decide if you want to have something cheaper than it, you can consider for the 400GB SanDisk microSD card.

Instagram decides the future of a 16 years old teenager in Malaysia

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Instagram decides the future of a 16 years old teenager in Malaysia
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Social network such as Facebook and Instagram have taken all our daily lives. Being happy or sad, most of us share our emotions on the social network. Now, the social network is the one deciding whether a person to live or die. A 16 years old teenager died after falling from third floor of a shop lot in Kuching, Sarawak.

The district police told Astro Awani that the teen conducts voting on Instagram before she commits suicide. When the teen conducts the voting on Instagram, almost 69% of her followers on Instagram supported her decision to commit suicide. The teenager posted the poll as “Really Important, Help Me Choose D/L”. When most of her follower replies “D”, she dies else they reply “L”, she lives.

Before she commits suicide, she also updates her Facebook status “WANNA QUIT F**KING LIFE I’M TIRED”. According to the district police, the teenager was feeling stress since her stepfather marries a Vietnamese woman and he doesn’t return home often. One of the public finds her body around 8 pm and then the body was brought to Sarawak General Hospital Forensic Department for post-mortem.

Followers need to pay the price!

Does it mean that her followers who voted her to die should be charged for death? Exactly! Penang MP, Ramkarpal Singh urges the authorities to charge those people who voted for her to die. According to him, the girl would have been alive if her followers replied her to live. Since this, is the cause of her death and it is totally an offense in this country, they have to be charged for her death. No one has the right to take a person life.

Instagram APAC, Head of Communications, Ching Yee Wong, told The Guardian, Instagram has a deep responsibility to make sure it is safe using Instagram. He urges everyone to use its reporting tools to contact emergency services when either of their friend’s life is at risk.

In conclusion, this is not the first time a person commit suicides because of the social network. Back in 2014, a 14 year old teenager committed suicide and post the picture on the Instagram when she self harms herself.

Facebook restores “View as Public” feature

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Facebook restores “View as Public” feature
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Most of you might not notice that Facebook removes the “View as Public ” feature back in September 2018. We are sure some of you might not know that this feature exists previously on the Facebook app. This is a feature, where you can limit yourself to display certain information on your public profile. Only your friends can view more details about you once you approve their friend request. Today, Facebook is bringing back this feature to the users.

Facebook announces this feature on this official Twitter account today. On September 2018 Facebook removes this feature because there was a bug where it allows attackers to steal your access tokens. The attackers have stolen more than 50 million access tokens from Facebook user accounts. The attacker then can view how does a Facebook profile exactly look to a specific user.

Based on the statement from the Facebook blog:


We have completed our security review and are re-enabling the version of the ‘View As’ feature that lets people see what their profile looks like to people they aren’t friends with on Facebook. This version was unaffected by the security incident and was significantly more popular than ‘View as Specific Person.’

In conclusion, sooner you can start viewing your public profile back again from your Facebook app. Facebook believes the “View as Public” feature is not affected by the same flaw which affects the “View as Specific Person”. As for now, Facebook did not enable the “View as Specific Person”.

San Francisco bans facial recognition technology

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San Francisco bans facial recognition technology
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The main two countries which implements facial recognition technology are United States and China. The government agencies can literally monitor the target move once their face is detected on the system. Today, San Francisco has voted to ban any government agencies to use facial recognition technology against the public. It is the first city to vote for it.

After the eight out of nine Board of Supervisors of Francisco votes to ban this technology, their proposal is approved. Next month onwards, San Francisco will remove the facial recognition technology starting from the city agencies to the law enforcement. This plan is first proposed by Supervisor Aaron Peskin called the “Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance”.

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According to him, banning this technology is not an anti-technology policy. He also stresses that it is very important for law enforcement to use facial recognition technology curb crime issues. However, he still insists facial recognition is very dangerous for the innocent public.

In conclusion, as the debate continues with other cities and states to decide the future of the facial recognition technology, the civil liberties group shows their support to ban the facial recognition technology in San Francisco. However, the law enforcement agency is opposing the plan. Do you think facial recognition technology is really necessary for every cities and state?

