Into only their second season as Odisha Football Club in the Indian Super League, the men from the farther East will look to compete against the rest in a battle for playoffs supremacy. But, considering that is the case with every other club of the 11 ones fighting in the league, can Odisha achieve a miracle?
We take a look at how Odisha stacks up ahead of the ISL 2020 season :
TRANSFERS
‘The Kalinga Warriors’, as their fans call them, recently brought in a host of new players to refresh the look of the squad. Notable signings included Steven Taylor and Jacob Tratt to reinforce the backline.
They did, however, decide to not retain the services of attacking midfielder Xisco Hernandez and winger Romeo Fernandes ahead of the new season. Albino Gomes and Lalchhuanmawia also joined Kerala and Chennai respectively on free transfers.
SQUAD LIST
GOALKEEPERS
Arshdeep Singh
Ravi Kumar
Kamaljit Singh
Ankit Bhuyan
DEFENDERS
Gaurav Bora
George D’Souza
Henry Antonay
Jacob
Kamalpreet Singh
Shubham Sarangi
Saurabh Meher
Mohd Sajid Dhot
Steven Taylor
MIDFIELDERS
Baoringdao Bodo
Cole Alexander
S Lalhrezuala
Nandhakumar Sekar
Paul Ramfangzauva
Samuel Lalmuanpuia
Isak Vanlalruatfela
Jerry Mawihmingthanga
Thoiba Singh
Vinit Rai
FORWARDS
Diego Mauricio
Laishram Singh
Manuel Onwu
Daniel Lalhlimpuia
Marcelinho
STRENGTH
What makes this Odisha side tick, is their no-nonsense style of play courtesy of Stuart Baxter. The former Vissel Kobe manager has coached a number of European and Asian clubs and has a defensively astute formation to counter the strong sides.
WEAKNESS
The infusion of too many young players might see them lose out on clutch moments during the important games. Add to the fact that there has not been a long time for teams to build chemistry, it might just be too late before Odisha can master a winning combination.
KEY PLAYER
One does not need to look beyond ISL great Marcelinho. The ex-Pune City left winger has been instrumental in so many winning goals, whether that is scoring or assisting them. To be precise, 30 goals and 17 assists in 59 ISL appearances. It surely counts well that he has a good sense of leadership skills that can shore up the young Odisha outfit and motivate them on and off the field.
PREDICTED TABLE FINISH
9th Place – Despite the talent they possess much like every side in the ISL, Odisha might have a side for the long-term than the present, to provide a real fight to other contenders.
AMD’s Radeon RX, 6000 series graphics card, will be launched soon in the retail stores. But reports claim that the AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards will have limited stock at launch. The stock issues were only specific to Radeon RX 6900 XT. However, according to sources, even the Radeon RX 6800 XT supply will be minimal. The card is expected to be sold out within minutes of the launch.
An ASUS representative released the following statement regarding the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT stock. “It will be quite limited: more RX6800, fewer 6800XT … as with basically all graphics cards now, we expect that everything will be gone in a few minutes, so you need to hang on the lock”.
However, the Radeon RX 6800 is expected to have a higher stock than the RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT. However, due to higher demand, the card may be sold out pretty fast.
The representative further added, “Yesterday I asked polish shop Morele.net about preorders, and they confirmed that there would be an option, but they don’t know yet when. Also, they said they expect problems with stock as it was with Nvidia GPUs. It should not be easy to get a new card to be cool. It is quite unexpected that Lisa Su dares to bet on this release date. I think it should only start to increase in December. The production capacity has always been sufficient, but how much of this production capacity of Navi may depend on Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles.”
ASUS will release three variants for its Radeon RX 6000 series custom lineup. The ROG STRIX LC, ROG STRIX & TUF Gaming models will be launched by the manufacturer. The devices include Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 variants.
The Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800 will launch in the retail market on 18th November. The RX 6800 XT will be priced at $649 US, and RX 6800 will be available at $579 US.
