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Kalyn Ponga kicked out of toilet cubicle, video, Newcastle Knights, investigation, Kurt Mann

Kalyn Ponga kicked out of toilet cubicle, video, Newcastle Knights, investigation, Kurt Mann

Knights superstar Kalyn Ponga looks set to be stripped of the captaincy after a video emerged of him being kicked out of a toilet cubicle with teammate Kurt Mann.

The video came to light on Monday morning, sparking Ponga’s dad, Andre to claim the 24-year-old was “sick in the toilet and his mate went in to help him” while out celebrating “an exciting house purchase.”

Although, Fox League’s James Hooper suggested that wasn’t the real story, telling NRL 360: “You might have to get Pinocchio out again, we aren’t believing that fairytale are we?”

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Newly signed football manager Peter Parr will front the media on Tuesday and News Corp Journalist Phil Rothfield believes it could be the end of Ponga’s reign as captain.

“I think it’s a really, really bad look and I know the Knights are really concerned about the PR side of it and the culture side of it,” he told NRL 360.

“Do you know how serious I think it is, I think he will be stripped of the captaincy over this.”

Ponga was announced as co-captain alongside Jayden Brailey in February, however with the latter missing for a lot of the season Ponga carried the responsibility himself for the first 16 rounds.

Hooper agreed that “it’s a bad scene” and urged the Knights to come down hard on Ponga given prop David Klemmer was stood down for an on-field incident involving a trainer.

“If he’s had concussions, commonsense tells you he should be (on an alcohol ban), certainly Kurt Mann (who is injured) is supposed to be on an alcohol ban,” he said.

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“They tore strips off David Klemmer for swearing at a trainer on the field, I’d argue that this is far more detrimental in terms of negative headlines for the club and if they’re fair dinkum they’ll read the Riot Act tomorrow morning , Peter Parr will front the media and he will say ‘enough is enough, this is the line in the sand moment, we’re not going to tolerate this sort of jibber anymore.’

“Off the back of that I think both of them are going to have to be issued breach notices and fines. Because if they’re going to breach David Klemmer and fine him for something that was trivial on the field with a trainer, you can’t cop this.”

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However Paul Kent fears stripping the captaincy could have the opposite effect and believes the club should “demand” Put “lifts his standards.”

“I would say to him ‘you’re the only guy at this club that can lead us out of trouble and we’ve paid you the money you deserve, you’re a senior player and an Origin start…’ and I would oblige him to start leading them out of the woods,” he said.

“If you’re going to spend that money on a player you’ve got to get a return out of him. The way to get the best out of Kalyn is not to banish him, not to sack him from the captaincy.

“I’m not excusing it, I would bring him in and give him the Riot Act but I’d say to him ‘you’re the guy mate’ and I would demand that he starts lifting his standards and he takes his teammates with him.

“If he’s got any sense of decency inside of him as a player from a football point of view he will respond to that.”

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Braith Anasta agreed.

“As much as he’s taken the mickey, this guy holds the key to success… you’ve got to get this blokes in your hip pocket,” he said.

“Kick him in the ass but say ‘this is it mate, this is your last chance.’ They should do some in-house stuff over the next 24 hours, teach him a lesson, scare the you know what out of him and go ‘c’mon mate.’

“If you just sack him as captain you start to lose your key player.”

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Victoria’s house price record smashed with $80 million Toorak goes out to crypto king Ed Craven

Victoria's house price record smashed with $80 million Toorak goes out to crypto king Ed Craven

The grand home was listed with a price guide of $65 million to $70 million and has been marked as under offer on its online listing.

Chiminello confirmed the home is under contract at a higher price than the guidance range, but would not be drawn on the exact price or the details of the buyer.

Ed Craven previously bought an Orrong Road house for $38.5 million.

Ed Craven previously bought an Orrong Road house for $38.5 million.Credit:Paul Jeffers

Known as Blair House, the Georgian Revival home is set on an oversized block of 7800 square meters and comes with a tennis court, kitchen with butler’s pantry and AGA oven, separate guest accommodation, expansive lawns and north-facing gardens.

The vendors are the Nanut family, selling a deceased estate.

Chiminello said Melbourne’s prestige market has gone “from strength to strength.

“It hasn’t taken a backward step despite the sentiment around property,” he said.