OnePlus 7 Pro official price is finally revealed

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OnePlus 7 Pro official price is finally revealed
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OnePlus 7 is the most anticipated smartphone launch. We received so many leaks from various sources. Finally, OnePlus finally unveils the OnePlus 7 Pro to the world. According to its CEO, Pete Lau, OnePlus 7 Pro is the new benchmark of the smartphone industry.

What’s inside this mammoth device?

Talking about the display, OnePlus 7 Pro comes with a 6.67-inch Quad HD+ Fluid AMOLED display screen. It has a 516ppi of pixel density with a brightness level of 800 nits. Other than that the screen has a refresh rate of 90Hz which supports HDR10+. Apart from that, OnePlus 7 Pro has the same in-display fingerprint sensor which was in the OnePlus 6T. According to OnePlus, it only takes 0.21 seconds to unlock the device.

Most of the smartphones now are coming without the display notch. The same goes to the OnePlus 7 Pro. However, OnePlus has a notch on the top for the selfie camera. The OnePlus 7 Pro has a 16MP pop-up camera mechanism where the camera pop-up when the front camera is turned on from the camera app.

Triple-Camera

The rear of the phone features a triple-camera setup with the main camera uses the 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor. The second camera is the 16MP ultra-wide angle f/2.2 camera and the last camera is the 8MP f/2.4 telephoto lens with 3X optical zoom.

What powers this device is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor which is the same as in the leaks. The OnePlus 7 Pro comes with a 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. The battery capacity it offers is 4,000mAh where it can support the OnePlus’s Warp Charge fast charging technology to charge the OnePlus 7 Pro. Within 20 minutes, the battery level can increase to 50%.

For the price wise, OnePlus is selling the OnePlus 7 Pro with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage for USD669 (RM2,791). The other version is priced at USD699 (RM2,916). This version comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. OnePlus is offering the highest variant for USD749 (RM3,124) which comes with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. The OnePlus 7 Pro comes in two elegant colors which are Mirror Grey and Nebula Blue.

In conclusion, the price of the OnePlus 7 Pro is officially here. We think this phone could be on par with Samsung and Huawei smartphones. Malaysia will have to wait for another week to get to know further details on the launch in Malaysia.

Lenovo’s world first foldable PC is here

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Lenovo’s world first foldable PC is here
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If you think phones only can have foldable displays, then you are wrong. Back in February, Samsung launches the reveal the world’s first foldable smartphone, Samsung Galaxy Fold. At the same time, Huawei reveals, its foldable smartphone too called Huawei Mate X. Today, Lenovo proves, the foldable display is not only for smartphones, but PC can have foldable display too. Lenovo took a huge step forward by introducing ThinkPad X1, which is the world’s first foldable PC. It has a single screen and can be folded from the middle.

Further details

As time being, Lenovo has not revealed the technical details of this foldable notebook. Other than that, the name also has not been reveal by Lenovo. All this information will be released once Lenovo launches officially only. For now, we know the ThinkPad X1 comes with a 13.3″ foldable display which supports a 2K resolution in 4:3 aspect ratio. The display it uses is from LG which is the OLED panel.

According to The Verge, the ThinkPad X1 is still in the prototype stage. When Lenovo shows the foldable PC, the folding mechanism is still not strong. The viewing angle is kind of bad as this is the prototype version. These whole problems will be solved once Lenovo releases the complete version of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 to the consumers. The Verge has uploaded a hands-on video on its YouTube channel.

Apart from that, this notebook can be used as a regular laptop because one side is heavier. This is because that one part houses the battery where you can use it as your regular laptop using the on-screen keyboard. Lenovo also provides, a way to use it as a PC by kicking out the built-in kickstand. Lenovo gives both the wireless keyboard and trackpads, where it can be connected via Bluetooth.

In conclusion, this is the world’s first foldable PC. After this, we can start to see more tech companies such as HP to come out with their own foldable PC. We will update more informations once Lenovo launches the ThinkPad X1 on 2020.

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