Lei Feng Morning News | Alibaba opens a shopping mall named "Cat MALL"; the dream of getting rich overnight is shattered, ICO is suspected of illegal fundraising; China's super high-speed rail plan, with a maximum speed of 4000km/h

Alibaba is going to open a shopping mall called "Cat MALL"

It is reported that Alibaba is building the first shopping mall that completely belongs to Alibaba. The new shopping mall is called "more mall" and "Maomao".

The first "Maomao" opened in Alibaba's Hangzhou Xixi Park, Taobao City Phase III, with a total area of ​​40,000 square meters and an overall structure of 5 floors. It is currently under renovation and is expected to be officially opened to the public in April 2018. According to people familiar with the matter, "Maomao" is exclusively operated by Alibaba and will be embedded with a series of new retail technologies launched by Alibaba. "Maomao" will introduce a number of Taobao brands, as well as many influential traditional brands. In addition, "Maomao" will also introduce the Hema Fresh flagship store and Pacific Cinemas under Emei Film Studio to create a richer business format.

Hyperloop is here! Authoritative experts say the underlying technology is "already mature"

Following the high-speed rail, China has launched a massive rail transit development plan.

On August 30, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, a state-owned aerospace and military enterprise under the central government of China, said it is currently studying and demonstrating a "high-speed flying train" project. This comprehensive rail project plan that combines magnetic levitation technology, supersonic flight technology and vacuum tube technology will be completed in steps according to three speed targets: 1,000 kilometers, 2,000 kilometers and 4,000 kilometers.

Mao Kai, the technical director of the project, told the Economic Observer that the preliminary plan for the project has been completed. It is reported that the plan was completed by a number of institutions, and the part involving the magnetic levitation was completed by a university.

ICO was identified as suspected of illegal fundraising, and the dream of getting rich overnight was shattered

On September 2, the "2017 DACA Blockchain International Summit Forum" hosted by the Asian DACA Blockchain Association and the Wuhai Municipal Government of Inner Mongolia was supposed to be held at the Beijing Furama Renaissance Hotel. However, the reporter learned from people close to the organizer that the meeting was suddenly called off on September 1, the day before the meeting.

According to the reporter, on August 18, many ministries and commissions had discussed ICO, but the attitude at that time was still relatively mild; on August 21, the central bank headquarters received a related emergency report, which clearly pointed out that from the perspective of penetrating supervision that emphasizes substance over form, ICO is a disguised form of illegal fundraising.

Huawei announces closure of EMUI flash package download service

For Android users, there are generally three ways to upgrade the system: wired flash, card flash, and OTA. Wired flash and card flash have higher freedom and can even be used to downgrade the version, repair bricks, etc. However, Huawei recently announced an important decision that it will no longer provide SD card upgrade packages.

Huawei's EMUI official page shows that "in order to provide users with a unified and convenient upgrade service and improve upgrade satisfaction, starting from September 7, 2017, the software upgrade method of Huawei consumer products will be unified into online upgrade. SD card upgrade packages will no longer be provided separately. At that time, all SD card upgrade packages will be removed from the shelves and the download page will be closed."

Wuhan to provide "dedicated lanes" for shared bicycles

The urban management of shared bicycles is becoming more and more prominent. Recently, in order to solve the problem of shared bicycles mixing with motor vehicles, the Wuhan Municipal Government issued the "Opinions on Encouraging and Regulating the Healthy Development of Internet Rental Bicycles", stating that it will set up a 2,455-kilometer non-motorized vehicle lane network as a "dedicated lane" for shared bicycles.

According to the Opinions, Wuhan will build non-motorized vehicle lanes and set up isolation facilities while renovating and expanding the main urban lanes. Non-motorized vehicle lanes will also be marked out and isolated on roads that meet the conditions. The Opinions predict that a four-level non-motorized vehicle lane network totaling 2,455 kilometers will be set up in the main urban area to provide users with a safe and good riding experience as much as possible.

Maoyan and Weying merger finalized

The merger negotiations between Weying and Maoyan have come to an end. The online ticketing platforms Yupiaoer and Gewara under Weying Times will be merged into Maoyan Movies, and the overall transaction price will be based on the 12 billion yuan valuation of Weying Times' C+ round of financing. Yuyue Films, Yuyue Distribution and Weisai Sports under Weying will not participate in this transaction, and may operate independently in the future, under the charge of Lin Ning, CEO of Weying Times. According to an internal staff of Weying, the internal personnel and department adjustments have also begun.

