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Spurs news roundup: Mourinho safe for now; Di Maria and Barella transfer rumours

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Jose Mourinho’s situation at Tottenham has deteriorated since Spurs have fallen from the top of the table. The current scenario on the pitch is not the best, and Jose is not happy with the London club’s position at the table, either. Spurs currently find themselves in 9th place, with 36 points from 23 games played so far. 

Spurs have only managed to win one of their last five league games, with the only victory coming against West Bromwich Albion. The Special One has lost to Liverpool, Brighton and Hove Albion, Chelsea and Manchester City in recent times, with the performances on the pitch a long shot away from what we saw earlier this season. 

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The situation of Dele Alli has also been affecting the relationship between the board and Jose. They are not happy with the fact that he’s never playing for the club, despite being available for selection. The board thinks he is a good, important player for the team and can’t understand why he isn’t playing. 

Currently, there is no danger for Mourinho, according to Fabrizio Romano and Francesco Porzio on the Here We Go podcast on Patreon, but things need to improve. 

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Moving on to some transfer news, Angel Di Maria was offered to the club, but nothing serious took place. He’s talking with PSG to extend his current contract and Inter Milan’s Nicolo Barella was also linked with a move to London on the back of a string of great performances. He too is not going to Spurs. 

Inter Milan are expecting €80-90 million for the midfielder, and if history is any guide for the tendencies of Tottenham’s business, then there is no way that Daniel Levy is putting in that much money into a transfer. 

How Bayern Munich managed to sign Dayot Upamecano, fending off Liverpool and Chelsea

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Dayot Upamecano has been marked as a Bayern Munich player from the start of the 21/22 season with the Bavarians having agreed all personal terms with the young centre-back. However, while the race was on for the defender in recent times, it must be clarified that Manchester United were never in for the player. 

They scouted and appreciated him but never approached the player, nor his agent regarding concrete talks. Of all the Premier League clubs, Chelsea were most interested. Thomas Tuchel was very impressed by him and was interested in securing the Frenchman’s services. 

However, they couldn’t pay the clause right now. They needed time to wait till the summer to promise Leipzig the funds required. Liverpool too, wanted to plan on finalising talks with Upamecano next summer. 

Ozan Kabak and Ben Davies were signed during the winter transfer window by the Merseyside club to reinforce the centre-back position, downplaying the need for another man at the back. Both Chelsea and Liverpool were in contact with Upamecano’s agent but nothing went down. 

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Bayern recognised the danger they were facing in signing the player and negotiated early with Upamecano and had prior agreement with Leipzig. Chelsea and Liverpool were armed with big money but Bayern moved quickly to get their man. 

With that said, though, they are not paying Upamecano’s €42.5 million release clause right now. The Bavarians will pay in the summer, when the player makes the switch to the Allianz Arena. 

Fabrizio Romano trashes rumours of Sergio Ramos to Manchester United

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Now entering the final months of his contract as a Real Madrid player, Sergio Ramos is being linked with a move to Manchester United, with rumours still there on the internet regarding the Spaniard and a switch to the Old Trafford next season. 

Speaking on the Here We Go podcast on Patreon, Fabrizio Romano and Francesco Porzio asserted that there is nothing right now between the two parties yet. Manchester United have made no contact with the agent or the player. 

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In all likelihood, as things are shaping up, Ramos will probably be a free agent at the end of the season because there is currently no agreement with Real either. 

President Florentino Perez could change the situation but there is nothing at the moment regarding a contract extension for the player either. 

The transfer insider further went on to confirm that PSG were the only club in contact with his agent, and that no other club had made any approaches regarding his signature. With free agent deals, it is always an open ended affair. The reason being that the destination could change at any moment. 

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Spain’s defender Sergio Ramos celebrates after scoring a second goal during the UEFA Nations League A group 4 football match between Spain and Ukraine at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium in Madrid on September 6, 2020. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)

The situation regarding the contract of Sergio Ramos is still the same, with the player not budging on his demands of a two-year extension with Los Blancos. However, Madrid are only prepared to offer him a one year deal, which is not something that Ramos wants. 

