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Canon has officially announced that in partnership with Nagasaki University in Japan, they have developed the Genelyzer Kit which can be used to detect the presence of COVID-19 in patients. But that’s not all, it seems that the entire process could take as little as 40 minutes.

Staying home during the movement control order (MCO) doesn’t sound bad at all with some of the perks offered by different companies during this period. Earlier, we’ve seen the news of Astro providing free channels for every Malaysian, Candy Crush giving out unlimited lives, and the list goes on. Now, Marvel is joining the force (it’s not saving the world) by giving out free access to some of the comics available from its Marvel Unlimited subscription service.

Samsung has officially announced that they are partnering up with a Danish textile brand called Kvadrat to offer eco-friendly accessories such as phone cases for the Galaxy S20+ and the Watch Active2 strap. With that said, by using a special manufacturing process which reduces the amount of carbon dioxide emitted, they are able to manufacture 2 phone cases by using a single 500ml plastic bottle.

HONOR Malaysia has officially announced that the MagicWatch 2 Sakura Gold Edition will be officially launched in Malaysia, on 7 April 2020. With that said, the aforementioned smartwatch will be unveiled alongside other new products during the Intelligent Lifestyle launch happening on the aforementioned date.

Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) has recently posted on their Facebook page, stating that you should always check the address of any email relating to the Bantuan Prihatin National (BPN). With that said, the LHDN will only send emails via the email address [email protected], or via the official number 62000 or 63833.

According to Bernama, it seems that any customers from other banks that withdraw money from any of the 2900 Maybank ATMs nationwide, will not be required to pay the RM1 withdrawal fee starting from 6 April 2020 until the end of the Movement Control Order (MCO) order. While there is no information on when the end of the MCO will be, we do know that the government will announce whether it will be extended on 10 April 2020.

The smartphone industry is ultra-competitive these days, with brands trying to one-up each other in various ways. In what way, you ask? Well, there's the camera war and there's the display war. And since the OnePlus 8 series is launching fairly soon, OnePlus is eager to talk about its latest achievement on the display side of things.

We have been reading a lot of rumours about the Apple iPhone 9 recently. So far, many reports are hinting the device will be released in April 2020 and in this latest one by 9to5Mac, we got new information that Apple may be prepared to launch their pre-orders sooner than expected. At the same time, there is also new information on tech specs and product colours.

With the on-going Movement Control Order, Facebook have announced some good news for all the people working at home. If you happen to use Facebook Messenger a lot, the company are launching a Messenger app for both macOS and Windows users. But hold on, what's the difference between this Messenger app and the browser? 

It looks like the pixels wars are going to continue if the latest rumour is true. A new leak suggests that Xiaomi is working on a new phone that will pack a large 144MP main camera sensor from Samsung. When it launches, such a phone could house the world's highest pixel count.