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As many of you already know, our government has announced the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Essentially, most businesses can now reopen but mass gatherings and educational institutions are still not allowed. Many companies have to change how they operate again, including GrabCar which has already updated its operational rules to align with the CMCO.

The Conditional Movement Control Order(CMCO) begins today with most of the economic business sector and public transportations back in operations by following the standard SOP. All Rapid KL train users will require to follow certain movement control measures to avoid congestion and keep social distancing on trains.

For this issue of TechNave NewsBytes 2020, we have the realme 6i sold out, the Samsung Jet cordless vacuum cleaner and a chance to catch the latest MPL-MY/SG S5 playoffs. There’s also the Digi Yellow Heart, a free 120 day license for the Lenovo TGX Remote Workstation and Maxis Cloud, targeting SMEs and Enterprises. 

Also for SMEs and the enterprise are announcements for the Hitachi Vantara, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent. Spotify has some instructions on setting it up on a console and LG weighs in on Smart Appliances for a better Earth Day.

Xiaomi's Mi Band is one of the popular wearables that we can have in this era without breaking our wallets. The tech gadget was also ranked no.1 worldwide among the other wearable bands last year, after the Xiaomi Mi Band 4 was sold one million units in eight days after its launch. Mi Band 4's successor, Mi Band 5, was supposed to be launched on 3 April but still nowhere to be seen. However, it's now surfacing online again giving us a look at the device.

Do you still remember the bean-shaped true wireless earphones by Samsung that was leaked not long ago? If you do, that is actually the upcoming successor of the Galaxy Buds+ named Galaxy Buds X, and it's expected to be launched alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series later this year. Now, a new rumour has surfaced saying that the pair of earphones will be featuring active noise cancellation technology.

The Redmi K30 is Redmi's first 5G smartphone and it had caused quite a stir with some of its powerful features. After the launch of the device, it is rumoured that a cheaper variant of the 5G smartphone will be launched in the near future. However, the rumour has calmed down for a while until someone spotted a code revealing the K30i will come with a 48MP camera recently.

Based on a statement by gizchina, it seems that vivo’s upcoming smartphone could come equipped with a sliding mechanism which is quite a rare feature these days. While there is not much known in regards to when it will be available, we do know that it will most likely come with vivo’s upcoming Apex concept phone somewhere around 2021.

In light of the recent trailer release of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft is officially giving away Assassin’s Creed 2, Child of Light, as well as Rayman Legends for free via Uplay for a limited time. Do note that once you have claimed the aforementioned games, they are yours to keep even after the duration to claim has ended.

Based on a statement by Twitter user @MaxJmb, it seems that the OnePlus’ upcoming OnePlus Z smartphone is expected to come equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 5G chipset instead of the MediaTek Dimensity 1000 chipset. Due to the fact that the OnePlus Z is considered a mid-range smartphone, it makes sense for the device to come with a mid-range chipset which comes with 5G support.

As Movement Control Order (MCO) is still going on, all students are now doing e-learning at home in order to keep themselves safe. Some of them are fortunate enough to have access to technology products that can help them to continue learning, but we have to know that there are also students who don't have access to education as they do not have a proper tool to do it. To make the situation better, HP is now working with Teach For Malaysia, a non-profit organization to provide laptops for underprivileged students.