It’s no longer a secret that cryptocurrency mining has become increasingly popular among people these days who look to make money in a short span of time. However, for mining, you require a lot of horsepowers as well, which is why this year the new and powerful GPUs are in heavy demand.
This is one of the biggest reasons why the availability of both RTX 30-series and RX 6000 series GPUs are so weak as well as the prices are inflated. In the meantime, miners have now turned their attention in Iran, where the electricity is provided at cheap rates.
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According to El Chapuzas Informatico, an investigation by Iranian authorities has revealed that the recent power outages in Iran are due to the growing popularity of mining farms in the country. Interestingly, Chinese companies are shifting their mining operations to Iran because the electricity costs in Iran is 4 times lower than in mainland China.
It is suspected that Iran now houses 14 large mining farms which consume around 300 megawatts of power, almost comparable to the power consumption of a city with about 100K inhabitants. So, while Iran has become a hotspot for miners, it is suspected that the hardware sold to them, mainly GPUs are being directly sold to miners.
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As Videocardz points out, these unfair means of sale is not a concern for the manufacturer or even board partners, as long as these GPUs get sold. This is the sole cause of why new GPUs are nowhere to be found, it will indeed take quite some time to recover the worse situation.
After the grand success of the IPL 2020 & Ind V/s Aus Series, the fantasy gaming industry is on boom again with the ongoing India V/S England Home Tour Series. The series consists of 3 ODIs, 5 T20s, and 4 Tests. After eight long months, Team India is poised to make a comeback to the 22 yards as an entire unit. Star Sports Network is all set to broadcast the England tour of India. The official broadcaster has already signed 17 sponsors for the series. The sponsors are Dream 11, Byju’s, CEAT, Maruti Suzuki, Kamla Pasand, Orient, Amazon, Mondelez, Pepsi, Ultratech, Policy Bazaar, Exxon Mobil, Zomato, Havells, Paisabazaar, LIC and Lenskart, shows that the popularity of fantasy gaming is spreading immensely. In addition, fantasy cricket apps have a number of new offers lined up, new features in their gameplay and have completely overhauled their marketing budgets.
Fantasy cricket apps primarily accord cricket fans the opportunity to test their knowledge. The process involves the participants forming their own teams and earning points based on the overall performance of the selected team combination. The past two years have witnessed fantasy gaming platforms attracting high-end investors such as Sequoia India, Stead view Capital, Go-Ventures, and Tencent. High-profile cricketers like Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Sourav Ganguly are the brand ambassadors of some of these companies. Fantasy cricket apps are designed with the motive to entertain and bring across the joy that one derives by playing online cricket.
The growth of the Indian Online Fantasy Sports industry has been phenomenal and continues to grow exponentially, having registered a 212% CAGR in the user base between 2016-19. As per the report, around 74% of the users play fantasy league games at least one to three times a week. Around 20% of the active users on these platforms are paid users while around 30-40% play fantasy games on more than one platform. The industry clocked in gross revenue of over Rs. 2,400 crores for the FY20, increasing from Rs 920 crore in FY19.
Here are a few of the fantasy gaming platforms you must give a try:-
1. Fantasy Akhada – A young & dynamic organization that has a vision of exponentially enhancing the level of sports engagement in India. Fantasy Akhada offers the lowest entry fee contests where users can win lakhs. In a short span of 1 year and after delighting over 2 lakh customers on the platform, Fantasy Akhada is now ready for the next phase of growth in India’s rapidly evolving Fantasy Sports Industry. Recently, Fantasy Akhada signed up with Mr Harsha Bhogle and onboarded him as an investor and brand ambassador.
2. Dream11 – One of the renowned and the only fantasy gaming unicorn in India as of now, Dream11 is also the title sponsor of the IPL this year – it made a total investment of Rs 222 crores. The gaming platform has around 80 million players forming its current user base and controls a lion’s share in the market touching 80%. Dream11 is known for running daily contests which enables players to make (or even lose) lots of money on them. It even accords users the opportunity to participate in polls and earn bonus money through referrals. MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are together the face of the company.
