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Apple may acquire Intel's 5G business

News in brief: Since Apple and Qualcomm reached a settlement on patent issues in April this year, Intel has begun looking for buyers for its 5G modem business. Recently, some media revealed that Apple is planning to acquire Intel's 5G modem business for US$1 billion.

It is reported that Apple has been developing its own modem chips. The acquisition of Intel's modem business and its R&D team and related technologies will accelerate Apple's progress in independently developing 5G chips, so that it will not have to rely on third-party companies to provide chips in the future and get rid of the situation of being controlled by others.

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Gangtie said: Although Apple has reached a settlement with Qualcomm, the news also shows Apple's determination to develop its own chips. After all, if you master the chips, you also master the core technology and the right to speak. If the deal with Intel can be reached this time, then Apple's future research and development in the field of mobile chips will be worth paying attention to.

Apple may launch three "iPhone 11" models

News: According to insiders, Apple will launch three new iPhones at this fall's conference (estimated to be in September). The new iPhones will use the A13 chip, internally codenamed Cebu T8030.

The three new iPhones are the successors of the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR. All three have the same screen resolution as their predecessors and will still be equipped with a Lightning port. Two of them will use OLED displays, while the remaining one will still use an LCD display.

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Gangtie said: There is only about a month left until Apple's fall conference, and there have been a lot of leaks about Apple on social media. Indeed, affected by the "full-screen" trend in the mobile phone industry, Apple is now in urgent need of a creative new product to respond to consumer expectations. As for whether the real machine is as rumored online, let's wait for the official disclosure at the official conference.

Hong Kong version of Alipay obtains national general license

News in Brief: Alipay disclosed on July 19 that its Hong Kong version of Alipay, AlipayHK, has been approved by the central bank. After being available in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, it will gradually launch mobile payment services in the mainland, which means that Hong Kong users can travel around the mainland without a wallet in the future. AlipayHK has also become the first Hong Kong electronic wallet to open services nationwide.

In January this year, hundreds of thousands of shops in the Greater Bay Area were the first to open to AlipayHK users. According to official data, the number of AlipayHK users has exceeded 2 million. It is expected that soon, all merchants across the country that support Alipay will be open to AlipayHK users, and the whole people will share the convenience brought by digitalization to society.

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Gangtie said: Before this, although mainland users' Alipay can be used in Hong Kong, Hong Kong users' Alipay cannot be used in the mainland. Therefore, this time the Hong Kong version of Alipay has been granted a national license, which actually greatly facilitates Hong Kong tourists and helps them travel around the mainland with one mobile phone.

Three car companies jointly build the "T3 travel platform" with Tencent and Alibaba

News: The travel platform "T3 Travel" jointly created by FAW, Dongfeng, Changan and other Internet companies, including Suning, Tencent, Alibaba, etc., was officially launched in Nanjing recently. In the second half of 2019, "T3 Travel" will gradually enter Chongqing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, and Tianjin, and is expected to cover most provincial capitals in 2020.

In terms of business model, "T3 Travel" guarantees the supply of transportation capacity through compliant entity operations. The vehicles are customized and intelligent new energy vehicles purchased centrally, and the drivers undergo strict access review. At the same time, "T3 Travel" will also work with local taxis, passenger transport companies, car dealers, etc. to promote travel supply-side reforms and ensure the stable supply of high-quality and compliant transportation capacity.

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Mr. Gangtie said: Compared with mobile travel platforms such as Didi and Meituan, although "T3 Travel" entered the market later, it has a high intention of "smart travel". It hopes that the "T3 Travel" platform based on the Internet of Vehicles and emphasizing "compliant entity operations and intelligent connected vehicles" can solve the pain points of people's mobile travel such as "difficulty in hailing a taxi, poor experience, and weak supervision", and bring people a better travel experience.

Microsoft invests $1 billion in non-profit OpenAI

News in brief: Microsoft announced that it will invest $1 billion in OpenAI, a San Francisco non-profit organization. The latter is an artificial intelligence research organization co-founded by Tesla CEO Musk and other Silicon Valley technology giants. Its mission is to ensure that artificial intelligence is beneficial to all mankind.

It is said that the two parties have also reached a multi-year cooperation agreement, whereby Microsoft and OpenAI will jointly build new Azure AI supercomputing technology; at the same time, OpenAI will port its services to the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform to create new AI technologies and realize "general artificial intelligence" .

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Mr. Gangtie said: Here, Mr. Gangtie explains the concept of "general artificial intelligence" . It refers to comprehensive intelligence with the same thinking level and psychological structure as humans. To put it more bluntly, it is artificial intelligence with emotional intelligence and self-awareness. Special-purpose artificial intelligence refers to automated professional capabilities in only one aspect, such as AlphaGo, which is very good at playing Go.

We are currently in the stage of developing dedicated artificial intelligence. General artificial intelligence is very similar to the image of conscious robots in science fiction movies. It is a technology that needs to be focused on for breakthroughs in the next stage.

Musk's interstellar spacecraft is about to take off

News Brief: Earlier this month, Musk revealed on social media that the first test of its StarHopper prototype rocket would be conducted on July 16, but the test ultimately failed due to an explosion in the engine during ignition. Fortunately, this minor accident did not cause significant damage to the StarHopper rocket itself.

Musk recently revealed that SpaceX is planning to conduct the first test flight of the Starship prototype rocket developed in Texas and Florida within two to three months, which means that the earliest orbital flight test of the Starship is only 4 to 6 months away .

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Gangtie said: For the aerospace industry, 2019 is destined to be an extraordinary year. On the one hand, commercial interstellar travel is developing in full swing, and on the other hand, NASA has restarted the moon landing plan. This year, the first photo of a black hole was also taken. The starry sky seems to be getting closer and closer to us. I really hope that everyone will have the opportunity to go to space and take a look at the vast universe in the future.

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