All the football matches are being played behind closed doors due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Thus has affected all the clubs financially as ticket sales are one of the most important sources of income for the clubs.
UK government has rejected the idea of allowing limited no of fans in the stadium from October due to the rising COVID-19 cases. So the clubs are in a bad financial position.
The Premier League clubs are backed by rich owners that’s why clubs like Chelsea, Wolves have broken their bank in the transfer market. The Premier League has seen a lot of incoming transfers.
So now, Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has asked all the Premier League clubs to come forward and help the lower division clubs of England. Chelsea paid for COVID-19 tests for tonight’s Carabao Cup opponents Barnsley.
Lampard said at a press conference: “I do think clubs in the Premier League and the Premier League themselves have a heart.”
“They understand that and I’m sure as we move forward they will be making positive moves on that front.”
“In football, if you are talking about how Premier League clubs can help those lower down in the leagues, we have paid for the tests for Barnsley. It’s a sign of a club in the Premier League doing the right thing.”
“I think it’s important that the Premier League as a collective looks at supporting the EFL, the leagues below and grassroots football absolutely, of course. Because that’s the base of why we’re all here.”
“We all started – well I did and (a lot) of the young players started in Sunday league football.”
“I’ve managed in the Championship so I know the difficulties because I was very close with Mel Morris and I understand a lot of the difficulties a lot of the clubs are having.”
Frank Lampard has raised his voice for a great cause and has also led his club by example by paying for the COVID-19 tests of Barnsley team. It remains to be seen whether the other Premier League clubs come forward in this great cause.
Google has recently announced the shutting down paid Chrome extensions offered on the Chrome Web Store. The developers who are trying to monetize their extensions are in trouble. They now need to do so by using other third-party payment-handling systems.
Google announced that “The Chrome Web Store payments system is now deprecated and will be shut down over the coming months”.
The developers can no longer make new paid extensions according to Google. Though this policy has already been in place since March. Google noticed an uptick in fraudulent transactions that “aim to exploit users”. The policy followed a temporary suspension of publishing paid extensions since January.
Developers who are provide paid extensions through Chrome Store and use its licensing API will have to find other ways to monetize.
Google says that existing extensions can no longer charge customers using the Chrome Web Store’s payment system. Google will gradually phase out the other functionality over the coming months.
These aren’t the only notable changes to extensions that Google has made this year. The company rolled out a numerous policies update in April intended to reduce spammy extensions. This includes banning multiple extensions that do the same thing like not allowing developers to manipulate reviews to try and get better placement for their extensions and forbidding extensions that abuse notifications.
This was possible since the Chrome Web Store ecosystem has grown and the developers have many payment-handling options available in their system.
Google also reported, “If you use Chrome Web Store payments to charge for your extension or in-app purchases, you’ll need to migrate to another payments processor in the near future. If you use the licensing API to keep track of who has paid, you’ll need to implement another way of tracking user licenses”.
Google temporarily disabled new paid items in March following numerous fraudulent extensions and payment scams. Now Google has permanently banned and paid extensions with this announcement.
Chromebooks have become very popular these days and now as laptops have become even more important for education, the demand for Chromebooks has increased considerably. This is why more and more OEMs require cheaper processors to make Chromebooks much more accessible.
However, in this process, they do end up using crappy processors, which ultimately hurts the user experience. So, back in 2019, AMD introduced its AMD A4-9120C and the AMD A6 9220C processors exclusively for Chromebooks, to continue the legacy, it has again announced a much more modern C-series APUs.
The new AMD Ryzen and Athlon 3000 C-Series mobile processor lineup are the first AMD Ryzen, and the latest AMD Athlon mobile processors exclusively built for Chromebook platforms. These processors are based on the revolutionary “Zen” architecture that gives the best-in-class AMD Radeon graphics.
These new mobile processors deliver enhanced performance – up to 178% faster web browsing compared to last-gen. These processors have been designed in collaboration with Google to offer up to 212% better performance for multitasking and content creation compared to the previous generation of AMD Chromebooks.
The cherry on the cake is the fact that these APUs come with integrated AMD Radeon Graphics is the best compared to the most used 10th Gen Core i5-10210U, or Core i7-8550U CPUs from Intel against AMD’s latest Ryzen 7 3700C processor.
