Listen to Zuckerberg talk about interpersonal communication!

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Zuckerberg revealed the direction Facebook hopes to improve in terms of "interpersonal communication", with several key points:

“1) People are gaining power through increasingly rich ways of sharing. In the past, it was “text”; now it is mainly through “photos”; in the future, videos will be more important than “photos”; in the future, virtual reality “VR” will become the norm; and in the future, we will have the ability to share full sensory and emotional experiences with anyone.

2) People are gaining the ability to communicate more frequently. In the past, you had to talk face to face to discuss something. Then came the emergence of large computers or portable notebooks. Now, we can take out devices from our pockets at any time. However, we still only use them periodically, and in the future, when we have augmented reality AR and other wearable things, our communication and experience will be greatly improved.

One day, we will be able to send very "rich" thoughts to each other through technology, and when you think about something, your friends can "experience" it instantly if you want. We will know everything that is going on in the world and make better decisions at work and in life because we will be smarter and individuals will be able to make decisions in a more "collective" way as a society."

"Smartphone anti-theft technology" law officially implemented in California

Starting July 1, California law will require that manufacturers selling smartphones in the state must install supporting software on the phones that can "lock" the phone if it is stolen.

KillSwitch is the tech industry's answer to the California government's recognition of the prevalence of cell phone thefts, especially in large cities, where thieves often steal phones and resell them in other countries.

Last May, Minnesota became the first state in the United States to pass a law mandating the pre-installation of Kill-Switch. California was the second state to sign a bill last August requiring all smartphone manufacturers sold in California to pre-install the "Kill-Switch" anti-theft technology, but unlike the former: California requires manufacturers to set the software as the "default" on the phone, while the bill passed by Minnesota does not contain this content. Starting today, this bill is officially implemented in California.

Interestingly, the technology has worked: In 2013, 3.1 million phones were stolen in the U.S.; last year that number dropped to 2.1 million.

Former partner of Euros Investment Firm DST joins Xiaomi as CFO

Xiaomi announced that a former partner of Euros Investment Company DST Global has joined the company as CFO, which is the first senior executive with an international background hired by Xiaomi.

This person is called: Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean who once joined billionaire investor Yuri Milner's DST investment institution and also played a role in DST's investment in Chinese technology companies such as Xiaomi. Previously, he served at Goldman Sachs.

Xiaomi announced yesterday that it will launch smartphones in Brazil. Foreign media commented: Xiaomi is taking big steps to expand internationally, and its internationalization wave started with the hiring of Google Android top executive Hugo Barra in 2013. Last month, Xiaomi also hired Qualcomm Greater China President Wang Xiang to lead the company's strategic cooperation.

Facebook launches the first cooperation method with video partners

Although Youtube has never announced its revenue, we know that Youtube actually broke even last year, and its revenue will definitely exceed its expenses this year. The video industry is difficult to make money because the burn rate is too high, but advertisers are also spending more and more money on the video industry.

Facebook does not want to miss the opportunity, and it was revealed today that it has secretly introduced a distribution method for video publishers. In the past few weeks, it has been tested on a small scale, and the "Recommended Videos" feature has appeared on the App: when users click on a video in the news feed, they will also see a large number of related videos on Facebook (Youtube has been doing this for many years), and the split ratio is said to be 45% (Facebook) and 55% (partner).

On-demand delivery service Postmates moves beyond food and beverage industry restrictions

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven announced a partnership with delivery startup Postmates, a Silicon Valley upstart that allows users to order food from various restaurants through an app and then have it delivered to their doorsteps.

To make the process more efficient, Postmates has recently cooperated with some large retailers and food suppliers such as McDonald's and Starbucks. Today's deal is seen as its first deal outside the "food" and "beverage" industries.

The company recently received an investment of US$80 million, bringing the company's valuation to US$400 million.

Zuckerberg explains how artificial intelligence is used in Facebook

Facebook has always been vague about "artificial intelligence". Yesterday, Zuckerberg spoke up and revealed why Facebook invested in AI.

At the end of 2013, Facebook poached a famous professor of "Deep Learning" at New York University and set up an artificial intelligence laboratory in New York; then it set up another one in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley; and then this month, it set up another one in Paris. Here is Zuckerberg's explanation:

"Most of our AI research focuses on how to understand what users share. For example, if you take a photo with your friends in it, we will make sure your friends see it; if you take a photo of a dog, or write a post about politics, we should be able to 'understand' these contents, then show the post to the right place, and help you connect with people who also like dogs and politics. In order to do this well enough, our goal is to build an AI system that will have better senses than humans, including vision, hearing, etc. For this Vision, we are building a system that can recognize everything in images and videos, including people, objects, and scenes. This system needs to be able to understand the 'state' of things in images and videos, no matter what it is."