“These sorts of opportunities are generational, so whether the market is going up, down or sideways, there is always an undercurrent of interest in these sorts of opportunities.”

Victoria’s previous house price record was $52.5 million for the mansion known as Stonington, in Malvern, sold by art dealer Rod Menzies in 2018.

The previous highest price paid in Toorak was by Chemist Warehouse owner Sam Gance, who spent $43.1 million to buy a Lansell Road pile from British businessman Mark Healey and his wife Kelly last year.

In Hawthorn, former Australia Post boss and now Latitude Financial Services chief executive Ahmed Fahour sold his home Invergowrie for $40.5 million last year to Angela Tomisich, who co-founded the analytical science and devices company Trajan Group.

Stonington mansion in Malvern held the previous Victorian house price record.

Stonington mansion in Malvern held the previous Victorian house price record.

Technology entrepreneurs have been active in Toorak’s top-end market. Kogan.com founder and chief executive Ruslan Kogan paid $38.8 million in the suburb in 2018.

Also on St Georges Road, an oversized block sold for $38 million in 2017 to mystery buyer Qi Yang, and a Grange Road home was sold by Guy King, co-founder of discount coupon website RetailMeNot.com, for $31.25 million last year. Music promoter Michael Coppel sold his Hopetoun Road home for $30 million.

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In South Yarra, a home near the Royal Botanic Gardens fetched $36 million when the Blythe family, of Spotless Group fame, sold to Owen Kerr, the co-founder of foreign exchange broking company Pepperstone, in late 2018.

High prices have been paid on the Mornington Peninsula too, where a Sorrento clifftop mansion sold for $30 million to private equity boss Ben Gray.

Melbourne’s prestige property market traditionally defies broader property downturns, as well-heeled buyers who have had business success searching for generational homes, undeterred by rising interest rates or broader market sentiment.

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Apple Patents Luxury Design For Next Gen Watch & iPhone – channelnews

Apple Patents Luxury Design For Next Gen Watch & iPhone – channelnews

Apple is looking to up the ante on the design of their Apple Watches and iPhones with a new high-end ceramic finish revealed in patents lodged in the USA.

The US based tech giant has a new patent called “Electronic Devices with Textured Zirconia-Based Components”, which outlines the potential for a new matte finish making use of Zirconia-based ceramic material, which could be found on future Apple Watch and iPhone models .

According to the patent, the design would give “a matte appearance to an exterior surface of an electronic device. The texture of the enclosure component may also be configured so that it has one or more tactile properties suitable for use as a wearable device and can be readily cleaned.”

Alongside improvements in appearance and feel, the new design “may be configured so that the zirconia-based component substantially retains its strength and impact resistance,” as stated in the patent document.

Images suggest that the new Zirconia-Based material would appear on Apple Watches as the side frame that encloses the display, while on an iPhone it might replace the toughened back glass.

In classic Apple fashion, they won’t be the first company to adopt ceramic components, with Samsung having used it in the past. It is usually only featured on high end devices too, which means it may be reserved for the Pro models, which are the only devices in Apple’s range to already have a matte finish on the back.

The patent does not guarantee that Apple will feature Zirconia-based components in new models, and it would be wrong to expect it on the upcoming iPhone 14, but it does prove that the company is at least thinking about implementing an additional touch of luxury to their most premium devices.

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F1news 2022 | The qualifying analysis that proves McLaren must replace Daniel Ricciardo

An analysis of Daniel Ricciardo’s terrible qualifying form adds to the case that McLaren would be right to replace him at the end of the season.

Ricciardo is ranked last and equal-last on the grid in two crucial qualifying metrics against teammate Lando Norris.

Officially, Ricciardo has out-qualified Norris just twice this season – in Spain and Canada – and there were pretty large mitigating factors in both.

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In Canada, Norris watched a soaking wet Q2 from the garage with engine issues.

Ricciardo was four tenths quicker than Norris in Q1, but even in the wet Norris’ engine issues would’ve been crippling.

And in Barcelona, ​​Norris missed out on Q3 after his quickest lap in Q2 was deleted thanks to a track-limits violation.

The only other head-to-head battle that’s as lopsided as the one at McLaren is the one at Haas between Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher, in favor of the former.

Breaking down the qualifying head-to-head further exposes just how far off the pace Ricciardo is on Saturdays.

