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✏️ List of this week’s big news

Huawei Mate60Pro+ and MateX5 officially open for pre-order

Huawei Terminal officially announced that Huawei Mate60 Pro+ and Mate X5 have joined the Pioneer Program and pre-orders have officially started.​ ​

It is reported that Huawei Mate60 Pro+ uses Hongmeng operating system 4.0, with colors including Xuan white and inkstone black, and supports Tiantong satellite phone and two-way Beidou satellite messaging.

Rear 48-megapixel super-concentrated camera (F1.4 ~ F4.0 aperture, OIS optical image stabilization) + 40-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera (F2.2 aperture) + 48-megapixel super macro telephoto camera (F3. 0 aperture, OIS optical image stabilization).

Mate 60 Pro+ comes standard with 16GB of RAM, with 512GB and 1TB storage versions available. The chip has not yet been announced, but there were previous online reports claiming to be Kirin 9100.

At present, the specific price of this model has not been announced. The deposit is 1,000 yuan, and the official website has shown that it is out of stock.

Huawei Mate X5 is a foldable screen mobile phone, available in colors including Feather Black, Feather White, Feather Gold, Green Mountain Dai, and Phantom Purple. Features include two-way Beidou satellite messaging.

Mate X5 is upgraded to Xuanwu tempered Kunlun glass, which improves scratch resistance by 300% and drop resistance by 100%.

It comes standard with 16GB of RAM, with 512GB and 1TB storage versions available. The chip is also not known yet. Huawei Mall shows that this model is expected to be shipped before September 24, with a deposit of 1,000 yuan, but it is currently out of stock.

“Time” magazine debuts the world’s top 100 AI figures: Robin Li and Musk are on the list

Time magazine released its first list of the world’s top 100 AI figures.

The list of 100 people is divided into four categories, including Leaders, Innovators, Shapers and Thinkers, with 25 people selected in each category.

Robin Li, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, and Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI, were named global AI leaders.

Robin Li is the only Chinese entrepreneur selected on the list. The magazine said, “Robin Li is China’s most outstanding futurist and has long been involved in the wave of AI development.”

Recently, Baidu Wenxinyiyan was the first to be opened to the public and answered a total of 33.42 million questions from netizens on the first day of opening.

Apple’s four iPhone 15 models are now available, and the price of the National Bank is suspected to be exposed

Recently, foreign media AppleInsider showed off the iPhone 15 series models it obtained.

According to reports, iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will be available in five colors: white, black, blue, yellow and pink. The new colors are very soft.

The iPhone 15 Pro series will be available in four colors: silver, space black, gray and blue. The gray version has not changed much from last year, and the blue version is more like a darker version of the iPhone 13 Pro Yuanfeng Blue.

In addition, a digital blogger recently brought the National Bank price information of the iPhone 15 series.

According to digital bloggers citing supply chain information, which is basically consistent with previously exposed news, the starting prices of iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are still 5,999 yuan and 6,999 yuan;

As the Pro version adopts a new titanium body, the latest A17 processor, periscope camera and many other upgraded configurations, the cost has increased significantly. Therefore, the prices of the two models of the iPhone 15 Pro series will also increase, and will be higher than the previous ones. The first generation product is at least $100 more expensive.

Among them, the starting price of iPhone 15 Pro may be US$1,199, and the starting price of iPhone 15 Pro Max may be US$1,299. The corresponding prices from the National Bank may start at 8,999 yuan and 9,999 yuan.

How much iPhone 5G speeds have improved since Series 12

Opensignal, a market research organization, recently released a report that counted the changes in downlink speeds of the three generations of iPhones in multiple countries and regions since the iPhone 12 series models first supported 5G networks.

The report shows that in France, the download speed of the iPhone 14 series is 48% faster than the iPhone 12 series; in the United States, the download speed is 47% faster.

The differences vary by location, but most of the six countries surveyed saw significant increases.

The latest report from Tianfeng International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo mentioned that Apple plans to use self-developed 5G basebands on iPhones starting in 2025.

It’s unclear whether Apple’s design of a 5G modem will bring any benefits to consumers compared to Qualcomm modems, but it will reduce Apple’s dependence on Qualcomm for suppliers.

ChatGPT website traffic declines for three consecutive months

According to Reuters, ChatGPT’s website visits declined for the third consecutive month in August. Global desktop and mobile visits fell by 3.2% to 1.43 billion, with each declining by approximately 10% in the first two months.

The time visitors spend on the site has also declined month-on-month since March, from an average of 8.7 minutes to 7 minutes in August.

However, ChatGPT’s unique visits worldwide increased from 180 million to 180.5 million.

The reopening of schools in September may help increase ChatGPT usage and traffic, as some schools have begun to accept it. U.S. ChatGPT traffic increased slightly in August as U.S. schools reopened.

Similarweb analyst David F. Carr said that “students seeking assistance with ChatGPT for homework appear to be an important part – the proportion of younger users of the site declined in the summer and is now starting to rebound.”

