Yu Chengdong: There are more than 4,000 HarmonyOS native applications; Windows 10 will suspend all support next year; The QQ "Big Brother" ICQ chat app will be suspended

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2024-05-26 08:26Posted on the official account of Beijing Geek Park

Yu Chengdong: The number of native applications in the HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition has exceeded 4,000 

On May 25, it was reported that the open-source HarmonyOS OpenHarmony Developer Conference 2024 was officially held, at which Yu Chengdong introduced that the number of native applications of HarmonyOS NEXT HarmonyOS NEXT HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition has exceeded 4000. According to official news, Huawei will hold the "Huawei Developer Conference 2024" next month, when the HarmonyOS NEXT HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition will officially start the beta.

The HarmonyOS NEXT HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition system base is self-developed, cutting the traditional Linux kernel, AOSP (Android Open Source Project) and other codes, and only supports the application of the HarmonyOS kernel and the HarmonyOS system, so it is also called "pure-blooded HarmonyOS". Xu Zhijun, Huawei's vice chairman and rotating chairman, previously revealed, "We expect to be able to bring pure-blood Hongmeng to the market when the Mate70 is sold this year, which is also the goal we are working towards." (Source: Sohu Technology)

Google and Meta will buy content from Hollywood studios to train AI

On May 25, it was reported that one of the main challenges in the AI era is how to legally obtain content to train models, so many AI companies have begun to spend money to buy copyrighted content. After OpenAI and News Corp signed a multi-year partnership, there are rumors that Meta and Google's parent company Alphabet are seeking a deal with Hollywood studios to use their film and TV content for AI training.

It is reported that the two giants have contacted and negotiated a number of Hollywood studios, and the transaction amount involved may be millions of dollars. These deals can Google and Meta license video content to train their AI models. Studios such as Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros. are rumored to have been involved. In contrast, Netflix and Disney have been more cautious about related deals, while Warner has maintained a more positive and open attitude.

But details of the deal have not been disclosed, and there is no sign of finalization. (Source: Phoenix Technology)

Yu Chengdong: More than 2,000 developers support HarmonyOS and contribute more than 62 million lines of core code

On May 25, Beijing time, at the OpenHarmony Developer Conference 2024, Yu Chengdong, Executive Director of Huawei and Chairman of the Device BG, said that since 2020, more than 2,000 Huawei developers have supported the development of the OpenHarmony community, contributing more than 62 million lines of core code.

Liu Xiaojian, Vice President of the Software Dept of Huawei's Device BG, said: "In the past three years of OpenHarmony's open source, OpenHarmony has continued to evolve and rapidly iterate on version capabilities, and OpenHarmony has achieved leapfrog development, making great progress in terms of ecosystem devices, root technologies, industry chain co-construction, and influence.

According to reports, at present, more than 70 units have joined the OpenHarmony ecosystem, more than 7,500 community co-builders have participated in contributions, contributed more than 110 million lines of code, and nearly 600 software and hardware products have passed the OpenHarmony compatibility evaluation, becoming the fastest growing open source operating system in the field of smart terminals.

Yu Chengdong has previously pointed out that 2024 is a critical year for native HarmonyOS, and it is necessary to accelerate the development of various HarmonyOS native applications and focus on winning the two most difficult battles of the technical base and the tripartite ecosystem. (Source: cnBeta)

Musk will build an xAI "computing power super factory", with tens of thousands of dedicated chips forming a giant supercomputer

On May 25, Beijing time, according to The Information, Musk said in his investor speech this month that his artificial intelligence startup xAI will need up to 100,000 dedicated chips to train and run the next version of the conversational AI chatbot Grok.

To make Grok "smarter", Musk plans to connect these specialized chips in series into a giant supercomputer, which he calls a "computing power super factory". Musk told investors that these chipsets, connected by Nvidia's H100, will be at least four times the size of the largest GPU cluster today. Musk said he wants to have the supercomputer up and running by the fall of 2025 and is personally responsible for delivering it on time.

In addition, some foreign media have said that xAI will complete a round of financing in June, and the valuation after financing may exceed $24 billion. The company was scheduled to close a funding round of about $6 billion earlier this month, but the deal that has been underway since last year has not yet been finalized. (Source: Sina Technology)

Microsoft has officially announced: Windows 10 will end all support in October next year 

On May 25, Microsoft quietly updated the relevant support page on its official website, reminding users that support for Windows 10 systems will end in October next year. According to Microsoft's official statement, Windows 10 systems will no longer receive security updates and technical support.

