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AMD to work with MediaTek to make custom Wi-Fi chip for upcoming notebooks

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The semiconductor giant AMD has been in the market for years now but hasn’t been able to diversify its market except its CPUs and GPUs which Intel did to make itself a giant apart from selling its chips. So, as the market is changing and the internet is playing huge role getting better Wi-Fi speeds has become the priority for most customers out there.

So, as per the new norm, people are switching to the faster and reliable Wi-Fi 6 but using it requires an 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 NIC controller. This Wi-Fi 6 market has been dominated by Intel or Realtek as its wireless NICs are the most used inside notebooks even if it’s powered by an AMD processor, however, due to their costs and exclusiveness, AMD has lost a lot of clients who require far more superior Wi-Fi speeds.

Even the motherboard makers opt for Intel in this matter even if it’s for an AMD CPU, so, AMD had to come with some sort of solution quickly and that’s why they have partnered with another chip giant MediaTek. They have a lot of experience having a large portfolio of its chips powering Wi-Fi 6 routers and even TVs or smartphones as well.

Intel’s own brand NICs even comes with vPro feature-set that offers end-to-end management solution, securing the network whilst providing faster speeds for professional customers. AMD has gone a lot ahead in terms of performance with its Ryzen PRO lineup, however, there are few tweaks that it still has to make that includes developing its own custom Wi-Fi chip.

So, AMD will incorporate WLAN controllers of its own and integrate into their wide range of hardware that will not only be used in the upcoming notebooks but also can be used by motherboard vendors. So, to help speed up this process, AMD will be using MediaTek’s experience to solve the toughest part – the web of IP to make standalone WLAN controllers. This makes sense as AMD wants to provide AMD WLAN controllers could build on existing MediaTek IP blocks.

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Cyberpunk 2077 to get more DLC than The Witcher 3

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Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the highly anticipated games of this year. Recently during the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 series reveal event, Nvidia showcased a trailer of the Cyberpunk 2077 game with RTX ON. The game will also have more DLC’s than Witcher 3 The Wild hunt got.

Previously, CD PROJEKT RED stated that the game would have not less than the number of DLC’s released for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Adam Kiciński, the president and CEO of the CD PROJEKT RED additionally added to the content that fans (and investors) can expect more DLCs in comparison. More extra details are forthcoming.

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“Yes, you can expect a similar path after release. You can expect more, actually. We’re not going into too many details today, but everything will be clear before release. As we are close to the release, expect the post-release plans to be revealed fairly soon; a series of free DLCs and expansions will be described – as I said, you can expect it fairly soon and then everything will be made clear”, stated by Adam Kiciński.

Moreover, CD PROJEKT RED, the developer of The Witcher trilogy also confirmed that the  ‘next-gen’ version of The Witcher 3 is under development.

Cyberpunk 2077 is now at its final stretch of development and the game will release on 19th November 2020, with no more further delays. The game will release on Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, Google Stadia, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows platform. In PC the game will be powered with the Ray Tracing technique but it will be only Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 3000 series will support it.

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Free Fire is featuring Hritik Roshan as an In-Game Character

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After PUBG mobile getting banned in India, some of the similar games are trying to capture the huge market left behind it. One of the games is Garena’s Free Fire which is introducing Hritik Rosan, the Indian superstar as an in-game character. His character is named as ‘Jai’ in the game, who is the game’s first Indian playable character.

Garena Free Fire is a battle royale game just like PUBG mobile, developed by 111 Dots Studio and published by Garena(Singapore-based publisher of the mobile game) for Android and iOS. The game became the most downloaded mobile game globally in 2019, the game received the award for the “Best Popular Game” by the Google Play Store in 2019.

It is a 50 person battle royale in which players get dropped down in a map where they have to survive to be the last man standing. Though, unlike PUBG Mobile, it lets players decide and choose the desired character from a list of various in-game characters with different kinds of “special survival ability”.