Moreover, the Spain captain wants to stay on the same salary at the Bernabeu, but there are question marks regarding whether Madrid will offer him that either. Fans will have to be patient to get a realistic update on the situation, because the parties involved are taking things very slow. 

Intel’s Alder Lake-S to arrive with a new core and Rocket Lake to be launched on 15th March

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Intel announced that it would launch its upcoming Rocket Lake and Alder Lake desktop CPUs this year, mostly in the second quarter. But out of the two, the blue team’s Alder Lake is on everyone’s mind as it comes with a new process node and a new chip and architecture design.

According to fresh sources, Intel’s Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs will be available on 15th March 2021. Compared to the 11th Gen family, the 12th Gen Alder Lake family will offer more cores, a new architecture, and a brand new process node. Since the release of Broadwell, it will be Intel’s first new process node in over 6 years.

Sources also report that Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs will feature the 10nm Enhanced SuperFin process node that delivers a 15% reduction in power consumption. Simultaneously, the Golden Cove architecture is expected to deliver IPC gains of at least 20% over Willow Cove.

It has already been predicted that Intel’s Alder Lake will only have a threat from AMD’s Zen 4. But as we know, those CPUs won’t see the light of day till 2022 due to TSMC’s 5nm process node’s insufficient capacity. But the rumored Warhol lineup of Zen 3+ based Ryzen CPUs that utilize TSMC’s 6nm process node might still give Intel a run for its money.

Coming back to intel, the Alder Lake CPUs will also feature a new design methodology. Intel plans to include a mix of CPU cores that are based on different IPs. It is rumored that Intel is going to utilize Golden Cove and Gracemont architectures.

Intel Golden Cove (Core) Architecture:

  • Improve Single-Threaded Performance (IPC)
  • Improve Artificial Intelligence (AI) Performance
  • Improve Network/5G Performance
  • Enhanced Security Features

Intel Gracemont (Atom) Architecture:

  • Improve Single-Threaded Performance (IPC)
  • Improve Frequency (Clock Speeds)
  • Improve Vector Performance

The CPUs will be compatible with the LGA 1700 socket and the DIMMs seem to be DDR5. The platform features the latest and brand new I/O techs such as support for DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, and new Thunderbolt / WiFi capabilities.

Intel Desktop CPU Generations Comparison:

Intel CPU FamilyProcessor ProcessProcessors Cores (Max)TDPsPlatform ChipsetPlatformMemory SupportPCIe SupportLaunch
Sandy Bridge (2nd Gen)32nm4/835-95W6-SeriesLGA 1155DDR3PCIe Gen 2.02011
Ivy Bridge (3rd Gen)22nm4/835-77W7-SeriesLGA 1155DDR3PCIe Gen 3.02012
Haswell (4th Gen)22nm4/835-84W8-SeriesLGA 1150DDR3PCIe Gen 3.02013-2014
Broadwell (5th Gen)14nm4/865-65W9-SeriesLGA 1150DDR3PCIe Gen 3.02015
Skylake (6th Gen)14nm4/835-91W100-SeriesLGA 1151DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02015
Kaby Lake (7th Gen)14nm4/835-91W200-SeriesLGA 1151DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02017
Coffee Lake (8th Gen)14nm6/1235-95W300-SeriesLGA 1151DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02017
Coffee Lake (9th Gen)14nm8/1635-95W300-SeriesLGA 1151DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02018
Comet Lake (10th Gen)14nm10/2035-125W400-SeriesLGA 1200DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02020
Rocket Lake (11th Gen)14nm8/16TBA500-SeriesLGA 1200DDR4PCIe Gen 4.02021
Alder Lake (12th Gen)10nm16/24?TBA600 Series?LGA 1700DDR5PCIe Gen 5.0?2021
Meteor Lake (13th Gen)7nm?TBATBA700 Series?LGA 1700DDR5PCIe Gen 5.0?2022?
Lunar Lake (14th Gen)TBATBATBA800 Series?TBADDR5PCIe Gen 5.0?2023?

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Control gets new bug-fix update for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S

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Remedy’s supernatural action-adventure title, Control, was released back in August last year and has become a hit on the next-gen consoles.

