Blue Origin manned flight, sending the "captain" of "Star Trek" into space; WeChat calls show pictures of the circle of friends, netizens shout "social death"; Robin Li: The purchase restriction of big cities will disappear in 5-10 years.
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There is such a bridge in "Fight Club" directed by David Finch, the "two" male protagonists ask each other who they want to fight with the most, Brad Pitt's Taylor said he wanted to fight with "Mahatma" Gandhi, edward Norton played Jack said that he wanted to fight with William Shatner.
In "Fight Club," Jake said he wanted to go through a fight with Shatner| picture network
If you have not seen the old version of "Star Trek" students, it is estimated that they will not be able to catch the director's stem. For American men caught between baby boomers and millennials, William Shatner's role as "Captain Kirk" in Star Trek is an absolute classic of the past, so much so that even if he has passed, he will continue to pay tribute.
After playing Kirk for half a century, the "captain" is really in space this time.
Second from left is "Captain Kirk" William Shatner| Blue Origin
On Wednesday, local time, Bezos' Blue Origin company completed its second manned mission, and one of the passengers was 90-year-old "captain" William Shatner.
On the same day, the Shepard rocket was launched from the Van Horn One Launch Site in Texas. Three minutes later, the capsule ascended into space more than 100 kilometers above the ground, and after almost 3 minutes of zero gravity experience with three Blue Origin employees, the capsule landed safely.
After Shatner walked out of the capsule and hugged Bezos, the old "captain" was still in tears and said that he "didn't want to recover from the impulse he had just had" . Bezos not only fulfilled a dream of Captain Kirk and the majority of science fiction enthusiasts, but also set a new record for the highest age of astronauts.
Even though he has been "running" Bezos, Elon Musk posted congratulations on Twitter, saying that "it is cool to send Shatner into space."
Musk sent congratulations on Twitter | Twitter
From helping 82-year-old Wally Funk realize his space dream three months ago to sending Captain Kirk into space this time, Bezos has given Blue Origin two live ads. Visibility is there, but it's not necessarily a really good thing for Blue Origin.
Foreign media have recently broken the news, resigned as Amazon CEO, and turned to full energy to grasp The Blue Origin Bezos, so that the team can not be consumed. Musk, a friend, once complained that Bezos was now fully focused on making trouble for SpaceX.
More importantly, Blue Origin, which once had the same dream as SpaceX, has gradually fallen behind in the space race in recent years, and this kind of "space tourism" that has just crossed the Carmen line can certainly play a PR role, but it is too far from the company's ultimate goal to say that there is any real help, which is the real reason why Musk satirized Bezos.
As a generation living on the Internet, although today's young people have been able to escape the urging of their elders to marry, they are still unable to escape the moment of online social death on social applications.
Recently, some students found that on the WeChat call waiting page, there was a picture of the other party's circle of friends. The late-night skewers and emo moments you post in the circle of friends will continue to loop in the classic weChat ringtones. All of this is fine, in case you send a nine-square grid, it may show a locally enlarged "beauty tip" and cheekbones.
WeChat calls can view the other party's circle of friends | picture network
If it is a friend to make a WeChat call at most is a joke, the terrible thing is that the usual need for WeChat call may be a work scene, let the boss savor even if it is three days of circle of friends pictures, it is definitely a social death scene that makes people cut their toes.
From WeChat's "status update" to the call display circle of friends, it can be seen that WeChat is digging deep into the social potential of this national communication tool, which has a great contrast effect with the performance of the previous product "restraint".
"Social death" is just embarrassing, involving more user personal data, things are not simple.
Also this week, after an iPhone user upgraded to the latest 15.0 system, he found that in an unused state, WeChat digitally checked his photo album many times in a short period of time. In this regard, WeChat said that this is actually a read set for the "fast image" function, and promised to "optimize" in the next update version, rather than completely solve this problem.
WeChat is not a person fighting, and in the same situation, the Taobao app is obviously very interested in the user's photo album. Coincidentally, in the same week, some users found that in the case of unused, the Meituan app repeatedly viewed its location information in the background.
Apple began to tighten the collection and use of users' personal data by apps in the iOS 14.5 system, and returned the right to open the data to the user through settings, which can choose to "allow only once", "during the use of the app" or "never" open personal data.
In the domestic Android system, which has always belonged to the "enclave", xiaomi launched the "flare" function in MIUI 12 last year, exposing the "behavior" of each app in the background to users in the dark.
A few years ago, Baidu founder Robin Li once said that domestic users are willing to use data in exchange for convenience, and the actual situation at that time was indeed the case. However, as users' awareness of personal data gradually strengthens, the collection and use patterns of user data by Internet companies in the past are bound to be unsustainable, just as the rapid growth of the mobile Internet is not sustainable.
Apps are getting harder to do, but that can be a good thing for users.
On October 11, AR startup Magic Leap announced on its official website that it had completed a new round of financing of $500 million, with a post-investment valuation of about $2 billion. The company announced that the new funding will further push Magic Leap to provide best-in-class AR solutions, including magic Leap2, a second-generation product expected to launch in 2022.
"This investment is an important step in advancing Magic Leap's mission to change the way we work," said Peggy Johnson, CEO of Magic Leap. "Since joining Magic Leap in 2020, I've focused on accelerating the company's transition to an enterprise-class market, strengthening our technology base, and building strong business strength in everything from healthcare and manufacturing to defense and the public sector."
No capital information was disclosed in the financing. As of now, according to Crunchbase, Magic Leap has raised $3.5 billion in historical funding, but the valuation level is similar to that of seven years ago. In October 2014, Magic Leap completed a $542 million funding round, with a reported post-investment valuation of $2 billion. In 2019, the company was valued at $6.7 billion. However, the subsequent layoffs and the departure of the founder have made Magic Leap difficult. Former Microsoft VP Peggy Johnson takes office, driving the transition from a consumer to an enterprise market. (Source: Deep Sound)
On the 13th local time, WHO held a routine press conference on new crown pneumonia, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the number of new deaths of new crown pneumonia in the world in a single week continued to decline, which has dropped to the lowest level in nearly a year, but according to WHO statistics, nearly 50,000 people around the world still die of new crown pneumonia every week, and the actual number is certainly higher.
Except in Europe, the number of new DEATHS from COVID-19 is declining in all regions.
Tedros noted that COVID-19 has the highest mortality rate among countries and populations that receive the least amount of vaccines. Globally, 56 countries and territories are currently failing to vaccinate 10% of their population, most of them in Africa.
By the end of this year, more countries may not be able to meet the goal of vaccinate 40 percent of the population. Tedros stressed that countries and companies controlling the global vaccine supply should prioritize the provision of vaccines to the COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Plan. (Source: CCTV News)
Baidu Chairman Robin Li recently published an article on smart transportation, saying that an intelligent transportation system should be able to effectively solve the problem of congestion, and now the common "purchase restriction" and "restriction" policies in large cities are expected to be cancelled within 5-10 years.
According to calculations, intelligent transportation based on vehicle-road coordination will be able to improve traffic efficiency by 15%-30%, and within 5 years, China's first-tier cities will no longer need to limit purchases and restrictions; within 10 years, by improving traffic efficiency, congestion problems can be basically solved. (Source: CBN)
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