O2 UK, an telecom service provider in the United Kingdom, started its 5G network service this Saturday. It becomes third to provide this new generation service after Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone. In the beginning, the 5G network is covering a total of 150 locations in the five largest German cities.
The city list includes Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, and Cologne. Though, the network is ready to go, will be available to customers from 6th October.
The transmission frequency of O2 is 3.6GHz that allows up to 1Gbit/second of speed theoretically. Nevertheless only up to 300Mbit/s is currently accessible as O2 still has to exploit the whole potential. In the coming days, the service provider needs to hike up its offerings as the internet speed is increasing. To be clear, only half an hour is enough to use up 60GB of 5G data.
Among the 5G tariffs, O2 Free L or O2 Free Unlimited Smart costs 39.99 euros, and it’s the cheapest one that provides 60GB of data. After full consumption, the speed reduced to 10Mbit/s.
The upcoming GeForce RTX 3070 mobile GPU from NVIDIA will be launching for the desktop in the coming days, and even before that, its mobile variant shows up in a leaked image. The graphics processor codenamed GN20-E5-A1 refers to the GA104 GPU, the same found on the GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards.
So, the new RTX 3070 will be the first mobile GPU of Nvidia’s new RTX 30-series lineup and will feature GDDR6 memory. As we see in the picture, multiple SK Hynix VRAM modules surround the GPU die, labeled as H56C8H24AIR.
It is being speculated by Videocardz that the RTX 3070 mobile will feature 8GB GDDR6 memory across a 256-bit bus. It will be interesting to see how many CUDA cores the new mobile GPU sport as its desktop counterpart features 5888 CUDA cores.
As for now, the most likely launch date of the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Mobile GPU series is around CES 2021. The first-gen RTX GPUs were not convincing on the mobile front as none could actually enjoy ray tracing on gaming laptops; however, with major improvements on the RTX 30-series, things can change honestly.
Manchester United has been a long term admirer of England international Jadon Sancho. They have made him their transfer priority this summer, though United haven’t been able to come to an agreement with Dortmund.
Former Manchester United player Wayne Rooney has now expressed his views on this matter. He wrote in his The Sunday Times column about who should be United’s No. 1 transfer target.
Rooney wrote: “Jadon Sancho is a top player, but I find it odd that he has been Manchester United’s transfer priority. Why consider paying close to £100 million for someone similar to talent you’ve got already? United have Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial and where would Sancho’s arrival leave Mason Greenwood, who plays in the same position and is of similar age?”
“I’d rather put that £100 million towards trying to get Harry Kane. Yes, getting Kane out of Tottenham would be difficult, maybe impossible, but United are a club who should always make an effort to sign the very best players and Kane is exactly what Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs, as is Erling Haaland, who United missed out on last year — a genuine No 9.”
Manchester United have now almost signed former PSG player Edison Cavani on a free transfer. So there problem with a genuine No 9 is somewhat sorted atleast for now.
But what Rooney said in his column is a matter of concern. United already have Rashford who is a similar talent to Sancho. Mason Greenwood is also developing into a star but if United signs Sancho, Greenwood wouldn’t be getting chance in the first team regularly.
Rather than spending millions, United can, however, focus on developing Greenwood and meanwhile striking a deal for a few defenders, preferably a left-back and a centre-back. This would give solidity to their defence and give their midfielders and attackers more chance of controlling the game.
Jean-Clair Todibo joined Barcelona in January 2019 from Toulouse. The 20-year-old centre-back was deemed to be a future prospect.
He was sent out on loan to Schalke in the second half of last season. He made 10 appearances in all competitions and has now returned to Barcelona.
But sadly, Todibo isn’t in the plans of new Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman. He has chosen Pique and Lenglet as his first choice centre-backs with Araujo and Ramos Mingo as back up. Eric Garcia is also rumoured to be on his way to Barcelona. So, Koeman wouldn’t be able to give the young France international enough game time.
Fulham are pushing to convince Todibo, after €18m bid submitted to Barcelona [he’s the #1 target]. Negotiations on also for Colley [no agreement yet].
Barça hope Todibo will change his mind about #FFC so they can increase the bid to Man City for Eric Garcia. 🚨 #MCFC#FCB
Premier League side Fulham are interested in signing the young defender and are willing to pay as much as €18m.
Todibo will be surely going out of Camp Nou this summer. As the transfer deadline day approaches, he is now evaluating his options carefully.