After a secretive agency in New York is invaded by an otherworldly threat, players will take on the role of Jesse Faden, the new Director struggling to regain control. This sandbox-style, gameplay-driven experience built on the proprietary Northlight engine challenges players to master a combination of supernatural abilities, modifiable loadouts, and reactive environments while fighting through the deep and mysterious worlds Remedy is known and loved for.

The company behind the game announced the arrival of a new update for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, which fixes mission-related bugs and some crashes on Xbox Series X|S. the update was confirmed via Twitter by Remedy’s communications director Thomas Puha.

“Expect an update for Control Ultimate Edition on Wednesday for PS5 and Series X|S. It fixes some of the crash issues on X|S and mission-related bugs.”

The communications director stated that the development team is investigating crashes on Series X and S together with Microsoft. It will also release an additional fix and a separate update later on.

The next-gen version of the game offers additional graphical and performance modes, including a visual mode that focuses on graphics at 30FPS with Ray Tracing, while the performance mode focuses on 60FPS.

“Control is our most ambitious game as a studio yet,” said Mikael Kasurinen, game director, Remedy Entertainment upon the game’s release. “We said early on this would redefine what a Remedy game is; giving our fans a more player-driven experience than we’ve ever created before, while still retaining the compelling worlds we’re known for. Everyone at Remedy is proud of what we’re delivering to players today and we look forward to continuing to expand on what we’ve built after launch as well.”

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Top 5 highest buys in the IPL 2021 auction

It has just been 3 months since the IPL 2020 final on 10th November where Mumbai Indians clinched their 5th IPL title, and here we are already talking about the 14th edition of IPL.

The IPL 2021 will be as per regular schedule, i.e. it will start in March-April like all the previous years. Before the commencement of the tournament, they had a mini-auction for the 8 franchises.

The IPL 2021 Player Auction was held today in Chennai from 3 pm IST. So here, we take a look at the top 5 highest buys in the auction.

5. Krishnappa Dowtham

Bought by: Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Price: INR 9.25 crores

4. Jhye Richardson

Bought by: Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Price: INR 14 crores

3. Glenn Maxwell

Bought by: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Price: INR 14.25 crores

2. Kyle Jamieson

Bought by: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Price: INR 15 crores

1. Chris Morris

Bought by: Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Price: INR 16.25 crores

ASUS ProArt PA32UCX-PK Receives High Praise From Creative Professionals

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KEY POINTS 

  • ASUS Off-Axis Contrast Optimization technology reduces halo effects by 80% and offers 7X contrast-ratio enhancement for exceptional colour accuracy
  • Calman Ready 4K HDR display with 1152-zone mini-LED backlighting, 1200 nits peak brightness, and ColourSpace integration
  • True 10‑bit color with quantum-dot technology provides 89% Rec. 2020, 99.5% Adobe RGB, 99% DCI-P3 and 100% sRGB color space
  • Ergonomic design with tilt, swivel, pivot and height adjustment for perfect viewing and working positions

Mumbai, India, February 18, 2021 — For creative professionals in photography and film, colour accuracy and image quality are paramount. ASUS recently spoke with four content creators — a colourist, a cinematographer, an animator, and a high‑concept Unreal Engine filmmaker — to get their take on what it’s like working with the ASUS ProArt PA32UCX-PK monitor.

ASUS ProArt PA32UCX-PK is a 32-inch 4K HDR calibrated monitor that features variable mini‑LED backlighting and 1200 nits peak brightness. It offers Off-Axis Contrast Optimization technology to reduce halo effects by 80% and 7X contrast-ratio enhancement. This means that onscreen colours and even dark imagery are presented accurately to viewers ― even when viewing from an angle.

Thanks to its exceptional Delta E < 1 colour accuracy, Calman Ready and ColourSpace integration, multiple HDR format support (Dolby Vision, HDR-10, HLG) and ergonomic design, ProArt PA32UCX-PK have been well-received by creative professionals specializing in cinematography, animation, visual effects and photography.

ASUS ProArt PA32UCX-PK Receives High Praise From Creative Professionals

“It is vital that the monitor is calibrated and accurate to broadcast standards. My work is based around colour, and if I don’t have an accurate representation of it, I’m basically working blind,” says post-production colourist Darren Mostyn. “Good colour performance means that I can rely on my monitor to give an accurate account of what I’m going to be sending to the broadcasters.”

