2026-03-21 posts Page 2

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• Smartway Launches 12-megapixel AI Glasses CMOS Sensor With Super Powerful Functions

  IT House reported on March 12 that domestic supply chain manufacturer Smartway announced today the launch of a new 12-megapixel CMOS image sensor for AI glasses application - SC1220IOT.

  According to reports, this new product is equipped with the Always-On low-power normally-on function. In Always-On mode, SC1220IOT can maintain ultra-low power consumption and always-on operation at a lower frame rate, which can meet the needs of all-weather standby visual detection such as smart AI glasses camera environment detection and gesture recognition. In this mode, the power consumption of SC1220IOT can be as low as 1mW, which can fully guarantee the battery life of the whole machine.

  

  SC1220IOT is equipped with SmartSmart ColGain HDR® technology, which can achieve a high dynamic range effect of up to 75dB through single-frame exposure multi-gain image synthesis, helping AI glasses cameras retain more details of bright and dark parts in complex light environments with strong contrast between light and dark, significantly improving the light and shadow effects of video shooting.

  Moreover, AI glasses, as smart wearable devices, often need to be taken while the user is moving. SmartSign's ColGain HDR® technology can effectively suppress the generation of motion artifacts, helping AI glasses cameras easily cope with shooting sports scenes, and capture high-quality video images that are clear and smooth, without motion smearing, and with vivid light and shadow.

  In addition, SC1220IOT can support 12MP full-size 60fps high frame rate video shooting in normal mode (double the frame rate compared to the previous generation product), and 4k 30fps high dynamic range video shooting in ColGain HDR® mode.

  SC1220IOT is equipped with SmartSite's advanced SFCPixel®-2 technology, which achieves higher sensitivity while significantly reducing noise through the SF center. Thanks to this, the reading noise of SC1220IOT can be as low as 0.8e-, which can make the imaging picture clearer and cleaner in dark light environments such as evening and night.

  As a 12-megapixel 1/3.57-inch CMOS image sensor, SC1220IOT is built on SmartClarity®-XL technology platform and adopts full-process domestic Stacked BSI advanced process technology. Its package size is only about 5.48mm x 3.97mm, and it can be flexibly applied to micro camera modules for a variety of smart wearable devices such as AI glasses and AR/VR devices.

  Currently, SC1220IOT has accepted samples and will be mass-produced in Q2 2026.

  IT Home’s product parameters are as follows:

  

  1 hours ago

• Although OpenAI’s SearchGPT Has Bright Spots, It Will Still Take Time To Shake Up Google’s Search Status.

  IT House reported on September 5 that the Washington Post published a blog post yesterday (September 4), stating that judging from the initial feedback from 10,000 users, although the SearchGPT search engine from OpenAI, regarded by many as the "Google killer", has many bright features, it still has a long way to go before it can shake up Google's search status.

  Some features are excellent

  Note from IT House: SearchGPT does not simplify the user's search experience by providing concise and organized answers instead of a list of search results.

  SearchGPT compiles answers using data from Bing and other sources, which OpenAI views as a comprehensive resource for information users search for.

  SearchGPT's initial user feedback has been mixed. In terms of specific queries such as planning activities, programming, and summarizing information, SearchGPT performed relatively well.

  insufficient

  Ananay Arora, a software engineer, believes that SearchGPT does not pose a threat to Google at this stage. It performs well in searching for local restaurants, but the search image results are poor, and the way of labeling the source is confusing.

  Technology expert Daniel Lemire thinks it's better than Google's AI Overviews but not as impressive as Perplexity.

  Artificial intelligence enthusiast Matt Berman posted a video on YouTube, saying that SearchGPT performed better than Google in event planning and programming, but there was an "illusion" problem and the speaker information given was incorrect.

  2 hours ago

• The 2026 Fine Arts Spring Festival Symphony Concert Kicked Off Grandly At The National Convention Center

  

  Spring of Great Beauty - 2026 Art Circle Spring Festival Symphony Concert Live

  The paintings capture the charm of the times, and the horses gallop through the prosperous spring. On February 2, the "Spring of Great Beauty - 2026 Art Circle Spring Festival Symphony Concert", co-sponsored by the Painting and Calligraphy Channel, the China National Academy of Painting, and the Chinese Art Archives Society, and co-sponsored by Yibin Wuliangye Co., Ltd., Yunnan Baiyao Group, and Hainan Qixian Yunjing Health Care Base, kicked off at the majestic National Convention Center. This art festival, which carries the accumulation of thirteen years, unfolds a magnificent picture of the art cause in the new era with grandeur, and plays a majestic movement of cultural self-confidence and self-improvement on the new journey. More than a thousand people from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Chinese Artists Association, the Chinese Calligraphers Association, major art schools, the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Art Research Institute of the Calligraphy and Painting Channel, Wuliangye Group, Yunnan Baiyao Group, Hainan Qixian Yunjing Health Care Base, and major leaders and artist representatives from art institutions in all provinces, cities, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country gathered together to show the high-spirited style of the Chinese art world that has maintained the true trend for thousands of years and opened up a new era.

