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Apple's AI function is free for 3 years; Paris Olympics closes, Chinese team breaks gold medal record; Shanghai Disney creates "Marvel theme" project

siqi2024/08/12

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CATL’s first offline brand store opened; the iOS version of TikTok Mall was officially launched on the App Store; it was revealed that Apple is developing smart glasses without displays.

Paris Olympics closed, Chinese delegation set new record for gold medals in overseas competitions

At the early morning of August 12, Beijing time, the Paris Olympic Games officially closed. The Chinese sports delegation won 40 gold medals, 27 silver medals, 24 bronze medals, a total of 91 medals, surpassing the 39 gold medals won by the Chinese sports delegation at the London Olympic Games, becoming the most gold medals won by the Chinese team in an overseas Olympic Games.

In this Paris Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation achieved a historic breakthrough in gold medals in the men's 100-meter freestyle, women's tennis singles, rhythmic gymnastics team, synchronized swimming, women's boxing and other events, and won all the gold medals in table tennis and diving. (Source: The Paper)

Gurman: Apple will not charge for AI features within 3 years

On August 11, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman revealed in the latest newsletter that although Apple plans to follow the iCloud+ subscription service and transform some of Apple Intelligence's artificial intelligence functions into paid services of up to US$20 (equivalent to RMB 143 per month), we will not see the company carry out related operations for at least three years.

Gurman believes that Apple will not charge for Apple Intelligence features immediately because the company's current AI features still have room for improvement. Apple is currently catching up with the pioneers in the field. If the company charges for its AI features, it will be a "stupid move." (Source: IT Home)

CATL's first offline brand store opens to help automakers

On August 10, CATL's first offline brand store, "CATL New Energy Life Plaza", opened in Chengdu. The store covers an area of ​​nearly 14,000 square meters and exhibits nearly 100 models of about 50 brands. All of these models use CATL batteries.

Li Ping, vice chairman of CATL, said at the opening ceremony that the main function of the brand store is to connect car companies and consumers, help car companies display their products, and help consumers choose new energy vehicles. Car companies are still the protagonists, and CATL does not build or sell cars.

According to CATL, the stores are equipped with professional service teams that can explain car products and battery-related information to consumers at the same time. If consumers are interested in a certain product, CATL will help connect them to specific brand stores, which is equivalent to providing sales leads for car companies. CATL will not charge car companies for product display and sales leads. (Source: Caixin.com)

The iOS version of TikTok Mall is officially launched on the App Store

On August 9, a shopping app called "TikTok Mall" was launched on the Apple App Store. From the update records, this app was renamed from another app.

The interface of the "Douyin Mall" App is not much different from the Douyin App, but it has a separate entrance to the shopping cart and can automatically send messages to users when the price of goods is reduced, reminding users to place orders.

This is the first time that Douyin e-commerce has launched a comprehensive independent e-commerce platform outside the Douyin App. In March this year, the "Douyin Mall" App has been launched on Android platforms such as Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO, and vivo app stores. (Source: IT Home)

Zhong Shanshan talks about "the richest man in China and the United States": Musk and I have different social responsibilities

On August 10, CCTV's "Dialogue" program broadcast an interview with Zhong Shanshan, the founder and chairman of Nongfu Spring Co., Ltd. In the program, Zhong Shanshan responded to some external doubts.

For example, some people think that he is "not as good" as Musk, the richest man in the United States. Zhong Shanshan thinks this evaluation is very fair. He said that the two people cannot be compared in terms of social evaluation, but as the richest people, their social responsibilities can be compared, because wealth itself has social responsibilities.

Zhong Shanshan said: "The path that Musk has taken is to create the boundaries of technology. Although what he has done is very earth-shattering, I feel that as a Chinese entrepreneur, I have my own sense of pride. I have solved problems that Americans have not solved, and I have maintained the normal income of farmers. This is what I can contribute, so I will also be proud of myself." (Source: IT Home)

India's largest IPO this year was born

Ola Electric went public on the local Indian market on August 9. This is India's largest IPO since the $2.7 billion share sale of India's state-owned life insurance company in 2022.

The company's founder, Aggarwal, graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and then joined Microsoft Research India. Aggarwal founded Ola Cabs in 2010. As a taxi-hailing app, Ola Cabs has achieved success in the Indian market and has become the country's main shared travel service provider. (Source: Securities Times)

In July, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in China exceeded 50% for the first time, and electric vehicles sold more than gasoline vehicles.

According to the latest national passenger car market analysis report for July 2024 released by the China Passenger Car Association, the domestic new energy vehicle retail penetration rate exceeded 50% for the first time in July, reaching 51.1%.

The report shows that the new energy vehicle market achieved significant growth in July, with retail sales reaching 878,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 36.9% and a month-on-month increase of 2.8%. However, the conventional fuel vehicle market performed poorly, with retail sales of 840,000 units in July, a year-on-year decrease of 26% and a month-on-month decrease of 7%, which is lower than the retail sales of new energy vehicles. (Source: Fast Technology)

Musk: AI model Grok 2 beta version will be released soon

On the evening of August 11th local time, Tesla CEO Musk said on the X platform that the beta version of the artificial intelligence model Grok 2 will be released soon.

Grok is the large language model Grok 2 launched by Musk's xAI company. Last month, Musk confirmed on the X platform that Grok 2 will be released in a few weeks. In response to users' questions about training data, he said that the model has "huge improvements." (Source: IT Home)

Apple is reportedly developing smart glasses: no display

On August 11, Mark Gurman said in the latest issue of the Power On newsletter that Apple is developing different products for the Vision headset product line, mainly including Vision Pro 2, a cheaper Vision headset and a pair of smart glasses.

Gurman said Apple is expected to launch a more affordable Vision headset next year. In addition, Apple is said to be developing Vision Pro 2, but the specifications and launch time of this improved device are still unknown.

In terms of smart glasses, the prototype currently being developed by Apple is said to not be equipped with a display screen. Overall, it is similar to the smart glasses jointly launched by Meta/Ray-Ban. Users mainly interact with the voice assistant through the camera built into the glasses and the AI ​​big model. (Source: IT Home)

The 48GB RTX 4090D is available in China, priced at RMB 18,000

Recently, two special graphics cards, RTX 4090D 48GB and RTX 4080 SUPER 32GB, have appeared on the Chinese market, with double the video memory capacity.

It is said that these two cards have been quietly circulated since the end of June, but they can only be rented on the AI ​​cloud computing platform AutoDL. The price is not expensive, only about 0.7 yuan per hour. If bought separately, the price of an RTX 4090D 48GB is about 18,000 yuan, which is 5,000 yuan more expensive than the official price of the RTX 4090D 24GB.

It is not known whether this 48GB version of RTX 4090D is an official NVIDIA version or a third-party "magic modification". (Source: cnBeta)

Shanghai Disney to build first Marvel-themed attraction

On August 11, Shanghai Disney Resort announced that it will launch a new Spider-Man themed attraction, which will become the first large-scale attraction in the park to tell Marvel stories. This attraction will be themed around the Marvel superhero Spider-Man and present an immersive high-speed roller coaster experience.

At the beginning of this year, Shanghai Disney Resort announced that construction preparations for a new attraction in the park had begun. The attraction will be adjacent to the "Zootopia" theme park. On August 11, the theme of the new attraction was unveiled in a keynote speech by Disney Experience Chairman Dai Mingzhe, and two renderings were shown for the first time. (Source: Jiemian News)

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