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Previously, we reported on how the Malaysian government is requesting an explanation from Google after Google Finance erroneously showed an incorrect exchange rate of the United States Dollar (USD) to the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR). While Google has yet to issue any statement on the matter, its Google Finance disclaimer page clarified that the service doesn’t verify any finance data and is not obligated to do so.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said the government would request an explanation from Google regarding the issue of the incorrect exchange rate between the United States Dollar (USD) and the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR).

When it comes to buying games from ActiVision Blizzard, most Malaysian gamers would just resort to Steam due to the quarterly sales or sail out to the seven seas (IYKYK). To resolve this, the company has just announced that players will be able to buy their favourite games on Battle.net in their local currency instead of USD. 

Based on a statement by Twitter user @awallenstein, it seems that Spotify might be planning on releasing a podcast-only subscription service which gives users access to podcasts at a much lower price. With that being said, those who subscribed to this service will not be able to access Spotify’s music library.

There were reports spotted on mydrivers.com, stating that Qualcomm might be thinking of putting a limit on how cheap a smartphone equipped with the Snapdragon 865 with 5G can be priced at. While not much has been confirmed, it seems that the lowest a smartphone with the chipset can be priced at is around USD430(~RM1788).