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The New 5G mmWave Antenna Module for QTM052 Smartphones

Two innovative 5G antenna modules were announced by Qualcomm on Monday Morning. These gadgets are the mmWave-capable QTM052 and sub-6 GHz QPM56xx.

Details about the antennas

Qualcomm says that QTM052 is the next breakthrough in technology. With the help of this antenna, they achieved the goal to create a mmWave antenna minuscule enough to be featured into a smartphone.

The director of 5G product marketing from Qualcomm, Sherif Hanna, confirms that this technology was considered to be impossible to create. Another significant achievement about this array is that it is small enough even four of it could be fitted in the smartphone based on QEM’s design.

If a smartphone takes advantage of its QTM052 antenna arrays, it can send mmWave radio signals even though not every one of them is working.

Hanna states in an interview on MobileSyrup:

“It was important for us to do this because mmWave is such a new technology for everyone involved. It impacts every aspect of a device’s design — from the industrial design and form factor to the thermals and materials. We felt compelled to give OEMs an all-in-one solution that they can take and integrate into their own devices, helping them get over the hump of this very complex design challenge to get mmWave working in mobile devices.”

Tests

While being tested, 4.5 Gigabits per second was the speed of downloading a prototype smartphone equipped by Qualcomm with an X50 modem, and a couple of QTM052 antennas has achieved. Outside the lab, the company says that such a combination would generate a speed of downloading of at least 1.4Gbps. Regarding the sub-6 GHz QPM56xx antenna array an estimated 500-600 Megabits per second speed is expected.

To sum up, if you are excited about this breakthrough, keep in mind that these antenna arrays were already sent to network operators and smartphone makers, according to Qualcomm which also expects a first device featuring QTM052 to appear in early 2019.

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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Games News

Clash of Clans 2018 Tips – Best Town Hall 8 Attack Strategies

Because we all know how hard it is to get three stars in Town Hall 8, we have decided to share with you some attack strategies that you can use in Clan Wars or Village attack.

  • 2 Golem, 18 Wizard, 2 PEKKA, 3 Heal spell, 9 Wall breaker, 1 Poison (Clan – 1 Pekka, 1 Poison)

Widely known under the name of GOWIPE, which stands for Golem, Wizard, Pekka, this is a very effective strategy used in both Town Hall 8 and Town Hall 9. Wizards have a high damage per second and Pekka are equipped with high hit points and maximum damage per second for a ground unit. The good part is that Golem can attract all defenses on himself and because of this, wizard and pekka receive shield from him.

  • 50 Archers, 30 Balloons, 3 Rage Spell, 1 Poison (Clan – 5 Balloon, 1 Poison)

The Rage spell seems to work better than the light spell. This is quite a simple strategy that can be used in clan wars as well. You have three rages to use and we would recommend you to use them mainly close to the air defenses.

  • 20 Archers, 20 Wizard, 20 Hog Rider, 1 Poison Spell, 3 Heal Spell (Clan – 5 Balloon or 5 Hog Rider with Poison spell)

If you want to go for this strategy, please keep in mind that it comes with some risks. The reason for this is that your hog riders could be eliminated by Giant Bombs. It’s better to choose this strategy if you have level 4 hog riders. It’s important to remember that you should deploy all hogs from one side, but at the same time they need to target different defenses.

  • 40 Minions, 120 Archers, 3 Light Spell, 1 EQ

If you aim to have the best army structure for farming, then this the best strategy you could possibly choose. Don’t let yourself be fooled by another troop combo, because they could either cost too much or be ineffective. Don’t forget not to deploy all archers in a single go and try to use the Light spell only if you really need to.

  • 12 Valkyrie, 3 heal spell, 10 archers, 12 Wizard, 1 Golem, 8 wall breakers, 1 poison spell (Clan – 5 Balloons or 5 Hog Riders with a Poison spell)

This strategy is known as GOWIVA, which comes from: Golem, Wizard, Valkyrie. In order for this strategy to be successful, your Valkyrie and golem should have maximum level for this proposed scheme. You have to use archers and wizards to kill the clan castle troops. You can lure them out by easily deploying your golem so that the clan troops will be distracted. If you want to achieve even better results, you can take 5 hog riders or 5 balloons with you in your clan castle.

  • ALL DRAGONS, 1 rage spell, 2 Light spell (level 5), 1 eq (Clan – 5 balloons, 1 haste or poison or eq)

It’s probably almost impossible to fail scoring three stars on any Town Hall 8 base with this specific strategy, so you should definitely try it. This is the best option to choose, particularly in clan wars.

  • 9 Wall Breakers, 2 PEKKA, 12 Giants, 18 Wizard, 3 Heal

It’s extremely important to always check the enemy clan castle before you deploy any giants. Any discovered troops must be killed as fast as possible. With this strategy, you will be able to easily score at least two stars, and if you are lucky and use your options wisely, even three stars.

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Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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Crypto News

The Ex-VP Of JPMorgan Chase Claimed Blockchain Could Avoid The Next Global Financial Crisis

The ex-Vice president of US investment banking JPMorgan Chase, Pang Huadong, has claimed that the blockchain technology “may be the key to avoiding the next global financial crisis,” reported the China Economic Times today.