  

  From left to right: host Yajuan, Zhang Zequn, Liu Fangfei, Zhu Jun

  

  From left to right: Pan Yikui, Zhang Xian, Yang Xiaoyang, Xu Li, Jin Shangyi, Feng Yuan, Liu Wanming, and Wang Ping send their sincere New Year greetings to the national audience.

  Jin Shangyi, Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, Feng Yuan, Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, Liu Wanming, President of the China National Academy of Painting, Xu Li, former Party Secretary and Resident Vice Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, Yang Xiaoyang, Chairman of the China Association for Cultural Development and Art Promotion, Pan Yikui, Director of the National Art Museum of China, Zhang Xian, President of the China Art Archives Society, and Wang Ping, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Calligraphy and Painting Channel, sent their sincere New Year greetings to the national audience, conveying the deep love of art workers for the times, the people, and the cause of art.

  

  Famous conductor Chen Xieyang

  The party was ambitious and cleverly conceived. Under the majestic and affectionate conductor of the famous conductor Mr. Chen Xieyang, the melody of the symphony "Spring Festival Overture" was like spring breeze and rain, instantly activating the atmosphere of the entire venue.

  

  Two hundred representatives of calligraphy and painting artists from all over the country sent blessings to colleagues and audiences across the country

  Two hundred representatives of calligraphy and painting artists from all over the country held auspicious Chinese knots and sent blessings to colleagues and audiences across the country. The word "blessing" gathered in the audience and the blessings on the stage were profound and meaningful, instantly sketching a moving picture of the art community uniting as one and celebrating spring together.

  

  The Calligraphy and Painting Channel leads artists on their European tour to present on-site narration sessions

  

  Cast statues and biographies of the four archetypal heroes in the TV series "Silent Glory"

  In the atmosphere of celebration, many artists took the stage to share their thoughts: under the leadership of the Calligraphy and Painting Channel, they went to the "European House" in Paris to hold an exhibition to spread the charm of Chinese culture; they devoted themselves to creation and cast portraits of the four prototype heroes in the TV series "Silent Glory". Artists dedicated themselves to practice, conveying the deep feelings of family and country through pen and ink paintings, and writing the immortal national spirit.

  

  Three six-foot-long paintings appear on stage

  

  Guo Yisi, Guo Shifu, Xu Li, Jia Guangjian, and Liu Wanming jointly created an 11-meter large painting

  "Ode to Peace"

  At the party, several calligraphy and painting works were shockingly unveiled. Three six-foot-long paintings collectively created by the artists praised the mountains and rivers of the motherland with full ink. The 11-meter-long and 3.3-meter-wide giant painting "Ode to Peace" intertwined a harmonious and magnificent atmosphere.

  Liquor culture, medical wisdom and health care originate from the deep soil of Chinese civilization. Yibin Wuliangye Co., Ltd., Yunnan Baiyao Group, and Hainan Qixian Yunjing Health Care Base, as like-minded inheritors and staunch practitioners of outstanding Chinese culture, deeply participated in the evening presentation. With their own contemporary practices, they vividly responded to the profound call of the millennium context.

  

  Yibin Wuliangye Co., Ltd. sponsored this party

  

  Yunnan Baiyao Group sponsored this party

  

  Hainan Qixian Yunjing Health Care Base sponsored this party

  

  China's leading pianist and music educator Liu Shikun's piano solo "My Motherland"

  The emotion of the party reached its peak in the melody of "My Motherland" played affectionately by piano master Liu Shikun. As an annual event in the art world, the cultural ripples stirred up by the "Spring of Great Beauty" are constantly expanding towards a bright future. This grand event is not only an art ceremony, but also a collective oath and a new start for art workers across the country towards the goal of building a cultural power in 2035. At the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan", the majority of art workers will be deeply engaged in creation with the spirit of Longma. In the artistic practice of serving the people and contributing to the times, they will continue to draw a magnificent picture of the prosperity of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, and contribute surging and eternal artistic power to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

