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US all set to blacklist 30+ Chinese Companies which also include the 3D NAND Company YMTC

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According to DigiTimes, the US government is likely to put China-based 3D NAND company YMTC on the Department of Commerce’s “Entity List” this week, along with dozens of other high-tech companies from the People’s Republic. Companies on the Entity List will be unable to purchase equipment, software, and other technologies from American firms unless the latter obtain a special export license from the Department of Commerce.

As a manufacturer of 3D NAND, YMTC was already hampered by the United States government’s broad restrictions against the Chinese semiconductor industry. Already, YMTC is unable to obtain American wafer fab equipment (WFE) to manufacture 3D NAND with 128 or more layers. As a result, four major US chipmaking tool manufacturers have already stopped working with YMTC because they need to obtain required export licenses from the Department of Commerce.

Being placed on the Entity List complicates matters further for YMTC, as it now loses access to all types of wafer fab equipment built in the United States or containing American IP, software, and other technology.

The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, along with 30 other entities, to the Unverified List (UVL) in early October because it could not identify bona fides (end users) of their products or whether said bona fides were involved in boosting China’s military capabilities.

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At the time, there is a lot of competition. This usually means that the corporation must allow the US Department of Commerce to undertake inspections and verifications. If the checks cannot be completed to the satisfaction of the US DoC, the company is placed on the Entity List.

Although the Chinese government appeared to relent last week, allowing US export control to audit a number of organisations (including YMTC), these inspections take time. Because it appears that they have not yet been finalised, YMTC and the other firms will be placed on the Entity List for the time being.

The Entity List is essentially a blacklist, and being blacklisted is a serious concern since it means YMTC will lose access to any American technologies that are regulated. When Huawei and its subsidiaries were placed on the Entity List, they lost access to software and hardware that used any technology produced in the United States, including chip design software and TSMC chips. This severely limited Huawei’s ability to build system-on-chips and nearly killed its ability to produce them in bulk.

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OnePlus 11: Official Teaser Released

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OnePlus 11 launches have been officially teased. The company took to Weibo to reveal the design teaser of the forthcoming flagship smartphone. The OnePlus 11 5G is anticipated to launch beforehand coming time. The company’s videotape teaser showcases the new camera module design of the 11 5G. The teaser confirms that the blurted design render was indeed licit.

First official teaser for the OnePlus 11

The videotape participated by the company does not entirely reveal the 11, but you can see the indirect islet on the smartphone’s reverse has four circles- bone for the flash and three for the cameras. The islet sports Hasselblad branding, and there is an alert slider on the smartphone’s right-side frame, which corroborates former design leaks.

The company focuses on making” quality” products, indeed at the expense of its profit periphery. Thus, there was only just enough time left in this live-streamed conference to confirm that the long-rumoured 11 is on the way.

OnePlus 11: official teaser released

While the company has shown the black-multicoloured model in the clip, bruited to be called Matte Black, a blurted image revealed there will also be a green-multicoloured variant, which is said to be announced as lustrous herbage. The company hasn’t disclosed anything differently about the OnePlus 11, but you can anticipate hearing further about it from OnePlus in the coming many days.

iQOO 11 AnTuTu score overtakes the ROG Phone 6

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In China, iQOO just unveiled the iQOO 11 series. The iQOO 11 and iQOO 11 Pro are the two gadgets in the series. Out of the two, the plain variant first went on sale in the Chinese market a few days ago.

On January 10, the iQOO 11 will also be unveiled in India. Fans of the brand won’t be let down by this device because it shares the majority of characteristics with the 11 Pro model, even if the firm hasn’t made any announcements to suggest that it would be available soon.

The iQOO 11’s result on the AnTuTu benchmark has now been made public via MySmartPrice. According to the magazine, an industry source provided the matrices. Let’s examine how the equipment performs.

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AnTuTu benchmark results show that the iQOO 11 5G manages to earn 1,323,820 points overall. This score puts the top-ranked Asus ROG Phone 6 more than 200,000 points behind.

iQOO 11 specifications

This is probably because of the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, which powers the iQOO 11. When compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the benchmark shows that the CPU performance hasn’t really increased.

The iQOO 11 achieved 607,822 points in the GPU test compared to the current top-ranked ROG Phone 6’s 474,844 points, demonstrating a significant improvement in GPU performance.

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The RAM and user experience of the device were also tested by AnTuTu, which gave 2,44,782 and 2,00,229 points, respectively. It’s also intriguing to note that the chip maintained a moderate temperature throughout the benchmarking procedure, with a high temperature of 31.9 degrees Celsius.

If these performance matrices hold true in practical use, it is safe to say that the iQOO 11 will be a treat for iQOO users who want the best performance possible from their devices for activities like gaming.