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Hritik Rosan stated that-“I am thrilled to be a part of the Free Fire universe and my official avatar, Jai, that the team has created, is so cool. I hope that all the players enjoy this unique experience,”

With PUBG mobile out of the picture, Free Fire is working hard and is aiming to capture the Indian market by giving more in-game offers, cheap deals, and by adding an Indian character to the game.

Harold Teo, the producer of the game said, “At Garena, we believe in the power of localization By offering our gaming community in India the unique opportunity to play as one of India’s most recognizable stars, we wanted to reaffirm our commitment to creating memorable experiences for players here,” 

The new upcoming Indian game “Fau-G” is in limelight after the PUBG mobile band and its announcement. The game might be a tough competition for Free Fire but until its release, Free Fire has the upper hand for now in the Indian market.

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Poco X3 NFC goes official with Snapdragon 732G

Poco has finally launched the much-awaited Poco X3 and it has so the company is calling it Poco X3 NFC. Poco has been teasing the X3 for the last few days as a contender to OnePlus’ Nord and its an official successor to the Poco X2 which was launched back in Feb this year.

The Poco X3 sports a 6.67” Full HD+ LCD panel with a refresh rate of 120Hz and 240Hz touch sampling rate with a punch-hole cutout in the top center which houses the 20MP sensor for selfies. The display has HDR 10 certification and it even has Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.

The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 732G which is an upgrade to last year’s Snapdragon 730G and it is coupled with Adreno 618 GPU along with 6GB of RAM and 64/128GB of internal storage. Further, it is being backed up by a 5,160 mAh battery which can be charged over the USB C port at 33W and it even retains the 3.5mm audio jack apart from the dual stereo speakers.

The X3 NFC gets a quad-camera setup at the back which consists a 64MP Sony IMX682 sensor with an f/1.73” aperture lens, a 13 MP f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera with a 119-degree field of view along with two 2 MP sensor with f/2.4″ aperture lens where one of them is functioning as a depth sensor while other one serves the purpose of a macro lens. The camera app gets some nifty features like Skyscraping 3.0, Night Mode, and ShootSteady video which can stabilize any video using AI.

The phone gets basic connectivity features including Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.1, IR blaster, and a hybrid dual sim slot which can be used to put a microSD card of up to 256GB in your phone and as it has “NFC” which can be understood from its name. Also, it has a fingerprint sensor that doubles up as the power key. Further, The Poco X3 NFC uses a heat dissipation technology dubbed as LiquidCool Technology 1.0 Plus which uses a copper heat pipe and a graphite sheet to cool down the phone. The phone even has an IP53 certification which makes it splash-proof.

The X3 NFC comes in two color options – Shadow Gray and Cobalt Blue and it’s available in two memory configurations of 6/64GB and 6/128GB. The base variant costs €229 while the higher storage variant can be purchased for €269 starting 8 Sep 2020. There is even an early bird offer during which the phone can be purchased starting at €199 for the 64GB variant and the 128GB one will be available for €249 during this offer.

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The QLC SSD demand is likely to increase on both the enterprise & consumer level

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The SSD market recently has exploded recently and people are opting for the faster solid-state disks more than ever because of their blazing speeds and efficiently. Almost all laptops these days use SSD to make them faster, every PC build uses SSDs as boot drives, and every enterprise offers both SATA and NVMe SSDs for their customers who need everything faster in this 21st century.

So, with demand, the production has increased as well and we are seeing low-price SSDs and a lot of variants with different speeds targeted towards different sets of users. As we know, the single-level cell (SLC) SSD is the most basic type of SSD as they accept one bit per memory cell, however, SLCs are one the fastest type of SSD.

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While quad-level cell (QLC) SDD drives can write four bits per cell, making the performance faster with some caching hiccups, although it is getting improved with days. These major chipmakers are now ramping up their production for QLC NAND flash output and are all set to soon penetrate at a faster pace into the markets not only for enterprise-level but also for the consumer-level storage devices, according to sources of Digitimes.