F1 tracks are broken down into three sectors. Across all qualifying sessions this season, Ricciardo has been quicker than Norris in just five sectors – and three of them were in Canada.

The other two were the final sector in both Jeddah and Silverstone.

In this metric, his head-to-head against Norris is the worst on the grid.

Even in Austria, where Norris battled brake issues, the young Brit was faster than the Aussie in every sector in Q1. Norris was also quicker in all three sectors in Barcelona, ​​where it’s safe to say he would’ve out-qualified Ricciardo if not for the track limits violation.

In total, Norris has made seven Q3 appearances to Ricciardo’s five. The Aussie has been knocked out in Q1 twice – in Bahrain and Austria.

As a result of this lopsided qualifying battle, the race battle sits in Norris’ favor 8-3 where both cars have finished the race. They have one DNF each.

When you take off the Aussie-tinted glasses, it’s hard to argue Ricciardo is deserving of the seat.

Yes, he has the Monza win to his name, but even on that day Norris appeared quicker at times and was told to not attack Ricciardo to preserve the team’s 1-2. Ricciardo can only hang his hat on that for so long.

He’s shown flashes of brilliance, like the double overtake of the two Alpines in the above video at the last outing at Hungary, but he followed it up with a clumsy collision with Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin that earned him a five-second penalty.

Ricciardo doesn’t have the confidence in the car he needs to push the limits. When he was at Red Bull, driving a chassis designed by Adrian Newey, he knew the car had his back. He knew he could make those incredible late lunges he became known for, or in qualifying brake just a few meters later, and the car underneath would be stable him.

He simply doesn’t have that in the McLaren.

At Renault – now Alpine – Ricciardo was starting to come good as his tenure at the side ended. He even picked up two podiums late in the year. Despite having publicly committed to the third year of his McLaren contract, Ricciardo could do worse than moving back to his old squad.

McLaren has slipped to fifth behind Alpine in the constructors’ championship, and the blame can be put firmly on Ricciardo’s shoulders. While both Alonso and Ocon are consistently scoring points for the French squad, Ricciardo has scored only a quarter of the amount of Norris.

Any way you look at it, Ricciardo has been absolutely trounced by Norris this season, and if McLaren want to move up the grid, they need to start by replacing Daniel Ricciardo.

Having said that, replacing him with Oscar Piastri – who has never driven in an F1 race – presents its own set of problems.

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Microsoft finally admits Xbox One sales were less than half of the PS4

Microsoft finally admits Xbox One sales were less than half of the PS4

Official Xbox One sales have largely been a mystery, but now Microsoft is finally admitting the obvious: the PS4 outsold the Xbox One — by a lot.

Microsoft stopped reporting its Xbox One sales figures at the beginning of its 2016 financial year, focusing instead on Xbox Live numbers. The change meant we’ve never officially known how well Xbox One was holding up compared to the PS4 after the Xbox One’s troubled launch. Analyst estimates have consistently put Microsoft in third place behind Sony and Nintendo, and now documents (Word doc) submitted to Brazil’s national competition regulator (spotted by Game Luster) finally shed some light on how the Xbox One generation went.

“Sony has surpassed Microsoft in terms of console sales and installed base, having sold more than twice as many Xbox in the last generation,” admits Microsoft, as translated from Portuguese.

Sony no longer report PS4 shipments, which means lifetime sales sit at 117.2 million as of March. While Microsoft hasn’t provided a specific sales number for Xbox One, its admission means the company must have sold less than approximately 58.5 million units. That lines up with market research from Ampere Analysis in 2020, which put the install base of Xbox One at 51 million units at the end of Q2 2020. Nintendo Switch currently sits at 111.08 million lifetime sales, and looks set to pass the PS4 later this year.

The Xbox Series S is helping bridge the PlayStation sales gap.
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Microsoft seems to be closing this giant gap with its Xbox Series S/X consoles, though. Ampere Analysis says “Sony ended 2021 with PS5 cumulative sell-through reaching 17 million units, around 1.6 times the performance of Xbox Series sales.” While Microsoft recoded a quarterly hardware revenue decline for Xbox recently, CEO Satya Nadella said Microsoft has “been the market leader in North America for three quarters in a row among next-gen consoles.” Microsoft still doesn’t reveal official Xbox sales figures.