The iQOO 11 boasts a 6.78-inch E6 AMOLED display that is HDR10+ certified, has a 2K screen resolution of 3200 x 1440 pixels, a refresh rate of 144 Hz, a maximum brightness of 1800 nits, and uses 1440Hz PWM Dimming.

Along with LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 internal storage, the gadget sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. In addition to the onboard RAM, the phone supports virtual RAM expansion of up to 8GB. A freshly released, particularly created Vivo V2 Image Signal Processor is also included (ISP).

A triple camera setup with a 50 megapixel primary camera sensor, an 8 megapixel ultra-wide lens, and a 13 megapixel telephoto sensor with a 2x optical zoom is available.

The phone boasts a 16-megapixel front-facing camera for taking selfies and making video calls.

Both the company’s exclusive OriginOS 3 custom user interface and the Android 13 operating system are pre-installed on the device. It is powered by a 5,000mAh battery with 120W quick charging capability.

The Game Awards 2022 had the highest Viewership count in its History

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The Game Awards 2022 achieved a new record for total viewership across all platforms where the ceremony was broadcast. Geoff Keighley tweeted hours after the presentation that The Game Awards 2022 may have already smashed previous records, and now the official viewership numbers have been announced.

The show is regarded as one of the best in recent years by fans and video game chat shows. Everything else surrounding the program was just as fascinating as the Game of the Year category, which came down to a two-horse race. The show also held several giveaways on some of its streaming platforms, such as Twitch and Steam, which helped attract even more viewers. The Game Awards’ efforts to incentivize viewership came off, as they outperformed expectations.

The Game Awards revealed that the 2022 ceremony had 103 million global Livestream viewers across 30 different streaming platforms.

Geoff Keighley deserves credit for making the show as accessible as possible. This is a 21% increase in viewership over the previous year. According to The Game Awards’ website, Twitter saw a peak of 11.5 million watchers and a 28% increase in conversation volume over the previous year, which could have been boosted by the bizarre incident at the end of The Game Awards 2022. During that time, #TheGameAwards soared to the top of Trending Topics, and hashtag usage increased by 31% from 2021.

The Game Awards’ YouTube Channel had 603,000 concurrent views, with the rest coming from various partners and channels co-streaming the event. 9.5 million unique customers watched the performance on Steam, hoping to win the Steam Deck offer for Steam users. Twitch had 1.9 million concurrent viewers across all platforms, including co-stream partners, representing a 20% increase from 2021. The Game Awards Twitch channel had 571,000 concurrent viewers at its peak.

Viewership spread to additional platforms such as TikTok Live, Instagram Live, Livestream partners in other countries such as China and India, and The IMAX Experience in theatres worldwide. The specifics of such figures were not disclosed. With game reveals of Hades 2, Armored Core 6, Death Stranding 2, and others, as well as moments like Christopher Judge’s extended acceptance speech for Best Performance, and the emergence of Pedro Eustache aka “Flute Guy” as a community darling, the program provided its noteworthy highlights.

The Game Awards have already been confirmed to return in 2023 to commemorate its tenth anniversary, and Geoff Keighley has made 2023 his busiest year yet. In June 2023, the Hollywood Bowl will host a live symphonic event showcasing music from games highlighted during the year. That will also be around the time he holds his Summer Game Fest event, which will take place in conjunction with or shortly after the return of E3 that month.

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RRR has become the highest-grossing movie in Japan

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RRR has become the highest-grossing movie in Japan. SS Rajamouli’s movie has gained another coup that is the movie has conquered the hearts of audiences globally. RRR, according to its official Twitter handle, has become the highest-grossing Indian film in Japan.

On the official Twitter handle, the head of RRR has tweeted, “Delighted to share that #RRRMovie is now the highest-grossing film with the highest footfall for an Indian film In Japan! Thank you for all the love you showered on our stars and director ever since the film’s release.”

RRR has become the highest-grossing movie in Japan

The lead actor of the movie Jr NTR and Ram Charan along with the director SS Rajamouli has extensively promoted the film in Japan before its release there on 21st October. The actors also interacted with fans before the screening of the movie and have also spoken about the movie on various platforms.

Recently, the director of the movie is currently promoting the movie in the US. The movie has recently bagged five 2023 Critics Choice Awards nominations. It has also been nominated for many other categories such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Song (Naatu Naatu).

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Meanwhile, RRR has also secured a place in the Best Non-English Language Film and Best Original Song 2023 Golden Globe nominations list.

While talking about the success of RRR in the west, the director has said previously to the Indiewire, “Obviously, I’m happy about it. I can’t pinpoint why it happened, but I would say a part of it is that Western audiences are not getting the full-blown action of Masala movies. Maybe Hollywood movies aren’t giving them enough of that. That’s what I gather when I look at the response. In any case, that really, really surprised me, and I’m really, really happy about it.”

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Luka Modric isn’t planning to retire anytime soon!

