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Sony’s financial report states that the company sold 2.8 million of the current generation console this quarter. Adding this on top of the 100 million sold up to the last quarter pushes it above the original. That said, the numbers are not going to improve by a lot until the PS5 comes out. With its release officially slated for next year’s holiday season, the company expects sales of the PS4 to be less than originally forecast....

According to its product page, the Xperia 1 III will retail for an eye-watering RM5799, making it significantly more expensive than its predecessor. To quickly recap on its specs, the phone sports a 6.5-inch 21:9, 4K HDR OLED display, with a 120Hz refresh rate. Beneath the hood, the phone runs is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 SoC, 12GB RAM, along with a 4500mAh battery that also supports 30W fast-charging via USB-C....

Once this feature has been implemented, artists and labels will be able to pick which music gets signal boosted. The company’s algorithms will then automatically display relevant music from an artist or label within listeners’ recommendation sections on Spotify. In terms of pricing, artists or labels are not required to pay an upfront fee. They can instead choose to be paid a promotional royalty fee wherever this feature is in effect....

Under the new plan which they dubbed Coverage Above and Beyond, both companies will establish a new network using the telco’s mid-band spectrum across the United States. T-Mobile noted that the majority of smartphones on its network will be able to connect to the network without any need for new equipment. Elon Musk alongside T-Mobile’s CEO and President Mike Sievert at the Coverage Above and Beyond launch event. [Image: SpaceX / YouTube....

Original Article – 5:21PM, 14 October 2022: Luxury watch brand Tag Heuer has collaborated with Nintendo for a Mario-themed watch before, in the form of the Connected smart watch. It was pretty fancy in its own right, with the price to match. Now, the two companies have collaborated again for two special edition watches of the more traditional variety, but with much higher prices. Between double and over ten times, in fact....

Simply put, Voice Chats is a feature that now allows any Telegram Group to have a voice chat room that is always on and running parallel to existing text, adding a “live layer” to said group. It’s a useful tool to have, especially if your intention is to hear the voices of certain individuals while dropping messages as well. For Android users, they’ll also notice a floating widget at the phone’s edge, similar to Facebook’s Messenger app and its own floating bubble....

Tetris Royale is made by developer N3TWORK and The Tetris Company. If it’s not already obvious, the game involves the game of Tetris, battled out among 100 players. If you want a more traditional Tetris experience, the game will also feature modes like solo marathon. The Verge reports that the partnership between N3TWORK and The Tetris Company will be one that spans multiple years. This could mean that there will be more games being made as a result....

Specifically, its US subsidiary Pokemon Company International is going after as of yet unidentified individuals for the leaks. The company is going after those who have leaked other details that originated from the games’ strategy guide. The suit also claims that the developer found 300 web pages on “dozens of platforms that linked to websites containing the leaked Strategy Guide pictures”. Pokemon Company International has identified the leakers as four Discord users....

VDC is known for collaborating with celebrities to make restaurant concepts that are sold through partner franchises. The company is responsible for restaurants carrying the names of Mario Lopez, Steve Harvey, Mariah Carey, and even YouTuber MrBeast’s MrBeast Burger. Co-founder Robert Earl said that VDC plans to launch 300 TikTok Kitchen outlets simultaneously, similar to MrBeast Burger, and up to 1000 outlets by the end of 2022. Among the menu items is the baked feta pasta, which was the most-searched recipe in 2021 on Google....

The phone’s arrival and existence comes as a bit of a surprise; just yesterday, Kakao, the South Korean brand behind the KakaoTalk app, launched its own smartphone as well. With nearly identical hardware to boot. On a light-hearted note, the phone’s name, Jianguo, can either mean “nation-building”, “frying pan” or “nut”, depending on how the name is written in Chinese. In this case, the characters point to the latter, with the phone also having been referred to as the “Nut Pro 3”....