The Xbox One might not have sold well, but Microsoft’s work on the Xbox One generation laid some important groundwork for the Xbox Series S / X. Microsoft transitioned into the Xbox Series X with 1440p support, Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), and lots of 120Hz games all at launch thanks to testing these features on previous Xbox One consoles.

Microsoft’s admission of weak Xbox One sales come as part of a broader debate between Sony and Microsoft over the Xbox maker’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. Sony and Microsoft are both arguing over Call of Duty, game subscriptions, and much more as Microsoft attempts to clear its acquisition in Brazil. Microsoft has also claimed in documents submitted to Brazil’s regulator that Sony pays for “blocking rights” to prevent developers adding their content to Xbox Game Pass.

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Instagram and Facebook are stalking you on websites accessed through their apps. What can you do about it?

Instagram and Facebook are stalking you on websites accessed through their apps. What can you do about it?

Social media platforms have had some bad press in recent times, largely prompted by the vast extent of their data collection. Now Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has upped the ante.

Not content with following every move you make on its apps, Meta has reportedly devised a way to also know everything you do in external websites accessed through its apps. Why is it going to such lengths? And is there a way to avoid this surveillance?

‘Injecting’ code to follow you

Meta has a custom in-app browser that operates on Facebook, Instagram and any website you might click through to from both these apps.

Now ex-Google engineer and privacy researcher Felix Krause has discovered this proprietary browser has additional program code inserted into it. Krause developed a tool that found Instagram and Facebook added up to 18 lines of code to websites visited through Meta’s in-app browsers.

This “code injection” enables user tracking and overrides tracking restrictions that browsers such as Chrome and Safari have in place. It allows Meta to collect sensitive user information, including “every button and link tapped, text selections, screenshots, as well as any form inputs, like passwords, addresses and credit card numbers”.

Krause published his findings online on August 10, including samples of the actual code.

In response, Meta has said it isn’t doing anything users didn’t consent to. A Meta spokesperson said:

We intentionally developed this code to honor people’s [Ask to track] choices on our platforms […] The code allows us to aggregate user data before using it for targeted advertising or measurement purposes.

The “code” mentioned in the case is pcm.js – a script that acts to aggregate a user’s browsing activities. Meta says the script is inserted based on whether users have given consent – ​​and information gained is used only for advertising purposes.

So is it acting ethically? Well, the company has done due diligence by informing users of its intention to collect an expanded range of data. However, it stopped short of making clear what the full implications of doing so would be.

People might give their consent to tracking in a more general sense, but “informed” consent implies full knowledge of the possible consequences. And, in this case, users were not explicitly made aware of their activities on other sites could be followed through a code injection.

Why is Meta doing this?

Data are the central commodity of Meta’s business model. There is astronomical value in the amount of data Meta can collect by injecting a tracking code into third-party websites opened through the Instagram and Facebook apps.

At the same time, Meta’s business model is being threatened – and events from the recent past can help shed light on why it’s doing this in the first place.

It boils down to the fact that Apple (which owns the Safari browser), Google (which owns Chrome) and the Firefox browser are all actively placing restrictions on Meta’s ability to collect data.


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Last year, Apple’s iOS 14.5 update came alongside a requirement that all apps hosted on the Apple app store must get users’ explicit permission to track and collect their data across apps owned by other companies.

Meta has publicly said this single iPhone alert is costing its Facebook business US$10 billion each year.

Apple’s Safari browser also applies a default setting to block all third-party “cookies”. These are little chunks of tracking code that websites deposit on your computer and which tell the website’s owner about your visit to the site.

Google will also soon be phasing out third-party cookies. And Firefox recently announced “total cookie protection” to prevent so-called cross-page tracking.

In other words, Meta is being flanked by browsers introducing restrictions on extensive user data tracking. Its response was to create its own browser that circumvents these restrictions.

How can I protect myself?

On the bright side, users concerned about privacy do have some options.

The easiest way to stop Meta tracking your external activities through its in-app browser is to simply not use it; make sure you’re opening web pages in a trusted browser of choice such as Safari, Chrome or Firefox (via the screen shown below).

Click ‘open in browser’ to open a website in a trusted browser such as Safari.
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If you can’t find this screen option, you can manually copy and paste the web address into a trusted browser.