According to ‘RAC 1’, Borussia Dortmund is the latest team to join the bid for Todibo, They have seen him play in the Bundeslga for Schalke last season. Dortmund is probably the best club in Europe for nurturing young talents.
It now remains to be seen whether Todibo would go to a low-ranked Premier League club or to a club who regularly plays in the Champions League and has one of the best young teams in Europe.
According to multiple reports in Europe Manchester United is finally going to sign one of their targets within the next few hours. Manchester United was linked with Edinson Cavani for a long time.
Edinson Cavani is a free agent this season. He left Paris Saint-Germain this June after his contract expired. The Uruguayan striker was not happy at PSG as he became irregular in the starting line-up. PSG manager Thomas Tuchel favoured Argentine striker Mauro Icardi.
Cavani joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2013. In his 7 seasons for the French Club, he has scored 200 goals in 301 appearances.
Earlier Cavani wanted a three-year contract worth €10million-a-season (£8.8m). But Benfica was not ready to sign the striker at a high wage. After that, some of the other European clubs become interested in the Uruguayan forward.
More details about Edinson Cavani > Manchester Utd 🔴🇺🇾
– Cavani and his agents will be in UK tomorrow to complete the agreement on agents fee [€10m asked].
According to Fabrizio Romano, Edinson Cavani wants a ‘long term deal + more than €10m/season as wages + huge agents fee’. But United was not interested to sign him if he doesn’t want to negotiate with wages and agent fees. As per final reports, Edinson Cavani is flying to England today to complete his medicals and the deal. He has agreed to take less than €10m/season.
Edinson Cavani agent also confirmed the agreement on personal terms with Manchester United. Agents fee to be agreed on next hours [#MUFC to get it sorted for bit less than €10m]. Medicals pending – Edinson will fly to Manchester today. Here we go is coming 🔴 #ManUtd#Cavani
Edinson Cavani will be a good addition to the Manchester United squad. He is a proper centre-forward which Manchester United was lacking since last season. If the deal happens then he will face his old club Paris Saint-Germain in a Champions League group stage tie on 20th October which could be his first match in United Jersey as well.
After loan spells at AC Milan and former club AS Monaco, Tiemoue Bakayoko is set to join Napoli on loan for the 20/21 season. The news comes on the back of the French midfielder’s return to Chelsea following a spell back in France.
The defensive midfielder made an ambitious switch to Chelsea for €40 million following an impressive stint at Monaco, during which he managed to win the 16/17 Ligue 1 title.
Tiemoué Bakayoko will be in Napoli tomorrow to undergo medicals. It’ll be a simple loan, *no* buy option. He’s leaving #CFC. 🔵
Chelsea are refusing to sell Callum Hudson-Odoi on loan with buy *option* to Bayern.
A deal looks set for Bakayoko at Napoli and the player is now set to fly to Naples to complete his medical and sign the contract which will see him spend the 20/21 season in the heart of the park at Napoli.
Bakayoko still has time on his side, and the 26-year-old could still manage to move past his disastrous move to Chelsea and show his talents on the pitch.
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Hertha Berlin, Valencia and PSG were also rumoured to be in the race for the Frenchman, but Gennaro Gattuso’s side are the winners for the signature of the midfielder.
Having formerly played for AC Milan, the midfielder is no stranger to the style of play in Italy. However, it will be interesting to see how Gattuso integrates Bakayoko into his midfield, especially following the departure of Allan to reunite with former Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti at Everton.
Napoli have agreed on a straightforward loan deal for Bakayoko with no option to buy, which seems a change from the rumours that Chelsea were willing to include an option for their failed prospect to leave permanently.
On the other side of the pitch, Fabrizio Romano has denied rumours that Marcos Alonso will be leaving Chelsea to reunite with Antonio Conte at Inter Milan.
After the signing of Ben Chilwell from Leicester City, Alonso looks set for a squad role with the England international being the prefered choice at the back for Frank Lampard.
We end our weekend and Super Sunday with another barn burner as Chennai Super Kings will take on Kings XI Punjab.
During the initial days of the IPL, nobody would have thought these two teams to be at the bottom of the points table. However, that’s exactly what happened as both of these teams find themselves at the bottom with only one win in four matches.
CSK is coming off another disappointing loss against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The loss marked their third consecutive loss. KXIP, on the other hand, is coming off another disappointing 48 run loss against the Mumbai Indians. Both the teams will desperately need this win.
