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Guess what else is actually getting a boost due to the coronavirus? Steam records. That's right, Steam recorded a new all-time high in concurrent users yesterday, with up to 20 million players seen on the platform. It being a Sunday, along with the quarantines and lockdown in many countries may have contributed to the staggering new record.

If there's one thing we learned in recent weeks, it's that the effect of the coronavirus pandemic can sometimes result in fun happenings. For example, last week there was news of a professor in China conducting online lessons using anime avatars. Now, we have news of students hosting their own graduation ceremony in Minecraft.

As some of you already know, the upcoming Huawei Mate Xs flagship will be arriving soon in Malaysia on 20 March 2020. As Malaysia's first 5G foldable smartphone, there is a 5-digit price tag and get ready - it will cost RM11,111. Of course, Huawei Malaysia will also include some exclusive bonuses and rewards for those who actually plan to purchase the phone.

Today, we had the opportunity to sit down with Google Malaysia and they shared with us some interesting insights on how Malaysians are using Google. In this year's Year in Search Insights for Brands report, there are five new trends that Malaysians are showing through the search engine - Convenience, More informed, Ecommerce growth outside of cities, Local content demand, and more conscious towards the environment.

With the continued threat of the covid-19 pandemic, companies and businesses in Malaysia have begun to take active precautionary measures. Among them, MBO Cinemas will be implementing several measures to help prevent the spread of the virus, including social distancing.

Ever since the US FCC listing of the Powerbeats 4 appeared, it was obvious that the wireless earbud model was on its way. But since the Apple event in March 2020 is no longer happening, it seems like the company won't be waiting to sell it before officially announcing it. In fact, the new model was recently spotted in a store in New York.

It seems like we just can't catch a break from the COVID-19 outbreak. More and more gatherings or upcoming outdoor activities and weddings are likely to be cancelled or delayed. With this, Airbnb has recently announced that their Extenuating Circumstances policy has been updated and expanded worldwide.

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture(Motac) is now facing criticism by netizens after allowing the Malaysia Travel Fair 2020 to proceed. Despite the Prime Minister’s call to postpone or cancel all forms of events and gatherings, the event was held at PWTC from 13-15 March and it attracted a large amount of crowd during that period of time.

There's been quite a few news on the Apple A14 Bionic chip in the last week or so, such as the confirmation of its mass production in April 2020. Apple has clearly begun to test its engineering samples too, considering that the Geekbench 5 score for the chip has appeared. And boy, it's one heck of a benchmark score.

If you're wondering when Xiaomi plans to bring the Redmi Note 9 series to Malaysia, wonder no more. It was just a few days when Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 9 series in India. But Xiaomi Malaysia has now confirmed that one of the two Redmi Note 9 series devices will be coming to Malaysia.