It’s an unusual deal, to be sure. The game’s developers at Creative Assembly made this announcement on the Total War series blog. And they are quite open in explaining their decision of taking the exclusivity deal for Total War Saga: Troy. As they explain it, Creative Assembly took the deal for a number of reasons. One was to diversify its business, and one way was to explore availability on digital stores beyond Steam....

The official launch is a long time coming given how it was first unveiled to the world way back in early February 2020. Just two weeks after the plan was revealed to the public, TNG then announced that it has managed to get Shell onboard. The actual trial program only started more than a year later in July 2021 at five selected stations within Klang Valley. Fast forward to late May 2022, the number of stations that offer the payment feature grew to 35 although their whereabouts are still limited to Klang Valley....

In several screenshots shared by Lowyat.NET Forumer aniq8676 over at the TNG eWallet thread, the Visa Card has appeared on the app’s main page as well as its Financial Services section. In the Visa Card section, users can then select the Get Card Now option to begin the application process. [Image: aniq8676 / Lowyat.NET Forums.]When we reached out to aniq8676, he shared another screenshot which showed that the Visa Card will enable users to upgrade their eWallet to the Premium tier just like GO+, GOpinjam, CarInsure, and SafeTrip....

The footage was shared to the Facebook group Smartklang.news. It shows a man launching himself onto a car’s windshield, shortly after the car made a turn at a junction. Several people show up moments later, two of which appear to be helping the man, and another whipping out his phone, presumably to record the incident. According to the Facebook post, when the driver in the incident said to wait for the police to arrive because he has a dashcam, everyone dispersed....

In his tweet, Abdul Rahman expressed that the system’s efficiency is “so erratic” to the point that Malaysians are hesitant to use RFID lanes, contradicting its goal to make traffic flows more seamless on highways. He also pointed out Malaysians have tolerated it for the first few months to allow trial and error, but the issue has been going on for far too long. Replying to the tweet, Loke clarified that RFID operations at highway toll plazas is not under the Ministry of Transport’s jurisdiction, but is instead handled by the Works Ministry’s statuary body Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM)....

To recap, the original temporary license was supposed to have expired back in August this year. According to Reuters, the latest delay was initially meant to last just two weeks, but persisting bureaucratic issues forced the administration to make the extension date 90 days. As for what the extension means for Huawei, this means that the brand can still continue supporting existing devices with Google Mobile Services (GMS), but sadly cannot launch new devices with Google certification....

In addition to the usual “like” button, users will now see four other ways to react to a tweet: a thinking/confused emoji, a teary-eyed and sad emoji, one that’s cry-laughing, and a clapping emoji for cheering. The only emotion missing from the lineup, in earnest, is an angry emoji, much like the one from Facebook’s Reaction lineup. — J (@jtwdesign) September 9, 2021 One of the designers of this new communication method justifies the development by saying that the “like” reaction is way too overburdened with covering a wide array of emotions from general support to disbelief....

The social media company said it had already been testing the feature last year. After incorporating user feedback and learnings from the tests, Twitter is now launching the feature across iOS and Android, beginning with accounts that have set their language to English. The feature has apparently gone through quite a bit of improvement. In earlier forms, Twitter said it struggled to capture the nuance in many conversations and frequently couldn’t differentiate between potentially offensive language, sarcasm, and friendly banter....

This is a rather interesting point because the telco didn’t reveal the actual FUP limit for the older Giler Unlimited prepaid plans. After all, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has told telcos last year to clearly specify the FUP details of their plans. The U25 plan which is currently being offered at RM20 per month has a maximum speed of 3Mbps and a FUP limit of 30GB. On the other hand, those who need faster speed can opt for the U35 plan at RM35 per month which runs at up to 6Mbps and has an ultimate FUP limit of 100GB....

Let’s start things off slow with the minimum requirements, which Ubisoft says will run the game in 1080p 30fps on low graphics. You’ll need at least an AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or Intel Core i5-4460 processor. For graphics cards, it’s at least an AMD Radeon R9 380 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 960. Then we get to the recommended specs to run Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on high graphics preset, 1080p 30fps....