Transaction scales Quest Global’s global operations and bolsters its semi-conductor capabilities
Quest Global, one of the world’s fastest-growing engineering services firms, today announced the acquisition of Adept, a product design house with robust capabilities in the semiconductor, automotive, and hi-tech verticals. This transaction accelerates Quest Global’s growth by scaling its operations and advancing its capabilities to provide innovative and digital solutions to its customers around the globe.
With locations in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Vizag and clients across India, China and the United States, the acquisition of Adept expands Quest Global’s footprint in India and strengthens its global presence. In particular, the company brings strong capabilities that will enable Quest Global to add significant capacity to its semiconductor offerings.
This allows Quest Global to provide its customers with deeper digital engineering expertise, greater choice and expanded services from additional semi-conductor capabilities, enhanced embedded services and new capabilities in prototyping, ADAS, Vehicle Connectivity, Integrated Cockpit, and AUTOSAR toolkits – all of which will put Quest Global in an even better position to deliver superior end-to-end global product engineering services to its customers around the world.
“At Quest Global, we strive to be the most trusted partner for the world’s hardest engineering problems – and today’s news moves us one step further on that journey,” said Ajit Prabhu, Chairman & CEO, Quest Global. “We are pleased to welcome Adept to the Quest Global family. Spending quality time with founders, Gopal Koreme and Madan Lolugu, we recognized how great the cultural fit was right out of the gate, and that alignment became the foundation of this agreement. Together, we will accelerate digital engineering capabilities to service the fast-growing semiconductor industry.”
“This is an exciting moment for Adept. As part of the Quest Global family, we now have a tremendous opportunity to leverage our unique capabilities to help solve the world’s hardest engineering problems for customers and communities around the world,” said Gopal Koreme, Co-Founder & CEO, Adept. “We have a shared vision for growth for our customers and for our people that will enable us to build on the success of our organizations to become the most trusted partner in the semiconductor industry.”
“We are thrilled to join the Quest Global family and become part of the best growth story in engineering services,” said Madan Lolugu, Co-Founder & Director, Adept. “With their support and resources, Adept looks forward to doubling down on our efforts to provide world class chip design and embedded services.”
After getting a huge response in season 5, Elite is now coming for season 6, Netflix has declared the official premiere date of the sixth season with a hot and steamy teaser clip. As we all know that this is a Spanish teen drama series set to continue after Samuel’s death.
The students in Las Encinas have faced such a new school year when trying to cover up disasters of the past. In the new trailer, we will see the death of one of the students in the school who is facing a troubling past.
The official trailer has teased the aftermath of Sam’s Death, new beginnings, and Isadora’s vengeance. In this season we are going to witness a lot of drama on the menu. However, after the death of Samuel, Las Encinas faced a new school year trying to have a facelift by covering up disasters of the past. The new season will depict the share of classroom conflicts from racism, sexism, domestic violence, and definitely LGTBI-phobia and force the students to take some action themselves on addressing those problems.
In the new trailer of the sixth season, we can see the returning cast members containing Andre Lamogila, Valentina Zenere, Carla Diaz, Martina Cariddi, Adam Nourou, and Manu Rios, with more faces, while some have seen to be shirtless and making out each other as water showers on them from above. We will see some returning stars Ander Puig, Carmen Arrufat, Ana Bokesa, and Alex Pastrana. We will also see some new cast members containing the previously mentioned Escamilla along with Omar Ayuso, Claudia Salas, and Georgina Amoros.
For the first time, Elite was launched on 5th October 2018, and become a breakout hit for the streamer. Netflix confirms that the first season was streamed by over 20 million viewers just within the first month of release. The second season was renewed that same month. In 2019, the series also got GLAAD Award for Outstanding Scripted Television Series.
Elite (Season 6): Release Date
However, Netflix’s new Spanish drama show will hit season 6 on 18th November 2022. Elite has already been renewed for Season 7.
The Group Stage of the 2022/23 Champions League is now over, with 16 teams qualifying for the Round of 16, while eight have been relegated to the Europa League.
As it is with every edition, this year presented a lot of surprises too. However, we saw some big names eliminated in the very first stage of the competition. The likes of Barcelona, Juventus and Atletico Madrid have been dumped out despite being among the favourites to progress.