Microsoft says that security updates for all Windows 10 systems will stop after October 14, 2025. Even without official support from Microsoft, the PC will still work, but Microsoft recommends a free trial and upgrade to Windows 11 and provides more information for those interested in the new system or ready to buy a new device. (Source: Sohu Technology)

Roblox, a well-known metaverse platform, has officially launched in-game advertising space

On May 25th, it was reported that "Roblox" is a popular community game platform for children, and it is also a "well-known metaverse game", players can upload a series of scene scripts for this game (platform), so that they can use the same character to play a variety of game content in the game (platform).

According to Roblox's official news, the official in-game advertising space has been officially opened to all advertisers recently, and the relevant advertising space will play 2D video ads on various screens in the game, Roblox promises that the relevant ads will have tens of millions of impressions, and advertisers only need simple steps to upload their own advertising content.

Roblox is not the first game to implement real-world ads, but it may be one of the first games to have built-in dynamic instant ads, and IT House has learned that Roblox will also work with third-party advertising companies such as Integral Ad Science and Kantar to strengthen its "monetization" capabilities. (Source: IT House)

China Telecom released the first large speech model that supports 30 dialects

On May 25, it was reported that China Telecom Artificial Intelligence Research Institute released the industry's first speech recognition model that supports 30 dialects to mix freely - Xingchen Super Multi-dialect Speech Recognition Model.

This product breaks the dilemma that a single model can only recognize a specific single dialect, and can recognize and understand more than 30 dialects such as Cantonese, Shanghainese, Sichuan, and Wenzhou at the same time, making it the largest speech recognition model with the most support for dialects in China. It is reported that the large model R&D team pioneered the "distillation + expansion" joint training algorithm to solve the problem of pre-training collapse under the conditions of ultra-large-scale multi-scene datasets and large-scale parameters, and realize the stable training of 1B parameter 80-layer models. At present, the Xingchen voice model has been piloted and applied in China Telecom's 10,000 intelligent customer service in Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Beijing, Inner Mongolia and other places. (Source: IT House)

Geely ICON Linglong was launched, adding two new colors, gray and pink, starting from 96,900 yuan

On May 25, it was reported that Geely ICON Linglong was launched in three different configurations, with a price range of 96,900-116,900 yuan. The exterior of the new car follows the design of the current model, and on the basis of the existing colors of diamond gray, Fu white and royal blue, two new colors of gray and cai pink have been added, and the whole system is equipped with a two-tone body as standard, and the electric tailgate has been added to the middle model. The car provides a 10.25-inch instrument + 12.3-inch central control screen, and has a built-in Geely Galaxy OS car machine system, which can be used to remotely turn on the air conditioner and other operations through the mobile app.

In terms of specific configuration, the Allure version comes standard with 4G network, in-vehicle Wi-Fi, Huawei HiCar interconnection, CN95 air conditioning filter, rear exhaust air vents, 6 speakers, and electric adjustment of 6-way seats for the main driver. The Ruyi version adds one-button lifting of all windows, L2 level assisted driving, front seat heating, etc.; The Jinxi version adds driver's seat memory, intelligent parking, tracking and reversing, electric adjustment of the passenger seat, and air purification of the negative ion generator.

In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a 1.5TD four-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 133 kW and a maximum torque of 290 Nm, mated to a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, with a combined fuel consumption of 6.3 liters per 100 kilometers and a 0-100 km/h acceleration time of 7.9 seconds. (Source: IT House)

QQ "Big Brother" ICQ chat software will be discontinued: it has been in operation for nearly 28 years

On May 25, Beijing time, the chat software ICQ officially announced that it will shut down its service on June 26, 2024, coming to an end after nearly 28 years of online operation. As a free instant messaging app, ICQ was popular all over the world, and at its peak more than 100 million users used it to communicate.

ICQ is the ligatonic abbreviation of I Seek You, Chinese can be translated as "I look for you", QQ was called OICQ in the early days is to imitate ICQ, O is the abbreviation of opening, representing open ICQ, until 2000 it was renamed QQ.

In 2010, ICQ was acquired by Mail.ru, a Russian social media company, and since then ICQ has been owned by the latter as the use of the product has declined. According to the ICQ official website, users are advised to use VK Messenger and Workspace instead. (Source: IT House)

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