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If there are any Square Enix games that you are interested in purchasing, now might be a good chance to get them. The publisher is running a Stay Home & Play campaign to encourage gamers to practise social distancing (not that we really needed the prompt!) by releasing a huge Steam bundle. This bundle is a huge one as it contains 54 titles from Square Enix's collection of published games.

With the conditional movement control order (CMCO) extended to 9 June 2020, companies will continue to have issues with things like logistics. In anticipation of this, courier companies operating in Malaysia have set a cut off date for shipments. This means that you can't do any last-minute shopping now and hope for your gift to arrive on time.

In the wee hours of this Sunday morning, it was announced that Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin would be making another announcement. As many have predicted, he has declared an extension to the conditional movement control order (CMCO) to be extended to 9 June 2020.

More and more people are looking to lose the wires and the noise they're constantly surrounded with. It's to a point where we're no longer surprise when brands start dabbling in the audio field, despite not being known for expertise in that area. However, Meizu isn't exactly new when it comes to headphones and has announced a new variant to its Meizu HD60 headphones.

It was an inevitable outcome, but another gaming event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA), the main organiser for the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2020, has announced that the physical event will be cancelled. Like many of such events this year, the organisers will be converting it to an online event.

A few days ago, it was believed that the Honor X10 smartphone would likely be launched on 18 May 2020. Honor has since confirmed that the launch will be on 20 May 2020 instead, with other details on the device being leaked from various other sources. One of the latest claims is that the phone's cooling system will contain graphene in it.

Based on a statement by gizchina.com, it seems that the specifications for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G chipset have been leaked which gives us an idea on what to expect with the upcoming chipset. The leak states that the aforementioned chipset managed to perform around 10% better compared to its predecessor, and it scored around 360000 points on AnTuTu benchmark.

Based on a statement by @PSErebus on Twitter, it seems that the Sony PlayStation 5 is expected to be unveiled on 20 November 2020. While not much is officially known in regards to the exact tech specs of the aforementioned console, we do know that it is expected to be priced at USD499 (~RM2162).

Based on a statement by Facebook, it seems that the dark mode is now officially available on desktop starting from today onwards. Much like the dark mode available on smartphones, the desktop version makes it less strenuous on your eyes especially while using in a low light environment.

This time around for TechNave NewsBytes 2020 #9, we have Samsung reminding us to wish our mother Happy Mother's day, Google with their Teach from Home hub while Maxis unveil their Q1 results and commitment. New Microsoft 365 Personal and Family Subscriptions are now available in Malaysia while Astro and Allo are collaborating. Micron reveal their world’s first HSE and there’s also #LEBIHBANYAKEKSTRA with Touch ‘n Go eWallet.

Altair have refreshed their branding while the Biji-biji Initiative and Me.Reka revealed their PPE plans for frontliners and sponsors. MDEC weighed in with YANA and Razer’s face mask manufacturing line has gone full swing. This issue we have a special from Sony on their Work from Home solutions.