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Looks like Volkswagen fans could be in for a shock. Recently, Volkswagen has announced the closure of its car manufacturing plant in Dresden, Germany, which will be transformed into a hub for the development of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and chip design research. So, what should you know about it?

We are now in the month of September and the next thing to look forward to is some new technological announcements from IFA 2020. Held annually in Berlin, Germany, it will be realme's first time attending the event and their conference is on 4 September, 12.25-13.10 CEST (UTS+2).

It seems that Apple’s iPhones are required to support e-wallets other than their very own Apple Pay, based on a court ruling in Germany that was passed very recently. The court ruling required all “operators of electronic money infrastructure” to allow e-wallet integration, at a reasonable fee which means that you could use your Apple device to make payments even without Apple Pay.

Germany plans on taking full advantage of the iOS 13 by allowing users to store their ID cards(IC cards for Malaysian), on their iOS device which allows the user to perform various authentication process without the need to pull out their wallets. This is similar to how debit/credit cards can be stored on a smartphone, which then can be used to perform various transactions.

Recently ASUS has unveiled the ZenBook Flip 13 and ZenBook Flip 15 at IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The devices come equipped with up to 15.6-inch flip display installed on a reliable 360 degrees ErgoLift hinge, with up to 90% screen-to-body ratio, dual-function Number Pad which doubles as a touchpad, world facing world (also known as the rear camera of the laptop), running up to an 8th generation Intel Core i7 processors, up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and PCIe SSDs for the maximum performance possible.

During IFA in Berlin, Acer has announced the launch of the Acer Swift 5 which is the world’s lightest 15.6-inch laptop weighing at only 990 grams along with thin bezels up to 87.6% screen-to-body ratio and Full HD screen resolution. Not only that, there’s also the new Swift 3 which comes with a 13.3-inch display as well as 14-inch display.

LG has unveiled the world’s first 8k 88-inch OLED TV at IFA in Berlin, Germany. With screen resolution of exactly 7680 x 4320 pixels, the OLED TV has over 33 million self-emitting pixels that is able to produce high contrast ratios and true blacks that is able to showcase high quality images through the panel. However, the price of the 8k 88-inch OLED TV is not known yet as well as the availability so stay tuned to TechNave.com for more updates on when this product will arrive in Malaysia as well as the price of it.