Another option is to access the social media platforms via a browser. So instead of using the Instagram or Facebook app, visit the sites by entering their URL into your trusted browser’s search bar. This should also solve the tracking problem.

I’m not suggesting you ditch Facebook or Instagram altogether. But we should all be aware of how our online movements and usage patterns may be carefully recorded and used in ways we’re not told about. Remember: on the internet, if the service is free, you’re probably the product.


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Why young men support Andrew Tate’s ideologies

Why young men support Andrew Tate's ideologies

According to Sydney student Ben Smith, Andrew Tate is exactly the role model his generation needs.

The 19-year-old started following the self-proclaimed “self-help guru” – whose violent and misogynistic videos have amassed more than 11.6 billion views on TikTok – for his takes on relationships and success.

“He just says it like it is. It’s like, he doesn’t worry about what people think about him,” Smith told The Oz.

“He just says what he wants to say.”

Comments under news.com.au’s own coverage of the former big brother contestant and kickboxer’s rise to infamy have echoed a similar sentiment.

“Tate is KING!!! He’s exposing the corrupt, the matrix styled control system and pathetic elite ruling class,” declared one, while another called for “Andrew Tate for PM”.

“Pushing back against all the crazy feminists,” said a third.

“Love him or hate him, he is making bank on leftist outrage. For that he deserves a salute. Not that I would want my son watching or emulating him.”

It seems incomprehensible that the views espoused by Tate – that rape victims “must bear some responsibility” for their attacks; or that women should be choked by their male partners and stopped from going out – could be perceived as anything but vile.

Yet men around the world – especially young ones in western nations – are not just resonating with the content creator, but making TikTok accounts using Tate’s picture and name to further perpetuate his message.

“It’s in the interests of men to return [Tate’s] views, because they serve the status quo power, and reinforces the idea that women are there to serve men,” FullStop Australia CEO Hayley Foster told The Oz.

“Perpetuating these views results in them having more access to power and using women for their own purposes.”

Teachers from an all-boys secondary school shared with New Zealand’s Shit You Should Care About podcast last week that Tate “is becoming an almost poisonous addiction” of their students.

“The majority of our students, especially the juniors, are OBSESSED with him and the outlandish views he portrays,” they wrote.

“What’s more terrifying is they actually see him as a role model. They’re starting to genuinely believe being successful is synonymous with abusing women.”

The school’s 13- to 15-year-old students “are doing speeches at the moment and they all want to do speeches on how inspiring he is”, the teachers added.

While in the playground, and around the classroom, they’d overheard boys parroting Tate’s points of view – that “women who are sexually assaulted are ‘asking for it’ due to ‘what they wear’”, that “some women ‘dress like hookers’”, and that “if a woman has had abortions already she loses the right to use the statement ‘her body her choice’”.

“[We] just wanted to fill you all in on the genuine terror that your young female teachers are most likely facing at the moment. Especially if a school refuses to acknowledge it as a community issue,” they said.

“We know we cannot control what our boys watch but we do want to educate them on moral decisions and viewpoints due to the poignant age they are at.”

Off the back of a segment about Tate on The Project on Sunday night, radio host and former reality TV star Abbie Chatfield said she’d “absolutely” seen evidence of the British-American’s influence in her own experiences online of late.

“I’m getting DMs from what appear to be early-teen boys saying, ‘I hope Andrew Tate destroys you’, or things along that line,” the 27-year-old said.

“I also get comments calling me ‘Abbie Tate’, and comments on TikTok especially. That’s where it’s really, really rife.”

Fellow co-host Rachel Corbett called out the social media platform for failing to remove Tate’s “dangerous” content.

“When kids look at Instagram and TikTok, and the idea of ​​11.6 billion views as a success, that then says, ‘Well those views must be good, because they look at how famous he is. So I want to emulate that.’ It’s just really dangerous,” she said.

As National Director of White Ribbon Australia, Allan Ball, explained to news.com.au, “the use of gaming, extreme bravado and music [in the videos of Tate] overlays his deplorable actions with a filter of normalcy”.

“Impressionable young minds are drawn in by money, power and unwavering confidence, to become part of a tribe,” he said.

Behavioral scientist Juliette Tobias-Webb agreed, telling The Oz that figures like Tate attract younger audiences specifically because they’re prone to risky behaviour, and are less likely to understand the consequences of their actions.