Photographer and cinematographer Brett Danton work with 4K imagery every day, so the 4K HDR display with 1152-zone mini-LED backlighting and 1200 nits peak brightness PA32UCX-PK is a perfect solution for him.

“Professional-quality reference monitors have always been costly. Before I received this monitor, I could only judge my images by going to an expensive post house,” Danton explains. “I can now work confidently at home at a level that wasn’t possible before. It’s completely changed my post-production workflow.”

PA32UCX-PK enables filmmaker Haz Dullul to conduct post-production color checks with the same quality and accuracy found on professional equipment used in post-production facilities.

“Delivering 4K for streamers such as Netflix means that my display specs and color need to be of the highest industry standard,” Dullul says. “ASUS ProArt comes with a professional calibrator that puts my mind at ease, knowing that what I am creating at my home studio is going to pass the QC checks when the content is passed to content distributors, and eventually to the audience.”

Animator Julia Young notes the benefits of the ergonomic stand with tilt, swivel, pivot and height adjustability as well as the VESA mount option offered by PA32UCX-PK. “The most important thing for me is that my setup is ergonomic and that I have the most reliable equipment that I can afford,” says Young.

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ASUS ROG Academy: Journey begins for 6 Aspiring Gamers

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  • After receiving an overwhelming response from the gaming community with over 2350 aspiring registrations, ASUS ROG has selected 6 aspiring gamers as a part of the First batch of ROG Academy
  • The players will receive all the necessary tools and will be trained by seasoned veterans
  • On successful completion of the course, the players will receive an Ex Gratia amount of INR 1,00,000/ and a chance to represent ASUS ROG in tournaments for 3 months.

New Delhi, 18th Feb 2021: ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG), No.1 Gaming Laptop brand, is proud to announce the finalists who will be participating in the first batch of India’s first virtual Academy program for gamers- ROG Academy. After receiving an overwhelming response from the gaming community with registration from over 2350 aspiring professionals, ASUS ROG has selected its first batch of 6 finalists who will be trained by seasoned veterans to be the next esports champions.

Among the chosen are, Aniket Laxman Jawkar (KRACKER) from Mumbai (Age: 32), Shaunak Mandar Joshi (SHAUNAK07) from Pune (Age: 18), Shashank Lele (PROD_) from Nagpur (Age: 27), Suraj Singh (GHOSTXD) from Chennai (Age: 19), Arijit Halder (R3KT3R) from Kalyani (Age: 20) and Hrishikesh (CRAZY_GAMER) from Mumbai (Age: 22). The chosen six will receive the tournament ready gears to get trained during the course. They will also receive a monthly stipend of INR 15,000/- for the duration of their training. Moreover, all the six finalists will get an Ex Gratia amount of INR 100,000/ and a chance to represent the ASUS ROG in esports tournaments for the next three months post the successful completion of their training.

Congratulating the newly selected participants of the ROG ACADEMY, Arnold Su, Business Head, Consumer & Gaming, PC, System Business Group, ASUS India, stated, “We take great honor in congratulating and welcoming our 6 soon to be champions on board with ASUS ROG Academy. After receiving an overwhelming response with over 2350 entries for our first batch and a rigorous selection process, we are proud to announce our finalists. We are equally thrilled to take this journey ahead and wish them the best for their future training.”

Further commenting on the growing esports ecosystem in India he said, “esports is one of the fastest growing sectors across the globe and India is still quite nascent. ROG Academy is designed to provide a platform to young talented gamers to become full-fledged esports athletes. We are excited to see the results of the training regimens that our maiden batch will showcase at the end of three months.”

The first session of the ROG Academy will focus on “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” as the official title. Each of the selected players will have a specific role in their team and will be trained to hone their skill to an edge. The course will focus on various aspects of gaming including but not limited to, communication, strategy and Endurance. ASUS ROG Academy will not just look after training but will also equip the participants with all necessary gears and products.

ROG Academy- https://asus.in/ROG-academy/

Top 10 Bengali Horror Movies to Watch in 2021

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There is no doubt that Bengali cinema has always shown some interest, it may be a love or hate relationship with horror movies. They have always tried to fulfil the demand for horror movie lovers.