Chennai Super Kings
CSK found probably their best combination in the last match with the return of Ambati Rayadu and Dwayne Bravo. Bravo extended their bowling lineup and also added depth to their batting. However, their top-order couldn’t deliver. They would be happy about their skipper MS Dhoni showing form. Ravindra Jadeja played well for a fifty as well.
CSK’s bowling has looked decent. Their spinners are lowly regaining form and momentum.
(PC- InsideSport)
Kings XI Punjab
KXIP have been putting phenomenal performances, however, failing to put it together completely as a team. They are a top-order dominant team, therefore, if KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal fail, the entire team falls under pressure. Glenn Maxwell will have to step up his game.
KL Rahul will have to evaluate his bowling options. Having 8 overs from part-timers Jimmy Neesham and Gowtham proved to be extremely expensive in their last match. They may consider bringing back Murugan Ashwin and even Chris Jordan.
(PC- The Indian Express)
Fantasy XI team
FAF DU PLESSIS (9)(C) – Du Plessis is coming off two phenomenal fifties. He scored 72 of just 37 balls with 7 sixes against RR. He’ll again be my captain.
KL RAHUL (10.5)(VC) – Rahul has been extremely consistent in this IPL with a fifty and a century. He has been a run machine and will be our vice-captain.
MAYANK AGARWAL (9) – Agarwal is probably in the best purple patch of his life.
AMBATI RAYADU (9) – Rayadu will look to continue from his match-winning inning in his first match before the injury.
SHANE WATSON(9.5) – Watson has been getting some good starts. However, he’ll have to convert them into something big.
SAM CURRAN (8.5) – Curran bowled really well and also scored a match-winning cameo in their first match against MI. Dhoni likes the idea of promoting him depending upon the situation.
DWAYNE BRAVO (9) – Bravo gives CSK with 4 solid overs. He’s also a handy batsman in the lower-middle order.
RAVINDRA JADEJA (9) – Jadeja converted his starts into a big fifty in the last match against SRH. His bowling has been gaining momentum as well.
MOHD. SHAMI (9) – Shami looked phenomenal with his spell where he picked up 3 wickets in the first match and bowled well in the second as well.
DEEPAK CHAHAR (8.5) – Chahar has been contributing with crucial wickets especially in the powerplay overs.
RAVI BISNOI (8) – Bishnoi impressed everyone with his dynamic leg-spin.
PREDICTION
CSK seem to have found their best combination. It didn’t work in their last match due to tight SRH bowling. However, KXIP do not have the same steam in their pace bowling. Bravo has added depth to their batting and bowling as well. CSK will therefore defeat KXIP.
The launch of the upcoming RDNA 2 based GPUs is on the cards for AMD, and in the middle of all this, it seems the last year’s AMD mid-range GPUs are likely to be discontinued. In fact, both RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT were the best-selling 1440p gaming GPUs in the market because of their incredible price-to-performance ratios.
As Videocardz points out, according to Cowcotland, AMD will no longer be manufacturing graphics processors for Radeon RX 5700 series. So, the current ones available in the market will be some last Navi 10 cards, which is why we have seen inflation in prices.
Later, Videocardz updated its article to confirm that Radeon RX 5700 XT will not be discontinued totally, but the card will be manufactured at least till Q1 2021. The lower RX 5700, on the other hand, will only be available on special orders, so AMD isn’t focusing anymore on its older RDNA based GPUs.
This is true because the upcoming RDNA 2 based GPUs shall deliver much better performance than last-gen and come with multiple variants. Naturally, AMD is focusing on the new RX 6000 series GPUs launching on October 28th and will be available from November.
However, AMD has no intention of discontinuing the Radeon RX 5600 XT GPU along with the budget Radeon RX 500 series and Radeon RX 5500 GPUs.
The weekend will end with another thrilling battle of heavyweights as defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Mumbai Indians are coming off a clinical win over the mighty Kings XI Punjab. Sunrisers, on the other hand, has had a resurgence as they defeated the mighty CSK in their last match.
Mumbai Indians
MI defeated KXIP by a margin of 48 runs, which definitely helped them improve their net run-rate. Rohit Sharma again played a captain’s knock by scoring a match-winning 70 runs off just 45 balls. Ther middle-order has been in great form with Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, and Hardik Pandya in great form.