“It’s a stage when you haven’t had serious relationships or you probably haven’t been held accountable for really poor behaviour,” Dr Tobias-Webb said.

“They haven’t developed the empathy skills and that inhibition to sort of curb some of these urges.”

Mr Ball said that “we need to reframe Tate’s commentary and ask the hard questions to better understand what young men believe are the benefits and drawbacks of having these beliefs”.

“We need to be sharing messages of equality, respect and the ways we can work together to stop violence – hate and abuse don’t have a monopoly on what constitutes viral content,” he added.

“If Tate’s body of hateful, demeaning and misogynistic musings are not sufficient for TikTok to act, then we must work together as a community to provide young men with an alternate lens of respect, compassion and equality.”

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Hideo Kojima and Former Konami Staff Reflect on PT During Its 8th Anniversary

PT Silent Hills 8 Anniversary

Many gamers and especially fans of Silent Hill are aware of the short-lived horror game known as PT (short for Playable Teaser). It was originally going to be a completely new Silent Hill game in collaboration with Norman Reedus and Guillermo del Toro. This, unfortunately, would never come to be, as many fans know that the fallout between Kojima Productions and Konami in 2015 resulted in the ambitious game being canceled. It was then taken down from the PlayStation Store, and PT is no longer available to be downloaded in any official capacity.

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There have been multiple times that fans have attempted to recreate the horror experience that the original PT did Fans have tried to bring the game back in multiple ways, such as a remake of PT in halo-infinite‘s Forge mode. Eight years after its cancellation, Hideo Kojima and a former staff member of Konami, Pearl L, reflected on the game and the day of its removal.

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Kojima posted on his English Twitter account how it’s the eighth year of PT, and recalls the experience of distributing the game at Gamescom. He and his team estimated that fans would take two months to complete the game, even if multiple players were playing all at once to experience all the mechanics that were present in the game. PT was solved in a mere two days, which resulted in fans being able to see the trailer for silent hills. He recalls being on stage with Geoff Keighley at Gamescom, where he expressed a sense of “failure,” likely meaning he hoped the mystery would linger longer.


After Kojima posted to his Twitter account, former Konami staff member Pearl L chimed in with her own thoughts about setting up the game, being responsible for the fake publisher, the surprise release of the game, as well as being the one who had to call Sony when it was time to remove it. She states that the request to take down PT and block it from being redownloaded was a “super fun” conversation. She would then go on to answer many questions fans had about PT‘s removal, with the exact reason why the game was being removed due to Konami itself.

In her replies, Pearl L makes it known that it was a tough situation working at Konami during this time, with the support teams within the company and Sony deserving special praise for putting up with the brunt of accusations from fans. She notes it was an exceptionally awkward time contacting Sony, due to the complicated requirements to get it set up, and then being asked to list and block redownloads, the first time this ever happened to Sony.


PT was canceled and is no longer in development.

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Maxwell shines with bat and ball in spirited London win

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Glenn Maxwell may have been upstaged by Adam Rossington’s record-breaking knock but he shone brightly enough with bat and ball to help London Spirit maintain their perfect record in The Hundred.

Englishman Rossington took center stage with the competition’s fastest fifty, smashed off just 15 balls, as Spirit made mincemeat of their 144-run target against Northern Superchargers at Headingley on Sunday.

But Australian star Maxwell also played a big part in helping wrap up the seven-wicket win – with 18 balls to spare – as the Lord’s franchise almost certainly wrapped up a place in the knock-out stages already by winning their fourth straight match.

The Victorian cracked an unbeaten 43 off just 25 balls to steer them home after earlier granting just six runs and taking a key wicket off 15 balls in a spell that helped strangle the Superchargers.

They were decisive contributions from the 33-year-old, who’s having to cut his Hundred campaign short after he was included in Australia’s 14-man squad for the ODIs against Zimbabwe and New Zealand.

Maxwell provided Spirit with the ideal start while leg-spinner Mason Crane also shone, taking 2-23 to restrict the Superchargers to 5-143.

The Aussie did most to ensure they only scored 23 off their 25-ball Powerplay, and he got rid of the dangerous Adam Lyth, who miscued his off-spin to mid-on.

He bowled 10 of his 15 deliveries straight through, under the competition’s rules which allow the bowling of consecutive five-ball blocks, making life difficult for the batters from the off.