Pang Huadong, who is now an honorary academic consultant at the Blockchain Asian Institute, remarked that his involvement with JPMorgan in the 2008 financial crisis had prompted him to consider that blockchain may well be the underlying technology for building transparency and reliability in the global financial system.

When I started working at JPMorgan in 2007,] 13 people managed more than $40 billion[in assets]…. when the 2008 financial crisis was at its worst, the average daily loss was $300 million. Only little by little did I realize that blockchain technology could be the key to avoiding the next global financial crisis.

Pang Huadong, ex-Vice president of JPMorgan Chase

Blockchain technology could help avoid the next global financial crisis, said Pang Huadong, the ex-VP of JPMorgan Chase

Huadong continued by saying that “while the technology is still at a very early stage,” its perspectives for growth are boundless. Pang Huadong considers that the core of blockchain’s breakthrough, more specifically, its property of developing decentralized and accountable systems can drastically mitigate global financial crises risks and “establish confidence-building mechanisms at the lowest cost.”

While the Chinese government’s stance on decentralized cryptocurrencies continues to be tough, the blockchain technology has been increasingly popular among leaders in politics, the academic sector, and the financial world. Moreover, even the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has publicly applauded blockchain technology’s potential.

Additionally, only the past week, the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology’s official journal informed that China would be leading an international research team focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) standardization and blockchain technology. Also, on July 16th, the assistant director of China’s Ministry of Information Technology called on China to “join forces” to encourage blockchain as a central technology within the new digital financial age and pleaded for alleviating institutional bottlenecks in optimizing the conditions for its successful integration.

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Crypto News

Cryptocurrencies Are Not Threatening The Global Financial System, According To G20 Members

Cryptocurrencies were a significant part of the discussions at the G20 forum held this weekend in the city of Buenos Aires. For two days, representatives of central banks and financial institutions from 20 countries around the world discussed issues of global interest.

The President of the Central Bank of Argentina, Luis Caputo, was responsible for explaining to the public the conclusions of the third meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Presidents. Caputo mentioned during his speech that there was a consensus among members that cryptocurrencies do not pose a risk to the global financial system. However, they agreed that they should be supervised because of their potential to be used in criminal activities, including money laundering and terrorist financing.

Cryptocurrencies were discussed. The consensus is that they do not impose a global risk on the financial system, but it was very much taken into account, as I said before, that these are technologies that are just beginning, so you have to have a lot of control. Above all, also be very careful about what may be illegal activities.

Luis Caputo, the Central Bank of Argentina President

The G20 members called for better anti-money laundering standards, and cryptocurrencies use supervision

The official press release of the meeting of finance ministers and central bank presidents also stated that among the documents to be consulted for the group’s future action is the “report of cryptocurrencies on the work of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the bodies that establish international standards.”

In that statement, they stressed that “technological innovations, including those underlying cryptocurrencies, can bring significant benefits to the financial system and the economy as a whole,” referring to distributed accounting technologies (DLTs).

It concludes with a reiteration of the G20 members’ commitment to the implementation of FATF standards, an international anti-money laundering organization, and a request that they clarify how they apply their rules to cryptocurrencies by October 2018.

At the previous G20 meeting, held last March, it was determined that cryptocurrencies do not have the attributes of existing sovereign fiat currencies and this position was reiterated in the previous press release. Also, the group had committed to a more detailed analysis of regulatory issues to be discussed at the recent meeting.

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Crypto News

Ripple And Its XRP (XRP) Token To Take A “Big Hit” Regarding The SEC’s Verdict On The “Security” Issue

According to some cryptocurrencies market experts, Ripple and its XRP (XRP) crypto are going to receive a “big hit” from the SEC’s verdict which is more likely to declare XRP as security. However, as the same analysts state, Ripple can cope with that adverse decision.

According to an earlier statement from SEC, both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are not securities, but XRP (XRP) is different. Therefore, it could be declared security. In fact, the XRP token, dubbed by Ripple as an “independent digital asset” is troublesome for the authorities.

In fact, Ripple, the renowned FinTech company, still owns around 60 billion XRP out of the total of 100 billion XRP. For this reason, many lawsuits involving XRP (XRP) emerged across the United States declaring the token as a “never-ending ICO” meant to raise millions of US Dollars for Ripple company, despite the fact the crypto-coin emerged out of thin air.

Ripple and its XRP (XRP) to take a big hit from SEC – Can Ripple cope if XRP is declared a security?

“We absolutely are not a security. We don’t meet the standards for what a security is based on the history of court law,” stated Ripple’s Cory Johnson, in April. Also, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated last month that, according to him, “it’s really clear that XRP (XRP) is not a security,” because it “exists independent of Ripple.”

Now, according to some cryptocurrencies markets experts, if the US SEC declares that XRP (XRP) is a security, the crypto token, as well as Ripple, will take a “big hit” because it is listed on many major cryptocurrency exchange platforms, and such a lousy news would trigger a very adverse reaction from the cryptocurrency traders and investors towards XRP.

However, the same experts believe Ripple can cope with the declaration of the XRP (XRP) as a security because its currently-installed platforms for fast and secure cross-border payments, such as xCurrent, don’t use XRP to perform their operations.

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