Passenger Car Association: The new energy vehicle market retailed 716,000 units in August, a year-on-year increase of 34.5%

According to data released by the Passenger Car Association, the retail sales of passenger cars in August reached 1.92 million units, a year-on-year increase of 2.5% and a month-on-month increase of 8.6%. The cumulative retail sales this year were 13.22 million units, a year-on-year increase of 2.0%.

The new energy vehicle market retailed 716,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 34.5% and a month-on-month increase of 11.8%. Since the beginning of this year, a total of 4.441 million vehicles have been sold, a year-on-year increase of 36.0%.

In August, wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicles reached 798,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 25.6% and a month-on-month increase of 8.2%. Since the beginning of this year, a total of 5.078 million vehicles have been wholesaled, a year-on-year increase of 38.5%.

Tesla announces that the number of supercharging stations worldwide exceeds 50,000

Tesla announced that it has deployed more than 50,000 super charging piles around the world, and the official also wrote that “the future is electric.”

In September 2012, Tesla launched the Supercharging station network. At that time, there were only 6 Supercharging piles, but today, 11 years later, it has expanded to 50,000.

Tesla states on its website: “With more than 50,000 Superchargers, Tesla owns and operates the world’s largest fast charging network.”

The company claims its supercharger can add 200 miles of range in just 15 minutes.

Li Auto: No plans to enter the field of self-driving trucks yet

Yesterday there was news that Li Auto is planning to enter the field of self-driving trucks, which may be led by Lang Xianpeng, VP of intelligent driving business.

According to reports, Ideal is currently looking for self-driving truck-related talents in the industry through multiple headhunters, and employees from other self-driving companies have interviewed at Ideal.

The job title is “Technical Director of Autonomous Truck Driving”, and the main content of the job description is, “Fully responsible for the system design, development, testing and experimental verification of automated driving of factory logistics trucks, and delivering safe and efficient autonomous driving products.”

In response, Li Auto responded: “There are currently no plans to enter the field of self-driving trucks.”

Li Auto said, “Recently, we have indeed been recruiting talents with a background in the field of self-driving trucks. Their application background is in the field of intelligent manufacturing, and they are used to carry out projects for efficient distribution of parts in intelligent driving logistics.”

Apple spends millions every day developing conversational AI

According to The Information, Apple has expanded its budget for artificial intelligence research to millions of dollars per day.

One of its goals is to enhance Siri’s capabilities, according to people familiar with the matter. Allows iPhone users to command Siri to handle complex multi-operation tasks with a simple sentence.

For example, you can tell Siri, “Create a GIF using the last 5 photos you took and send it to a friend.”

People familiar with the matter said that four years ago, John Giannandrea, the head of Apple’s artificial intelligence department, authorized the formation of a team to develop conversational artificial intelligence (that is, large language models), and the technology had not yet become a focus in the industry.

After Chat GPT was launched and became popular around the world, people realized Apple’s foresight.

People involved in the development said that Apple’s most advanced large language model “Ajax GPT” has been trained with “over 200 billion parameters” and is more powerful than GPT-3.5.

TSMC’s 3nm Dimensity chip has been successfully taped out and is expected to be mass-produced next year

MediaTek and TSMC jointly announced that the development of MediaTek’s first Dimensity flagship chip produced using TSMC’s 3nm process is progressing very smoothly. It has been successfully tape-out and is expected to be mass-produced next year.

According to reports, TSMC’s 3nm process technology not only provides complete platform support for high-performance computing and mobile applications, but also has enhanced performance, power consumption and yield.

Compared with the 5nm process, TSMC’s 3nm process technology has an increase in logic density of about 60%, an increase in speed of 18% at the same power consumption, or a 32% reduction in power consumption at the same speed.

MediaTek’s first Dimensity flagship chip using TSMC’s 3nm process will be launched in the second half of 2024.

usmile received the industry’s first Rheinland high-efficiency deep cleaning certification

Yesterday, usmile Smile Plus·Digital Toothbrush Technology Communication Conference was held in Shenzhen.

At the meeting, TüV Rheinland, an international authoritative organization, officially issued the industry’s first TüV Rheinland Efficient Deep Cleaning Certification to usmile.

At this event, usmile’s four self-developed dental laboratories also made their debut.

usmile co-founder Liu Ming and product director Wang Yiheng were also present to share the brand concept and industry exploration process, and announced the upcoming release of the world’s first digital toothbrush.

Fined 50 million yuan!CNKI’s response: sincerely accept and resolutely obey

According to Netcom China, 14 mobile apps operated by CNKI, including CNKI and CNKI Reading, have violated the necessary principles to collect personal information and failed to delete users’ personal information in a timely manner after users log out of their accounts.

On September 1, the Cyberspace Administration of China made a decision on administrative penalties related to network security review of CNKI in accordance with the law, ordering it to stop illegal processing of personal information and imposing a fine of RMB 50 million.

In response, CNKI responded: “We sincerely accept and resolutely obey.”

