Welcome back TechNavers! For this edition of TechNave NewsBytes 2020 #15 we have Samsung about their TV innovations through the years, Huawei got 8 awards for their networking prowess and Shopee is going to be holding a Live Kpop Fest… online. Celcom rewarded their Game Hero finalists, Maxis rewarded their eKelas and Digi is offering SMEs another online option via their MyDigi Bazaar.

Intel announced their Hybrid processors, HP donated laptops, Yoodo’s Gank team got into the Malaysia Book of Records, Fitbit has some Father’s day deals and Shell has some promotions on their cashless payment options. edotco is offering job opportunities, Micron is planning a UV robot fest and Kaspersky has some GReAT ideas. 

Nokia did a survey on 5G, eGG are doing the NBA 2K League and Snap announced some Snap Partner Summit highlights. Grab announced their Grab for Good report while for this issue of TechNave, the Special comes from unifi with tips to improve your home wifi performance. Check them out.

Gaming laptops often come with over-the-top design and bulky weight to house the cooling fans. To tone it down, HP has upgraded their 15-inch OMEN laptop with a new redesign. Now, the laptop will come with 11 percent thinner chassis than its previous model. Other than that, there are other features that are worth mentioning as well, let's come look at what they are!

As Movement Control Order (MCO) is still going on, all students are now doing e-learning at home in order to keep themselves safe. Some of them are fortunate enough to have access to technology products that can help them to continue learning, but we have to know that there are also students who don't have access to education as they do not have a proper tool to do it. To make the situation better, HP is now working with Teach For Malaysia, a non-profit organization to provide laptops for underprivileged students.

Much of the things we do today are reliant on computers. In particular, laptop PCs enable us to accomplish many things remotely. Regardless of whether you are an office worker, student, or business executive, you will be able to continue to communicate, learn, and work wherever you are with a laptop. Here are 4 areas where the HP Envy 13 can be of use to you.

With the launch of Half-Life: Alyx earlier today, fans of virtual reality (VR) finally have a major title they can sink their teeth into. What many didn't expect was for HP to post a new video teaser on Steam titled "Next Gen HP VR Headset". We think this means HP is looking to develop a new VR headset that's on par, if not better, than the highly popular Valve Index VR.

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In conjunction with the upcoming Merdeka celebrations, as well as the on-going OMEN Challenger series. Stand a chance to win a trip to Jakarta simply by purchasing selected HP OMEN or Pavilion Gaming laptops. Not only that, but HP will also be giving away a free Steam Wallet code worth RM50.

HP recently launched the OMEN 15 and OMEN 17 gaming laptops starting from RM4485 and RM8699 respectively. In terms of availability, the OMEN 15 is currently available at HP’s Online Store and all authorised HP dealers across Malaysia while the OMEN 17 will be available mid-september 2018.

We have talked about a newly discovered vulnerability that affects Android smartphones that is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors named QuadRooter. Thankfully, the majority of the smartphones are safe thanks to Google’s Verify Apps function.

With over a billion devices running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor right now, the scale of a newly discovered vulnerability is staggering. Called Quadrooter, it can essentially take over the data on your smartphone.