After a breakthrough season with Las Palamas, 17-year-old Spanish midfielder joined FC Barcelona last summer in a €5 million move. In his first 8 appearances with FC Barcelona, he has already scored a goal. The teenager has shown some tremendous potential and excited FC Barcelona fans for the future.
It is a dream opportunity for the teenager to share the same dressing room with Lionel Messi. It is also an opportunity for him to learn from the very best of the game and it will also help him to grow in the future. Pedri is using this opportunity very well. In an interview with Diario Sport, he said, “Now is only about learning from him.”
“He helps me a lot on the pitch, Messi is giving me a lot of advice and that is brilliant. We have to enjoy him and not get involved in his future, that is up to him, now is only about learning from him.”, Pedri said about Lionel Messi.
Pedri is an attacking midfielder by trade. But the FC Barcelona manager is trying out him in different positions as well. On this matter, he said, “It is good to play in various positions and help the team where necessary. Where I generate the most danger is in midfield, but I can play in other positions and work for it.”
Pedri made his UEFA Champions League debut against Ferencvaros and scored his first goal in the FC Barcelona shirt.
Apple has been launching new features for its Apple TV recently. With the support for YouTube 4K being found, the company is gearing to promote its Apple TV and attract a broad customer base.
The latest news is that the Apple TV will be making its debut on the upcoming next-gen consoles. It will debut on Xbox consoles next month. Just in time for the release of Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The new Apple TV app will also be available across Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S consoles and will be available on November 10th this year.
The feature will provide access to Apple’s TV shows and various movie libraries. The Apple TV for Xbox has been missing on Xbox since last year. Along with many Xbox consoles, the company also plans to launch its Apple TV on PS5 on the consoles launch date.
Microsoft has also confirmed that Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Spotify, YouTube. Furthermore, YouTube TV, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, NBC Peacock. Along with Vudu, FandangoNow, Twitch, Sky Go, NOW TV, Sky Ticket, and many more will be available on both the next-gen Xbox consoles of the company starting from next month.
On another note, both the Xbox Series X and Series S will be supporting the Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. These features will work in apps like Netflix, Disney Plus, and Vudu.
The existing Xbox One accessories, including its media remotes, will still be supported by the upcoming next-gen consoles. The inclusion of Apple TV on these consoles states that they are not just any gaming devices. With the added support for streaming services and the companies’ cloud gaming service, these consoles bleak the line between gaming consoles.
AMD is releasing its next-generation CPUs and GPUs to tackle its biggest competitor Nvidia in the global market. The company is now gearing to unveil its next-generation CDNA GPU-based Instinct MI100 accelerator on November 16th. This information, however, comes from leaked documents according to sources.
The AMD’s Instinct MI100 accelerator was earlier confirmed by the company’s CTO, Mark Papermaster, almost five months ago. Back then, it was stated that AMD would be introducing the cDNA based Instinct GPU by the second half of 2020. It seems that the company is staying true to its promise and is all set to launch the most powerful data center GPU it has ever built.
The company’s Radeon Instinct MI100 will utilize the CDNA architecture entirely different from the RDNA architecture. It has been specifically designed for the HPC segment and is rumoured to go against NVIDIA’s Ampere A100.
According to various sources, the Radeon Instinct MI100 ‘Arcturus’ GPU will have several variants. Several specifications have been leaked as of now.
Based on Arcturus GPUs (1st Gen cDNA)
Test Board has a TDP of 200W (Final variants ~300-350W)
Up To 32 GB HBM2e Memory
AMD’s Radeon Instinct MI100, when pitted against the NVIDIA Volta V100 and the NVIDIA Ampere A100 GPU accelerators, performed well. As per the benchmark results, the Radeon Instinct MI100 delivered around 13% better FP32 performance than the Ampere A100 and gained over 2x performance increase against the Volta V100 GPUs.