Shocks and surprises from the Champions League group stage
Napoli ✅ Liverpool ✅ Porto ✅ Club Brugge ✅ Bayern Munich ✅ Inter ✅ Tottenham ✅ Eintracht Frankfurt ✅ Chelsea ✅ Milan ✅ Real Madrid ✅ RB Leipzig ✅ Man City ✅ Dortmund ✅ PSG ✅ Benfica ✅
In the group of death with Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Viktoria Plzen, Barcelona finished third and dropped down to the Europa League for the second straight season. On the other hand, Juventus also finished third in their group with PSG, Benfica and Maccabi Haifa.
Atletico Madrid presented one of the biggest shocks, being eliminated from European competition altogether. They finished last in their group consisting of Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge and Porto.
Here are the teams that made it to the Round of 16:
Eintracht Frankfurt made it to the Champions League knockout stages for the first time, in their debut campaign. Porto and Brugge also came up with a very strong performance, qualifying for the knockout stages.
The draw for the Round of 16 will take place on November 7.
There have been no specific details on Samsung’s Exynos 2300 leaks as of less than two months before 2022 ends. One tipper thinks the chipset could not launch because there isn’t much information available on it.
Ice Universe on Twitter hasn’t explicitly stated in his message that the Exynos 2300 won’t be launched, but he does have a sane point to make. The only inference that can be drawn from the lack of publication of the CPU cluster information for Samsung’s flagship SoC at this point is that the company has given up on its 2023 debut.
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Although Samsung’s chipset division has stated that it is committed to creating future Exynos SoCs, it appears that there are internal conflicts between senior management and engineers that prohibit Samsung from consistently producing the finest smartphone chipset. It is improbable that we will see the results of Samsung’s labor until 2025, despite discussions of the construction of a distinctive SoC and a joint task force that would oversee this operation to boost productivity among departments.
When Qualcomm revealed that Samsung would only employ the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for its upcoming flagship lineup, which is the Galaxy S23, it provided additional proof that the company would not release an Exynos 2300 in 2023.
Due to performance and energy efficiency discrepancies within the same Galaxy S23 model—Samsung would most certainly mass produce the Exynos 2300 on its 4nm node, whereas the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 would stick with the more advanced TSMC 4nm process—customers would be dissatisfied.
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Even on the Twitter thread, commentators seem to be happy that the Exynos 2300 won’t be released, which is understandable given how previous Samsung chipsets have performed. The company needs to straighten up and take the smartphone chipset business more seriously if it doesn’t want to lose market share to rivals like Qualcomm and MediaTek.
Wolves have made a second inquiry into recruiting Julen Lopetegui as their new manager, after their initial approach was rejected. And according to Fabrizio Romano, the discussions are going positively.
The Midlands club had announced that Steve Davis would remain in charge for the rest of the season, after the dismissal of Bruno Lage. However, it now seems like they are searching for a long-term solution with a renowned manager.
Julen Lopetegui back in talks with Wolves
Negotiations between Wolves and Jules Lopetegui are progressing very well. Final details are now still under discussion – all parties are confident. 🚨🟠 #WWFC
The team has had a very disappointing start to the season, after which they parted ways with Bruno Lage. As of right now, they are second last in the table with only two wins, and seven defeats.
Julen Lopetegui enjoyed a successful spell with Sevilla, winning the Europa League with them before being sacked recently. He was Wolves’ first-choice to replace Lage. However, the 56-year-old turned down their initial approach.
QPR manager Michael Beale was also rumoured to be a target. But, he opted to stay with the Championship team despite the interest from the Premier League club.
Now, it seems like a breakthrough has been achieved and Lopetegui could replace Davis on the bench. Further updates about the situation should be expected in the coming weeks.
Based on the sources, it states that adapting the classic children’s tale in honor of the Napoli manager whose club is currently dominating the league, Luciano Spalletti had a farm.
About the Sabbatical Farm
Spalletti had chickens and ducks on this farm in addition to some donkeys, two ostriches, and three alpacas. La Rimessa also grew olives for oil, and grapes for wine, and entertained a regular stream of tourists on this estate amid Tuscany’s soft rolling hills.