CNKI said, “Since the Cyberspace Administration of China launched a network security review of CNKI on June 23, 2022, CNKI has fully cooperated.”

“Adhering to equal emphasis on security and development, we have comprehensively carried out rectification work and further strengthened various constructions such as network security, data security, and personal information protection.”

Tencent Hunyuan large model officially unveiled

At the 2023 Tencent Global Digital Ecology Conference, Tencent’s Hunyuan large model was officially unveiled and announced that it would be open to the outside world through Tencent Cloud.

According to reports, the parameter scale of the Hunyuan large model exceeds 100 billion, and the pre-training corpus exceeds 2 trillion tokens. More than 50 Tencent businesses and products, such as Tencent Cloud, Tencent Advertising, and Tencent Games, have been connected to the Tencent Hunyuan large model for testing, and Obtain initial results.

This model also serves industrial scenarios. Customers can call Hunyuan based on API, or they can build exclusive industry large models based on Hunyuan.

Jiang Jie, vice president of Tencent Group, said: “Our goal in developing large models is not to obtain high scores in evaluations, but to apply the technology to actual scenarios. Tencent will fully embrace large models.”

Xiaomi Motors has been in trial production for nearly a month, with 50 prototypes per week

According to Jiemian News, people familiar with the matter revealed that Xiaomi cars are now in the trial production stage. This work has been carried out for less than a month. Xiaomi currently produces about 50 prototype cars per week.

People familiar with the matter said that Xiaomi Motors has only received approval from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in the past two months, and it will be approved by the end of the year at the latest. Once the approval is received, Xiaomi Motors can immediately ramp up full-scale mass production of Xiaomi Motors.

Currently, Xiaomi Automobile’s Yizhuang factory is recruiting workshop workers on a large scale. The recruitment scale is around 100 people. The average salary is 6,000 to 7,000 yuan. The daily working time is 8 hours, with weekends off, and people can join at any time.

The second quarter financial report released by Xiaomi recently showed that Xiaomi invested 1.4 billion yuan in innovative businesses such as smart electric vehicles in the quarter.

Lu Weibing, president of Xiaomi Group, said at the performance exchange meeting that Xiaomi Motors has just concluded its summer testing and the progress has exceeded expectations, and the mass production target for the first half of 2024 remains unchanged.

“Maotai Latte” sales are booming, Luckin purchases Feitian Moutai from Moutai

“Young people’s first sip of Maotai, middle-aged people’s first cup of Lucky.”

On September 4, the annual blockbuster product “Sauce Latte” jointly launched by Luckin Coffee and Kweichow Moutai was officially launched for sale.

On the first day it was launched, the sales volume of a single product exceeded 5.42 million cups, and the sales exceeded 100 million yuan. Moutai officials stated that “Sauce Latte” will become a permanent product and will be launched for a long time.

However, this Thursday, Luckin Coffee issued a “Soy Sauce Latte Out of Stock and Replenishment Notice”, saying that the current supply of raw materials is insufficient and most stores will gradually be sold out.

Luckin Coffee said, “We have urgently purchased a new batch of 53-degree Feitian Moutai from Kweichow Moutai and organized emergency production by suppliers. It is expected that supply will be restored in some city stores from the 10th, and supply will be resumed in stores across the country from the 19th.”

✨ It’s the weekend!

One Fun Thing | Lingyin Temple also sells milk tea?

Image source: Netizens @like afro, @choaulait

Recently, many netizens have posted about “Lingyin Temple Milk Tea”. The names of the milk tea include “Escape from the Sea of ​​Suffering”, “Broken Floating Life”, “Worry-free Guanyin”, etc. Some netizens call it “Good Luck Milk Tea”.

“Lingyin Temple is offering milk tea” once reached the top of the search rankings, sparking heated discussions.

In the evening of the same day, the store owner responded, “I would like to reiterate that we are not a teahouse opened by Lingyin Temple, but a teahouse founded by two young girls who quit their jobs to start a business.”

Lingyin Temple officials also stated that Lingyin Temple has never entrusted any company or individual to produce and sell food and beverages in the name of Lingyin Temple. Lingyin milk tea is purely a personal behavior of the merchant.

What to watch on the weekend | “Escape from the British Museum”

“Family, I’ve been wandering outside for a long time and I’m lost.”

“Escape from the British Museum” is a 3-episode series of short dramas shot by two online bloggers, with each episode not exceeding 10 minutes.

It tells the story of a Chinese jade pot that “escaped” from the British Museum in search of a way back to China.

After reading it, some netizens wrote emotionally: “Guijia Road = the road home. One day, the Chinese cultural relics that have been wandering abroad will return home in a dignified manner.”

Game recommendation | “Spelldrifter – Spell Ronin”

This week’s Epic free game, Spelldrifter, combines the combat of a strategy role-playing game with the customization and replayability of a collectible card game.

In this composite game that combines the above elements, players must use the power of time and space to make rational use of the resources at hand.