AMD is gearing to tackle Nvidia in every way possible. The company’s third-quarter fiscal year earnings have already stated that the company is doing exceptionally well. As to how its new GPU architectures will perform against the competition remains to be seen.
The new season of FIFA Mobile has officially been rolled out on 2nd November worldwide. Although there was some confusion regarding the update, it has now been made available to all users.
You just need to go your App Store or Play Store and update your FIFA Mobile app.
The transfer market and some other features haven’t been made live yet. But it should open before TOTW, Icons and SBC get released, which is on 12th November.
So as we speak about the Icons which will be available in FIFA Mobile 21, here’s a list of all the base Icons.
Snapdragon 875 is the upcoming flagship processor from Qualcomm. The chipset has already been leaked on several benchmark platforms and is supposed to bring Qualcomm back into the semiconductor market. The company will be holding its annual tech summit on December 1st, and yet another leak has appeared on the internet. According to the latest information, the snapdragon 875 gains an increase of 38% than its predecessors.
The processor reached an excellent score of almost 900,000, proving that the processor is not underestimated. The results have even surpassed the processor’s previous benchmark score, where it obtained an 847,868 score. The processor even crossed Apple’s A14 Bionic in terms of performance ratings.
According to sources, the fastest core on snapdragon 875 runs at the clock speed of 2.8 GHz. However, it is worth remembering that the Snapdragon 875 feature ARM’s Cortex-X1 super body. It might be the reason for the chipset scoring high results.
The snapdragon 875, when pitted against the company’s own Snapdragon 865 +, performed exceptionally well. Qualcomm’s fastest chipset, the 865+, achieved a score of 648,871 using the same benchmarking application. The Snapdragon 875 results, however, reached 899,401. The upcoming 5nm SoC from Qualcomm managed to achieve a 38% performance boost than all its previous products, and it is quite an achievement from Qualcomm.
According to sources, Qualcomm will be pairing the Snapdragon 875 with Qualcomm’s 5nm Snapdragon X60 5G modem. However, the company has not made it clear if the baseband chip will be integrated into the chipset, or it will be needed to be purchased separately.
However, the leaks and rumours are painting the new SoC from Qualcomm to be a significant competitor against Apple’s A14 Bionic. It is good news considering Apple is the only company that is currently dominating the mobile processor market. And it seems unfair that no other processor even comes close to the current champion.
Lionel Messi has only managed to score 3 goals for Barcelona this season. The worst start to a season for La Pulga in over 15 years and Barcelona are still struggling to make the most of their squad.
Currently, Barcelona are placed 12th in the La Liga table, with only 8 points to their name from 6 games played. The fact that their best player ever is also struggling to make an individual impact for the club is also worrying for Barcelona fans.
However, if you look at the developments at Camp Nou a little more closely, you will find that Barcelona does not seem to be Messi FC as much as it was in recent years.
Ansu Fati has hit the ground running, and the now 18-year-old has been the best player under Ronald Koeman so far. The youngster has managed to score 4 goals in the league already and is looking very impressive going forward.
Leo Messi has only scored a single goal in La Liga this season. He has scored 2 in the Champions League and has assisted just as many in Europe. His stats per game have also shown that the Argentinian’s influence on the game has reduced considerably this season as compared to last year.
However, Barcelona have managed to come together as a team, and have shared the responsibility of scoring goals. This has taken a lot of weight off of Messi and has allowed him a lot of freedom to lead his team, as he should do as Barcelona captain.
The legendary player wanted to leave Camp Nou in the summer but was stopped from doing so by former President Bartomeu. While his morale has been visibly boosted by Bartomeu’s dismissal, Leo Messi has assumed a very different role this season as compared to yesteryear.
Despite being well into his 30s, La Pulga has a lot to give to the sport, and his team, and it would be foolish to write the forward off so soon.
Contrary to the opinions of football fans in the comments section of any post mentioning Spurs, the London club have managed an immensely successful summer transfer window.