And on this farm, Spalletti spent two years studying the work of football’s greatest successful managers and honing his ideas about the game while still employed by Inter Milan but replaced by Antonio Conte.
credits – larimessa.info
Creating the Best Team in Italy
As a monk in a monastery, he claimed that in the solitude of Rimessa, he discovers new solutions since he is alone and can reach the depths of his soul. He has guided Napoli back into the Champions League and into first place in Italy’s Serie A since his comeback to the sport. Spalletti’s team has 50 goals in 17 games and is still unbeaten.
With a hat trick on Saturday, striker Victor Osimhen increased his personal total to eight in ten. Without breaking the bank, all of this. They do not belong to the top 25 richest football clubs in the world, according to Deloitte.
credits – m.allfootballapp.com
Sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli deserves praise for cutting the wage bill by an estimated £10 million by replacing veteran players like Lorenzo Insigne, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Fabian Ruiz with previously unknown gems like Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from Georgia and South Korea international Kim Min-Jae, who was playing in Turkey.
Giuntoli was the finding of managing director Andrea Chiavelli, who hired him in 2015 after he orchestrated Carpi’s four promotions from amateur football to Serie A. President Aurelio de Laurentiis, on the other hand, was unquestionably responsible for the hiring of Spalletti.
When Spalletti finally came to the end of his gardening leave at Inter and agreed to follow Gennaro Gattuso, De Laurentiis had previously tried to persuade him to move to Naples. Spalletti began the 2021–22 season with seven straight victories.
Spalletti’s Performance
The treasured Fiat Panda of Spalletti was taken just before the eighth game. They triumphed once more, but the streak was broken in game nine, a scoreless draw at Roma since his lucky automobile was no longer there. Superstition is rife in Naples. Tuscan Spalletti dismissed it.
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He was more worried about the club’s pursuit for a first scudetto since the two won in the Diego Maradona era losing its momentum due to important player injuries, namely Osimhen, and the loss of others to the Africa Cup of Nations.
It was viewed as a wasted possibility by the public and the media, including De Laurentiis, and questions about Spalletti’s character emerged. He was instructed to go if he wanted to see the missing Panda once more by a banner from the Napoli ultras. Behind the two Milan clubs, they came in third.
Helping Players to Grow
At the beginning of this season, Napoli was available at odds as long as 18-1 to win the title, but Spalletti, with the assistance of his coaching staff, has always been a master when it comes to developing players.
He devised a system to maximize Francesco Totti’s abilities as the false nine during his first stint at Roma, and after his return, Edin Dzeko’s phenomenal 39-goal season was made possible. Mo Salah and Radja Nainggolan advanced to new heights under his direction.
Stanislav Lobotka and Amir Rrahmani, who saw little action under Gattuso at Napoli, have quickly established themselves as fixtures. Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, a former Fulham midfielder, has been given a second chance, and Tanguy Ndombele, a mismatch for Tottenham, is rediscovering himself.
credits – m.allfootballapp.com
Although 63-year-old Spalletti has never won a scudetto, he has continuously produced success according to the standards set by his employers, and some people in Italy are still determined to make fun of him for it.
For the first time, he guided Udinese into the Champions League. He nearly won the league with Roma while also winning three domestic trophies. Inter had been out of the Champions League for six years before he brought them back. He twice led Zenit to Russian League triumphs.
His Reputation and Achievements
Always playing in an attractive, offensive manner. He came close to managing Chelsea while building this reputation during his first stint at Roma. On June 2, 2008, Spalletti received an invitation to a meeting with Roman Abramovich at the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris.
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He ran into Carlo Ancelotti, who was then in charge of Milan, in the foyer and asked him what he was doing there. Ancelotti’s first move outside of Italy on a career that has seen him coach some of Europe’s top clubs and add two Champions League championships with Real Madrid to the two he won at Milan was installed at Stamford Bridge within a year of Chelsea’s appointment of Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Following their meeting in Paris, Ancelotti went on to win the most awards for coaches. Spalletti went back to Roma, where some people think his flirtation with Chelsea destroyed everything, he had worked so hard to create in the Italian capital.
