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With Computex 2019 coming to an end, ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has just announced the local pricing for each ROG gaming laptop with Intel 9th-gen series that were showcased recently. The following laptops are the ROG Chimera G703, ROG Zephyrus S GX701 (also GX531 and GX502), ROG Zephyrus M GU502, ROG STRIX SCAR III, ROG STRIX HERO III, and the ROG STRIX G G531/G731.

T-Series is the first Youtube channel to hit 100 million subscriptions. The channel took to Twitter to celebrate the news, mentioning that they have also garnered over 70 billion views during their journey. Pewdiepie, who previously held the crown of having the most subscribed channel, now takes second place with 96 million subs.

Yesterday, Xiaomi had hinted that another variant of the Xiaomi Mi 9 is coming soon but did not reveal its specific name. They asked users if the letter K, I or T was more preferable. Today, the company revealed device name - the Xiaomi Mi 9T on Twitter and asked fans what the letter T stands for alongside a photo of a completely notchless phone.

More good news has arrived for Huawei today. After being reinstated on the WiFi and SD partner list, they are now also back on the Android Q beta program list once more - specifically, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Just last week, Google had cut ties with the Chinese manufacturer after the US government had placed them on the Commerce Department’s Entity List.

The Redmi K20 series, which was covered not too long ago, was recently launch on Tuesday in Beijing, China. Is expected to be available globally including Malaysia, most probably under a different model name. That being said, Redmi has finally created their very own social media accounts for Malaysia.

ZDNet and Reddit have spotted a recent addition to Google Maps, which enables the application to detect speed limits as well as speed traps in more than 40 countries. The aforementioned features were initially available on another Google-owned application, Waze.

With the month of Ramadan coming to an end, Waze has graciously released a few predictions as to how the “Balik Kampung” traffic will pan out for the year of 2019 as to help fellow road warriors stay safe on their ride back.

This June, Google will be rolling out Gmail confidential mode to all users starting on the 25th of June. Technically, it works just like a self-destructing email would - the email will come with an expiration date whereby the email will be wiped out then. Senders may also revoke the email. As for the receiver, they are not able to forward, copy or download the email. This mode is perfect for emailing out sensitive data.

This Hari Raya, Huawei has introduced a new smartphone for the Huawei Y family, the Huawei Y5 2019. The device comes easy on the wallet with some pretty cool features such as the triple card tray, a leather-like textured rear and more. The device hits shelves on the 31st of May for RM459.

Regarding the trade war between the USA and China, our Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has made several comments about the West and Huawei at the 25th International Conference on The Future of Asia (Nikkei Conference). It was a rather long session but overall, Dr Mahathir stated that Malaysia will still use technology from Huawei "as much as possible."