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Defense Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced the newly added quarantine stations for all suspected Malaysian and foreign visitors. A few prominent five-star hotels were also designated as quarantine stations for Covid-19 out of the 63 new gazetted sites by the federal government yesterday.

While the frontliners are continuing their battle against COVID-19, we are also battling against fake news that spreads faster than the virus itself through chain messages in WhatsApp by your naive friends and family. Today, we will put two rumours to an end once and for all, as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) - hot weather will not prevent COVID-19 and being infected does not mean you're destined to die. 

The next vivo smartphone for the Indian market has been confirmed as the vivo Y50, with quite a few of the details having been leaked. Some promotional images for the phone were found online, listing the key specs and showing the design of the device. Judging by how legitimate it looks, the phone could launch very soon in India.

At the end of February 2020, Samsung launched the Galaxy Buds+ in Malaysia. It hasn't been long since then, but rumours of the next generation of Galaxy Buds has surfaced. A new rumour claims that Samsung is working on a new true wireless earbuds model that could be launched with the Galaxy Note 20 series later this year.

Voice assistants have been around for a few years but most of us don't use them. Among them is Apple's Siri, which was first released in late 2011. Despite the long years of development, Siri continues to be criticised for poor voice recognition accuracy and has been accused of lacking innovation. That may change now that Apple has acquired a new AI company.

Quite an eclectic mix this time around for TechNave NewsBytes #5 as Samsung weighs in with their stylish and colourful Microwave ovens. AMD reveals their EPYC processors while Sony showcases their 8 Red Dot winners. 

Other news comes from Tencent, Celcom, Maxis, SOCAR, Micron, MDEC + KK Fund, TnG, Vivo, Tokenize Xchange, Mondel?z International and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. This time around there’s also a special Best Practices for remote workforces from Microsoft all the way at the bottom.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, lots of movies have been delayed. Black Widow was among the first to be delayed, followed highly anticipated titles like Mulan and Fast and Furious 9. But we're finally getting some good news from TGV Cinemas, with the new movie release dates confirmed.

Despite all the teething issues that game streaming services are experiencing, companies are still keen on investing in it. Amazon is the latest giant tech company that wants a slice of the pie and is looking to not only invest in games streaming but also game development.

Now that many of us are working from home, communication software is seeing an exponential spike in usage. But the popular option now, Zoom, has been getting a lot of backlash for privacy issues. To provide you with alternatives, we introduced eight other similar software last week. Now there's a new alternative through Skype, which has just joined the free video conferencing gang with a new feature called Meet Now.

It seems that the Samsung Galaxy S20 series update, which was initially available last month for regions such as Taiwan and Hong Kong is now being rolled out worldwide and it brings along various security and more importantly, camera improvements. To go into more detail, the camera improvements include better autofocus performance, as well as some better general camera performance.