Weying and Maoyan are backed by Tencent and Guangxian respectively. After the merger, Maoyan will also gain online ticketing portal support from WeChat and QQ, which will give it more momentum to compete with Alibaba Tao Piaopiao, which holds a 30.94% market share.

Tencent Guardian Platform’s “Checking Small Accounts” function is officially launched

With the arrival of the new semester, the Growth Guardian Platform has launched a “Check Sub-accounts” function to help parents check their children’s gaming “sub-accounts” with one click.

Currently, the "check secondary account" function is available to users who have activated "super parents". Parents only need to add their child's account to the "Growth Guardian Platform" WeChat service account, verify the parent's personal mobile phone number and the child's name and ID information, and then they can check whether the child has used the "secondary account" to log in to Tencent games on a commonly used mobile device in the past week based on the child's associated game account.

Artificial intelligence shows cutting-edge technology in Wuhan, can compose poetry in one second

On September 2, Baidu held a science event in Wuhan Science and Technology Museum, demonstrating the core technology of artificial intelligence through a "science bus", which attracted many citizens to watch. At the scene, most citizens said that it was difficult to distinguish between the works of machines and humans. If they could not distinguish, it could be considered that this artificial intelligence passed the Turing test. Baidu staff revealed that the first poem was a poem written by the machine in one second, and the second poem was Sima Guang's "Mountain Climbing".

Baidu Brain uses algorithms to analyze and "learn" tens of thousands of Tang and Song poems, and "learns" to write poems. Citizens can use any text as the topic and ask the machine to write poems. The reporter immediately used "Yellow Crane Tower" as the topic, and the machine handed over the work in one second: A pair of yellow cranes descended on the Tingzhou, and twelve railings leaned against the painted tower. Where is the smoke on the river? The willows on the bank are tied to the boat. It is reported that citizens can search "write poems for you" in Baidu on their mobile phones, and the interface will be opened to enter any title.

SpaceX announces Falcon Heavy rocket will launch in November

SpaceX tweeted yesterday that it will launch its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in November. The company also announced that it has completed all three tests of the first-stage core section.

In a tweet, SpaceX said three tests of the first-stage core have been completed and showed a video of a static ignition test of the core experiment. In May of this year, the company conducted its first static ignition test of the core of the Falcon Heavy rocket.

According to the SpaceX official website, the Falcon Heavy rocket is 229.6 feet (70 meters) high, 39.9 feet (12.2 meters) wide, weighs 1,420.8 tons, has a payload of 63.8 tons, and its 27 engines will generate more than 5 million pounds (2,268 tons) of thrust, enough to send a fully loaded 737 aircraft into orbit.

World's largest X-ray laser goes into operation in Hamburg, Germany

The world's largest X-ray laser, the European XFEL (European X-ray Free Electron Laser), was recently put into operation in the Hamburg metropolitan area.

According to reports, European XFEL is the world's largest laser facility, capable of emitting up to 27,000 pulses per second, with a brightness a billion times brighter than traditional synchrotron light sources. Research teams around the world can use lasers to not only unravel the mysteries of the atomic structure of viruses and cells, but also create three-dimensional images in nanoparticles, record chemical reactions and observe the reaction process inside particles, thereby contributing to the development of new drugs and new materials.

The European XFEL cost 1.22 billion euros, and a total of 11 European countries participated in the entire research and development process.

Tesla Gigafactory 2 construction is accelerating, and cooperation has been reached with the world's largest wind turbine factory

Tesla's Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York has finally begun mass production of solar panels, and another source revealed that Tesla has established a partnership with Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer.

Tesla CTO JB Straubel recently revealed that the 1.2 million square foot Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, has already housed hundreds of workers and production equipment to begin small-scale trial production of battery cells needed for solar panels. "By the end of this year, we will achieve large-scale mass production of solar panels, which is a mid-stage milestone that we are very concerned about," Straubel said.

Denmark’s Borsen newspaper first broke the news that Tesla had partnered with Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, on energy storage projects. Vestas then responded via Bloomberg:

In many projects, Vestas is working with a number of professional technology companies, including Tesla, on energy storage technology to explore and test how wind turbines and energy storage projects can better reduce energy consumption in sustainable energy solutions.