  

  Spring of Great Beauty—Group photo of guests of the 2026 Fine Arts Spring Festival Symphony Concert

  4 hours ago

• TikTok’s Global Downloads Return To Number One Indonesian Market Becomes A Key Engine

  At the beginning of 2025, TikTok experienced a dramatic shutdown and restart in the United States, and every move it made attracted global attention. This regulatory tug-of-war across the Pacific not only highlights the severe challenges TikTok faces in overseas markets, but also reveals its difficulty in surviving in the international environment.

  Although regulatory pressure from Europe and the United States continues to increase, TikTok's global popularity continues to rise, and downloads have grown rapidly, demonstrating its strong market appeal and user base.

  KJ123 learned that the latest data from AppFigures showed that in January 2025, TikTok took first place in the global application download rankings, ending Instagram’s dominance for more than a year. Among them, the explosive growth of the Southeast Asian market has become a key engine, especially Indonesia, which contributed the largest share of TikTok's new global downloads in a single month.

  As the largest economy in Southeast Asia, the importance of the Indonesian market to TikTok is self-evident. Official data shows that by continuing to increase investment in localization, TikTok has provided total advertising credit to Indonesian government agencies, state-owned enterprises, and small, medium and micro enterprises in 2024. It has reached 15.3 billion Indonesian rupiah (approximately US$940,000), an increase of 6 times from the initial stage.

  What is more critical is its layout in the e-commerce field. After experiencing policy fluctuations, TikTok invested in the acquisition of local e-commerce giant Tokopedia. It not only successfully resolved the regulatory crisis in Indonesia that prohibited direct transactions on social platforms, but also relied on Tokopedia's mature logistics network and user base to deeply integrate live streaming e-commerce with the traditional shelf model, further consolidating its market position.

  In addition to Indonesia, TikTok e-commerce also performed well in the Thai market. Data shows that from January to August 2024, TikTok Shop's product purchase volume increased threefold, and the amount of cooperation between brands and creators increased fourfold, driving more than 3 million local users to earn income through content creation.

  With the vigorous development of Southeast Asia's digital economy, the e-commerce industry is facing unprecedented opportunities for transformation and growth. According to the "2024 Southeast Asia Digital Economy Report" jointly released by Google, Temasek and Bain, the scale of Southeast Asia's digital economy is expected to reach US$263 billion in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 15%. Among them, short videos and live broadcasts have become important driving forces for the growth of e-commerce. More than 40% of Southeast Asian online shoppers rely on video content when making purchasing decisions.

  With the right time, place and people, TikTok Shop successfully seized the opportunity of social e-commerce and quickly emerged as a force that cannot be ignored in the Southeast Asian e-commerce market. Surveys show that TikTok Shop has become one of the most popular shopping channels in Southeast Asia, thanks to the strong appeal of short videos and live broadcasts. It is expected that TikTok Shop’s e-commerce market share in Southeast Asia will reach 15% by 2024, an increase of 5% from 2023.

  According to KJ123, TikTok Shop’s global site layout has expanded to 6 regions, among which Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia in Southeast Asia have become the first key markets for TikTok e-commerce.

  In order to take advantage of the e-commerce boom in Southeast Asia, TikTok is accelerating its e-commerce layout and launching a series of innovative measures. For example, the "refund without return" function has been effective since January 8, and the "Resumption of Work and Production Task Competition" launched last year for the Southeast Asian market.

  According to the official announcement of TikTok Shop Southeast Asia, this "Resumption of Work and Production Task Competition" will cover the five major markets of Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore. In order to motivate platform merchants, TikTok Shop has launched a number of support policies, including a GMV growth incentive plan from January 1 to March 31, a Spring Festival resumption support plan, and advertising investment growth incentives, aiming to help merchants achieve business growth at the beginning of the new year.

  

  However, it is worth noting that TikTok’s development in the e-commerce field in Southeast Asia has not been smooth sailing, and it still faces multiple challenges.

  In order to protect local enterprises, Southeast Asian countries have strengthened their supervision of the e-commerce market, especially the supervision of cross-border enterprises. For example, the Vietnamese government has tightened regulations on taxation and counterfeit products. Recently, Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has united 16 government agencies and major e-commerce platforms to jointly crack down on the online sales of substandard and illegal products. According to a statement from Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce, they have implemented a “removal from shelves at notice” policy. Once goods are deemed substandard, they will be removed immediately to ensure that consumers are protected from low-quality products.

