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Coronavirus Outbreak: Facebook cancels developer event F8, gaming conference E3; Apple's WWDC, Snapchat annual conference opt for online version
Tech2 News Staff •Some companies have canceled their events, others have switched to having online launches and events instead.
Coronavirus outbreak impact: Twitter asks employees to work from home; TCS, HCL Tech instruct staff to avoid non-essential travel
•The virus outbreak, which has seen cases being registered across the world including South Korea, Iran, Italy and Japan, has had a significant impact on supply chains and manufacturing
Mobile World Congress 2020 called off over the risk of coronavirus outbreak
•Major Chinese exhibitors had stuck to plans to attend to the very last, ordering at-risk staff to isolate themselves in advance.
Vivo, Intel become the latest companies to back out from MWC 2020 due to coronavirus fear
Tech2 News Staff •GSMA said that no-one from China's Hubei province would be allowed to attend the Mobile World Congress.
Mobile World Congress to go on as planned; LG backs out owing to coronavirus scare
•Huawei is unlikely to send people from China, but will instead send local engineers the company has in Europe.
Oppo is reportedly working on an in-house chipset, might launch it at MWC 2020
Tech2 News Staff •This chip is expected to be named as Oppo M1. There is still no confirmation if it can be used in handsets other than Oppo.
Oppo Reno 5G variant launched in China with hardware similar to the Reno 10X Zoom
Tech2 News Staff •The Oppo Reno 5G sports the same hardware as the Reno 10X Zoom but features a 5G modem underneath.
MWC 2019: An 18,000 mAh battery featuring smartphone that could turn into a weapon
Tech2 News Staff •With a thickness of 18 mm, the Energizer Power Max P18K Pop is more than 3 times the size of an iPhone.
MWC 2019: WD launches the world's fastest 1 TB Sandisk Extreme microSD card
•The Sandisk Extreme card offers read speeds up to 160MB/s, with a write speed of 90 MB/s.
Daily Bulletin: 58 die after drinking spurious liquor in Assam; CoA to consult Centre over Pakistan match; day's top stories
Fp Staff •Today's top stories: 58 people, most working at a tea estate, have died after consuming spurious liquor; the Committee of Administrators has decided to consult the Centre over the Indian team's match with Pakistan at the World Cup; questions over PM Modi's whereabouts during the Pulwama attack divide Congress and BJP, and more.