This also comes from the fact that QLC NAND-based SSDs are much more in demand for data center and other enterprise usages since 2020 for higher capacities and lower-cost SATA storage devices. QLC has helped to drive a more approachable price point helping to narrow the gap between a traditional HDD and solid state storage. 

QLC SSDs are also finding its way into consumer-level solutions as well from manufacturers like Crucial, Intel, Seagate, and others, helping to reduce costs and increase the speeds.

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Samsung becomes the top Tablet vendor in the EMEA market

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Android tablets are a lot less popular these days than they were a few years ago. Tech companies over the years have not been paying attention to the manufacture and innovation of tablet technology.

Despite all this, Samsung has always kept its promise of delivering killer tablets over these years. Founded back in 1969 named Samsung Electric Industries, Suwon, the South Korea-headquartered Samsung Electronics these days makes everything from televisions to semiconductors and displays.

Recently with the world suffering from the outbreak of COVID-19. Education and the Economy have taken a major hit. However, with a work from home becoming a new Norm, many people have started preferring to buy tablets over notebooks as they are convenient to use for work on the go. With this, there has been a huge increase in the demand for tablets.

Considering all this, Samsung has recently reported a 70% increase in its tablet shipment from a year ago. In Q2, by surpassing Apple, Amazon, and Lenovo, Samsung Electronics has become the top vendor in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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International Data Corp (IDC), has reported that Samsung has shipped 3.37 tablets in the EMEA market in the April-June period. It has taken up to 28.3 percent of the shares in the EMEA market.

What’s now for Samsung?

Currently, Samsung has crossed all the tablets in the market with its latest Galaxy Tab S7. although there are a large number of Galaxy Tabs to choose from, Samsung’s future performance in the tablet market will be secure on the success of its Tab S7.

But as it stands, the latest entry in Samsung’s tablet line-up, is already a buzz among the folks.

The most important aspect of any tablet is its display and Samsung has not disappointed users with its latest tablet. Tab S7 boasts and 11-inch LCD panel with a 2560×1600 resolution with a refresh rate of 120Hz.

Samsung is maintaining the consumer appeal with its new tablet as it also offers an S Pen along with a tablet at no extra cost. With continued innovation in display and camera technology, and Samsung being on the pinnacle of folding smartphones. The future expectations of gadget users are at their peak. One can soon expect, Samsung to incorporate more latest innovations in its tablet technology as well.

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PREMIER LEAGUE 2020-21 SEASON PREVIEW: Are Arsenal ready to reclaim Champions League qualification?

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Mikel Arteta’s side saw him claim two trophies in the space of 3 weeks, and signs are looking promising for them ahead of the upcoming season. Ever since the departure of Unai Emery, there were question marks on the credibility and reputation of Mikel Arteta of whether he would be able to do justice to the manager’s job. But since taking charge he has been instrumental in a few victories and has also managed to give good input on some shrewd signings that have been wrapped up in the transfer market. So can Arsenal attain the central objective that the board would have asked him to do – qualify for the Champions League?

Transfer activity

In an effort to shore up the defensive side of things, Arsenal have had a mixture of permanent signings so far. With William Saliba’s loan ending and having made Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares’ loan moves permanent, the Gunners also completed a transfer for 22-year old centre back Gabriel Magalhaes from Lille. They are also rumoured to be looking at Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid as well as Houssem Aouar from Lyon, meanwhile, they have extended Dani Ceballos’ loan in a midfield revamping campaign. Things so far though, are looking rosy for Arsenal fans in terms of the market.

Strength

Mikel Arteta having received tutelage from Pep Guardiola himself, also believes in a similar style of attacking football and pressing the opposition to force mistakes. They have thus far not had any major problems finding the back of the net, but the real positive seems to be in the fact that Arsenal have been more defensively composed under Arteta than under his predecessor. In the 15 games that Arteta has managed in the Premier League, Arsenal have conceded just 12 goals. Supporters can only hope that with a host of defensive signings, they would look to be even more solid at the back

Weakness

Unfortunately, what seems to be a newfound strength has also historically proven to be a weakness for Arsenal. In a much more micro perspective, Arsenal did not have the best of away records last season and conceded first due to self-induced errors and a lack of simple communicational organisation at the back. There also seems to be a problem for Arteta of how he can get the front three of Aubameyang, Lacazette and Pepe to play as a functional unit rather than just heavily depending on Aubameyang doing the hard work, which was the case last season.

