News & Reviews:   Covid-19

False information can easily spread through the internet and this is something that's particularly bad during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many tech companies such as Facebook have launched information centres, but a local research team has also been hard at work and has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for its efforts.

Malaysia Military joined the police officers and local authorities to ensure public compliance of the Movement Control Order (MCO) to flatten the infection curve of COVID-19 on 22 March 2020. They will be patrolling and control the entry points at the borders and also at the grocery markets.

Before we hit the weekend, Maxis just dropped a silent short announcement on their Maxis app that they will be offering free data to all their customers (postpaid and prepaid). However, there is a catch to this - the free data is mainly for us to stay updated with current COVID-19 news on selected websites.

MyEG has officially announced that they’ve thanked the Ministry of Health for removing a post on their Facebook page which claimed that that the COVID-19 rapid test kits were fake. Furthermore, MyEG has followed up by stating that the kits, which were manufactured by a Chinese biomedical firm have been cleared for use in various regions including North America, Asia, Europe, and more.

With the restricted movement order in full effect until 31 March 2020, we don’t really have much reason to go out due to the fact that we could end up getting infected with the virus and well… most of the shops are closed anyway. With that said, you might find yourself bored out of your mind mostly because there is really not much to do at home.

Fortunately for you, I’ve come up with a list of 7 post-apocalyptic RPG and shooter games for the PC that you could kill time with until the end of the month.  Let’s take a closer look at the list, shall we?

This is a time for us to slow down our pace in life with the movement control order being implemented. While staying home, many have gotten chances to do things that never get to finish back then. However, staying home doesn’t mean that we’re cutting off our connections with the outside world. To keep that connection, the Internet is so important in preventing us from becoming ‘cavemen’. Unfortunately, it seems like the Internet is not capable of fitting so many people at one time, so YouTube and Netflix were asked to keep their streaming quality low in Europe.

The electricity consumption will increase dramatically during these 14 days due to the movement control restriction. This will cause a massive increase in electricity bills that burdens on the people. Tenaga Nasional Berhad(TNB) foresees this issue and announced a six-month discount on electricity bills from April 1 to September 2020.

Covid-19 is a nightmare for all of the people in 2020. The virus has been highly contagious and the cases of patients have surpassed 200,000 worldwide. No matter how bad it is, we should keep in mind that it’s best for us to social distance ourselves right now, in order to stop the virus from spreading. Talking about the spread of the virus, professionals have done the research and confirmed that the new coronavirus can survive in the air longer than you thought.

During this Covid-19 pandemic, have you gone online and bought things that claimed to help you stay away from the virus? Not only are some businesses doing false advertisements, but the prices of surgical masks and hand sanitizers have also gone up to a new high as sellers take advantage of this situation. Today, a product from China claims that it can kill the coronavirus.

With so many of us stuck in our houses these days, people are looking for all sorts of ways to keep themselves occupied. Pornhub has become one of the sites that benefitted most, with some unusual happenings as a result. In recent weeks, the company's research team had been seeing some weird search queries.