[Technology Morning News] Apple officially releases iOS10 update, telecommunications fraud losses of 11.42 billion from January to July this year

There was quite a lot of Apple news in this morning‘s report: the official version of iOS 10 has been fully rolled out, and harassing phone calls have been intercepted. Have you updated? Ant Financial acquires biometric verification company EyeVerify for US$70 million; NetEase plans to spin off its news business...

The official version of iOS 10 is fully rolled out and interception of harassing calls is here

In the early morning of September 14th, Beijing time, the official version of iOS 10 is finally here, and Apple launched it on time at 1 a.m. iOS 10 was unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June this year. This update is said to be the biggest innovation in the history of Apple’s iOS system. iOS 10 also covers many new features.

The biggest changes are: waking up the iPhone when you pick it up, calling a car through Siri, adding and using more machine learning technologies, and controlling smart homes through iOS10. As long as the product has Apple Home kit, it means joining Apple's smart home; in the messaging application, you can not only chat through iMessage, but also do many things; iOS10 system opens the caller identification interface, bringing the long-awaited "nuisance call interception function" to Chinese users.

Has your iOS been updated?

蚂蚁金服7000万美元收购生物验证公司EyeVerify

In the early morning of September 14, Bloomberg reported today that Ant Financial acquired biometric technology company EyeVerify for US$70 million, citing people familiar with the matter.

EyeVerify, based in Kansas City, Missouri, is developing technology to extract data points from eyeball photos to replace technologies such as passwords and fingerprint recognition. Ant Financial hopes to use EyeVerify biometric verification technology to protect the security of consumers’ online data and transactions. As its first investment in the United States, Ant Financial also hopes to use EyeVerify’s technology to upgrade its own security system and eventually apply it to future products launched for the U.S. market.

今年早些时候,蚂蚁金服已经开始在其支付验证平台上使用EyeVerify的EyePrint ID技术。将来,蚂蚁金服还计划将EyeVerify技术整合到更多产品中。

美国运营商称iPhone 7预订量远超iPhone 6和6s

北京时间9月13日晚间消息,美国电信运营商Sprint称iPhone 7和7 Plus头三天的预购订单同比暴增375%。 T-Mobile称,该系列上市前四天的订单是iPhone 6同期销售近四倍,创下公司史上最高预售纪录。 Stimulated by this, Apple's stock price rose nearly 3% during the session.

In the past two years, the number of T-Mobile users has also grown rapidly.因此很难判断,iPhone 7预订量增长究竟在多大程度上是因为消费者对手机的兴趣所致。

Apple said last week that it would break with past practice and would no longer provide sales figures for the first weekend of iPhone 7 sales this year. Apple said that because it is more a reflection of iPhone supply than a reflection of market demand.

网易拟分拆新闻业务 通过IPO或出售融资3亿美元

On the evening of September 13, Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that NetEase plans to raise approximately US$300 million by spinning off its news business, and will then focus on its core online gaming business.

该知情人士称,融资形式可能通过在美国IPO(首次公开招股)进行,但也可能直接出售新闻业务。 The spin-off is still in the planning stages and NetEase is seeking to negotiate with potential buyers.

In July this year, NetEase’s page views (PV) exceeded 10.3 billion, becoming China’s second largest online destination after Tencent. Since the beginning of the year, NetEase's stock price has increased by 27%, including an 8% increase on Monday.

There were 355,000 telecommunications fraud cases from January to July, with a loss of 11.42 billion

Xinhua News Agency released a set of telecom fraud data on September 13: There were 355,000 telecom fraud cases in China from January to July, with a loss of 11.42 billion.

In the past 10 years, China’s telecom fraud cases have grown rapidly at a rate of 20%-30% every year. In 2015, public security agencies across the country filed 590,000 telecom fraud cases, a year-on-year increase of 32.5%, causing economic losses of 22.2 billion yuan. From January to July this year, there were 355,000 telecom fraud cases across the country, a year-on-year increase of 36.4%, causing losses of 11.42 billion yuan.

Since 2013, there have been 104 telecom fraud cases involving more than 10 million yuan, and 2,392 cases involving more than one million yuan. Many people's "pension money" and "life-saving money" were defrauded, and their families were ruined. Some companies were defrauded of their funds and went bankrupt, triggering mass incidents.

Swatch wins the lawsuit and Apple cannot register the iWatch trademark in the UK

After a hearing in April, the British Intellectual Property Office officially approved the appeal materials submitted by Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch this week. Apple will not be able to register the "iWatch" trademark in the UK.

As early as March 2014, before Apple launched a smart watch, Swatch claimed that the "iWatch" trademark was too similar to its "iSwatch" and "Swatch" trademarks and could easily cause confusion.

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