3. MyTeam11 – One of the fastest growing fantasy gaming platforms, MyTeam11 has Virender Sehwag and Danny Morrison as its brand ambassador. With a user base of over 12 million players and still counting, MyTeam11 recently launched a brand-new campaign – India kiApni Fantasy App – which promotes playing fantasy cricket game on native applications, motivating people to opt for these over the foreign-bred apps. During the recent Caribbean Premier League, which reached its conclusion some time back, MyTeam11 was one of the popular platforms.
4. SIXNWICKET– it is a gaming portal which offers you multiple prospects of playing cricket, your favourite game. You can win real cash by playing this game of cricket. You can exhibit your skills and compete with other players in this real-time multiplayer game zone. You can win real cash by defeating other players whom you are competing with. This is absolutely skills’ oriented game where you need to be tactful while using your skills. It’s time to get ready and participate in this first ever multi-player game.
5. Paytm First Games (PFG) – Paytm First Games (PFG) took in the sporting legend and iconic Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar, as its brand ambassador. However, a day after the announcement broke the news that this app is being removed from the Play Store by Google. This development brought in more publicity than expected for the app and raised awareness about it, the purpose for which Sachin Tendulkar was actually taken on board. Paytm First Game is a new entry in the field of fantasy games and is anticipated to create major ripples as it has the backing of PayTM’s marketing model, which itself is among the fastest upscaling and top 10 brands in India. As per the media reports, the word goes that PFG will be investing around Rs 300 crore in fantasy sports and other online gaming events this financial year.
The big action game is on the way to launch in India. The latest PUBG 1.3 Beta link is out worldwide for the gamers. Now the beta version is only available for testing purposes only. There are some incredible updates with outstanding graphics.
The PUBG Mobile India is just going to release, but now you can use the apk to play the game in India. It is expected that the PUBG Mobile India has set to release for between March and April.
The teaser of this game has come with trailers with the standalone social media posts on YouTube. Recently the government has passed the global links and said that accessing PUNG in India is not illegal so the link is available with the other sensors not as illegal.
Download Link of PUBG Mobile India APK Update
The 1.3 beta version apk link of The PUBG Mobile can be also accessed in India. you can download link of PUBG Mobile global version 1.3 beta APK link,
To download and install PUBG Mobile Kr version 1.3 beta apk you have to follow the steps:
Step 1– First download the application from the link.
Step 2– You have to install it.
Step 3– You have to Open it and then select the desired resource pack.
Step 4– After opening it you will be asked for an invitation code.
Step 5– Enter the code and press the yellow button to start the game.
PUBG Mobile India: All Release Updates
The Gaming corporation has ensured a secure gaming environment reportedly inside the game based on a complaint about its adverse effects and the active gamers’ mental health issues. Most importantly, they have ensured that the active gamers’ data will be secure very safely without any illicit transfer.
To maintain data security, the corporation will conduct ‘Regular audits and verifications on the storage systems that are holding data of Indian users’. Privacy will be managed in a very well manner.
The link of the PUBG Mobile India is rapidly customized for Indian gamers. The available link will take you to the Korean version where the users can use VPN to enjoy PUBG.
But the ban on PUBG by the Indian Government is still affecting the game, but you can access the global links to play the game in India. The release not yet to be confirmed by the company but it will be declared very soon maybe in some weeks, expected in March. The release of PUBG Mobile India is expected between March and April.
Ujjwal Chaurasia a.k.a Techno Gamerz is one of India’s youngest and biggest YouTube gamers with 12.8M subscribers on YouTube. Reaching this milestone, this 18-year-old gaming influencer along with music producer Sez on the Beat has launched his music video titled ‘Game On’. The video has garnered 11.5M views on YouTube. It narrates Ujjwal’s journey as a YouTube gamer and the struggles that led him to become one of India’s best gaming influencers.
Ujjwal started his YouTube channel in the summers of 2017 when he was 15. He started gaming using his elder brother’s smartphone and started his first YouTube channel by his name. It was the inclusion of humorous anecdotes of real-life situations that garnered him 350 million views in 2020.
