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For those unaware, some companies in the micro-chip business only design and not manufacture. That applies for mobile chips too, especially if the company can't get manufacturers to build their designs. Yesterday, OPPO decided to drop that part of its business.

LG Electronics went somewhat over-the-top with its recently announced 49-inch curved LG UltraGear 49GR85DC gaming monitor. Featuring a 32:9 aspect ratio and 240Hz refresh rate the monitor is obviously aimed at gamers but due to the screen width it could easily double for those productivity users who need 2 screens to comfortably do work.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) recently announced that it will take “stern action” against social media platforms and certain applications that “have not been effective at self-regulating the use of their platforms in line with Malaysia’s laws and national interests”. This is in response to 11858 scam complaints, RM1.2 billion in losses and 2125 reported fake news as of April 2023. 

If you're a fan of vivo's iQOO smartphones, heads up because the brand's latest models are on the way. iQOO has announced that the iQOO Neo8 flagship series will launch on 23 May 2023.

In this short news, airasia just announced a new partnership between airasia Superapp and foodpanda. Their collaboration will enable and leverage each other platforms, such as airasia ride is made available on the foodpanda app and more. 

MSI Malaysia just recently launched a new Bravo series in the market. Dubbed the Bravo 17, it has the latest AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series GPU, marking MSI's first combined NVIDIA GPU and AMD CPU in the lineup. 

Right after the Malaysian government announced the new dual network model transition for Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) by the end of the year, there have been some changes in the equity stake. In case you didn't know, CelcomDigi has severed its stakes in DNB and Telekom is the latest to terminate its share too.

In the near future, CIMB and Maybank will be moving their SecureTAC approval to their respective apps. This is part of the banks' to further safeguard your money from scam SMSes and is also, in line with the Bank Negara Malaysia.

Late last night, the ROG Ally was officially launched but from the announcement video, it seems that the latest handheld gaming console will appear in the US first. We are pretty sure it will get to Malaysia someday (since we had a preview), but first, let's talk about the features. 

Aside from the Sony Xperia 1 V, the Xperia 10 V was revealed at the end of the presentation. Sony has already claimed it as the world's lightest 5G smartphone at 159g (weird flex but ok) and packs a huge 5000mAh battery.