“Whether users are online, offline, on-the-go or at home, AMD Ryzen processor-based and Athlon processor-based Chromebooks deliver the combined CPU, graphics and overall performance needed to stay productive and breeze through the high demands of distance learning and remote working,” said Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager, Client Compute, AMD. “We are pleased to be working with Acer, ASUS, Google, HP and Lenovo to significantly expand the number of AMD-powered Chromebooks and deliver more powerful options with the first of many AMD Ryzen-based Chromebook systems.”
There are 5 processors in total – 2 of them being Athlon APUs while the others being Ryzen APUs:
MODEL
CORES / THREADS
TDP(Watts)
BOOST/BASE FREQ. (GHz)
GPU CORES
CACHE (MB)
AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700C
4C/8T
15W
Up to 4.0 / 2.3 GHz
10
6 MB
AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500C
4C/8T
15W
Up to 3.7 / 2.1 GHz
8
6 MB
AMD Ryzen™ 3 3250C
2C/4T
15W
Up to 3.5 / 2.6 GHz
3
5 MB
AMD Athlon™ Gold 3150C
2C/4T
15W
Up to 3.3 / 2.4 GHz
3
5 MB
AMD Athlon™ Silver 3050C
2C/2T
15W
Up to 3.2 / 2.3 GHz
2
5 MB
This includes 2C/2T Athlon Silver 3050C and 2C/4T Athlon Gold 3150C targeted towards entry-level Chromebooks. The 2C/4T Ryzen 3 3250C can be a great option for budget Chromebooks, whereas, if you need both efficiency & performance, both 4C/8T Ryzen 5 3500C, and the 4C/8T Ryzen 7 3700C are the best solutions being based on 12 nm Zen+ architecture.
The AMD Ryzen 7 3700C mobile processor offers premium performance for Chromebooks, bringing:
Up to 251% better graphics performance compared to previous generation AMD Chromebooks
Up to 104% faster office productivity performance compared to previous generation AMD Chromebooks
Up to 152% better photo editing performance than the previous generation AMD Chromebooks
All of these processors consume 15W of TDP and thus giving more performance, while the integrated Radeon Vega graphics on the Ryzen 3000 C-series helps to make the newer Chromebooks even more worthwhile for everyday use and work. One can even run Linux on Chromebooks, as AMD has said that their APUs can easily handle Linux.
AMD has also promised that these latest Ryzen and Athlon 3000 C-Series mobile processors will deliver long battery life as well as bring the latest Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 capabilities for enhanced connectivity. Not only that, these processors will allow OEMs to use thinner and lighter Chromebook designs.
These new AMD-powered Chromebooks will fast and responsive while browsing the web, multitasking, or streaming video. Already new Chromebooks housing these processors will be available from Acer, ASUS, HP, and Lenovo in Q4 2020.
Mumbai 23rd September, 2020: Strengthening its creative team and focus on building an immersive and inclusive content strategy, Viacom18 has announced the appointment of Manjit Sachdev as Head – Content for its leading Video on Demand brands Voot & Voot Select. Manjit, in her new role, will lead the content team at Voot and will be responsible for driving the future original content strategy across the Advertising and Subscription businesses of Voot & Voot Select. Manjit Sachdev comes with over 18 years of experience in the Media and Entertainment Industry.
Prior to joining Viacom18, she has been successfully driving the content strategy at various brands in the M&E space like AltBalaji & Sony Entertainment. At AltBlaji she was responsible for leading the content pipeline for the platform across different genres. She will be aligned to Gourav Rakshit – COO, Viacom18 Digital Venture and work towards building further scale to the platform’s diverse content portfolio.
Speaking about Manjit’s appointment Gourav Rakshit, COO at Viacom18 Digital Ventures, said “Voot has successfully developed a unique approach to storytelling which has helped create a differentiated perception in the minds of our audiences. I am happy to welcome Manjit to the team to reinforce and further burnish this strategy and build on our current success with Voot & Voot Select. I am confident that her experience and understanding of the nuances of storytelling, will further elevate the content experience on our platforms.”
Viacom18 has over the last few years built a formidable digital ecosystem that has gone on to emerge as one of the key thought leaders in the category. Manjit’s appointment as head content on Voot will add further depth to our future content strategy.
Lenovo is expected to launch its new handset the Lenovo K12 Note. This upcoming phone appears on Google Play Console and as well as on Google Supported Device List, which not only reveals the basic specifications of this phone but also showcases the handset’s front in all its glory.
According to the Google Play Console listing, we have got some basic specifications of this phone. So, let’s check out these specifications.
