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"Geek Headlines"-the news circle of technical staff!
Good morning, CSDN readers and friends, "Geek Headlines" is coming, let's take a look at what important news worthy of our technical attention today.
Domestic news
Huawei Mate 40 series is equipped with Kirin 9000 chip
On October 22, Huawei held a global new product online conference and launched a new generation of flagship Huawei Mate 40 series. According to Yu Chengdong, Mate 40 series is equipped with Kirin 9000 chip, adopts 5nm process, integrates 15.3 billion transistors, 30% more than Apple A14. The Kirin 9000 chip uses an eight-core CPU, a 24-core Mali-G78 GPU, 2 large cores + 1 small core NPU, and integrates Huawei's most advanced ISP technology.
Suspected Pinduoduo iPhone 12/Pro tens of billions subsidy zone suddenly goes offline
Apple will officially start selling iPhone 12 models on October 23, and will open reservations for iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and other models. It is reported that Pinduoduo launched the iPhone 12/Pro appointment on October 16, and announced that it will officially launch the iPhone 12/Pro mobile phone at a subsidized price on October 23. But around 0:00 on October 23rd, Pinduoduo's tens of billions of subsidies-Apple's special session has disappeared. Before the iPhone 12 was about to land on the tens of billions of subsidies page, it also disappeared. When searching, I found a prompt, "There are no iPhone 12 related products in the tens of billions of subsidies." However, there are already stores selling iPhone 12, but it is not a tens of billions of subsidies. This may be due to the "exposure that Apple's strict crackdown on offline iPhone 12/Pro supply flows to e-commerce for resale, and offenders are fined 400,000 yuan/unit". (IT House)
WeChat Souyisou launches user portrait function for the first time
Recently, the "User Portrait" function was launched for the first time in the official area of the WeChat Souyisou brand, providing data on gender distribution, age distribution, provincial geographical distribution, municipal geographical distribution, equipment distribution, etc., to help brand owners accurately reach users. This feature will also be available in the Soyisou Merchant Assistant applet.
The AntChain digital copyright service platform officially opened
AntChain officially announced that the digital copyright service platform is open to the whole society. This platform relies on AntChain's blockchain technology and AI technology to provide original works with full-process services from registration to rights protection. At present, the leading institutions of cultural industries such as Tuchong.com, Rococo, Chongchong Music, King & Wood Mallesons, and Shining Pictures have settled on the platform, and the daily volume of works protected by the platform exceeds 10 million.
International news
After Google, the FTC opened a large-scale antitrust investigation against Facebook
Sources close to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that the FTC will soon file an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook's dominance in the social media market. According to these sources, the five FTC committees met on Thursday to discuss the investigation of Facebook and whether Facebook would acquire smaller competitors in order to maintain its monopoly. These three documents are about Facebook's possible antitrust violations, the company's economic model, and the assessment of litigation risks.
U.S. regulators say they pay close attention to Tesla's "autonomous driving" software
The U.S. automobile safety regulator said on Thursday that it is paying close attention to Tesla's "autonomous driving" software. Previously, Tesla had pushed the rewritten FSD software to some car owners. The company claims that this software can allow cars to have autonomous driving functions and protect the public from safety risks at any time. Tesla’s approach was also criticized by an alliance of self-driving technology companies, the Self-Driving Vehicle Education Partnership (PAVE), which includes Ford Motor, General Motors and Google’s self-driving unit Waymo.
Quibi, a short video platform, announced its closure: it has only been launched for half a year and the number of users is far lower than expected
Quibi, a short video entertainment service platform, officially announced its closure on Wednesday this Wednesday after more than six months after its launch. Quibi was co-founded by Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and former HP CEO Meg Whitman. It was officially launched in April this year, when it raised a total of $1.75 billion. This mobile application features short-format news and entertainment videos, which last no more than 10 minutes. According to people familiar with the matter, Quibi initially expected it to have more than 7 million users in its first year, but as of a few weeks ago, it had only about 500,000 users.
Windows 10 New Group Policy: Allow IT administrators to disable feature update blocking
Due to compatibility and driver issues, some devices may not be able to upgrade to the Windows 10 October 2020 (20H2/Version 2009) feature update. However, the newly added Group Policy allows IT administrators and professional users to bypass these update blocks and obtain feature updates from Windows Update. Microsoft explained that disabling these update blocking features is a temporary measure for IT administrators. These IT administrators "keep up to date with Update Compliance and Windows Release Health dashboards" and understand these risks. The company calls this policy a "temporary" policy because it resets after the update and must be manually enabled again.
Programmer area
1Password for Linux releases first beta version
The popular password manager 1Password has released the first beta version of the Linux desktop client. This is a full-featured Linux desktop application. The official version is expected to be released early next year. The back end of the Linux version is completely developed in the Rust language, using the ring encryption library to achieve end-to-end encryption. Its main functions include: quick search and intelligent search suggestions; new appearance; etc.
Microsoft releases Windows 10 October 2020 Update
Microsoft released the Windows 10 October 2020 Update. Microsoft said that the update will first be provided to some users of Windows 10 v1903 and later versions. If they meet the requirements, users can manually check for the update, and if an update is available, they can download and install it directly. Windows 10 October 2020 Update is more like a service pack rather than a big version. Microsoft has made some adjustments to the user interface, updated the start menu; adjusted Alt Tab, and its tag list includes all the tags in Microsoft Edge; simplified Display settings, etc.
Node.js 15 official version released
Two days ago, Node.js officially released the official version of Node.js 15. Node.js 15 will replace Node.js 14 as the current stable release. The latter will be upgraded to LTS (long-term) later this month. Support) version. The new functions and features of Node.js 15 are reflected in: AbortController; N-API version 7; npm 7; unhandled rejections are thrown by default; QUIC; V8 8.6. For details, please check https://nodejs.medium.com/node-js-v15-0-0-is-here-deb00750f278.