World’s first Apple Card user was stolen

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According to 9to5mac, foreign user David shared his recent experience with Apple Card being stolen. David found that in the absence of his Apple Card, he was stolen in another state a few hundred miles away from him. When he contacted Apple and asked why this happened, Apple did not give an answer, but said that the Apple Card may appear in two places at the same time, “very rare”, the official will continue to investigate the issue.

9to5Mac points out that although there are no numbers on the Apple Card, it still contains a magnetic strip and a chip, so thatIt’s easy to steal equipment and clones, which is why David’s Apple Card may be cloned and stolen.

Dyson cancels electric vehicle project: not commercially viable >

Sina Technology News, Dyson announced that it has given up a £2.5 billion electric vehicle manufacturing project. The company’s founder, James Dyson, said his engineers have developed a “very good electric car,” but it won’t go on the road because it’s “not commercially viable.”

In an email sent to all employees on Thursday, Dyson said the company had tried to find buyers for the project launched in 2017, but it did not succeed. Dyson said that £2.5 billion of funds planned for electric vehicle projects will be used to develop other products, including battery technology.

Global App revenues for the third quarter were $21.9 billion, up 23% year-on-year

Sensor Tower released a report that global app revenues for the third quarter of this year were $21.9 billion, up 22.9% from $17.9 billion in the same period last year. Among them, Apple App Store App StoreIt accounted for 65% of total revenue, which was US$14.2 billion, up 22.3% year-on-year. The Google Play app store, which accounts for the remaining 35%, was $7.7 billion, up 24% year-on-year.

In the third quarter, global app downloads were 29.6 billion, up 9.7% year-on-year. Among them, Google Play accounted for 21.6 billion times. In the third quarter, the number of app downloads in the Chinese market was 2.2 billion, down 6% year-on-year. However, app revenues in the Chinese market increased by 26.9%, from $3.2 billion a year ago to $4.1 billion. In the third quarter, WhatsApp topped the list, TikTok followed, followed by Messenger, and Facebook and Instagram ranked fourth and fifth.

One ​​plus one in London releases 7T Pro

According to 91mobiles, one plus 7T Pro was officially launched at an event in London, England. The Plus 7T Pro is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus processor with a 6.67-inch Fluid AMOLED display with a resolution of 3120×1440, support for 90Hz and HDR10 + and unlocked screen fingerprints, and a rear three-shot for 48 million masters (Sony IMX586 sensor) +16 million super wide angle (117 degrees) + 8 million telephoto.

One plus 7T Pro in Europe costs 760 euros (about 5,952 yuan), only with fog blue and 8GB + 256GB configuration. Finally, the new product launch conference for the domestic mobile phone will be held on October 15th at the Olympic Stadium of Beijing University of Technology.

Steam will launch the ability to play local multiplayer games over the Internet

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According to The Verge, Steam is preparing to launch a new “Remote Play Together” feature that allows users to play local multiplayer games with friends on the Internet, just like having a party at home Play the same.

This feature will automatically adapt to “all local multiplayer games, local cooperatives and split screen games”, which means developers don’t have to spend too much effort on game compatibility. The new feature is scheduled to be released on October 21st.

Global PC shipments increased by 4.7% in the third quarter

Mac Rumors news, market research firm Canalys released statistics show that compared with the past few years, the global PC market has experienced considerable year-on-year growth, shipments in the third quarter of 2019 increased by 4.7% to 70.9 million units. Other PC suppliers on the list saw an increase in shipments and market share during this period. The best-performing Lenovo shipments increased by 7.2% to 17.3 million units, accounting for 24.4% of the market.

In addition, although the data indicates that MacBook shipments have increased year-on-year, Apple’s global PC market share in the third quarter of 2019 has shrunk slightly compared to last year.

Co-named up, OPPO Reno Ace released

Yesterday, OPPO released a new mobile phone, Reno Ace, equipped with 65w super flash charging technology, which can charge 4000 mAh battery in 30 minutes. At the same time, Reno Ace is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+, 6.5-inch 90Hz refresh rate OLED gaming screen, 4000 mAh battery, 48 million rear four-shot, support ultra-clear video anti-shake and 5x optical zoom. The price starts from 2,999 yuan.

In addition, OPPO has a total of 3 models of up to the joint name: Reno Ace up to 40th anniversary mobile phone, OPPO C1 gamepad up to custom version and OPPO Echo Q1 up to version of headphones.

