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It's "Tech Last Night and This Morning" time, hello everyone, it's Tuesday, July 16, 2024, today's important technology news are:

1. An elderly man was overcharged by China Mobile for 8 years, which caused heated discussion. The accumulated fee of 6 yuan per month cannot be refunded.

On July 15, the topic "Elderly man was overcharged for caller ID by China Mobile for 8 years" became a hot search on Weibo. IT Home checked the topic and found that Mr. Chen, a China Mobile user, recently reported to the Pengpai complaint platform that when he checked his mobile phone bill, he unexpectedly found that he and the two elderly people in his family have been charged 6 yuan per month for the "caller ID" value-added service fee.

However, China Mobile publicly stated as early as 2022 that they had stopped selling "Caller ID" charges across the network since April 1, 2016. At that time, they claimed that "they will continue to actively communicate with some customers using old packages and gradually cancel the Caller ID fee within 3-5 years." >> View details

2. It is reported that TSMC will trial-produce 2nm process this week: Apple has won the first wave of production capacity, which is expected to be used for the iPhone 17 series

According to Taiwan media Commercial Times, TSMC's 2nm process will start trial production this week, and Apple will take over the first wave of production capacity.

TSMC's 2nm process chip testing, production and component equipment have been installed in the early second quarter. This week, TSMC will conduct 2nm process trial production at its new wafer fab in Baoshan, Hsinchu, and plans to mass produce it in 2025. It is reported that it is expected to be installed in the iPhone 17 series. >> View details

3. Huawei officially announced that Hongmeng native games will be exhibited at 2024 ChinaJoy, opening on July 26

Huawei officially announced on July 15 that Hongmeng native games will be exhibited at ChinaJoy, July 26-29 at Hall N3, Room 01, Shanghai New International Expo Center. >> View details

4. Xiaomi’s Wang Hua responded to the online rumor about the SU8 car rendering: There is no SU8, it’s fake!

There are market rumors that the renderings of Xiaomi SU8 will be unveiled on July 16. In response, Wang Hua, general manager of Xiaomi's public relations department, refuted the rumor through Weibo, saying: "There is no SU8, it's fake!" >> View details

5. A classic system version has come to an end. Google announced the end of support for Android 5.X

Google announced Android 5 (Android 5.0 Lollipop) at Google I/O in June 2014 and officially launched it in November of the same year. The first phone pre-installed with Android 5.0 was the Nexus 6 phone made by Motorola. Today, Google announced the official end of support for Android 5 (5.X) version, and Google Play services for the series of devices will no longer be updated. Google mentioned that currently less than 1% of active devices are equipped with Android 5.0-5.1.1 version, so "now is the time to invest related resources in other areas." >> View details

6. Huawei's Yu Chengdong reveals the secret of "2.5 billion yuan transfer of Wenjie": National regulations require that the Wenjie brand is worth at least tens of billions of yuan

At the Huawei full-scenario product special event "Traveling with Hui" on the evening of July 15, Yu Chengdong, Huawei's executive director, chairman of the Terminal BG, and chairman of the Intelligent Automotive Solutions BU, had a conversation with Dong Yuhui, senior partner of Oriental Selection and head of "Traveling with Hui", and together they visited Huawei Songshan Lake.

Yu Chengdong talked about the reasons for the transfer of trademarks such as "Wenjie" during the live broadcast. He said: "The Wenjie brand has now been given to Seres at a very low price. (This is) because national regulations require that the brand owner and the manufacturer must be unified, and the brand must be owned by the manufacturer, so we transferred all four "jies" to the car manufacturer." Yu Chengdong also said that Huawei has invested a lot in Wenjie, and this brand is worth at least tens of billions of yuan. "And even the name AITO has been transferred. It is difficult to register a 4-letter brand starting with AI globally. It is a very good name." >> View details

7. Priced at one million yuan, Richard Yu live broadcasts the fourth realm of Huawei Hongmeng Intelligent Driving: the "Zun Realm" jointly created by JAC

When talking about the transfer of the "Wenjie" trademark, Yu Chengdong accidentally revealed that the fourth realm of Hongmeng Intelligent Driving is "Zunjie", not the previously rumored Aojie. So far, the four realms of Hongmeng Intelligent Driving are Wenjie, Zhijie, Xiangjie and Zunjie, and the partners of the first three are Seres, Chery and BAIC Blue Valley. >> View details

8. Xiaomi Legal Department: Blogger "Xixi Daren" was sentenced to pay 150,000 yuan in the final trial and posted an apology on Weibo for 24 hours

Xiaomi's official Weibo account of the Legal Department announced on the evening of July 15 that the court recently made a final judgment on the unfair competition dispute between Xiaomi and Weibo user "Xixi Daren", ruling that the defendant's behavior infringed Xiaomi's business reputation and trade secrets and constituted unfair competition. It required the defendant to post an apology on Weibo for 24 hours and compensate Xiaomi for economic losses totaling 150,000 yuan within seven days of the judgment taking effect. >> View details

9. China Meteorological Administration: Flash messages (level 0 messages) and other mandatory reminder technologies have been implemented in the front line of disaster prevention and mitigation

The China Meteorological Administration's official WeChat account published a post on July 15 stating that this year, the China Meteorological Administration has held several meetings to deploy disaster prevention and mitigation work, requiring the strengthening of early warning and emergency response linkage, and vigorously promoting the application of new technologies such as "flash messages" for mandatory information reminders. >> View details

10. Musk revealed that he had been assassinated twice in the past 8 months

Following the failed assassination attempt on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump last weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he himself had been the victim of two assassination attempts in recent months. >> View details

11. "Hongmeng PC version" appears on Huawei Developer's website: the status bar is displayed at the top and the application dock bar is at the bottom

In the design guide of Huawei's HarmonyOS developer website, in addition to mobile phones and tablets, the "Hongmeng PC version" page layout has appeared, and the adapted applications cover audio and video, social networking, photography, reading, shopping, finance, life, travel and other usage scenarios.

According to the Hongmeng design specification, the PC version has a status bar in the upper right corner of the screen, including input method, volume, battery capacity, and time, etc.; the bottom has an application dock bar, which contains resident functions and applications. >> View details

12. Huawei's Yu Chengdong: I am often criticized by Ren Zhengfei, and I am happy to hear the criticism so that I can improve the problem quickly

On the evening of July 15, Yu Chengdong, Huawei's executive director, chairman of the Terminal BG, and chairman of the Intelligent Automotive Solutions BU, talked with Dong Yuhui, senior partner of Dongfang Selection and head of Walking with Hui. Yu Chengdong mentioned his experience and views on being criticized by Ren Zhengfei. He said, "You will be happy to hear criticism, so that you can quickly improve the problem." >> View details

13. China Unicom starts testing WiFi calling: Mini program is now online and invited users can experience it

China Unicom's official app has a built-in phone applet, which is briefly described as "wifi calling" and is expected to support the function of making calls over WiFi networks.

IT Home has tested and found that the mini program is now built into both iOS and Android apps. Users can search and view it directly in the China Unicom app, but only invited users can experience it. Subsequent experience qualifications will be gradually opened. >> View details

14. Apple's annual revenue in India soared 33% to nearly $8 billion, a record high

Apple's annual sales in India hit a record high of nearly $8 billion, according to Bloomberg, highlighting the importance of the fast-growing market, where the company now assembles more devices and has opened two flagship stores. >> View details

That’s all for today. Technology Last Night and This Morning, see you tomorrow.