It is rumored that Apple is testing a prototype of a punch-hole screen; SpaceX Starship may be tested twice this week
Hot spotlight
According to the news, one of Apple's iPhone 16 Pro prototypes uses a single punch-hole screen instead of a "dynamic island"
According to online whistleblower Majin Bu, Apple is currently testing the iPhone 16 Pro prototype version to include a prototype with a single-hole design, instead of the "pill screen" + "Dynamic Island" used in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15 series, but this design may also be preparing for the iPhone 17 Pro series in 2025. (IT House)
After the failure of the first flight, SpaceX's Starship may carry out a second test flight within a week
SpaceX said that the Starship rocket and spacecraft integrated system could fly within a week. If all goes well, this will be the second test flight of Starship since its first failed flight in April. Starship is ready to launch "as early as November 17" and is currently awaiting final regulatory approval. (Beijing News)
Alibaba Cloud failures have affected many products such as Taobao and Xianyu, and have gradually recovered
At the end of Double 11 on the evening of November 12, Alibaba Cloud was suspected of having a failure, and many products of the Alibaba system were affected. At around 19:20, after emergency treatment by Ali engineers, Ali's Taobao, DingTalk, Ali Cloud Disk and other APPs have been basically restored. (Interface News)
Technology companies
The Android version will no longer be compatible with HarmonyOS, and NetEase and Meituan are urgently recruiting HarmonyOS developers
Recently, a number of Internet companies have posted a number of positions related to the HarmonyOS system. The positions are mainly Android development engineers and C++ development engineers related to software research and development and mobile research and development. The number of recruitment positions requiring a bachelor's degree or above and more than 3 years of work experience accounts for more than 75% and 43% respectively, and the average recruitment salary is 17,537 yuan/month, exceeding the market average. (CBN)
Huawei's official announcement: 2 questions, a reward of 2 million
Recently, Huawei announced that the Huawei 2023 Olympuss Award is officially open to the world, and this year there are two technical problems, each of which will be awarded 1 million yuan, with a total reward of 2 million yuan. The two challenges announced by Huawei this time are "extremely cost-effective storage technology per bit" and "data enablement and resilience technology for emerging services". (National Business Daily)
Google will begin deleting inactive Gmail accounts on December 1
According to media reports, Google will delete long-inactive Gmail personal accounts and photos starting on December 1, which Google announced earlier this year and is now just a few weeks away from that deadline. If you have a Google account and haven't logged in or done any activity for two years, Google considers it inactive. (IT House)
AI weather vane
OpenAI CEO Altman: It is difficult to develop GPT-5, and general artificial intelligence is expected to become a reality within 10 years
OpenAI CEO Altman said that the development of its next-generation large language model, GPT-5, was challenging and failed to give an exact release time, but he stressed that GPT will become stronger after each iteration. He predicts that in the future, GPT-5 will be able to work for products that most people will probably want to build. He also predicts that AGI may be achieved in the next decade. (Tencent Technology)
Li Feifei: I'm not an open-source faction, nor a destroyer faction, I hope that humans can coexist peacefully with AI
The world-renowned Chinese computer scientist Li Feifei's new book "The World I See" has been officially released. Li Feifei mentioned in the book that he is not an open-source faction, nor a destroyer faction, but a centrist, hoping that human beings can coexist peacefully with artificial intelligence. (Tencent Technology)
IPO
SHEIN, which is valued at $90 billion, is rumored to be listed in the United States again, Sequoia China, and Mubadala of the United Arab Emirates have invested
Recently, the super unicorn SHEIN has once again been reported to be listed in the United States, with a valuation of $90 billion. Since its establishment in 2008, SHEIN has received a total of 9 rounds of financing, and the last one was completed in May this year, with the participation of Sequoia China, General Atlantic, and Mubadala, with an amount of 2 billion US dollars. (Finance Associated Press)
Tech figures
Musk Interview: There is no evidence of extraterrestrial life
Musk said on the show: "A lot of people ask me if I've seen evidence of aliens, but I haven't seen it. I'd rather see at least some archaeological evidence of aliens. He also said that if he saw the "slightest sign" of extraterrestrial life, the first thing he would do would be to post on X detailing everything he knew. (Tencent Technology)
Smart new products
Ming-Chi Kuo released the 2024 Apple iPad/mini/Air/Pro forecast report
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple will upgrade a batch of iPads in 2024, mainly on the M3 processor and OLED screen. iPad shipments in 2024 can reach 52 million to 54 million units, the new iPad Air will be in mass production in the first quarter of 2024, the two new OLED iPad Pro are scheduled to be in mass production in the end of the first quarter to the second quarter of 2024, and the new iPad mini and iPad will be in mass production in the second half of 2024. (IT House)