Key players

It goes without saying that star forward and captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would prove to be the inspirational figure for all the Arsenal players. His wavy trickery and sublime skills have placed him in the elite bracket of Premier League strikers, while also achieving an impressive feat of scoring 20+ goals in consecutive seasons. Aside from the talisman, it is also set to be a big season for Nicolas Pepe, who has not exactly taken the league by storm. The 72-million pounds record signing will look to contribute much more in the 2020-21 season and have a better individual season in terms of numbers.

Predicted table finish

5th Place: Arsenal definitely have enough to go about themselves in a new regime under Arteta. Their test of mental strength will, however, be to the fact of whether they can do it consistently and sadly, they might be slightly behind in those terms amongst the other contenders.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad: Team news and full analysis of how they are going to perform in IPL 2020

The countdown to IPL 2020 continues.

Today we take a closer look at one of the most successful and balanced teams in the history of IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The franchise wasn’t really an active bidder in the IPL 2020 auctions. That just goes to show how much confidence the management has in their players.

History

The Sunrisers were a late addition to the entire history of the IPL. The team was earlier known as the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers. The Deccan Chargers won the second season of the IPL back in 2009. The owners then put the franchise for sale in 2012. The Sun TV Network won the bid and the team was thus named the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The franchise, however, made a smooth transition despite major changes. The team has delivered consistent performances making into the playoffs five out of the seven seasons played. The team went on to win the tournament in 2016.

2013: 4th place (playoffs)

2014: 6th place

2015: 6th place

2016: Champions

2017: 4th place (playoffs)

2018: 2nd place

2019: 4th place (playoffs)

Squad for IPL 2020

David Warner (captain), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Mitchell Marsh, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Bavanaka Sandeep, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Johnny Bairstow, Mohammad Nabi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake, Thangarasu Natarajan and Sandeep Sharma.

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How will they perform in IPL 2020?

BATTING – The top order obviously stands out. The team will feature the destructive opening pair of David Warner and Johnny Bairstow. They will be followed by the equally destructive Kane Williamson and Manish Pandey.

The middle-order is the place where a possible loophole can be seen. Due to the restriction of only four foreign players allowed, Mitchell Marsh and at times even Kane Williamson might not make the team. The responsibility, therefore, would be on Vijay Shankar. He will be followed only by inexperienced and young players like Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, etc.

BOWLING – Sunrisers have always been known for their bowling department. The fast bowling, in particular, is completely stacked unchanged. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar will lead the attack with young yet tested Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi, and Sandeep Sharma. Billy Stanlake would be a great addition depending upon the conditions as well.

The spin bowling may not seem stacked, however, it includes one of the best T20 bowlers in the world, Rashid Khan. He will be accompanied by an experienced Shadab Nadeem.

If Sunrisers could strike the right balance in their four overseas players and if their middle-order holds up, they will definitely make the playoffs.

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Microsoft launches Deepfake Detector Tool ahead of the US elections

In an impressive effort to differentiate the artificial from the real, Microsoft has launched a deep-fake detector tool called the “Video Authenticator” to add to their growing list of innovative technologies. The objective of the tool is to spot synthetic or artificially created media and with the help of algorithms analyses and generates a certain ‘manipulation score’.

Further information was disclosed by Microsoft with them saying, “In the case of a video, it can provide this percentage in real-time on each frame as the video plays. It works by detecting the blending boundary of the deep-fake and subtle fading or grey-scale elements that might not be detectable by the human eye.”

This technology is however not just limited to videos, but also content pieces and news articles the subject of testing which has been co-developed by the San Francisco based AI Foundation. The need to detect malicious intent and a surge to purposely disinform people rather than inadvertently misinforming, is now more than ever. Therefore, to not trick the audience, the detection technology is at work with critical thinking and intelligence to determine and identify such deep-fakes.