As per bowling is concerned, the Sharjah pitch is a graveyard for bowlers anyway. Therefore, bowlers will have to pick wickets at regular intervals. The MI side has been doing that with Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, and James Pattinson. MI would be happy that their spin-bowling has gained some form as well.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers are coming off two huge back-to-back wins overs Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings. Their stacked top-order will have an important role to play. All of David Warner, Johnny Bairstow, and Manish Pandey have been getting starts but will have to show some consistency. They would be extremely happy as their middle-order showed up after the top-order collapsed. Youngsters Abhishek Sharma and Priyam Garg played beautifully to take the side to a respectable total.
SRH would be concerned about their bowling. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar isn’t 100% fit. They needed an experienced player like Kumar who could lead the young bowling attack of Khaleel Ahmed and Natarajan. SRH doesn’t have a complete fifth bowler and will have to rely on Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad for four overs. Both being spinners, they might leak runs on Sharjah.
(PC- Indian Express)
Fantasy XI team
ROHIT SHARMA (10.5) (C) – Rohit Sharma again played a captain’s knock by scoring a match-winning 70 runs off just 45 balls. He’ll be my captain.
DAVID WARNER (10.5) (VC) – David Warner has been in phenomenal form and has been consistent as well. He’ll be my vice-captain.
JOHNNY BAIRSTOW (9.5) – Bairstow has been in great form as well. He has adapted an anchor role and thus scores big.
MANISH PANDEY (9) – Manish Pandey has been in great form and has been given a new role of leading the middle-order.
ISHAN KISHAN (8.5) – After what he did in his first match against RCB, it’s pretty self-explanatory why he makes the place.
KIERON POLLARD (9) – Pollard has looked in great form. Especially against spin in Sharjah, he can change the course of the game.
HARDIK PANDYA (9.5) – Hardik Pandya has looked in great form. He does not take time to settle and can explode at any moment.
JASPRIT BUMRAH (9) – Bumrah is struggling with his form. However, he did well in the super over. He can establish consistency as time passes.
T. NATARAJAN (8) – Natarajan has impressed everyone with his death bowling. He justified himself being picked over Khaleel Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, and Basil Thampi.
JAMES PATTINSON (8) – Pattinson has been bowling tight and picking wickets at regular intervals as well.
TRENT BOULT (8.5) – Boult has been doing a good job by keeping things tight and picking wickets as well.
PREDICTION
The matches in Sharjah are dependent on toss as well. The team batting first puts up a huge score and thus the team batting second is already under pressure. Therefore, MI has a more versatile set of batsmen who can bat in any situation. Plus all of them are in decent form.
Also, Sunrisers’ best bowler is Rashid Khan. Khan being a spinner might not be effective in Sharjah. Also, they lack a fifth complete bowler. MI will therefore defeat SRH.
As we that this month is going to be rich with the launch of smartphone accessories from different brands in India. There are already three new Bluetooth earphones listed in Flipkart and Amazon India. Let’s have a look at all the earphones launching this month.
Earphones
Launch Date
OnePlus Buds Z (Rumored)
14th October
Realme Buds Air Pro
7th October
Realme Buds Wireless Pro
7th October
Redmi (TWS earbud)
7th October
Redmi (Bluetooth Neckband)
7th October
boAt Nirvana 1007
Coming soon
Now the latest launch is on 7th October from Realme where they are revealing two new Bluetooth in-ear audio devices in India along with a smartphone in the online launch event.
Both the Bluetooth audio devices from Realme will be the pro version of the previously launched earphones and this time these audio devices will be launched with more modifications. Both the TWS and Neckband earphones had an amazing response last time and this time we are hoping for something more.
Read the full article on Realme Buds Wireless Prohere.
Now let’s talk about the competitor of Realme, Redmi India is here with two new Bluetooth Audio devices and the launch date also falls on October 7, which is on the same day of Realme’s launch event.
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There will be one TWS earbud and one Bluetooth neckband launch at the event. This will be the first time we will see a Redmi neckband and right now we do not have any information about the specifications of both the audio devices. So, let’s wait for the launch event and see how it turns out to be.
OnePlus has already disclosed the upcoming in-ear audio device will be launching along with the OnePlus 8T on 14th October. The image is quite artistic where we can see the rubber ear tip of the earphone. This time we can expect another OnePlus Buds successor along with a rubber ear tip, whereas the previous earbud was all plastic design.
The new Nirvana 1007 ANC carries a massive 40mmaudio driver to provide you the boAt signature audio. As the name suggests, the key feature of this headphone is the Active Noise Cancelling technology. While activated, the headphone can run for up to 20 hours long, otherwise, it goes for up to 30 hours. To ensure the fast charging, boAt added the Type-C port in it.
