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5G technology is becoming a must for the latest smartphones to have these days. Although the communication technology has not been widely implemented yet, it is still a good idea to future proof the devices. Other than smartphones, Intel and MediaTek are also reported to be launching their 5G solution for laptops too.

It seems that Konami has recently unveiled 3 gaming PCs including the C300, C700, as well as the C700+ and they come equipped with specs such as up to an Intel i7-9700, RTX 2070 Super, and up to 16GB RAM. While the release date of the desktops is expected to be around the end of September 2020, there is no news on the Malaysia release date as of now.

Despite waving goodbye to Intel's processor, Apple will still have some connection with the semiconductor company for their upcoming Macs. It is announced that the Macs with the Apple Silicon will continue to support Thunderbolt even though they are lack of Intel processors.

Today, Intel have announced a new Thunderbolt 4 as the next-gen universal cable. For those who are new to this, the Thunderbolt series is generally known for delivering fast transfer speeds with the most minimum performance requirements.

A video tweeted by @h0x0d on the user’s Twitter account seems that hint that Lenovo’s upcoming laptop could be the Lenovo Yoga Carbon which weighs less than 995g, and it’s equipped with up to a 16-hour battery. While not much is officially known in regards to the aforementioned Ultrabook, there were hints that it could possibly come equipped with up to an 11th Generation Intel Core processor.

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.

The news of Apple making its own custom ARM-based processors for Macs is finally going to be confirmed by the tech giant itself. It is said that the company will announce that they're shifting from using Intel processors to the new ARM-based chips this month at WWDC 2020. The conference is going to take place on 22 June with an online-only format due to the pandemic.

Based on a statement by ithome.com, it seems that the president of the United States is currently in talks with TSMC as well as Intel on opening factories to the US. But that’s not all, they are also keen on having Samsung expand to the US market as well.

This time around in TechNave NewsBytes realme pats itself on the back for more achievements while Huawei, Intel and LG contribute to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Shopee and MDEC chip in for SMEs and Gigabyte and Aorus show off new laptops. 

Other news comes from Double Eleven, Micron, OPPO, MediaTek, DingTalk, Lenovo, Red Hat, SK Magic, GoPayz and Canon. In this TechNave NewsBytes #6 our special focuses on 18 things you really didn’t know you could do on your Apple iPhone.

A new generation of gaming laptops has begun to launch, with Acer launching a Nitro 5 laptop featuring an AMD Ryzen 3750H CPU last month. Today, Acer announced another version of the Nitro 5, along with a new Predator Triton 500. Both will come with the latest 10th Gen Intel Core CPUs and Nvidia GeForce GPUs.