After the launch of the Mi 10 series, Xiaomi is looking forward to launching the Xiaomi Mi 11 in the upcoming days. This phone has been appeared on the Geekbench website and showed that it will run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 SoC chipset. The SD 875 chipset is about to launch and we’ve come to know more about this latest chipset. As per the leaks, this upcoming SD 875 chipset will run ARM’s newest Cortex-X1 core at relatively conservative speeds.
Credit: Digital Chat Station
As per the listing on the Geekbench website, it showed us that the upcoming Mi 11 is about to be powered by the SD 875 chipset. A few days ago, it is the same source who has shown us the specifications of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 chipset. In terms of scores, it has managed to bag a single-core score of 1,105 and in the case of multi-core, it has scored 3,512. It seems that the multi-core score is a little bit low, but it may be for the other factors.
Credit: Digital Chat Station
From the Geekbench listing, we’ve also come to know the reconfirmed configuration of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 chipset: one Cortex-X1 (2.8GHz), three Cortex-A78 (2.4GHz), and four Cortex-A55 (1.8GHz) cores. As per the power & performance, it seems that the SD 875 can not beat Apple’s silicon chipset. In the case of Samsung’s Exynos 2100 chipset, it can surpass the SD 875 as well. The reason behind this is that Samsung is planning to push its Cortex-X1 to over 3.0GHz.
Credit: Digital Chat Station
And at last, let’s just talk about the specifications of the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 11. Though, there is nothing confirmed yet. As per some of the earlier reports, this phone is expected to come with a 1440p screen with a refresh rate of 120Hz, and there will be an under-display selfie camera as well. Moreover, another news also came out that, Xiaomi is in the works to make a charger with a capacity of 200W, which is something out of our imagination. But it is not sure whether Xiaomi will use this 200W charger with the upcoming Mi 11 smartphone.
The innovative tech giant Xiaomi is going to unveil some new technology soon. This news is confirmed at Mi Developers Conference(MiDC) recently. According to the company, they are going to focus on the optical section and want to introduce a modified telescopic camera, which will be developed by the brand’s research and development team. Let’s elaborate on this topic deeply.
According to the company officials, the upcoming new camera technology has a retractable design. The camera will also feature a periscopic lens, which can capable of achieving a 300% increase in light input which increases the light received by 300% which can provide a better night scene photography effect and as well as a 20% increment in clarity.
According to the Vice President of Xiaomi and President of the Mobile phone department, Zeng Xuezhong, Xiaomi is influenced by traditional cameras and independently developing new retractable technology.
The company also claimed that the upcoming new camera technology also features a new anti-shake technology, which provides better image stability. That is the purpose to increase the camera sharpness by 20%. So, the users can capture a clear shot and that is not affected even if the handshake at the time of the shot.
A demo video has been provided by Weibo user @Xiao1u, according to this video the telescopic lens will retract into the phone at the time of not taking pictures, and it will automatically extend while taking pictures. The whole process responds very quickly.
But, Xiaomi has not revealed any information regarding the launching date of this new technology and it is unpredicted which mobile will be the first to utilize the mechanism. It is expected that the company will disclose all the queries regarding this topic soon, and we will give you all the updates.
boAt Airdopes 441 Pro TWS Ear-Buds with 150H Total Playback (with charging case) was launched on 6th August 2020 and we are here with a long-term review of this amazing RGB TWS Earbud from boAt. These earbuds were sold pretty well in Amazon and it gets delivered in 1 or 2 days within the metro cities. This Airdopes 441 Pro TWS Ear-Buds is available via Amazon and is priced at Rs.2,499.
boAt Airdopes 441 Pro TWS Ear-Buds are available in seven different colors – Active Black, Bumblebee Yellow, Mint Green, Mint Purple, Raging Red, Spirit Lime, and Sporty Blue. All the colors are all bright and eye-catching.