Google Play Console listing
The upcoming Lenovo K12 Note comes with a codename: guamp. Regarding the display, the phone will feature an HD+ display with a resolution of (720×1600)pixels and 280 DPI. The Google Play Console also reveals that this upcoming phone will feature a teardrop notch for selfie snapper.
According to the Google Play Console listing the phone will be powered by an Octa-core Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 662 processor. The phone runs on the Android 10 OS and Qualcomm’s Adreno 610 GPU as per the listing. The SoC of this upcoming phone will be powered by 4GB RAM. But we haven’t any information about the internal storage of this upcoming handset.
Google Supported Devices listing
As per the Google Play Console listing, we can safely assume that the Lenovo K12 Note could be a rebadged variant of the already launched Moto G9 Play. But we haven’t got any more further information about this phone, we are expected that the company will disclose all the important specifications of this phone soon.
A few years back, Lenovo K series smartphones were the best affordable smartphones in the market, but unfortunately, slowly and steadily, the company not only gave up on this popular series but also its entire smartphone lineup.
In what is set to be a big positive for Rajasthan Royals, it is reported that Ben Stokes will be joining the team camp somewhere in the first week of October. The earlier news was that the English all-rounder would be available for the second half of the season. He had cited personal reasons, in order to visit his ailing father in New Zealand.
But, thanks to social media, some fans were able to detect from his Instagram stories and Twitter posts that Stokes had been practising in his backyard.
As is the norm per IPL’s health protocol policy, Stokes will be required to quarantine for a period of 1 week. Provided the tests show a negative result, he will then be passed fit to play for the team. The schedule sees RR play two games on 9th October and 11th October, first against the Delhi Capitals and then against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Regardless, Stokes arrival will add a bit of steel to the RR middle order. He has been consistent in his 3 years in the IPL so far, scoring 635 runs in 33 innings at an average of 22.68. His strike rate of 132 has dipped a bit owing to a sub-par season in 2018 but his importance to the team cannot be denied. Stokes is also more than handy with the ball, having taken 26 wickets with an economy rate of 8.26.
Although Rajasthan did win their first game beating CSK by 16 runs without both Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, skipper Steve Smith will know the challenges that lie ahead. The role that Stokes plays is to anchor the Rajasthan ship in the middle and death overs to give them a strong finish during their batting. And in bowling, to fire in the yorkers as well as bowl some cutters and take wickets. Stokes arrival will only shore up the presence the IPL is known for – pitting the best against the best in the world.
The Samsung Galaxy S20 series was launched earlier this year. Now, extracting its key features and responding to the customer Samsung, today, launched the Galaxy S20 FE (Fan Edition). It’s the blend of Samsung’s powers users users’ demand. But, in this edition, Samsung removes some of the features of the main Galaxy S20. Before going deeper into the specs and other details, let you know, Samsung promises to bring Fan Editions of its next flagship devices too.
The new Galaxy S20 FE features a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED FHD+ display with a 120Hz refresh rate to provide a smooth scrolling experience. Considering the screen size, the FE edition lies between the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20 Plus. Other than that, the screen is flat compared to the other models.
The back of the smartphone is made up of plastic but with the special touch of Samsung, it gets a “Haze finish”. Samsung claims it feels soft and smooth by touch maintaining the shine, besides also restricts dust as well as fingerprints to stick on the surface. Samsung is offering six color options – Red, Navy, Lavender, Mint, White, and Orange. Basically, it is giving you the opportunity to pick up the right handsets that suit your lifestyle and also enhance your style.
Besides all these, the Galaxy S20 FE is powered by the flagship Snapdragon 865 processor, same as other S20 devices, coupled with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB or 265GB of internal storage. Coming to the camera, on the rear side, users will get a triple camera setup having a 12MP Ultra Wide lens with f/2.2 aperture, a 12MP Wide camera of f/1.8 aperture, and an 8MP Telephoto sensor with f/2.4 aperture. In the front, there is a 32MP camera for selfies.
Along with all of these specs, the Galaxy S20 FE is packed with a 4,500mAh battery, wireless charging and reverse charging facility, 25W fast charging support, IP68 rating, memory expandability of up to 1TB, and so on.
The all-new Galaxy S20 FE will be available from 2nd October at the starting price of $699. Though, if you can’t control your excitement, you can pre-order your favorite color model today, Samsung opened its counter just for the fans like you. Additionally, Samsung will even provide free YouTube Premium membership and Xbox Game Pass with this handset.