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Luka Modric is a living legend! Even at the age of 37 years, he is performing at the highest level. He won the Champions League and La Liga with Real Madrid this year, being an important part of the team. Modric has now also captained his country, Croatia to another successful World Cup campaign as they finish third this time, after finishing as runners-up in 2018.

To get things into context, Luka Modric left Tottenham Hotspurs and signed for Real Madrid when he was 27 years old and by that time, he didn’t have won anything significant. Fast forward to 10 years, and he is now among the best midfielders of all time, having won 5 Champions League titles with Real Madrid and captaining Croatia to a second and third-place finish in the last two editions of the World Cup. Modric is also the footballer to break the Ronaldo-Messi duopoly over the Ballon d’Or trophy as he won the highest individual honour in 2018.

Luka Modric isn’t planning to retire anytime soon!

Luka Modric is truly a midfield magician, who brings joy to every football fan. His command of the midfield is second to none and doing it in his late 30s at the highest level requires insane longevity and passion for the game. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 was his last World cup but he isn’t retiring anytime soon. This news will surely bring a smile to the face of every football fan as we can enjoy seeing the midfield maestro performing his art in the middle of the park for some more time.

Luka Modric said after finishing third in the World Cup 2022: “It may be my last game in a World Cup, but I can’t say anything. But of course, I am very happy with my career for Croatia. Winning two medals is very important. My dream was to win the cup, it didn’t happen, but I am very happy.”

“About my future? I don’t know if I will be in Germany, I have to go step by step. I am enjoying the national team, I feel happy. I still think I can perform on a high level and I want to continue until the Nations League, then after there will be more time to think about the Euros. Now it is step by step by step and continue until least the Nations League and after we will see.”

Luka Modric further said: “We showed that Croatia has a great team, with a very good future ahead and we must continue on that path. In the future we will see what happens. I want to continue until the Nations League and then we’ll see what happens.”

“You could see how we celebrated on the pitch. It means a lot to win two medals in two World Cups, it’s something very important and very big for Croatia. You can no longer talk about Croatia as a team that does something every 20 years.

“I think with the last World Cup and this one we have put Croatia on the map of great teams and we are very happy. We wanted to be in the final, and even though we couldn’t, we go home as winners, which is also very important.”

Aar Ya Paar: All the Latest Updates about Aditya Rawal’s New Action-Drama film

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Disney + Hotstar has come with Sidharth Sengupta’s show titled, ‘ Aar Ya Paar’. For OTT lovers there is never a shortage of OTT content. Disney+ Hotstar with one of the leading OTT entertainment service providers. However, the film is telling the tale of a fictional Degohati tribe in which trouble has been looming.  

The story of the film follows Aditya Rawal’s Sarju. As the new teaser opens, Sarju is given a new assignment to kill a person in Romania. Belonging to the Degohati tribe, they hate outsiders. When Sarju’s tribe is harmed because the land there has uranium, he comes to the city to avenge those responsible and promises to kill them all. There is a capitalist desire to capture their land like it is a touch in uranium. He has ordered poison to the river from which the tribe has drawn water to accept their demand.

After some time, he comes to know that their villages have burnt and finally Sarju who is a great archer from the tribe decides to participate in the capitalists and serve them like an assassin to protect his people. Sumeet Vyas is a cop who is on the heels of Sarju just after he begins to do the contract killings. recently started streaming The Banshees of Inisherin. With action-packed sequences, raw emotions, and anger at display, Aar Ya Paar promises to have a story that will leave the audience at the edge of their seats. The story will highlight a tribal man’s struggle and fight against corrupt machinery. 

Their upcoming pipeline also includes Disney’s Strange World and Bhuvan Bam’s Taaza Khabar. Adding to this vast list of varied content, a new Hotstar Specials series has been announced by the OTT platform. Titled Aar Ya Paar, its trailer dropped earlier today, December 15th, 2022.  Read along if you want to know more about this series. 

Aar Ya Paar:  First Look 

As a part of Disney+ Day celebrations, the OTT streamer revealed the first look of Aar Ya Paar, back in September 2022, on the 8th. For those not aware, Disney+ Day is an annual celebration of the Disney+ global community. In the teaser, when the dialogue, Agar Apni pe aajaye toh na insaan ruktha hai, na jaanwar, aur yeh toh dono hai’, plays out – the words and the intensity it carries giveaway goosebumps. 

Aar Ya Paar: Cast and Crew 

Aditya Rawal, Patralekhaa, Sumeet Vyas, Ashish Vidyarthi, Nakul Roshan Sahdev, Shilpa Shukla, Ram Singh Patel, and Krishna Kant Singh Bundela feature in Aar Ya Paar. Siddharth Sengupta is the showrunner. 

