Morning Post ｜ Xiaomi Automobile Road Test Spy Exposure／X Clear the pictures and links before 2014／Dong Mingzhu responds to Gree’s list of the world’s top 500.

According to the National Bureau for Disease Control and Prevention, the monitoring results in China show that the proportion of EG.5 mutant strains in Covid-19 is on the rise.

It has increased from 0.6% in April to 71.6% in August, and has formed a dominant epidemic in most provinces in China, and this trend is likely to continue in the future.

China experienced the epidemic of XBB series mutants in Omicron from April to June this year, and the established population immunity still has the immune protection effect on EG.5 mutants belonging to XBB subfamily in Omicron.

Recently, the epidemic situation of COVID-19 in the whole country is in a low level and wave-like epidemic situation, and the epidemic situation has brought less pressure on the medical system in various places, so there will be no large-scale epidemic in the short term.

According to Adobe official website, Adobe co-founder John Warnock died last Saturday at the age of 82.

John Warnock and Charles Geschke co-founded Adobe in 1982. Their first product, Adobe PostScript, played a key role in the desktop publishing revolution.

John Warnock served as CEO until 2000, and continued to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors (he held this position together with Geschke) until 2017, after which he has been a member of the Board of Directors.

"My interaction with John has been the highlight of my career in the past 25 years," Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen wrote in an email to employees. "Although he is my role model and mentor, I am very grateful to regard him as a friend."

According to Forbes, X deleted all the pictures published by users from 2011 to 2014, and the short links used were invalid, which caused strong dissatisfaction among users, but the official has not responded yet.

Last Saturday, user Tom Coates posted a message about "the photo was deleted" on X, which went viral for the first time.

Some netizens speculated that X destroyed something in the process of moving the website to X.com, and some people said that X was trying to save the cost of image hosting. But at present, these statements have not been confirmed.

Earlier, Musk announced that it would cancel the "shielding" function of X, which was considered "meaningless". He said that "hiding" would be the only way for the platform to filter content in the future. This decision met with strong opposition, and no one knows whether it will really happen.

According to CNBC, the California Motor Vehicle Authority (DMV) said that Cruise’s driverless taxi fleet in San Francisco will be reduced by 50%.

A spokesman for DMV said that DMV is currently investigating the accident of Cruise vehicles in San Francisco and asked Cruise to immediately reduce the size of its fleet until the investigation is completed.

According to DMV, Cruise has agreed to reduce the fleet number, and the number of self-driving cars operating during the day will not exceed 50, and the number of vehicles operating at night will not exceed 150.

Greg Dietrerich, general manager of Cruise San Francisco market, said in a post on Friday night: "We will continue to cooperate with regulators and city departments on EMV interaction to avoid such incidents from happening again.

According to reports, Cruise’s motorcade has been involved in many traffic accidents in the last week, including a collision with a fire truck last Thursday night, which injured a passenger.

According to Weilai official Weibo, yesterday, Weilai joined hands with many parties to build the world’s first V2G photovoltaic self-circulating energy replenishment system in Qilian Mountain National Park, which is the first application of Weilai V2G energy replenishment technology.

It is understood that the V2G photovoltaic self-circulating station built in Qilian Mountain National Park has installed 218 square meters of photovoltaic panels.

The average annual total power generation is 67,000 kWh, and the carbon reduction is 53 tons, which can meet the daily electricity demand of patrol cars in the protected area, and can be discharged reversely at night for use in the protected area.

On the evening of August 19th, Dong Mingzhu, Chairman and President of Gree Electric, made a public response for the first time about Gree Electric’s dropping from the list of Fortune 500 in 2023.

When asked "Are you sad?", Dong Mingzhu said, "What’s so sad? Not sad at all. She said that it is better to see the enterprise (Gree Electric) so healthy and happy than the Fortune 500.

Dong Mingzhu also said, "What are the benefits of the world’s top 500 companies? The first is that the government will look up to you when it receives you; The second is to get a good loan from the bank. However, the real development of enterprises depends on internal ability, innovative strength, talent precipitation and management level. "

It is reported that in 2019, Gree Electric entered the Fortune Global 500 list for the first time, ranking 414th. From 2020 to 2022, Gree continued to be on the list, ranking 436th, 488th and 487th respectively. In August 2023, the list of the world’s top 500 was released, and Gree fell off the list.

Charlie Kaufman, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, expressed some thoughts about AI screenwriter at Sarajevo Film Festival.

In his view, many screenwriters have become "garbage eaters" and "garbage producers". If they are used to staying in the comfort zone, they might as well be replaced by AI screenwriters.

He said: "Screenwriters should change the current situation of" making garbage ",but first of all, WGA (American Writers Association) should resolutely put an end to the use of AI screenwriters. 」

He warned film festival participants that "once the algorithm starts to generate AI scripts, there is no turning back".

Recently, X user "Majin Bu" shared a picture of USB-C braided data cable of iPhone 15 series, which may be launched together with iPhone 15 series.

According to the pictures released so far, USB-C data cable of iPhone 15 model adopts braided data cable similar to MacBook, and it has different colors to choose from.

It is reported that although all four iPhone 15 models will switch to USB-C ports, the color-matched braided cables may be accessories for iPhone 15 Pro models.