Interestingly, this is going to be rolled out as a massive exercise ahead of the 2020 Presidential Elections in the United States. At a time where ‘fake news’ and ‘misnomers’ in the campaign propaganda will be rife with inaccuracies, the Microsoft detection technology can help authenticate and run trials to identify which source or journalist’s content is being supplied with false information – possibly with the intention of taking down a rival candidate.

If this tech turns out to be a success, then it would yet again be a feather in the hat for Microsoft and so, artificial manipulation may have a fierce counterpart in order to let true and genuine videos and content lead the charge.

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Manchester City turn their focus back on Kalidou Koulibaly after Messi decided to stay at Barcelona

As Sir Alex Ferguson said ‘Attack wins you games but Defense wins you title.’ Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is now following that very well. Last season Manchester City lost the Premier League title to Liverpool by 18 points and finished second with 81 points. Now City are willing to spend some money in order to improve their defence.

They already confirmed the signing of Dutch centre back Nathan Ake from Bournemouth and young winger Ferran Torres from Valencia. Now, they are keen to sign Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.

The 29-year old Senegalese centre back has already agreed on personal terms with Manchester City. So it is just a matter of time till Manchester City and Napoli agree on the transfer fee.

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[🔵] Koulibaly-City deal updates – Manchester are preparing a new bid to sign Kalidou Koulibaly. The two clubs are not directly in talks because of the Jorginho deal [two years ago, deal agreed with Man City then hijacked by Chelsea]. The agent of Koulibaly, Fali Ramadani, is working to find an agreement soon. 🚨 – Napoli won’t accept less than €75m [add ons included] to sell their centre-back on this summer. “Man City, PSG and Manchester United are the clubs that can pay for Koulibaly”, president de Laurentiis said few days ago expecting new bids. 💬 – Personal terms have been already agreed with Manchester City. But the negotiation between the two clubs is still slow because of their bad relationship. Key days are coming. ☎️ #mcfc #mancity #koulibaly #napoli #transfers #city ••••••••••••••••••••••🇮🇹🇬🇧••••••••••••••••••••• [🔵] Koulibaly e il Man City, la situazione – Il Manchester City presenterà nei prossimi giorni una nuova offerta al Napoli per Kalidou Koulibaly. I due club non sono in contatto diretto a causa dell’affare Jorginho che ha portato alla rottura dei rapporti due anni fa, l’agente del giocatore Fali Ramadani sta lavorando per arrivare all’intesa. 🚨 – Il Napoli non accetterà meno di 75 milioni bonus inclusi per il suo difensore che ha già l’intesa col Man City sul contratto, servirà un rilancio importante per chiudere. “Chiedete a City, PSG e Man United che possono permetterselo”, aveva detto il presidente de Laurentiis. 💬 @skysport #kalidoukoulibaly #transfers #mcfc

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Transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano wrote on Instagram: “Manchester are preparing a new bid to sign Kalidou Koulibaly. The two clubs are not directly in talks because of the Jorginho deal [two years ago, deal agreed with Man City then hijacked by Chelsea]. The agent of Koulibaly, Fali Ramadani, is working to find an agreement soon.”

“Napoli won’t accept less than €75m [add ons included] to sell their centre-back on this summer. “Man City, PSG and Manchester United are the clubs that can pay for Koulibaly”, president de Laurentiis said few days ago expecting new bids.”

“Personal terms have been already agreed with Manchester City. But the negotiation between the two clubs is still slow because of their bad relationship. Key days are coming.”

Manchester City were previously focusing on signing Barcelona legend Lionel Messi and hoped to reunite him with Pep Guardiola. But Messi has announced that he will stay at Barcelona for the upcoming season at least.

So now City has turned their focus back on Koulibaly to improve their defence. He has been one of the best defenders in Serie A for the last few years. So, if City can bring him to the Etihad he can prove to be the focal point of City’s defence next season.

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