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Musk responds to Twitter outage

Regarding the first large-scale outage of Twitter since Musk acquired it, Musk stood up and cleared his throat to respond:

We've made significant backend server architecture changes at the earliest opportunity .

Welcome everyone to enjoy a smoother Twitter service~

Although he spoke out, Musk did not directly mention the large-scale outage problem reported by users.

During this outage, Twitter users said they encountered technical problems when accessing Twitter from the web, such as blank pages or being unable to restore tweets.

But Musk said on Twitter that he could still use the service.

According to statistics, during the peak period of the outage, more than 10,000 users in the United States were affected, and about 2,500 users in Japan and the United Kingdom were affected.

By the evening of the same day, Twitter's various services had gradually returned to normal .

The watch measures blood oxygen and heart rate on the carton. Huawei: Will continue to optimize the algorithm to improve accuracy

At a time when it is hard to find a blood oximeter, many netizens discovered something outrageous:

Huawei watches , which claim to have a blood oxygen detection function , can detect blood oxygen and heart rate on ham, instant coffee boxes, and mice.

△ Picture source network

Under the same environmental conditions, Apple Watch showed that the measurement was unsuccessful.

In response, Huawei consumer service hotline staff responded that Huawei smart wearable devices rely on optical sensors to measure blood oxygen levels based on light signal fluctuations . If the watch is placed on a carton, fruit or towel, there is a very small chance that it may be misjudged as a human body signal and the blood oxygen value will be obtained.

The official added: In response to this problem, Huawei will continue to optimize the algorithm and improve accuracy.

A fire broke out at a new energy vehicle booth at the Guangzhou Auto Show

On the eve of the opening of the 2022 Guangzhou International Auto Show, a fire broke out at the Guangzhou Auto Show, which was still under construction. The area where the fire broke out was the AIAT booth .

Live video showed that the entire Hall 5.1 was covered in thick smoke. The open fire has been extinguished and no casualties were reported at the scene.

△ Source: Red Star News

Alt issued an emergency statement saying that the company's booth working area at the Guangzhou Auto Show accidentally caught fire for an unknown reason. The company is actively cooperating with the Guangzhou Auto Show Organizing Committee to investigate the cause of the accident. Once the cause is found out, Alt Auto will make an official statement.

According to the original plan, the 2022 Guangzhou International Auto Show officially opened today and will last for 10 days.

Qualcomm will lower mid-range and low-end mobile phone processor prices next year

According to Taiwan media "Digital Times" citing industry sources, Qualcomm may reduce the prices of its mid -range and entry-level mobile phone processors in 2023, including the Snapdragon 400 and Snapdragon 600 series.

If the news is true, won't the party win another victory (ecstasy) ?

According to professional analysis, the most likely reason for Qualcomm's price cut is to reduce inventory, and this move will trigger a new round of price wars in mid-range and entry-level mobile phone SOCs.

Recently, market research organization Counterpoint Research announced the 2022 Q3 global smartphone AP (application processor) market report.

From the perspective of shipments, MediaTek still ranks first, but its market share has dropped to 35%; the market share of Qualcomm , which ranks second, has increased to 31%; followed by Apple, Zhanrui and Samsung .

Ningbo Oriental University of Science and Technology lays foundation stone and plans to deliver it in 2025

Ningbo Oriental University of Science and Technology (tentative name) announced the start of construction!

The university is located in Ningbo Yongjiang Science and Technology Innovation Zone and plans to start construction and delivery in 2025 .

The investor behind this university is Yu Renrong , the founder of Weill Co., Ltd. and "China's richest chip man" . On the 2022 Forbes rich list, Yu Renrong ranked 197th with US$10 billion.

According to the plan, the Ningbo Municipal Government invested 16 billion yuan to select the school site and planned a total land area of ​​about 2,300 acres (about 1.5 million square meters) . The Ningbo Yu Renrong Education Foundation will invest 10 billion yuan in university infrastructure construction.

Currently, the president of Ningbo Eastern University of Science and Technology is served by Academician Chen Shiyi . He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in November 2013. He was the vice president of Peking University and the dean of the Graduate School. He was also one of the founders of West Lake University.

72-year-old US congressman studies ML master's program

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, 72 , is pursuing a master's degree in machine learning at George Mason University .

He takes one course each semester and hopes to one day apply his knowledge of artificial intelligence to legislative work.

After getting off work from Capitol Hill, Beyer would do homework from 9 to 11 o'clock every night; he also participated in Zoom classes with his classmates every Thursday night.

△ Source: Washington Post

Beyer currently serves as chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, which oversees NASA and co-founded a core group to study fusion energy.

Given Beyer's experience in technology, George Mason University made an exception and admitted him.

To qualify for the master's program, Beyer needed to complete seven undergraduate mathematics and computer science courses. This year, three courses have been completed, and he is expected to officially study postgraduate courses in 2024 .

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