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Yesterday, we reported how Apple was successful in its patent application for an under-display Face ID technology. Well, it looks like the tech giant has been busy behind the scenes and has also been granted patents for other designs, including for a few game controllers!

Speaking of the game controller patents, it seems that Apple may still be figuring out the best design option. The company has had three different design concepts for the gaming controller in two separate patent applications that were approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office as well as from the European Patent Office.

On most social platforms, giving a thumbs up is a universally understood gesture of something that people approve of. But what if people want to give more? Well, there's the love emoji as well and Netflix isn't thinking of adding that, instead, the company is introducing a Double Thumbs Up.

vivo has launched two of its highly-anticipated smartphones today, namely vivo X Fold and X Note. The duo doesn't make it difficult for the customers to choose, as one is a foldable smartphone and another one is a standard smartphone but with a large display. Now, let's take a look at the highlights of these new offerings from the company!

Finally, YouTube is ready to roll out the picture-in-picture support for iOS users. According to the video streaming platform, the feature could launch "in a matter of days across all iOS 15+ devices".

Unfortunately, a new source points out that OnePlus might not be ready to launch its foldable smartphone in 2022 despite the rumour from last week. It was reported that the first OnePlus foldable device could be a rebranded OPPO Find N, but it looks like we'll not be able to see it this fast.

By now, most of the youths have already claimed their ePemula credits but we also saw lots of memes on Twitter. On the platform, it seems that many of them are rather disappointed by some of the limitations.

The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) has recently taken to its official Facebook account to share more details regarding the 2022 Special Withdrawal. Specifically, the statutory body announced that members’ application status can already be checked since last Saturday (9 April 2022).

For those that have made a withdrawal application under the scheme, do check on your application status via this link here. If you haven’t applied and is still deliberating whether to do so, do make up your mind soon as application ends on 30 April 2022.

The Assemblyperson for Bukit Gasing, Rajiv Rishyakaran today announced that Kumpool, a local van and bus e-hailing service is now available within Petaling Jaya (PJ). Covering stops in areas from Seksyen 1 to Seksyen 19 in PJ, each ride is priced at just RM1 and the first 10,000 riders will get a free ride.

Derived from the malay word ‘kumpul’ which means to ‘gather together’, Kumpool started from a vision of serving the community and bring back the "kampung spirit by aggregating the efforts from the community to keep costs low. The local app offers two main services, Kumpool Ride and Kumpool Delivery.

In conjunction with the ePemula programme registration today on 11 April 2022, Shopee Malaysia has also announced that successful ePemula claimants can get the RM150 ShopeePay credit as well as an additional RM500 worth of vouchers, bringing the total benefit up to RM650. How does that work? Read on below.

We may finally see a notch-less iPhone that still retains Face ID in the near future as Apple was recently successful in its patent application for an under-display TrueDepth camera. Granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on 5 April 2022, the patent is of an ‘Electronic device including a camera disposed behind a display’.

A further dive into the official patent application document shows that Apple has actually been planning this feature for a long time. In fact, the patent application for the under-display TrueDepth camera was actually made on 24 September 2019.