Specification of boAt Airdopes 441 Pro TWS Ear-Buds:
Bluetooth v5.0
CTC (Capacitive Touch Control) earbuds
IWP (Insta Wake N’ Pair) Technology
5 hours of non-stop sound per charge
150H of playback time with the carry cum charge case
The power-packed 2600mAh Carry cum Charge Case (Reverse charging enabled)
6mm Drivers
IPX7 water and sweat resistant
Stereo calling feature
One-Touch instant voice assistant
Comfortable fit
Type C charging port in carrying case
Design
The boAt Airdopes 441 Pro TWS Ear-Buds are truly wireless earbuds powered by Bluetooth 5.0 having a sporty design that is very well to fit in the ear. It has soft rubber ear tips which are adjustable with two pairs of dedicated ear tips that are given in the box. Both the earbuds are lightweight and each of them is slightly equivalent to two A4 papers combined. So they feel very comfortable with the designer rubber grip and the rubber support that looks like the net is really comfortable in the ear. Overall it will not feel a burden on your ears if you are willing to wear it for a longer time.
The carry case has a very pleasant matt finish and has a Type-C charging port at the back of the case. The design looks very premium. The charging indicator LED lights are also there by which you can get how much your charging case gets charged. Moreover, this case has a massive 2,600mAH battery which also supports reverse charging (credit to the reverse port just beside the Type-C port). For having such a huge amount of capacity, this charging case can also be used as a power bank for your smartphone (good to use as a power bank only for emergency purposes).
Controls
These earphones have a highly sensitive CTC (Capacitive Touch Control) which is located around the whole rounded rectangular area around the boAt logo on both the earbuds. There are several touch controls for separate functions to be controlled directly from the earbuds without touching the phone.
So from the very beginning, after opening the lid of the carry case the earbuds will be automatically on and will start paring. Then you have to turn on the Bluetooth of the phone and start searching for any nearby devices. Within a while the “boAt Airdopes 441 Pro” name will appear on the list, then click on it to pair. After pairing, the audio will be transferred to it. The best thing is once you have paired, there will be no connection issue at all and after that whenever you will connect your earbuds to your smartphone’s BlueTooth you will not have to wait for even 1 second. In a fraction of a second, your earbuds will be connected to the Bluetooth, courtesy of its latest IWP (Insta Wake N’ Pair) technology.
Let’s check all the different touch controls of boAt Airdopes 441 Pro:
To change on the next music touch the right earbud once and to go on the previous music touch the left earbud once.
To play or pause touch any earbud once.
To receive a call touch any of the earbuds a single time.
To reject a call, you have to press long on any of the earbuds for a few seconds.
To Trigger voice assistant, you have to press and hold for 2 seconds on any of them.
To power off both the earbuds touch and hold the CTC for 5 seconds one by one and it will turn off or simply put the earbuds in the carry case and close the lid.
As mentioned in the design section the comfort of these earbuds are unparalleled. The ear tips are soft and fit perfectly in-ear. It is firm in the ears, and there is no problem of falling from the ear.
It has a massive 150-hour battery life and each of the earbuds will go up to 5 hours in a single charge. The whole case charges from 0% to 100% within 2 hours.
Audio Quality
The audio quality of the boAt Airdopes 441 Pro TWS Ear-Buds is amazing. If you are a bass lover and loves to listen to such kind of music where the bass is everything, then you will definitely love it. In terms of treble, it is not bad, but what I feel is slightly better average, not that good like the bass. In the highs, sometimes you will feel a slight break or haziness. But as for everyday usage and normal listening, it is an amazing deal.
This device does not have active noise cancellation (not expected though in this price range), but still, if you are in public transport, in 80% to 100% volume range, no external noise will hamper your listening. The 6mm audio driver is quite good as the sound goes very high when at 100%. So, if you are using it in your home, the best is that you use it from 60% to 80% volume range to get a balanced bass & treble and a soothing musical experience.
Pros and Cons
Pros
Cons
Light weight
Bluetooth range
Ear grip
No active noise cancellation
RGB lighting
No wireless charging
Easy CTC control
150 hours play time
IPX7 Sweat and Water resistant
USB Type-C charging
2,600 mAH charging case with reverse charging
Price and Availability
boAt Airdopes 441 Pro TWS earbuds are priced at Rs.2,499 and are available exclusively via Amazon.
Yesterday saw the first hands-on experience of AMD Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 CPU by many buyers. The details regarding the desktop-grade CPU performance have been public, and various ways to optimize them for a better user experience.