Chasing the 144 target, Rossington blitzed nine of his first 15 balls for either fours or sixes, roaring to 66 off 25 balls.

Adam Rossington smoked a half-century off only 15 balls // Getty
Adam Rossington smoked a half-century off only 15 balls // Getty

It laid the ideal foundation for Maxwell, who smacked six fours and a six as Spirit eased to the target.

In the later game, Will Jacks hammered the highest-ever score in the competition to guide Oval Invincibles to their third straight victory, beating Southern Brave by seven wickets.

Aussie allrounder Marcus Stoinis whacked a quick-fire 37 off 27 balls, with two fours and two sixes, as Brave’s leading scorer in their total of 6-137.

But that was no match for Jacks, who’d struck 81 in his previous game against Welsh Fire, this time thrashing 108no from 48 balls to overtake Will Smeed’s 101 for Birmingham Phoenix four days earlier.

The 23-year-old’s innings included eight sixes and 10 fours as the Invincibles coasted home with 18 deliveries still unused.

Stoinis had earlier cracked Sam Curran for what proved the only two sixes of the innings but once he’d succumbed to Mohammad Hasnain’s first delivery, top-edging into the hands of long-off, it was down to another Aussie Tim David to try to provide a flourish.

Yet he could get the odd destructive shot away, with 22 from his 17 balls.

Jacks was the star of the show, and was particularly harsh on another Aussie, the veteran Michael Hogan, by slamming him for two early sixes, as well as on Stoinis, who went for 27 off the 15 balls he sat down.

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Pre-Order Galaxy Watch5 Series – This is The Quickest Way to Seize Awesome Gifts & Deals! – Samsung Newsroom Malaysia

Pre-Order Galaxy Watch5 Series – This is The Quickest Way to Seize Awesome Gifts & Deals! – Samsung Newsroom Malaysia

Samsung Electronics has unveiled a brand-new addition to the wearable line – Galaxy Watch5 series. Now is the golden time to pre-order them, by 1st September 2022, if you want to be among the first to own the latest industry leading health and fitness technology.

From astounding state-of-the-art sensor technology to customizable iconic design, the Galaxy Watch5 series is designed to win, to redefine digital health and wellness, and provide users with more effective solutions to succeed in all of their health, fitness and lifestyle pursuits. The newest addition to the Galaxy Watch line-up, the Galaxy Watch5 Pro, is built with cutting-edge features and durability to meet the rigorous demands of the most active users and outdoor enthusiasts. While the Galaxy Watch5 has evolved to deliver even more personalized insight, data and tracking that Galaxy users love with stylish designs.

Customers who pre-order the Galaxy Watch5 Series will enjoy exclusive gifts worth up to RM549 – including the Galaxy Buds Live for Galaxy Watch5 Pro customers, and the classic Hybrid Leather Band for Galaxy Watch5 customers. To top it off, Galaxy Watch5 series customers will also get to enjoy 20% off PWP on selected Galaxy Buds, specifically the latest Galaxy Buds2 Pro, and Galaxy Buds2. The pre-order can be easily made at Samsung Experience Stores, Samsung Authorized Partners and Samsung Malaysia Online Store.

Below is a table of the Galaxy Watch5 Series’ Pre-Order Deals[1]:

Product Model RRP Color Availability rewards
Galaxy Watch5 Galaxy Watch5 Bluetooth (40mm) RM1,099 Graphite

Silver

Pink Gold

 One complimentary Hybrid Leather Band (worth RM149)

20% OFF purchase with purchase on selected Galaxy Buds (Galaxy Buds Live, Galaxy Buds2, Galaxy Buds2 Pro)
Galaxy Watch5 Bluetooth (44mm) RM1,199 Graphite

Sapphire

Silver
Galaxy Watch5 Pro Galaxy Watch5 ProBluetooth (45mm) RM1,899 BlackTitanium

GrayTitanium

 One complimentary Galaxy Buds Live (worth RM549)

20% OFF purchase with purchase on selected Galaxy Buds (Galaxy Buds Live, Galaxy Buds2, Galaxy Buds2 Pro)

Learn more and pre-order the Galaxy Watch5 Series here:

[1] Pre-order gifts are on a first-come, first-served basis, while stocks last. The e-voucher can only be used on Samsung Malaysia Online Store. Other terms and conditions may apply.