Mercedes-Benz recently released its second-generation flagship sports car in Carmel, California. There are two models of 2024 AMG GT coupe, namely 577 HP AMG GT 63 and 469 HP AMG GT 55.

The more powerful GT 63 will reach 60 mph in 3.1 seconds with a top speed of 196 mph, while the less powerful GT 55 will reach these figures in 3.8 seconds with a top speed of 183 mph.

The new GT is equipped with a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 engine; The most significant change of the new model is the optional 2+2 seat design.

The AMG GT will be delivered in the first half of 2024, and the price has not been announced yet, and it will compete fiercely with the more common Porsche 911 Turbo and other cars.

At the 2023 Global Business Innovation Conference hosted by UFIDA on August 19th, UFIDA BIP released the latest version of BIP3.

Among them, the newly released YonGPT, the industry’s first enterprise service model, and the rich data services and intelligent services provided by integrating the capabilities of the large model have led the enterprise digital intelligence into the era of AI popularization and application.

Wang Wenjing, Chairman and CEO of UFIDA Network, innovatively put forward the concept of "Digital Intelligence 123" at the meeting, and defined the three steps and development path of enterprise digital intelligence:

"Digital Intelligence 1" is to promote "cloud connection" and realize cloud deployment, network connection and real-time perception of services;

"Digital Intelligence 2" is to promote "data-driven" and realize data governance, data center and data applications and services;

"Digital Intelligence 3" is to promote "intelligent operation", realize intelligent business operation, naturalize human-computer interaction and generate knowledge and applications.

Bloggers on social platforms claimed to have photographed four test cars of Xiaomi cars on Urumqi-Changji Expressway in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and said that "the posture is really good".

At the same time, he also added some details of Xiaomi car: equipped with yellow calipers and sharp interior center console edge.

The new car is expected to be available in two versions with and without lidar, and all the above models participated in the test.

On the other hand, Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi Group, posted a Weibo on the afternoon of 19th: "Test Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 Leica Optics, Four Shots and Five Focuses" and took a group photo. At this time, his IP territory showed that he was located in Xinjiang.

Lu Weibing, the partner and president of Xiaomi Group, also sent a Weibo not long ago: "Two people are in shadow", with a photo of their shadows.

Taken together, the above information seems to imply that Lei Jun and other senior executives came to the scene to "supervise" Xiaomi’s test results.

"The rain falls lightly and the clouds disperse, and the azure smile blooms …"

On Tanabata this year, under the name of "Chinese inspiration", Xicha, supplemented by the purity of azure, and vincent fang, a famous Chinese lyricist, jointly produced a series of "azure rain".

According to reports, "Tianqingyu" takes Anxi "Tianqingyu" Jin Mudan Oolong Tea as the tea base, and blends it with buffalo milk from Guangxi Ranch, which is "both roasted and fruity, with a refreshing and smooth taste".

The theme of "azure rain" is limited to the surrounding areas and packaging of Tanabata.

UNDEFEATED and G-Shock jointly launched a brand-new joint watch DW6900UDCR23-5.

With the classic watch DW-6900 as the theme, the two sides changed the resin case into a dark brown style with a bright yellow dial and dark blue details.

Along the ear, it is matched with a nylon woven strap, and the brand logo is attached to the dial and back cover to highlight the cooperation status. The cooperation watch has been sold in UNDEFEATED official website for $190.

KITH Classics for adidas Originals brought a family portrait in the autumn of 2023, focusing on tennis shoes.

Shoes pay tribute to the golden age of tennis, and all styles are improved. A bright sapphire tone and an old midsole make it full of quality. Rod Laver, IL Comp and Torsion Edberg all show clean and versatile characteristics.

KITH Classics for adidas Originals autumn tennis series will be officially put on the official KITH application and offline monopoly today.

A few days ago, Universal Pictures announced that Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan will come to China to promote this new film, and Oppenheimer will be released in China on August 30th.

It is reported that Nolan’s last visit to China to promote a new film dates back to the release of Dunkirk in 2017.

The film Oppenheimer focuses on the role played by Robert Oppenheimer, the "father of the atomic bomb" in the development of the first atomic bomb.

The film is described as "an epic thriller, which brings the audience into a thrilling paradox: a mysterious person must risk destroying the world to save the world".

Amazon recently announced that the sci-fi drama "Marginal World" canceled its second season renewal. Sources said that the strike of actors and writers was the main reason why the second season could not be continued.

The Marginal World was created by Lisa Joy and jonathan nolan, the founders of westworld, and adapted from William Gibson’s novel, starring chloe moretz and Jack Reynor.

The play tells that in the future, new technology has subtly changed society, and a VR gamer can connect with another reality, including her own dark future.

According to the data of Cat’s Eye Professional Edition, as of August 19th, the single-day box office of China movie market has exceeded 100 million yuan for 60 consecutive days, setting a new high for the single-day box office of the market to break 100 million yuan continuously.

Disappeared She, Put all your eggs in one basket, Feng Shen Part I, In an octagonal cage and Chang ‘an Three Wan Li ranked among the top five in the summer box office.

In addition, as of 7: 30 on August 20, the total box office (including pre-sales) of the summer file in 2023 has reached 18.463 billion yuan, a record high.