Reno Ace is based on the original RX-78-2. Up to the design of the body itself, the entire package and accessories are also used up to 30,000 units, priced at 3,599 yuan (8GB + 256GB) ). The C1 gamepad up to version is based on the RX-0 unicorn custom, built-in ALPS compound vibration linear motor, priced at 299 yuan. The Q1 wireless noise canceling headphone is based on the black gold element of the RX-0 second machine reported to the sorcerer’s armor. The price is 599 yuan.

Waymo sends to customers Mail, announcing that a pure driverless car is about to go on the road

Techcrunch News, Waymo recently sent a message to passengers called “The completely unmanned Waymo is on the road.” According to the mail, the next passenger’s trip will be completely free of human-safe drivers, enabling true driverlessness.

In December of last year, Waymo One went online, and users can use it to travel by car. Recently, Waymo opened another technical service center in the Phoenix area in preparation for doubling its capacity and expanding its commercialization team.

Airbnb publishes 20 popular travel destinations in 2020, ranking sixth in Xi’an, China

Airbnb has released the “Top 20 Travel Destinations in 2020” list, based on Airbnb’s booking data, which is increasingly attractive to niche or eco-friendly cities. Among them, Xi’an, China, ranked sixth in terms of booking volume growth of 255%. The first 20 places are in the following order:

Alipay: Prohibited for trading in virtual currency

The Alipay Security Center issued an official microblog to express its renewed attitude towards virtual currency over-the-counter trading: it is forbidden to use Alipay for cryptocurrency transactions.

If the transaction is found to involve Bitcoin or other virtual currency transactions, Alipay will immediately stop the payment service. For merchants involved in virtual currency transactions, they will be resolutely retired; for personal accounts suspected of virtual currency transactions, the account collection function will be restricted according to the circumstances, and even the payment measures will be permanently restricted.

Bill Gates promises to donate another $700 million to fight AIDS and other diseases

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According to Sina’s report, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates promised to donate $700 million to help fight the disease that kills millions of people every year, saying that experimental techniques like match-sized implants can become New weapons in the global effort to fight these diseases.

This implant is being developed by Merck and can be implanted under the skin of a patient’s arm. The funding will be donated by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria over the next three years, bringing its total donations to the fund to nearly $3 billion since 2002.

Nobel Prize in Literature Double Yellow Egg

According to the latest news on the Nobel Prize official website, at 19 o’clock on October 10th, Beijing time, the Swedish Academy of Literature announced that the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for Literature were awarded to Polish writer Olga Tokarchuk ( OLGA TOKARCZUK) and Austrian writer Peter Handke.

Netizen: “Who can remember who won the prize in so many years, everyone only remembers that Haruki Murakami did not win the prize.” “These two are deserved, and Tokarchuk is famous in Poland and internationally.” Hendrick is the biggest dramatist in German culture. “This Nobel Prize made me know the much-anticipated Can Xue, and I plan to see her work well. It is not important to win prizes. Reading is the biggest. Meaning.”

On October 11, 2016, Samsung announced the discontinuation of Galaxy Note 7. It is recommended that users shut down and deactivate, and at the same time carry out product recalls and provide a full refund.

After the global sales of the Galaxy S7 series, Samsung released a new generation of notebooks with more compact and more powerful performance on August 2, 2016, and skipped Note 6, directly using Note. 7 to name it. Once the machine was released, it attracted many users. However, in the near future, the Note 7 explosion caused a fire, causing user panic. Samsung has said that the models sold in China do not use the batteries provided by the problem suppliers. Finally, on October 11, 2016, Samsung (China) Investment Co., Ltd. filed a recall plan with the AQSIQ and recalled it in mainland China under the circumstances of the AQSIQ Law Enforcement and Inspection Department conducting interviews and launching defect investigations. A total of 190,984 Samsung Note 7 phones were sold in the region. Subsequently, the Civil Aviation Administration of China also issued a notice prohibiting the carrying of Samsung Note 7 boarding, and it is also not allowed to check.

January 23, 2017, Samsung Mobile President Gao Dongzhen said at the press conference that the explosion of Note 7 was caused by the isolation of the positive and negative materials of the battery was too thin to withstand the daily use stress. The rupture eventually leads to an uncontrolled explosion. This incident has once again evoked concerns about the safety of electronic device batteries and the negative impact on Samsung Electronics.It continues to this day.