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LG has been popping up in the news recently, as it gears up for the launch of its new LG Velvet smartphone. This is going to be a mid-range device with 5G connectivity and is expected to be released on 7 May 2020 in South Korea. However, the specs of the device have already been revealed ahead of the launch.

Now that Xiaomi has confirmed that it will be bringing in its Smart TVs to Malaysia, many of us are excited to see what could be available. We're not sure when the new TVs will arrive on our shores, but that doesn't stop us from speculating. On our part, we're hoping that Xiaomi's upcoming 65-inch Smart TV will be one of the models coming here, as it has been confirmed to be Dolby Vision certified.

Since the barbershops are closed, you probably have seen your friends and family getting a manual haircut or growing their beard as you've never seen before. Well, if you're looking for a solution, you could give the Xiaomi Enchen Boost and Enchen Hummingbird electric hair clipper on their Lazada store now.

Last year, Facebook announced its plans to put ads in WhatsApp sometime in 2020. It was thought that the plan was dropped earlier this year when the company disbanded the team working on the project, but it seems like that may not be the case. A recent report indicated that Facebook is still looking to implement ads into WhatsApp in the future.

The Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) has been a great help to those who need financial support during the MCO period. However, all good things must come to an end. As recently announced on their official Facebook page, the Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Malaysia have announced that the BPN's last day of registration is on 30 April 2020 (that's tomorrow).

Ah, MediaTek. Our last reported news about them wasn't so pleasant due to manipulating benchmark scores with a few selected chipsets. Despite that, the company is still planning to unveil a new 5G chipset on 7 May 2020. The poster's tagline translates as "5G all-inclusive" and it's said to be made for mid-range smartphones.

With another launch for Honor set to sometime in May 2020, news of its next smartphone has been popping up the last few days. And the next bit of rumour of the Honor X10 is literally about a pop-up camera. Specifically, photos of the device's transparent case have appeared and they seem to indicate that it will sport a pop-up camera.

Do you remember the rumoured Samsung Galaxy "Beans" image renders that appeared in early April? Looks like the news is back again with some interesting changes. According to @_the_tech_guy, he found a new trademark application by Samsung filing for the name Galaxy BudsX.

The CEO of realme India Madhav Sheth has teased on the realme Watch last month and it was spot on SIRIM certification a few days ago. Today, images and details about the company’s second smart wearable after the realme Band has been leaked by an XDA contributor.

Astro has officially announced that the complementary viewing of channels such as Learning, New, Stay Home Concert, Asian Movie channels, HITS Movies, HITS HD, and more has been extended to 12 May 2020. Not only that, but those who subscribed to NJOI will get additional channels such as KIX, Nat Geo WILD, Cartoon Network, and Celestial Movies until the end of the aforementioned date.