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Chinese phone shipments to fall by 30% in Q1 due to new coronavirus outbreak

Baidu founder, chairman and CEO Robin Li said in an internal letter to all employees that after the coronavirus epidemic, the society will re-examine the value of technology, and big data and artificial intelligence are promising in key areas such as public safety governance and medical technology tackling.

In this battle with the new coronavirus, AI technology is also playing an increasing role in it. Baidu is using AI to detect abnormal body temperature during the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, the first specialized hospital in Wuhan for the admission and treatment of patients infected by the new coronavirus, will begin accepting patients on February 3. The hospital's first "remote consultation platform", which is powered by Huawei, will also be officially put into use.

The global smartphone market will be adversely impacted by the slowing GDP growth and the plunging consumer spending after the outbreak of novel coronavirus, with smartphone shipments in China expected to be 5% less than previously anticipated, said Strategy Analytics.

As the epidemic of the new coronavirus is getting worse, fake news related to it is spreading rapidly. To help curb the spread of misinformation, Facebook and Google have taken steps on their own services.

Didi Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China's largest ride hailing platform Didi Chuxing, said on Saturday that it will offer GPU cloud computing resources and technical support for combating the new coronavirus to domestic scientific research institutions, medical and rescue platforms, for free.

Apple retail stores in China will be temporarily closed from now until 24:00 on February 9 based on recent public health and prevention considerations, an announcement on Apple China's official website showed.

Windows 10 has reached 1 billion users worldwide, Microsoft announced on the official website that released free wallpapers. This is more than two years later than Microsoft had previously expected.

The recent shortage of masks due to the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak in China has caused widespread concern. It is worth noting that China is the world's largest mask manufacturer and exporter, with an annual output of about 50% of the world. Why is there still not enough reserves?