The Zen 3 based Ryzen 5000 was shared by AMD’s Director of Technical Marketing, Robert Hallock.
According to Robert:
Ryzen 5000 Series doesn’t need a power plan. Don’t expect to see one.
Yes, it can clock to DDR4-4000 1:1 if you have a good sample. Upcoming AGESA work will make this easier.
But you CAN tweak Ryzen perf vs. power with the Win10 Power & Sleep sider AFTER you install the chipset driver.
Is the memory controller the same? YES.
Do you need a new AGESA for pre-5000 Series CPUs? No. Not really. Stay on the BIOS you have.
But ROBERT, what about the VOLTS and the CELSIUS. WHAT IS NORMAL?!?!!?! ROB HELP. See below.
I see this a lot: “precision boost is automatic overclocking.” No. False. Wrong. Precision Boost is our boost technology. Every processor has a boost in technology. But ours is unique in that X THREADS do not equal Y CLOCKS. Why? Because that is SLOW.
But Robert, where is undervolting? Answer: IT’S GONE. J/k. Temporarily gone for 5000 series. It’ll be back in an upcoming AGESA with new functionality, and It’s going to be HYPE. Saint never saw undergoing quite like this.
Fastest gaming CPU brotherrrrr.
Various questions were answered by Robert regarding the performance upgrades of the Ryzen 5000. According to Robert, the DDR4-4000 is the best-suited RAM for the CPU. DDR4-3600 is best suited for optimum performance, and the kits are inexpensive, widely available, perform well, and have good compatibility.
Header — Features of AGESA 1.1.0.0 for Ryzen 5000 Series:
General performance improvements for many types of workloads
Improved support for loading and applying overclocked memory profiles
Improved BIOS overclocking robustness
Improved USB hotplug detection
Improved SATA device detection on select SATA ports
Adds support for Eco Mode for automatic TDP reduction (AMD Ryzen Master)
After a few noticeable defensive flaws, Chelsea had made some valuable addition in defense and goal. The addition of experienced Brazilian central back Thiago Silva, left-back Ben Chilwell, and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is looking like a valuable addition now.
Chelsea has kept 5 clean sheets in last 5 matches in all competition. The last time they did the same in 2010 under Carlo Ancelotti who is managing Everton at present. Clean-sheet against Rennes in UEFA Champions League in the midweek was their 5th in a row.
Last season, in some matches Chelsea defenders and goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga had made some awful mistakes. This season the club had learned from the past and don’t want the repeat of the same mistake.
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard was so delighted after breaking the 10-year-old club record. He said, “There are always different parts to that.”
“Work we do at the training ground which we’ve always done, we’ve been very focused, individuals have come in and made really good performances in that period, great level of concentration and focus which we’ve always been striving for and then the collective is a reflection of that.”
“It’s something that has been driven by players as it always will be and we must never relax on that point. We must keep go.”.
Chelsea are now at 7th place in the Premier League table with 12 points from their first 7 games. They are just 4 points behind the leaders. They will now face Sheffield United at home this weekend.
HyperX, one of the leading gaming accessories makers, is set to come live with its new HyperX Cloud Core 7.1 Gaming Headset for sale in the Indian market. It is spotted on Amazon Indian page along with some of its signatures. Though, a few information is yet to reveal.
For a gaming headset, the most important factors are – comfort, microphone, sound quality, and controllability. HyperX, this time too, tried to improve in all these sections.
Comfort
Professional gamers have to wear these headsets for a longer time than usual. For this, HyperX memory foam and soft leatherette are added. On top of that, the aluminium frame ensures durability.
Sound
Cloud Core 7.1 is capable of delivering virtual 7.1 surround sound which is served through the unique digital signal processing sound card.
Microphone
The noise-cancelling microphone in this headset is detachable and flexible. You will be happy to know Discord and TeamSpeak certified the mic of this Cloud Core 7.1. It indicates you will get clear communication while gaming.
Controllability
HyperX is providing a powerful though easy-to-use USB control box with the new headset. Through this, you will be able to control mic volume, headset volume, and even mute the mic.
The USB control box is adaptable to PC and PS4. Alongside, through the 3.5mm jack, this Cloud Core 7.1 can be connected with other devices too.