His work was never finished, and he may not have reached his full coaching ability. At Napoli, at least, not up to recently. He is once again generating the best football in Italy, and this may turn out to be his greatest achievement, his thoughts renewed by the peace of his existence on the farm.
Brighton have announced the signing of Facundo Buonanotte from Argentine club Rosario Central. The transfer has been fully agreed, and will be concluded in the January transfer window once the formalities and the work permit have been finalised.
The youngster made his debut in February, having come up through the Rosario Central academy. He scored his first goal in July, and ended his first full season with four goals and two assists in 34 games.
Facundo Buonanotte signs for Brighton
Official, confirmed. Brighton have now completed Facundo Buonanotte signing on a permanent deal from Rosario Central. 🚨🔵🇦🇷 #BHAFC
Argentinian talented midfielder born in 2004 has been also approved by de Zerbi — contract until 2026 with an option for further season. pic.twitter.com/oKYH2Jdp4i
Brighton’s technical director David Weir said: “Facundo is a player we have been aware of for some time, and we have been watching for a while.
“We are delighted we have now reached an agreement with Rosario, and we look forward to welcoming Facundo to Brighton in January next year.”
Carlos Teves, the manager of Rosario Central, has made comparisons between Facundo Buonanotte and Lionel Messi, who was born in Rosario. The 17-year-old plays as an attacking midfielder as well, further likening the similarities to the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner.
The youngster is expected to be a part of the future of the Seagulls. But with them giving ample opportunities to youngsters, he could be integrated into the first team in the latter half as well.
Nothing Ear (stick) is the latest TWS earbuds by the aspiring startup Nothing of Carl Pei who previously launched the very successful Nothing Ear (1) last year. After that they launched the controversial yet interesting Nothing Phone (1) in 2022 and continuing from where it started, last month they announced the Nothing Ear (stick).
The brand has also announced that So, Nothing has recently announced that its loyal fans who have already owned a Nothing product will get ₹1,000 off on Ear (stick), only on Flipkart. This Nothing Ear (stick) will be on general sale on 17th November at 12 PM for a price of ₹8,499.
Float away. With a powerfully authentic sound experience.
You can use this coupon on 14 November, 12 PM during our limited drops. Or wait for open sales, when you can use it anytime from 17 November, 12 PM onwards. Only on Flipkart.
Nothing Ear (stick) specifications
Nothing Ear (stick) comes with 12.6 mm drivers, a half-in-ear design (i.e., no silicone tips), and a battery life of up to 29 hours when used with the charging case. The lipstick-inspired shape of the cylindrical casing is again translucent to show off the buds while not in use. To access the buds, you must twist open the case.
Although there is no active noise cancellation (ANC) on the Ear (stick), there is Clear Voice Technology, which makes use of the three microphones on each earbud to make calls that are windproof and crowd-proof.
The earbuds have touch controls for volume control, voice help, play, pause, and skip. Bass Lock, a feature that also nothing is bringing, dynamically adjusts the bass to your surroundings.
The new buds have an IP54 rating for water and dust resistance and can play for up to 7 hours on a single charge, which increases to 29 hours when using the charging case. With Android devices, they are Fast Pair compatible. Nothing asserts that despite their ergonomic shape, these earbuds can be worn continuously.
When used in conjunction with Nothing Phone (1), a number of unique capabilities are available, including EQ settings tweaks, customizable gesture controls, and a Find My Earbuds functionality, all of which are accessible via the quick settings toggle on Phone (1).
The Nothing X app must be downloaded on other Android and iOS devices in order to use the aforementioned functionalities.
David Warner is one of those players that opposition fans love to hate but at the same time, also secretly wish he played for their team. Essentially, this comes down to Warner’s terrier-like attitude on the pitch where he doesn’t give an inch and doesn’t mind standing on toes in the process. It is a bullish, in-your-face, and aggressive approach that perhaps, unsurprisingly, earns him detractors everywhere he goes in the world.
But that doesn’t stop fans from allowing themselves the chance to quietly dream of what life would be like for their team if they had a man who is on the all-time list for the most man-of-the-match performances in IPL history playing for them. Yes, Warner’s unquestionable talent and his willingness to do anything to win make him a formidable opponent.