Starting with 1000 followers in the initial year, he gained rapid momentum garnering a huge fan following for his GTA gameplay web-series. Ujjwal’s dedication to his channel paid off when his first tutorial video – ‘tutorial of downloading Dragon Ball Z Xenoverse’ received 250k views within a month and boosted his channel.
In an exclusive media interaction with TechnoSports, YouTuber Ujjwal Chaurasia a.k.a TechnoGamerz has spoken about his success story and the way forward
1. What has been his story behind the success?
Ujjwal started his YouTube channel in the summers of 2017 when he was 15. He started gaming using his elder brother’s smartphone and started his first YouTube channel in his name. It was the inclusion of humorous anecdotes of real-life situations that helped him grow over the years and garnered him over 350 million views in the previous year. He started with 1000 followers in the initial year and gained rapid momentum garnering a large fan following after he released his GTA gameplay web-series. Ujjwal’s dedication to his channel paid off when his first tutorial video – ‘tutorial of downloading Dragon Ball Z Xenoverse’ received 250k views within a month and boosted his channel overnight. It is the combination of creating relatable gaming content along with some humour that helped him come this far.
2. What motivated him or how did he end up being a gamer?
Ujjwal has always been passionate about playing games on phones. Unlike many others, he enjoyed playing PS and computer games on his brother’s basic smartphone. What started as a leisure activity turned into a passion and later profession when his brother saw him playing and encouraged him to start a YouTube video of his own. Two basic smartphones – one to play and another to record, one YouTube channel, and his gaming journey started.
3. What are his next plans?
Currently, his aim is to further strengthen his base in the gaming industry by playing games across genres and adding some fun element to it. He recently released his debut music video – Game On and aims to create many such in order to inspire aspiring gamers and build a strong gaming community.
4. What does he expect the gaming industry to be like in the upcoming days?
Gaming is still at a very nascent stage across India and the world. People still perceive it to be a mere hobby, and this needs to change. With many gaming start-ups coming in, he believes the industry is here to grow and witness a great shift from hobby to a professional career. He would love to see more professional gamers and gaming content creators to come forward and scale up the industry.
*YouTuber Ujjwal Chaurasia a.k.a TechnoGamerz’s team answered on his behalf
About YouTuber Ujjwal Chaurasia a.k.a TechnoGamerz
Gamelord Ujjwal Chaurasia or better known as Techno Gamerz has garnered a huge fan following for his GTA gameplay web series. Each video is filled with humorous anecdotes of real-life situations and has tickled over 350 Million views in 2020 itself. Expanding to games like Minecraft, Hitman 2 and Resident Evil 3 brought him 1 Million subscribers in March 2020. He also conquered the mobile phone gaming experience on his second YouTube channel Ujjwal Gamer dedicated to the worldwide sensation PubG.
With over 3 Millions subscribers flocking to Techno Gamerz and a monthly growth rate of 1.1 Million subscribers, we can say he has reached ‘Boss level’ when it comes to content creation on YouTube. For any brand collaborating with him, it’s a “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner”.
The Free Fire tournament will feature 12 of India’s biggest and most popular Free Fire Streamers
The tournament is open to all for participation where selection will take place through an online contest
The shortlisted participants will play in the streamer’s squad wherein each player of the winning squad will get TVS Apache 160 4V bike
Mumbai, 8th February 2021 – BlitzkriegXP, India’s first experiential esports organization has announced a grand Free Fire tournament in India with the unveiling of “Streamer Sangram”. This event will feature India’s biggest and most popular Free Fire streamers that will pit them against each other in a 5-match series. The squad which emerges victorious after the series of exciting matches will be crowned as the Streamer Sangram Champion and will claim the grand prize of a TVS Apache 160 4V bike per player
In this one of its kind event, the 12 Streamers will act as 12 team captains and open up the contest to their fans on YouTube. BlitzkriegXP always believes in creating opportunities and providing platforms to the talented esports oriented youth of India and Streamer Sangram is driven by a similar strive. The remaining 3 spots in each of the 12 squads, which is a total of 36 spots, will be taken up by the Streamer’s YouTube subscribers and fans as the gateway to participating will be through an open contest, which means all aspiring participants are given the opportunity to win the bike.
