Netease Technology News December 31 news, Wall Street Journal article outlook 2018 will change the technology of people's lives. The article points out that electric vehicles, cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence are ready to leap forward, and Amazon will become even bigger.
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This year is an unusual year. In 2017, science and technology extended its tentacles into our lives in unimaginable ways - think of the well-known credit agency Equifax being hacked, Russia operating Facebook, and Amazon buying people's favorite high-priced supermarkets. In 2018, this invasion is expected to become more exotic - more aggressive.
Artificial intelligence will touch so many of the devices and services we use. We may not even realize that the machines are behind them, not humans. Hackers will continue to target organizations that hold the most sensitive personal information we have. The concentration of power among the four tech giants (Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple) will have a greater impact on what we see on the screen and what we buy.
Although you won't necessarily buy new electric cars in bitcoin in the future, you will certainly hear about it and other cryptocurrencies. (Yes, you will soon consider buying an electric car.)
Technology has become stronger than ever before. The following is a summary of how technology will affect us in the coming year:
Electric cars become cheaper
In 2018, consumers will get a very good choice of electric cars, their pricing is about the average price of new cars in the United States: 35,000 US dollars - has not yet calculated state and federal tax credits, as well as fuel and maintenance costs Long-term savings.
Next year, there will be not only the much-anticipated Tesla Model 3 ($35,000), the recently launched pure-electric Chevrolet Bolt ($366.2 million), and the soon-to-be-produced Nissan 2018 Leaf. (Sale price is 29,900 US dollars). Nissan's model will have a new look and 150 miles of cruising range (a significant increase over the previous model's 107 miles).
The automotive market will usher in more affordable plug-in hybrid vehicles, and their cruising range is also sufficient to meet the daily commuter's daily pure electric driving travel. The Chevrolet Volt ($33,200) is electrically powered for 53 miles and the Toyota Prius Prime ($27,100) is capable of traveling electrically for 25 miles without consuming fuel. In 2018, Honda will finally launch the Clarity ($33,400), a plug-in hybrid car with 47 miles of cruising range.
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Facebook's return to the source
For social networking giant Facebook, this year has been a very unpleasant year - from being widely viewed on the platform during the 2016 U.S. presidential election to the widespread dissemination of fake news, to Russian manipulators locked in on its platform based on race and religion. Target users. The 2018 damage control method? Let "social" return to social networks.
"We hope that the time people spend on Facebook can promote meaningful social interaction," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a few weeks ago. His remarks indicate that Facebook will do more to promote social interactions such as commentary, especially on video, rather than passive consumption of media content.
We will also gain greater control over what we see. In mid-December, the company began to downgrade spam-style posts that they liked and shared, and launched the "Snooze" feature that lets you hide someone or their pages for 30 days without unfollowing.
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Amazon takes over more fields
Although it has become possible to live in the Amazon world all day long, the company will continue to infiltrate into more corners of your daily life. Take video as an example: Analysts estimate that Amazon’s video content expenditure this year will be US$4.5 billion; next year, the company will further expand its investment—investment comparable to Netflix in 2017. why? According to one of the company’s executives, people who come to Amazon to watch videos tend to renewal Prime membership services and spend more money on Amazon.com to buy other things.
So where does Amazon go next? Furniture and appliances, office services, or a pharmacy near your home? What the company learned from Whole Foods, which it had bought back, could be applied to the supply chain of any other entity business.
In 2018, the e-commerce giant's staff size will exceed 500,000, so it will become the second largest private enterprise employer in the United States, second only to Wal-Mart.
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The network loses its neutrality
In December 2017, cable companies and telecom companies got what they wanted and got what they wanted from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): The principle of network neutrality was abolished. In the short term, you may not notice that there will be any difference - your network provider may not prevent you from accessing your favorite service.
However, network providers may be willing to implement new techniques, such as providing wireless network services that allow you to “free†access to your favorite video services, or implementing home broadband speed restrictions (after watching a lot of 4K streaming video, You will find that your speed is slow as a snail.)
You may even see a different service package, a cheap service package that is subsidized (and around them) by the Internet giant itself. This is exactly how Facebook operates in many parts of the developing world. In those places, the Internet users see is only Facebook.
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Cryptocurrency is not so mysterious
At the moment, encrypting "currencies" is more like encrypting "gold" - the frenzy triggered by Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, making them more suitable for hoarding rather than consumption (provided that you can tolerate their rollercoaster-like huge fluctuations). .
No one knows which of the hundreds of cryptocurrencies will survive in the long run. At the same time, the cryptocurrency's ease of buying and selling transactions meant that their crazy trend in 2017 - bitcoin prices ranging from $1,000 to nearly $20,000 in late December, followed by a 25% drop - could relapse in 2018 Once again.
The high transaction fee means that Bitcoin basically did not reach one of its initial tasks - becoming a digital currency that is easy to trade. System collisions and alternative tokens designed to solve the problem will be a major theme in 2018. By the end of next year, you may be able to purchase pizza in digital currency without paying excessive transaction fees.
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Software Drives Smartphone Progress
The smartphone hardware ushered in a huge change in 2017. Apple and Samsung brought smart phones with a smaller body and larger screen, eliminated the Home button, and improved the quality of the camera. What will happen to the industry in 2018? What will the theme be? software.
For the iPhone X, Apple has changed the way we interact with the screen through a new set of sliding touch operations. The next generation of iOS systems and the new generation of iPhones in 2018 should lead to new screen interactions. As Apple's face unlocking system evolves, our saccades and facial rotations will likely be more useful for interaction with devices. In addition, there is news that Apple will promote the application of the unified, so that applications can support both Mac OS and iOS.
On the Android platform, as mobile phones get the latest Android 8 (codenamed "Oreo") system, they will usher in a number of improvements, such as improved battery life and new notification center functions.
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AI spreads everywhere
While the two popular voice assistants Alexa and Siri are becoming more and more popular and are used more by people, artificial intelligence will enter the rest of our digital life with a quieter attitude.
You can already see it through Gmail's auto reply mail feature. Google's machine will analyze your email writing style to give appropriate quick reply suggestions. Have you received a reminder from Facebook that someone posted your untagged photos? Facebook’s robots are watching the appearance of your face on their social networks all the time.
All of this will also accelerate development. In late 2017, Google, Facebook, and Apple introduced mobile machine learning tools for application developers. New AI-optimized chips from companies such as Qualcomm and Apple are also starting to enter smartphones.
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Attacks on security and privacy continue to be staged
In 2017, you were mostly attacked by hackers. In 2018, this is likely to happen again. Equifax's hacking resulted in the disclosure of a social security number of nearly 143 million Americans, highlighting current information security issues.
Security experts warn that consumers may face new security threats, especially on networked televisions, toys, and other "smart" appliances. Marketers and social media platforms will become more aggressive and collect all personal information about you, from your location to your credit card transaction records, to push you to accurate advertising.
However, you can take more measures to protect your digital security. The "Comprehensive Data Protection Regulations" will take effect in Europe next May and may also change the way American companies treat your personal information. (Lebang)
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