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Cover News reporter Cai Shiqi, Ouyang Hongyu, Yi Yili

Apple releases iOS 18.1 developer beta, users can experience Apple Intelligence

On July 29th, local time, Apple released developer beta versions of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, allowing users to experience some of the features of "Apple Intelligence". Some of the Apple intelligence features in the beta include: Siri has an updated design that can maintain context in multiple requests; new mail features such as smart replies and email summaries; natural language search in photos, and other adjustments.

Comments:iOS18 is finally about to usher in an "epic" update, adding a call recording function. This is a very important selling point for many domestic users, and it can also dispel a major concern of many Android users turning to iOS. However, the system prompt before recording may still discourage some users who do not want the other party to know that they are recording, but no matter what, iOS has taken an important step.

The China Computer Federation (CCF) and China Science and Technology Ruixin jointly established the first CCF Industry-University Cooperation Fund in the field of teaching.

Recently, the first CCF Industry-University Cooperation Fund in the field of teaching, jointly established by the China Computer Federation (CCF) and China Science and Technology Ruixin Group, was officially launched. According to official introduction, the fund aims to promote the reform and innovation of computer experimental practice teaching through fund support and project guidance, and cultivate more outstanding computer talents in the field of RISC-V.

Comments:Computer education in China has been deeply cultivated and popularized for many years, but there is still a need to continue to explore and cultivate high-end talents. When industry associations join hands with front-line enterprises, they start to support computer education from a practical perspective. In computer education, if you can not only learn, but also use it, and use it well enough, the purpose of such cooperation has been achieved.

Olympic Games boost summer travel to Europe

As the Paris Olympic Games kick off, the popularity of traveling to France and Europe has increased, and related outbound travel orders on many online travel platforms have seen a substantial increase. According to Ctrip data, as of now, the total number of orders for mainland tourists to travel to Paris during the Olympic Games (July 26-August 11) has increased by 114% year-on-year, the number of orders for Paris hotel reservations has increased by 194% year-on-year, and the number of orders for French car rentals has increased by 126% year-on-year. On the Tongcheng travel platform, in the first week of the Olympic Games, the popularity of flight ticket bookings from major domestic cities to Paris increased by more than 150% year-on-year, and the popularity of hotel bookings in the core urban areas of Paris increased by more than 4 times year-on-year.

Comments:Large-scale international events have a strong driving force on the tourism industry. With the passion of the European Olympics burning, the global tourism market has been ignited again, especially the summer tourism market has ushered in a new round of prosperity. France, which has always been a hot spot for summer tourism, has become an unprecedented tourist hotspot this year due to the promotion of the Olympic Games.

World Gold Council: Global gold demand in the first half of this year was 2,441.3 tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%

The World Gold Council released the Global Gold Demand Trends Report today, which shows that global gold demand increased slightly in the first half of this year. Global gold demand in the first half of this year was 2,441.3 tons, up 1.3% year-on-year. Among them, the demand for gold jewelry consumption was 870 tons, down 10% year-on-year; the demand for gold coins and gold bars was 574 tons, down 0.01% year-on-year; in the first half of the year, global central banks purchased 483 tons of gold, up 5% year-on-year, boosting the overall gold demand.

Comments:As a precious metal, gold has always been regarded as a safe-haven asset. Whenever the world economy changes, the stock market fluctuates, and the currency depreciates, the price of gold tends to rise. This can be seen from historical data.