The price of the HyperX Cloud Core 7.1 Gaming Headset is still under the curtain. As the product is listed on Amazon, you can expect the sale will start shortly, most probably before the Great Indian Festival sale ends.
You can check the link given below if any update reveals when you are reading this article.
As the top flight of Indian football, Indian Super League (ISL) is about to start this month from 20th November, the prestigious I-League, now deemed second fiddle to ISL, has officially announced that it will start its 2020-21 season from 9th January.
Two top teams of I-League, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal will ply their trade in ISL from this season. But I-League has its own history and will always be an important league in Indian football.
The whole I-League tournament will be taking place in Kolkata. All the 11 teams will be inside a bio-secure bubble. They will arrive at least 2 weeks before the tournament starts.
Mr Sunando Dhar, CEO, Leagues, lauded Government of West Bengal as well as IFA for their “unconditional support” to stage the tournaments without any fuss.
He said: “We can’t thank Government of West Bengal and IFA enough for their unconditional support to hosting the Hero I-League Qualifier this year. Without their support, we couldn’t even think of hosting the tournament smoothly.”
“Hero I-League Qualifier was a stage rehearsal for the next edition of Hero I-League as it’ll be a longer and more challenging tournament from every single aspect. We’ll work with them hand in hand to make it a grand success and we’re confident to pull it off successfully,”.
All the 11 teams will face each other once in the first leg of the league before they are divided into two different groups. Top six teams, according to the points table, will face each other once again to decide the winner whereas the other five teams will play against each other in a one-leg league format. The team with maximum points (cumulative points collected from all fifteen matches) will be the winner of Hero I-League 2020-21.
All the matches will be played behind closed doors. The matches will be telecasted live on 1Sports. The match schedule will be released later.
A piece of good news is coming out from Xiaomi, as the company is going to launch another 5G smartphone series: Redmi Note 9 5G series that will include Standard Edition and a High Edition. Tipster ‘Digital Chat Station’ has tweeted a post and as well as on the Chinese TENAA website, revealing the specifications of this upcoming 5G smartphones.
Looking at the specs of this upcoming Redmi Note 9 5G High Edition, it is expected that this phone will be a tweaked version of the Redmi Mi 10T Lite, but the camera setup of the upcoming Redmi Note 9 is different from the Mi 10T Lite.
According to 3C certification of china approved two Xiaomi phones with model numbers – M2007J17C and M2007J22C. So, let’s check out what features these two phones will bring.
Specifications of Redmi Note 9 5G High Edition
According to a leaked source, the Redmi Note 9 5G High Edition will sport a 6.67-inches Full HD display with (1080×2400) pixels of screen resolution. The display of this phone also features a 120Hz refresh rate and a 240Hz touch sampling rate. In terms of dimensions, this phone will measure (165.4×76.8×9) mm and weighs 214 grams.
Regarding the processor information, the source reveals that the Note 9 High Edition will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 750G SoC. The phone will have a decent battery backup of 4,820 mAh which will be supported by a 33W of fast charging technology. There is no information about the storage configuration of this phone.
Coming to the camera section, the phone comes with a quad rear camera setup at the backside, and this phone could be the world’s first smartphone to feature Samsung’s HM2 108MP sensor. On the front side, the phone may feature a hole-punch cutout on the screen to hold a 16 MP selfie shooter.
Specifications of Redmi Note 9 5G Standard Edition (rumored)
The Redmi Note 9 standard edition will have a 6.53-inches LCD Full HD display with (1080×2400) pixels of screen resolution. The display of this phone also offers a 20:9 screen to body ratio. In terms of dimension, this phone measures(161.96×77.25×9.2) mm and weighs 200 grams.
Under the hood, the Note 9 Standard Edition will be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800U. According to the source, this phone houses a decent battery backup of 5000 mAh with 22.5W fast charging support.
This phone comes with a triple rear camera setup, including 48 MP of the main shooter. But there is no information about the other two sensors. On the front side, the phone will have a punch hole cut out at the top left corner of the screen to hold a 13 MP selfie sensor.
