Most of you are aware that Malaysia has satellites. Well, do you know how many there are and are still functioning? Our government launched a total of nine satellites into space, but seven of them are no longer in active operation.

Besides CES 2022, Chinese New Year is just around the corner and Samsung Malaysia is planning another batch of promotions. From 7 January until 27 February 2022, the company is offering amazing gift sets, freebies and Samsung Online Store E-Voucher Angpows worth up to RM1116 when you purchase selected models at the Samsung Online Store and selected outlets. 

Today, Xiaomi Corporation has announced that a donation of USD 100,000 (~RM 418,150) from the Xiaomi Foundation has been contributed to both Malaysia and the Philippines. The donation was given to the Yayasan Food Bank Malaysia's emergency flood-relief fund as well as the World Vision Philippines. 

Just yesterday, the MySejahtera app had a new update that allows people to trace a person nearby who is covid-infected. To make sure that everyone is safe, our Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin would like to advise everyone to turn on the Bluetooth at all times.

Due to the recent flash floods, many companies have come out to help out the victims and Celcom is the latest one. Just a few hours ago, the company just announced that those who are affected by the flood can replace their AX Router and Home Wireless Modem for free.

TM announces that it has restored 85% of flood-impacted services. After the successful restoration of the core services, 84,274 affected customers can now be online again. The company promised that it'll "continue this rigorous service restoration exercise to ensure the remainder of the customers is able to be connected soonest."

The flood last week has affected many Malaysians. Some lost their homes while others who were more fortunate may have lost only their belongings or found them damaged. But replacing or repairing items like electronics isn't easy, so local companies have been offering flood relief programs.

By now, many Malaysians have gotten used to life with the MySejahtera app. The QR codes we scan with the app serves as a record for COVID-19 contact tracing. But the Ministry of Health (MOH) doesn't seem to think it's enough and has taken steps to improve it.

With the commercial launch of 5G services in Putrajaya, Cyberjaya and Kuala Lumpur (some spots), Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) just recently announced the signing of a Fibre Leasing Service agreement with Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) to speed up the deployment of the Government-owned 5G network nationwide. The term sheet agreement is a total contract value of RM2 billion over 10 years.

In case you didn't know, Intel has a branch in Penang, Malaysia and it was recently announced by Bloomberg.com that there's an upcoming investment. According to the source, Intel Corp will be spending $7 billion to build a new chip packaging facility to address the "endemic global semiconductor shortages".