Lucas Torreira is a transfer target for Atletico Madrid. That is as long as they manage to get rid of Hector Herrera.
According to an update from Fabrizio Romano, the 24-year-old has agreed on personal terms with the Rojiblancos. However, the two clubs are yet to agree on a suitable transfer fee for the young defensive midfielder.
Lucas Torreira has agreed personal terms with Atlético Madrid. He’s keen to join but agreement with Arsenal has not been reached yet: Atléti need to sell Hector Herrera to sign Torreira. ⚪️🔴 #AFC#Atleti#transfers@MatteMoretto
Hector Herrera joined Atletico last season for free after his contract at Porto expired. With the Mexican being deemed surplus to requirements by Diego Simeone, he will be offloaded before a bid for the Uruguayan is launched.
Houssem Aouar and Thomas Partey are amongst the transfer targets for the Gunners with the former set to be Torreira’s replacement at the Emirates stadium.
Torreira has been monitored by various Italian clubs such as Sampdoria and Torino, but it seems like Madrid is his most probable destination.
Lucas Torreira joined Arsenal from Sampdoria in 2018, as a 22-year-old. The Gunners paid the Italian club a fee of £26 million for his services.
Despite having three years left on his contract, Torreira looks to be on his way out of the Emirates owing to a lack of preference by manager Mikel Arteta. Being a defensive midfielder under one of the best defensive-minded coaches in the world, Diego Simeone is the stuff that dreams are made of.
Should Atletico manage to sign Torreira, he will be the second Uruguayan they manage to land this season after the signing of Luis Suarez from Barcelona is almost complete.
With the Rojiblancos bolstering their lineup through the addition of these players, Simeone’s men could turn out to be serious title contenders, pushing their local rivals, Real Madrid against the wall in an attempt to defend the latter’s 34th La Liga title in their history.
Watch this space for the latest on Atletico Madrid and their transfers this season.
Real Madrid almost had no incomings in this transfer window except Odegaard, who returned from his loan spell with Real Sociedad. But there have been numerous outgoings in the Spanish capital.
Hakimi, Reguilon, Bale, James, Kubo, Reinier and Oscar Rodriguez are among the departures from the Spanish capital.
Benzema is in good form but there is no backup striker. After the season restarted in June due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Benzema played all of the 11 matches at a stretch. So you can clearly see that Madrid lacks a good backup striker.
But in this summer transfer window of 2020, Real Madrid hasn’t signed any players yet. It’s quite a strange thing to hear.
According to a report by Mundo Deportivo, the transfer of Diego Llorente from Real Sociedad to Leeds United for €20m means that Real Madrid would earn €4m. Madrid sold Llorente in 2017 for €6m along with a clause of 30% of the capital gain of a future sale.
Real Madrid have now earned €110m in this summer transfer window without spending a penny.
Tesla unveiled plans on Tuesday to develop a “Tabless” battery that could improve an electric car’s range and power. Tesla company CEO Elon Musk predicts this will help to dramatically reduce costs. This will allow the company to sell electric vehicles for the same price as gasoline-powered ones. These new batteries will be in-house produce of Tesla company.
The company believes that the new battery will lower Tesla’s cost per kilowatt-hour. Experts believe that lowering these costs will allow Tesla to dramatically lower the price of its cars. This will make them far more accessible. The news of the new battery was announced during the company’s much-hyped “Battery Day” event in Palo Alto, California.
The Tabless cells are called 4860 cells
These cells will give the company’s EV batteries five times more energy capacity, make them six times more powerful, and enable a 16 percent range increase for Tesla’s vehicles.
Musk reported that the company achieved this breakthrough by removing the tab, a part of the battery that forms a connection between the cell and what it is powering.
“You actually have a shorter path length for the electron to travel in a large tabless cell than you have in the smaller cell with tabs,” Musk added. “So even though the cell is bigger, it actually has more power”.
In addition to providing more energy and power, the new cells will also result in a 14% cost reduction. Tesla reports that its new cell manufacturing system is “close to working” at the pilot plant level.
During the event, Drew Baglino, Tesla’s vice president for powertrain and energy said that Tesla’s engineers “laser patterned” the existing foils in the cell to create a “shingled spiral” that results in a shorter electrical path length of 50 mm, versus the existing 250 mm length in the current cells.