“We are thrilled to announce Free Fire Streamer Sangram for the community and most importantly giving the talented and passionate gaming youth of India, a platform to showcase their talent and play alongside the streamers. This is the first of many IPs that will pave the way for esports talent and revolutionize the way esports is consumed in India, thereby forging a more credible and gratifying ecosystem,” said Samin Ahmed, Head of Marketing at BlitzkriegXP.
Tournament Format:
Streamer Sangram will feature a total of 12 teams captained by the chosen 12 streamers. The teams will then compete over a series of 5 classic matches being held over a period of 1 day and they will be competing for the grand prize of 4 TVS Apache 160 4V bikes reserved for the 4 victorious squad members.
The 3 participants alongside each Streamer captain will be chosen via an open contest. The selection will be done on the basis time taken to complete the tasks. Registrations open on the 8th of February, 2021.
All the 12 stars will be live streaming the event on their YouTube channels. The matches will also be streamed with live commentary on the caster’s channel.
Streamer Sangram is set to commence at 8 PM on 18th February 2021 and you all are invited to catch a glimpse of the ultimate war of streamers. For the first time ever, a grand prize like such is on the line and you would not want to miss out on the unparalleled action that is about to unfold soon!
It has just been 2 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 normal schedule, i.e. it will start in March-April like all the previous years. Before the commencement of the tournament, they will be having a mini-auction for the 8 franchises.
It has now been officially declared that the IPL 2021 Player Auction will be held on 18th February in Chennai.
The players’ list incorporates 207 capped, 863 uncapped and 27 Associate players:
· Capped Indian (21 players) · Capped International (186 players) · Associate (27 players) · Uncapped Indian players who have played at least 1 IPL match (50 players) · Overseas uncapped players who have played at least 1 IPL match (2 players) · Uncapped Indians (743 players) · Uncapped International (68 players)
So now here we take a look at the players who have the highest base price of Rs crores in IPL 2021 Auction:
Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
Steve Smith (Australia)
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Kedar Jadhav (India)
Harbhajan Singh (India)
Moeen Ali (England)
Sam Billings (England)
Liam Plunkett (England)
Jason Roy (England)
Mark Wood (England)
Colin Ingram (South Africa)
These 11 players have the highest base price of Rs 2 crore as we head towards the auction for the 14th edition of IPL. This time the IPL governing body plans to stage the IPL 2021 tournament in India rather than taking it outside like UAE for the previous edition. The final decision will be taken soon.
As Valentine’s Day approaches, Reliance Jio brings new offer on its JioEngage platform, called the JioEngage Cadbury Silk V-Day offer. If you want to surprise your loved one with something, then Jio’s new offer could literally make your day.
All you have to is to participate in the unscramble game and you could win daily 1GB data and Free Silk hamper worth ₹500 (Amazon voucher). Here are the steps in details to get this exciting offer:
Enter the engagement Cadbury Silk V-Day on JioEngage
There are two activities – Unscramble and Video Listing
Click on ‘Play Now’ to participate in ‘Unscramble’
First-time users to accept ‘Terms & Conditions’ to proceed
Users to correctly unscramble 3-5 letters within 60 seconds for each question
Once done, proceed to card creation screen, where users can customize the card and click on ‘Create’
User to share/download the card to get eligible for the gratification
User can play the game as many times you want
On the homepage, User can click on ‘Watch Now’ to go to the video listings and watch the available videos for inspiration
Here are the rewards you can get by partipitating in the contest:
On answering all unscramble question correctly (and downloading/sharing the created card), the user will be eligible to win 1GB data daily (A user can win once a day and can win every day)
On answering all questions correctly on all 8 days (and downloading/sharing the created card), user will be eligible for winning the bumper prize – Free Silk hamper worth ₹500 (Amazon voucher)
Pretty romantic, isn’t it? Go grab this offer on the Valentine weekend that has just started. For more details, visit: https://t.jio/SilkVDay
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) might have provisionally suspended his ban by the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) but Ahmad Ahmad is not out of the woods yet in his bid to regain the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
He thus faces a race against time with polls scheduled for next month in Rabat, Morocco.
