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It appears that Apple has made the first move in shutting down iTunes by closing down their Instagram account, as spotted by a Reddit user. Not only that, all posts on the official iTunes Facebook account has been removed as well.

DHL in partnership with EHang Technology has officially launched their last mile drone delivery trial service in China, which aims to reduce the operational cost of delivering parcels by up to 80%. Not only that, but they have also reported that the drones are capable of delivering good to a location 10 kilometres away in just 8 minutes instead of the usual 40 minutes.

It looks like notches and cutout display will be a thing of the past. OPPO took to Twitter to show off their prototype of what could be the first working notchless under-display selfie camera in the world.

Here are the unboxing and first impressions of the OnePlus 7 Pro, which has a 90Hz display with HDR10+ capabilities, pop-up front-facing selfie camera, triple rear camera setup, warp charging and more. The device is currently priced starting from RM2999, and the device's display has been graded A+ by DisplayMate which is the highest rating possible to date.

If you have already balik kampung and suddenly find yourself in dire need of a new vivo smartphone, worry not as vivo has opened two brand new vivo Concept Stores in Queensbay Mall, Penang and Aman Central, Alor Setar. To celebrate the occasion, vivo is giving a 50% discount on smartphone accessories.

Loot boxes has been deemed a form of gambling in gaming which is pretty detrimental as the audience in games are usually younger children. Due to that, Google has now asked developers of apps and games on the Google Play Store to show the loot box odds.

Usually when we need directions to a restaurant, we refer to Google Maps. When we need food recommendations, we hit Google search to find some reviews and menus. Now, you only need Google Maps to be able to do both as the app has finally been updated to include popular dish recommendations when you search for a restaurant.

Despite the support Huawei has been receiving, HONOR President, Zhao Ming is currently looking into adjusting the company’s internal goals. He mentioned that it is still too soon to say if the Chinese manufacturer can still achieve its goals but admitted that things aren’t looking too good. They are currently reassessing their goal of overtaking Samsung in the near future.

There was recent rumour circulating on Facebook, stating that the Facebook page called “Switch” will be offering the iPhone XS for a promo price of only RM5 instead of the original price of RM4999. Switch has clarified on their Facebook page, stating that the offer is not true and they will not be offering the aforementioned smartphone for such a low price.

So a lot of things happened this week. First, there was Computex 2019 with ASUS showing a wide range of products - a new ZenFone 6 Edition 30, ZenBook Edition 30 laptop and a Prime X299 Edition 30 motherboard for its 30th Anniversary, a ZenBook Pro Duo with two functioning 4K touchscreens, new VivoBook S14 and S15 with a 5.65-inch ScreenPad 2.0 display, two new portable monitors (ZenScreen Touch and ROG Strix XG17), ROG Swift gaming monitor, a new Glacier Blue skin for ROG gaming laptops in the near future, and many more. 

The Trade War between the USA and China still going on, the chain effect has hit across the nation. Our Prime Minister voiced out on the matter, saying Malaysia will still use Huawei technology; Huawei has also prepared to file a lawsuit against the US Government for bullying, a number of Malaysian restaurants are showing support for Huawei smartphone users, and for some reason, the Mate 20 Pro is back on the Android Q beta program. 

And on other news, Apple Malaysia has just announced a new iPod touch with AR capability coming soon to Malaysia from RM899, Pokemon Masters is also set to be released on our mobile devices this year, and finally, OPPO Reno 10X Zoom was announced for RM3399 (which to be honest, is kinda expensive comparing with the Xiaomi Mi 9 for having similar tech specs minus the 60x zoom feature for just RM1699, now you tell me which one makes more sense).