The addition of the likes of Gareth Bale, Sergio Reguilon and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg have completely transformed Jose Mourinho’s team this season.
Bale hasn’t played a full 90-minutes under Jose Mourinho yet, since he is still recovering from an injury, but only recently scored his first goal for Spurs since making his return against Brighton.
A front three of Son, Kane and Bale would be one of the most threatening in the league, and it seems to be just around the corner.
Speaking about his move from Real Madrid to London with fellow former Madridista Gareth Bale, Sergio Reguilon has revealed that the club has made golf holes in their training ground so that the Welshman can stay happy at the club.
“What most surprised me is at Spurs’ training ground there are golf holes,” Reguilón told El Larguero.
“I asked and they told me they were put there for him! They’re short holes, maybe 30 metres. I couldn’t believe it!”
Spurs are reportedly paying half of Bale’s sky-high wages, with his parent club Madrid bearing the other half of the Welshman’s salary.
Jose Mourinho was all praises for the player when he netted his first goal for Tottenham since making his return, and also took a cheeky dig at his former employer’s Real Madrid while speaking to the press.
Gareth Bale has been comically linked with golf ever since he brandished the infamous Wales-Golf-Madrid flag. The fact that he did not play a single minute for Real in 2020 is testament to how poorly the Champions League winner was treated at the Spanish capital.
Tottenham doing everything they can to keep one of their best players happy only goes to show how impactful Bale can be when he wants to play.
In joining the IWF Hall of Fame the FIFA Secretary General joins women who were inducted for their work on tackling urgent issues the world is facing
ZURICH, Switzerland, November 4, 2020, — FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura has been inducted into the International Women’s Forum (IWF) Hall of Fame as recognition for her transformative contributions to society.
Fatma Samoura, who worked on United Nations projects for 21-years before becoming the first-ever African, and woman to hold the role of Secretary General at FIFA in its 116-year history, was joined by fellow Hall of Fame honourees Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO of General Motors and Ginni Rometty, Executive Chairman of IBM, at the online 2020 IWF Hall of Fame Awards Gala.
The gala was held online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and featured interviews with each of the three inductees about the paths they took to lead them to their current roles, the advice they have for young women and the causes that motivate them in their daily work.
The FIFA Secretary General’s interview touched on her 21-year career working on United Nations projects, her work at FIFA under the leadership of President Gianni Infantino, her six-month mission as FIFA General Delegate for Africa to assist CAF on its reform journey, her zero tolerance for racism and racist behaviour and her advice for women.
In a video interview with FIFA’s first-ever Chief Women’s Football Officer Sarai Bareman, Fatma Samoura said: “In my 21 years as a development and humanitarian actor I met people from different backgrounds, whether religious, ethnic or also based on gender and I could see how they were reacting in the face of difficult and stressful situations… so this wealth of experience I brought in definitely to FIFA where, as I said, the human being is a key aspect of everything we do. Whether you are a coach, a football player or a fan, you deal with human beings. The core values I brought along with my 21 years at the UN are respect of diversity, fighting discrimination, fighting for equal opportunity and a world that is more just and fair to everybody.”
In joining the IWF Hall of Fame the FIFA Secretary General joins women who were inducted for their work on tackling urgent issues the world is facing including: Maya Angelou, American poet and author; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General; Rosa Parks, mother of the American civil rights movement; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia; Nawal El Moutawakel, first Moroccan and first African Muslim woman to win Olympic gold; Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz artist; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice; Louise Arbour, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunals in the Hague; Hillary Rodham Clinton, former US First Lady, US Senator, Secretary of State; Mary Robinson, President of Ireland; Wilma Mankiller, Chief of the Cherokee nation; Audrey Hepburn, international film star and Shirley Temple black child star and US Diplomat.
Referring to advice for women Fatma Samoura said: “Ladies you have to remember this, if you have been trusted enough to be given a position it’s because you have the skills and qualifications necessary to do the job. Look to your sisters for support and count on them.”