The Madagascan official, found guilty by FIFA for financial misconduct and banned him for five years last November, still barbours ambitions of a return to CAF’s highest office.
However, in an about turn, the executive committee (Exco) of the continental mother body deemed FIFA should have the final say on the matter.
With FIFA unlikely to rescind its decision, it appears the 61-year-old’s prospects of leading the organisation, and the automatic rule as FIFA’s vice-president is null.
The CAF Exco met at a heated meeting in Cameroon ahead of the conclusion of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) where the board decided to ignore the independent Governance Committee’s advice.
The Exco opted to rely on FIFA’s position on the matter, which at the moment, is a ban.
The meeting in Cameroon was Ahmad’s first official event since his ban by FIFA last November.
He left the meeting in a huff while his candidacy was under discussion.
Ahmad also lost in his attempts to have the March 12 polls postponed.
A postponement could have bought the beleaguered executive, found guilty of breaching FIFA’s Code of Ethics, some time.
It is believed a majority of the CAF Exco is advocating for Ahmad to excuse himself from the election.
Jacques Anouma (Ivory Coast), Patrice Motsepe (South Africa), Augustin Senghor (Senegal) and Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania) are in the running for the polls.
As per the assumptions, the new 2021 MacBook Pro models are expected to come into the market during the second quarter of 2021 to get a redesign. There is a possibility that we could see the upcoming machines with a design similar to the iPhone 12.
According to Ming-Chi Kuo, the new MacBook Pro models will offer a flat-edge design, similar to the iPhone 12. The new Apple Silicon iMac expected to come in March could also offer the same redesign, but that’s not confirmed officially yet.
Kuo is the person who mentioned earlier that Apple has plans to introduce one 14.1-inch and one 16-inch MacBook Pro model in 2021. The analyst hadn’t mentioned previously about these notebooks getting a design like iPhone 12. If you are more curious about the performance and I/O than the design changes, it seems the 2021 MacBook Pro line will offer that too. The upcoming Apple Silicon will feature 12 cores, which hints that new models could feature a chipset much powerful than the M1.
Coming to connectivity, Kuo believes along with the MagSafe connector, Apple will bring back the SD card slot on the 2021 MacBook Pro models. In 2016, when Apple introduced a MacBook Pro model redesign, at that time, the MagSafe, SD card slot, and display ports were removed. All the ports were replaced with USB-C which supports Thunderbolt 3.
As per Kuo’s assumption, Apple will pull out the Touch Bar and bring the function row. We will give you more details when Apple 2021 MacBook Pro line is officially here, so stay tuned with us.
The world’s largest chip foundry has been on the frontline of success since last few years, enjoying the handsome growth in the industry as well as gaining heavyweight customers like Apple, AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, MediaTek and others.
In 2020, TSMC saw a record-breaking success in terms of revenue with double-digit profits year-on-year, thanks to the strong demand for CPUs, GPUs, notebooks, HPC & server computing. So, last year, the Taiwanese foundry saw record revenue of $82 billion, representing a 23% YoY growth.
Counterpoint Research has predicted that TSMC will again see a 12% YoY growth with total revenue of $92 billion. Obviously, this is a prediction, however, considering the immense demand of TSMC’s manufacturing nodes and its new plant in Arizona, TSMC could exceed the industry expectations this year.
They also expect TSMC to post about 13%-16% YoY sales growth in 2021, thanks to the strong demand for 5nm process nodes. Apple is predicted to be the biggest customer for TSMC’s 5nm nodes in 2021 and AMD on the 7nm front.
On the other hand, TSMC’s biggest rival Samsung is expected to drive more order wins from external customers such as Qualcomm and Nvidia. The South Korean giant is expected to post a 20% YoY revenue in 2021 as well, thanks to the strong demand for its 5nm, 7nm and 8nm nodes.