It is this desire to win at all costs though, that almost ended Warner’s career after he was found to have been the chief architect of a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in 2018. The combative left-handed opener was subsequently banned for 12 months having been found guilty of altering the surface of the ball and stripped of his vice-captaincy role for Australia. Over those uncertain days in March 2018 when the scandal was on the front page of every sports publication in the world, Warner would have undoubtedly feared that his playing days were over given the type of uncompromising language that Cricket Australia were using.
In fact, during the trip back on the Qantas A380 that carried the diminutive player back to Australia to face a media-feeding frenzy in Sydney, Warner must have looked out upon the vast Indian Ocean and thought there was no way back. It was obvious upon arrival in Australia that Warner hadn’t slept on the flight and it took a matter of seconds for him to become emotional as he read out a prepared statement before being ushered out of the press room, perhaps never to be seen again on a cricket pitch.
Fast forward four years and Warner is now on the brink of being appointed the ODI captain in time for the World Cup in 2023 in India. It has, to put it mildly, been an inexplicable turn of events that make you question Cricket Australia’s once robust stance on breaking the rules in order to gain an unfair advantage. Of course, it’s important to stress that professional sportspeople are allowed to rehabilitate and show genuine contrition. That is not in question, but rather the fact that Australia’s hierarchy seems to be bringing this scandal back to life by potentially making Warner the face of Australian cricket once more.
Needless to say, it is one thing to allow Warner a place in the team and quite another to make him the leader of the most successful cricketing nation in history, on the back of the goings-on at Newlands in 2018. However, it is the unparalleled success that Australia have enjoyed with Warner in the side which probably explains why he is being considered for such a role when you take into account that the opener was the player of the tournament at the 2021 T20 World Cup that the Aussies won.
Tellingly, this is an outcome that could happen again given that the T20 betting site Betway has priced Australia, as of the 2nd of November, at 8/1 to win back-to-back World Cups in the shortest format during the 2022 event in their own country. With Australia’s purple patch in mind and Warner’s part in spearheading this domination, it’s easier to see why the country’s cricketing governing body are toying with the idea of making the 36-year-old captain.
Although, how long Cricket Australia feel Warner can carry on playing for given that he will be 37 when the World Cup starts next year, is another question and again, makes you question the shortsightedness of it all. At least, you can’t help but feel that with all the wounds this decision is set to open up again, would have it been worth it if Warner retires shortly after the 2023 World Cup?
🗣 'The scandal that shook cricket'
Today marks the start of a new era for Australia following the ball tampering scandal as they prepare for their ODI series against England. 🏏
The long and short of it is that this is a cricketing nation that seemed genuinely determined to restore its image as a tough, but fair-playing team. All of that work over the last four years could potentially be undone if they bring the sandpaper gate saga back into everyone’s mind by making Warner captain.
If you didn’t know this but as per the latest article from Futbin which makes a report of the most Googled consoles & video games, Sony’s new PlayStation 5 has won the most popular console in the world crown. Formulating the data of Google searches within the last 12 months gives a good idea about the people’s mindset in a country.
The sample data took the most-used gaming consoles which are available in the world currently which include:
PlayStation 5
Nintendo Switch
Xbox
PlayStation 4
So, as per this chart, you clearly see most people around the globe prefer PlayStations over the Xbox and that clearly makes sense. However, Xbox is though popular in some countries like China, Pakistan and other African countries while even the Nintendo Switch is quite popular in Latin American countries as well.
But the major portion of the world is inclined to PlayStation 5 including the US, Canada, the European Union, a major chunk of African countries, South Asia and of course Australia & New Zealand as well. Having a market share of over 56% means a lot in modern days and PS5 accounts for the most Google searches about gaming consoles in 103 countries out of a sample of 184 countries.
In this console race, Nintendo Switch finishes a distant second place with the highest popularity in 36 countries while even the older PS4 rank highest in popularity in 11 countries still. On the contrary, the Xbox is the most popular in only 30 countries across the globe, however, in India and other countries, PlayStation 5’s availability has always been a major issue for buyers.