  In addition to the challenges of government regulation, TikTok also needs to deal with fierce competition from established e-commerce giants such as Shopee and Lazada. These platforms not only have a huge user base and mature operating systems, but are also actively exploring new areas of social e-commerce to enhance their competitiveness. Taking the Shopee Malaysia site as an example, during the Spring Festival this year, Shopee live shopping experienced explosive growth. The number of buyers on Shopee Live surged 116% year-on-year, holiday food searches increased by more than 3,000%, and orders from local merchants increased by 240%.

  In addition, TikTok also faces challenges from other platforms in the field of social e-commerce that TikTok is good at. For example, YouTube has partnered with Shopee to launch YouTube Shopping services in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Since YouTube has a deep user base in Southeast Asia, this will undoubtedly bring greater competitive pressure to TikTok.

  Although the road ahead is full of challenges, TikTok has shown momentum to compete with e-commerce giant Shopee in the Southeast Asian market. Although its fate in the United States is still unresolved, in Southeast Asia, the future development of TikTok e-commerce is worth looking forward to. In the future, we will wait and see whether TikTok can further enhance its status in the Southeast Asian market.

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  5 hours ago

• 2026 Jiading Elderly Care Charity Week Starts! Multiple Service Initiatives To Care For The Elderly

  

  

  On March 14, "Lei Feng helps the elderly in Jia's home - 2026 Jia' Elderly Care Charity Week" was launched.

  The "People's Livelihood List" of services for the elderly released on site in 2026 systematically integrates the Jiading District Civil Affairs Bureau's "Old My Elders" project to improve home care capabilities, the home bathing project for disabled and semi-disabled elderly people, and other ten community elderly care projects, the Jiading District Disabled Persons' Federation's free cognitive impairment prevention and rehabilitation testing and digital literacy training, and the Jiading District Veterans Personnel The "Bone Health" project of the Ministry of Health and Human Services, the "Medical and Nursing Home Linkage", "Two Cancer Screenings", "678 Silver Age Guardian Action" of the Jiading District Health Commission, and the "Yiqi Movement" and "Happy Sunset" projects of the charity foundation aim to build an all-round elderly security system from home safety to quality life, and from physical health to spiritual care.

  The reporter learned that in response to outstanding problems such as difficulty in getting downstairs for the "hanging elderly" in old communities, difficulty in bathing for the disabled elderly, and lack of expertise in cognitive impairment care, the Jiading District Civil Affairs Department launched three exemplary service measures for the elderly, including stair climbing machines: allowing the "hanging elderly" to land steadily; bathing aids: providing "a pool of warmth" to the disabled elderly; and memory guardians: making cognitive impairment no longer helpless.

  Among them, the elderly over the age of 80 can use the stair climbing machine for free 60 times a year, and the elderly from low-income families with minimum living allowances can enjoy up to 240 free services. The "Home Bathing Project for the Disabled and Semi-Disabled Elderly", through the model of "government subsidies, corporate profits, and personal responsibility", allows the elderly who have been bedridden for a long time to "take a decent bath". As of the end of 2025, relevant departments have served a total of approximately 4,800 people. In response to cognitive impairment, Jiading District will compile an "Operation Management Guidance Manual" in 2026, create a municipal demonstration institution, introduce AI technology to achieve "individual care + intelligent empowerment", and transform professional care from "bed availability" to "quality".

  Improving the efficiency of services for the elderly requires coordinated efforts from the government and social forces. The "7×24-hour Video Doctor" free service launched by Shanghai Tonghe Orthopedic Hospital provides all-weather online medical support for the elderly. Residents can connect to professional doctors with just one click of a call, effectively breaking the time and space constraints of traditional medical care and providing "non-closing" health protection for elderly families with limited mobility.

  

  During the charity week, relevant activities will be carried out in the "Wojia Neighborhood Center" in 12 streets and towns, including Nanxiang, Zhenxin, Malu, and Jiangqiao. During the event, the senior citizen charity market will provide residents with convenient services such as health consultation, elderly care policy consultation and Q&A, assistive device experience and rental.

  7 hours ago

• The Ancient Costume Suspense Drama "The Strange Case Of The Tang Palace: Qingwu Fengming" Is A Hit. Watch The County Lord Outwit Hong Luqing.

