The government has officially announced that Movement Control Order (MCO) will be extended until 12 May 2020. Not only that, but students who are still residing at the dorms of their university or college will also be allowed to return to their respective homes very soon. 

Google recently weighed in online via Mark Risher, Senior Director for Account Security, Identity, and Abuse about the current online security COVID-19 situation. On Google’s side, Google Meet, GMail and Google Play Protect for example have mostly built-in automatic protections but there are a number of checkup tools to see if you’re safe or not and the advice on what to do about it. On our part, we’ve seen a marked increase in such scams.

As the cases of Covid-19 in our country are slowly coming to a more stable state, our Government will be starting to allow people to travel interstate. For those who travelled back to your hometown and want to go back to the place you work or study at or vice versa, there is a way for you to do it now.

Boost has officially announced that you can now make fulfil your zakat obligations via the Boost app, due to the fact that they have recently been appointed as an official zakat collection agent. With that said, you can easily contribution from the comfort of your own home with only a smartphone, as well as an internet connection.

Shopee has officially announced the Raya Bersama Shopee from today until 26 May 2020 onwards, you can purchase essential items such as Milo, dates, cooking oil, and more from only RM10. Not only that, if your cart is worth more than RM19, but you will also be eligible for free shipping nationwide until the end of the aforementioned date.

A few days ago, unifi users experienced some slow Internet speed due to the damaged APCN-2 submarine cable system undersea. With this, Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) sent out a team to do some maintenance work on 17th until 21st of April. As per schedule, TM is pleased to announce the maintenance work has been completed.

Many of you have already noticed that the need for cash is at an all-time low during the movement control order (MCO). Still, it's always good to have some cash on hand, which means we have to drop by a nearby ATM sometimes. However, the government has declared that ATMs will no longer be available for 24 hours during MCO.

HBO has officially announced that they will allow the first season of every HBO Originals, and HBO Asia Originals to be watched for free on their HBO Go app from today onwards. But that’s not all, you won’t need need to register for an account and pay for a subscription to watch any of the Originals.

Based on a statement by AndroidHeadlines.com, it seems that Google might be introducing their very own debit card, which is somewhat like Huawei and Apple’s Credit card that they’re announced recently. The “Google Card” is expected to work seamlessly with Google’s Checking Account which they plan on introducing some time in the near future.

During this MCO, one of the essentials that we largely rely on is the Internet. Without it, most of us would not know how to survive as that is the thing that we depend on to get communications and works done. Now, it is announced that there will be network degradation for a few days for some users, as one of the submarine cable systems will be under maintenance.