The IWF was founded in the US by Elinor “Elly” Guggenheimer – chair of the New York City Planning Commission, in 1974. Its aim is to bring together women of diverse accomplishments and provide them with a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences, as well as advancing women’s leadership globally and locally. It has over 7,000 members worldwide.
Microsoft Windows 10 OS is undoubtedly the preferred choice for personal OS by many. With the very famous Windows 7, Microsoft established dominance over the PC operating system market. Since its Windows 10 launched, Microsoft has completely revamped its operating system’s looks and features.
But since then, Windows 10 hasn’t received any changes in its UI. All the major updates of the company have been focused on improving the functionality and fixing security issues. Microsoft, however, did slightly redesigned its start menu and made it easier to apply themes. The company has finally declared that it will be adding more design changes with its 2021 update.
Sources reported that “Microsoft is planning to update many top-level user interfaces such as the Start menu, Action Center, and even File Explorer, with consistent modern designs, better animations, and new features. Internal documentation describes the project as ‘reinvigorating’ and modernizing the Windows desktop experience to keep up with customer expectations in a world driven by other modern and lightweight platforms.”
The refreshment of UI, which Microsoft is planning, is codenamed as the “Sun Valley.” It is expected to be introduced along with Windows 10 Cobalt, which is the 2021 H2 update.
Panay, the in-charge of the windows development division, stated, “I’m very excited to lead the Windows Client for Microsoft. Which will help us streamline our decision-making processes, be clear on our priorities, and deliver the best end-user experiences from silicon through operating systems across all Microsoft apps and service-connected devices (OEMs and Surface).”
ZDNet adds to this information, saying that internally Microsoft engineers have been describing the 21H2 (aka “Cobalt”) release as Windows 10++, which means there are some big plans for the next fall update.
Part of Windows 10 that is expected to be redesigned include:
Start menu
Action Center
Better dark mode support
Updated Taskbar
New design for File Explorer
“Fluid experiences” for tablets
Keyboard and emoji improvements
Overall consistent look and feel
It is no way means that Microsoft is releasing a new Windows 10. instead, it merely means that the world’s most used notebook operating system is finally getting a design overhaul.
Apple company has made news all over the internet for a few days. Most of it is related to the company planning to unveil its ARM-based Mac devices. The devices to be disclosed include the new 13-inch MacBook Pro and 13-inch MacBook Air.
Both the devices will have ARM-based custom silicon home-made by the company. With all the rumors going across the internet, the company’s upcoming devices’ excitation is on the rise. On the latest news, a tipster has allegedly leaked the forthcoming Mac devices’ starting prices, and the details are juicy.
The MacBook’s will start for $799, which is relatively cheap compared to the $1,000 price tag of premium Windows notebooks.
Apple’s new ARM-based silicon is already termed as power efficient and does not require any sophisticated cooling system to increase its performance. However, getting a high-performing notebook from Apple at just $799 is a mood for the holiday season.
According to sources, Apple is trying to make the ARM-based 13-inch MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro cheaper than their counterparts. The company is trying to attract more customers towards its home-made silicon.
We already know that the upcoming 5nm process based A14X Bionic will power the future iPad Pro models. The processor will be an 8-core Apple Silicon. Sources claim that the chipset powering the upcoming ARM-based MacBook’s will have the same number of cores as the A14X Bionic. It means that the performance of the forthcoming MacBook’s will be a sight to behold.
The A14X Bionic performance is on par with Intel’s 8-Core i9 CPU, termed the most powerful chip found in its MacBook lineup. There are also reports that Apple will provide a 12-core Apple Silicon with is 13-inch MacBook Pro, though it will probably cost you more.
With Apple stepping up its game in the processor market, it is clear that the iPhone maker has decided to ditch intel processors for good. The company has already established its dominance in the smartphone processor market. As to whether it will succeed in the notebook market remains to be seen.