  The costume suspense drama "The Strange Case of the Tang Palace: The Wind in the Blue Mist" is directed by Yin Tao, starring Bai Lu and Wang Xingyue, and is currently on the air!

  Li Peiyi was once a well-fed and well-loved county head, but when she was nine years old, her entire family was suddenly exterminated. No one in her family was spared, but she had a chance to escape because she entered the palace. People all over the world said that her father suddenly became insane and committed suicide after massacring his family members. However, Li Peiyi knew that her father had been wronged and wronged, and the real culprit was still at large. For more than ten years, she has endured hardships and endured hibernation. With her extraordinary perseverance, she entered the inner circle, just to secretly investigate the truth and avenge her father.

  Coincidentally, the bodies of unmarried women were frequently stolen in the capital, and strange things happened one after another. Li Peiyi made a decisive decision and used her own life to set up a trap. She unexpectedly uncovered the real culprit behind the scenes, the current Hong Lu Qing. A dignified official of the imperial court actually colluded with a young man and committed the dirty business of stealing corpses and engaging in secret marriages. This crime cannot be punished. Hongluqing immediately killed Li Peiyi in order to deceive others and kill people. Li Peiyi was originally a man of extraordinary skill and martial arts, but she took Xiuxi Pills as part of a fake-death scheme and forced her energy to run, which led to depletion of energy and blood, making her unable to achieve her goals. She was eventually captured by Hongluqing, who decided to bury her alive and nail her body with peach wood nails in an attempt to calm her soul.

  Unexpectedly, things will take a turn for the worse, and all of this is due to Li Peiyi's trick. A secret marriage was not enough to bring down the powerful Hongluqing, so she deliberately surrendered to arrest her, just to upgrade her charge to murdering the Lord of Fuchang County, making it difficult for him to fly. Hongluqing was desperate and tried to threaten the marriage of the fifteenth princess. Little did he know that although Li Peiyi and the fifteenth princess were brothers and did not want her to marry far away, she could not allow the traitor to go unpunished and was eventually brought to justice.

  The fifteenth princess has been neglected since she was a child due to her low status as a biological mother. Li Peiyi is her only close friend. On the day of the marriage, the whole capital was celebrating with loud gongs and drums, but only Li Peiyi stood at a high place, worried. The princess specially selected a pair of jade bracelets from the rewards as a token of friendship with Li Peiyi. But just as the fireworks filled the sky, an unknown fireball suddenly struck. The guards were caught off guard. The fifteenth princess at the top was unable to escape and was instantly swallowed by the fireball. When the fire was extinguished, the princess had been reduced to charred bones. Only the pair of jade bracelets fell into pieces, becoming the only clue at the scene. Li Peiyi was distraught and took the initiative to ask Ying to accept the imperial edict, vowing to find out the real murderer and avenge her friends.

  At the beginning of the investigation, Taishi Cheng Xiao Huaijin was full of doubts and became the primary suspect. Xiao Huaijin repeatedly reminded the exploration direction in good faith, but was ignored by the anxious Li Peiyi. Later, Li Peiyi peeled off the cocoon and discovered that the murderer used wax oil and silk threads to pretend to be a ghost. His committing methods were meticulous, and he must be someone who could freely come and go in the palace and was familiar with the banquet process. Following the traces of gunpowder left at the scene, Li Peiyi discovered that the palace lantern fuse was hidden in the dark room under the stage, which was the source of the explosion. The secret of the secret door was already hidden in the paintings provided by Xiao Huaijin.

  Seeing that Xiao Huaijin was thoughtful and knowledgeable, Li Peiyi immediately invited him to join forces to investigate the case. Xiao Huaijin wanted to refuse, but suddenly received an imperial decree ordering him to assist Li Peiyi in solving the case, and was full of doubts. It turns out that Li Peiyi had already understood that the Holy Father was worried about the evil aspects of the astrology and the instability of the court, so she used the astrological theory to convince the Holy One. The two men were divided into two groups. Xiao Huaijin traced the source of the gunpowder, while Li Peiyi followed the tung oil on the bucket to trace clues. Unexpectedly, she accidentally inhaled the drug on the way. When she woke up, she discovered that the key witness had been silenced. The worker in charge of the bucket had been brutally silenced. The clues were interrupted again. The shadow of the mastermind behind the scenes became more and more intense, and suspense and crisis were everywhere.

  The follow-up story will be more exciting, so stay tuned! Don’t forget to like and follow!

  8 hours ago