Aar Ya Paar: OTT Release Date 

The series will stream on the OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar. Its OTT release date is locked. All episodes of Aar Ya Paar will start to stream digitally on  30th December 2022. 

Here is the trailer: 

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Reliance announces its New FMCG brand called ‘Independence’

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On Thursday, Reliance Consumer Products, the FMCG arm of Reliance Ventures, unveiled the ‘Independence’ brand of indigenous consumer packaged goods (CPG). According to the corporation, this brand will offer a wide range of products such as staples, processed meals, and other daily necessities. The startup is aiming for a countrywide rollout, but it debuted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on Thursday. Reliance has stated that it plans to establish Gujarat as a “go-to-market” state.

“I am happy to announce the launch of our own FMCG brand Independence which brings a wide choice of high quality and affordable products including edible oils, pulses, grains, packaged foods and other daily need products,” said Isha Ambani, director, Reliance Retail Ventures.

Reliance Retail is one of India’s major retailers, with over 12,000 outlets across the country.

However, the corporation stated that it is working with trade partners like as manufacturers and kirana to achieve this goal. Hindustan Unilever, Nestle, ITC, and Godrej presently lead the FMCG industry in India.

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According to McKinsey Global Institute’s (MGI) 2021 research, Asia represents a $10 trillion consumer growth opportunity over the next decade. While the long-term growth levers remain strong, the industry has not been very lucrative this calendar year, which has had many drag factors such as rising inflation, which has damaged the spending power of many of its consumers and increased the input prices of the producers.

“Revenue growth was driven by price hikes, with volumes remaining subdued across categories. The volume contraction was more pronounced in rural areas. Companies expect rural demand to recover in the second half of FY23, on the back of government interventions, a good monsoon and higher crop realisations,” says a recent report BNP Paribas.

Godrej Consumer Products said in its March quarter update that “the sector continued to be hit hard by higher inflation levels, leading to successive price increases, and impacting volumes.”

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Honda announces price hike of up to Rs 30,000 on its Vehicles starting Jan 2023

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Honda announced on Friday that it plans to raise prices across its entire model lineup by up to 30,000 yen beginning in January to mitigate the impact of growing input costs and prepare goods for forthcoming higher emission standards.

Honda, which has a wholly-owned subsidiary in the country, joins market leader Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Renault, Kia India, and MG Motor in making year-end announcements to raise prices beginning next month.

“After assessing the consistent increase in the input cost of raw materials and upcoming regulatory requirements, we will have to undergo a price revision for our products from January 23. The increment will be in the range of up to ₹30,000 and vary from model to model,” Honda Cars India Vice President (Sales and Marketing) Kunal Behl told PTI.

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Vehicles will be required to carry an onboard self-diagnostic equipment to monitor real-time driving pollution levels under the second phase of BS-VI emission rules, which will go into effect in April 2023. To keep an eye on pollutants, the device will constantly check crucial parts for satisfying emission requirements, such as catalytic converters and oxygen sensors.

Furthermore, to manage the quantity of fuel burned, the vehicles will have programmable fuel injectors that control the timing and amount of fuel pumped into the petrol engine. Even the semiconductors utilised by the car will need to be modified in order to monitor the throttle, crankshaft positions, air intake pressure, engine temperature, and the composition of the exhaust emissions (particulate matter, nitrogen oxide, CO2, Sulphur, and so on).

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Apple to launch its Emergency SOS services in more countries by Next-Year

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Apple said this week that the iPhone 14’s life-saving Emergency SOS via Satellite feature will be available in more countries next year in a press statement. Apple did not, however, disclose a list of nations where the feature will be expanded next.

Emergency SOS by Satellite was first available in the United States and Canada in November and requires an iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, or iPhone 14 Pro Max running iOS 16.1 or later. The service became accessible earlier this week in France, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, with iOS 16.2 necessary for some local emergency service lines.

In the U.S. and Canada, call or text 911. In France, call or text 112, 15, 17, 18, 114, 119, 191, and 196. In Germany, texts 112 and 110. In Ireland and the U.K., call or text 999 or 112. You need iOS 16.2 to connect to emergency services via satellite when you call or text 15, 17, 18, 114, 119, 191, and 196 in France, 110 in Germany, and 999 in Ireland. The availability of these additional emergency numbers might also depend on your cellular carrier.

The feature connects Apple iPhone 14 models to a Globalstar satellite, allowing users to send text messages to emergency services when they are beyond of range of cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity.

A text message may take 15 seconds to send via satellite in “perfect conditions with a direct view of the sky and the horizon,” according to Apple, but foliage or other obstructions can cause messages to take longer or fail to send. According to Apple, satellite communication may also be unavailable in areas over 62° latitude, such as northern Alaska and Canada.

There have already been tales of Emergency SOS through Satellite assisting first responders in rescuing people in Alaska and California. For critical information regarding the feature, iPhone users should check Apple’s support document.

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