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Yesterday, the teaser poster of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event was leaked and revealed the date when the next-generation Galaxy folding smartphones are coming. Today, not only Samsung has confirmed the date through a not-so-tricky puzzle, but more "official" leaks also appeared, and they're the press renders of Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip4. 

Smartphone companies like to see what the users can create through their products' camera systems, and vivo is here with a new contest that lets you win up to USD 7,000 (~RM31,150). The Visual Creator Short Film Awards aim to encourage Malaysians to express their creativity through short films shot on smartphone cameras. If you have something in your mind that you want to tell the world through the lenses, this is your opportunity. 

HUAWEI Malaysia today announced that it will be holding HUAWEI Brand Day on its Flagship Store on Lazada and official website this 22 to 23 July 2022. Various exclusive deals are on offer, including up to 52 percent off selected products as well as an assortment of free gifts.

Today, Yoodo has announced a new partnership with The Pokemon Company. As the first Malaysian telco to do so, the company will be launching a new Pokemon Unite Malaysia Open 2022 with a prize pool of $20,000.

The Minister of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM), Tan Sri Annuar Musa has reassured Malaysians that the government is committed to provide free tablets for B40 students under the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia initiative. During a press conference in Parliament earlier today, Annuar clarified that the distribution of the tablets will be delayed to August 2022 due to tender issues.

OnePlus Malaysia today announced the first sale of the OnePlus Nord 2T, OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite, OnePlus Buds Pro and OnePlus Nord Buds in Malaysia. Available for purchase across OnePlus’ official e-commerce channels, consumers can get exclusive discounts and free gifts for a limited time period.

Recently, Netflix announced a partnership with Microsoft to bring ad-supported subscription plans as part of its initiative to curb password sharing among users. Now, the popular streaming service is also doubling down against password sharing by charging an additional fee for subscribers that use their accounts outside of their primary household for over 2 weeks.

Over the past two years, the pandemic has affected the workforce and raised prices consequentially. One great example was the hiked price of GPU cards. We have also seen 2022 laptop model prices being a bit overpriced more than they used to and may even rise higher in the second half of 2022.

Recently, we reported on the introduction of ‘Lockdown Mode’ in iOS 16 by Apple which is an extreme but optional security feature that will block the ‘most sophisticated digital threats’. Well, it looks like the tech giant is pretty confident on the new feature that it has announced a USD2 million or ~RM8.91 million reward to anyone that can crack the mode.

Ah...Crunchyroll, the OG website for streaming thousands of anime shows. You must be thinking that the new subscription pricing is insane and we agree too. The Crunchyroll management just announced that its Premium membership fee has been reduced in almost 100 countries including Malaysia.