They have left no crisis equipped with the necessary resources to amaze the audiences with the special effects and advanced CGI needed to supply a satisfactory experience. There are many outstanding horror-thriller films to watch, and also the story of some Bengali horror films is really enough to increase the heartbeat of you.

Here is the list of Top 10 Horror Bengali movies in 2021:

10.Arundhati

This Bengali thriller’s story is based on Arundhati, who has visited her native village and suddenly gets to know that she looks like her grandmother Jejamma. After this, her grandma’s battle becomes of her own, and she had to fight against a black magician who wants to kill her.

9.Golpo Holeo Shotti

The story of this Bengali horror-thriller film is full of twists. The story of a pizza delivery boy who falls in love with a girl who is a ghost novel writer and they started to live together and one day when he came to deliver the pizza some strange things happened with him and arise some doubts inside his mind about the existence of his girlfriend in real.

8.Bhooter Bhabishyat

It is an incredible horror-comedy movie that you should definitely watch. The story of this movie is based on some ghosts, the buildings have broken down that has turned into a shopping complex, so the ghosts have no other address to go and also haunt to.

7.Goyenar Baksho

The story of this film is based on a woman and her beloved box of jewellery that is very close to her heart and she can go to any limits. For this, she has risen up from the grave to protect it from the other people.

6.Bhoot Chaturdashi

The story is about four young filmmakers who have to go to shoot a documentary at an abandoned house and there some strange things happened that ensue frights in their hearts.

5.Chupkotha

The story of this TV shows is based on an investigative journalist Shivangi who had reached to Kurseong to find out a missing girl, with a cellphone and many untold secrets.

4.Grohan

It is also a Bengali horror film the story is based on a nuclear family of four members who have left their flat due to regular tussles and also disturbances by the neighbor and shifted to Shantana Villa at Suryapur where they have faced many strange and horror experiences that they become very worried.

3.Shob Bhooturey

It is a heartwarming horror thriller film. The story is based on a magazine when Aniket just going to close the magazine that also has focused on ghosts and horror. After shutting down the school they had decided to search for it as the school becomes haunted by the spirits.

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2.Pahare Atankya

This film is an interesting suspense thriller with many twists of drama and comedy. The story is based on two couples who have planned a trip to the north-eastern part of Bengal and in Gangtok and are trapped by his uncle Rana who has planned to kill them all.

1.Dracula Sir

It is the latest and interesting suspense horror film. The story is based on the events that happened in two eras. The story has jumped out from the present era, the main character of this film is Raktim Chowdhury a temporary Bengali school teacher in Hooghly. The students have made fun due to his two protruding teeth. Then suddenly some twists have come in his life.

Apple’s new silicon M1X seems promising

Apple will soon be launching the new MacBook Pro in the second quarter of 2021. As we already know, when Apple launches its new products with a bang of features, what the tech community is looking forward to is not the features of the new MacBook Pro but the new silicon, which will be powering the machine.

According to sources, Apple’s new silicon will be called M1X, and rumours suggest that it will be mighty than the already awesome M1 chipset (holy sweet mother). I am excited.

CPU Monkey shared some specifications of the new silicon, which will be launch by apple. According to the specifications, the rumoured M1X will be a 12-core CPU. It will be divided into 8 firestorm performance course and 4 ice storm power-efficiency crouse.

The clock speed is 3.20GHz, but it might be more. We also have heard that there will be a GPU and that the  M1X will sport 16 cores and 256 execution units. If the rumours are true, then the M1X will have twice as many performance cores as the M1, twice the number of GPU cores, and twice the number of execution units.

It is also possible that users can hook up to three external monitors for maximizing their workspace real estate. All the specifications show that the next Apple Silicon is a major upgrade over the M1 but at the cost of increased TDP. It is rumoured that the TDP could operate at 35W, and depending on the workload, that value could go up to 45W if required.

It is good news that RAM is increased to 32GB, so for memory-intensive applications, the new chip will serve your purpose adequately. It will be launched in the 2nd Quarter of 2021 and we expect that there will be more information about apples new silicon very soon.

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