Today in the history of technology
On the morning of August 24, 2018, people saw Uxin’s first financial report after its listing: second quarter revenue increased by 79.6% and net profit was 209.7 million yuan, compared with a loss of 569.5 million yuan in the same period last year. After the financial report was disclosed, Uxin opened 6.5% lower and closed up 6.25%, with its stock price reaching as high as $8.
——Lin Jun and Hu Zhe "The Boiling New Decade"
Today's headlines
HEADLINE NEWS
The National Development and Reform Commission has approved Xiaomi’s production of electric cars, and Xiaomi said its car profit margin is only 1%
Recently, according to foreign media reports, people familiar with the matter revealed that smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has received approval from China’s National Development and Reform Commission to produce electric vehicles, marking an important step towards the company’s goal of producing cars early next year. The National Development and Reform Commission, which oversees new investment and production capacity in China's auto industry, earlier this month gave Beijing-based Xiaomi the go-ahead to make electric vehicles, people familiar with the matter said, making Xiaomi the fourth company to do so since late 2017. enterprise. However, Xiaomi still needs to obtain approval from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which is responsible for evaluating the technical and safety requirements of new automakers and models.
In addition, overseas media reported that Xiaomi’s electric cars only have a profit margin of 1%, and it is not obtained from the hardware side, but from the software side. According to reports, the automotive industry has relatively high barriers to entry for new players. If you want to enter the market, you need to make a significant investment. For this reason, especially small and new manufacturers find it difficult to outperform their competitors at competitive prices. To avoid similar challenges, Xiaomi wants to take a different approach to their electric cars. According to the latest news, Xiaomi Auto does not make a lot of money from hardware or physical components of vehicles. Their profit margin is 1%, and it is mainly obtained through software or car systems. (NetEase Technology)
Domestic information
DOMESTIC NEWS
Will a major Internet company acquire Haodafu Online? Internal employees: The company has laid off employees many times and is in a period of turmoil
Recently, some media reported that a major Internet company wants to acquire Haodafu Online and has already made an offer, while Haodafu Online's business is at a standstill. On August 23, the reporter learned from internal employees of Haodafu Online that Haodafu Online was indeed in a period of turmoil. As an ordinary employee, "I feel panicked every day and feel that I am in a bad situation."
The above-mentioned employees said that the company suddenly laid off employees in December last year. At that time, it laid off a lot of technology and product-related employees. It was said that it was developing from a commercial perspective. In the first half of this year, it also made some attempts. I don’t know what happened, but suddenly it laid off employees again. , now there are only about a hundred or so people left. Who is the major Internet company that wants to acquire Haodafu Online? The above-mentioned employee said that he had heard many versions, which were all rumors. “I also want to know, but it may be difficult to confirm until the last minute.” (The Paper)
Jilin Telecom refutes rumors that it will provide 80 million mobile phone numbers to northern Myanmar
On August 23, Jilin Telecom’s official Weibo posted: It is false information that “Jilin Telecom provided more than 80 million mobile phone numbers to fraud groups in northern Myanmar”. Some self-media accounts have taken advantage of the recent public attention on fraud in northern Myanmar to create the above-mentioned false information and spread malicious hype, seriously damaging the image of our company. Our company will safeguard the company's rights and interests in accordance with the law.
CCTV's "Today's Statement" column mentioned in the program on August 9: The public security organs have so far arrested 23 operator insiders, each of whom has made profits ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of yuan, or even nearly 10 million yuan. No, the data recovered from the computers seized by the police included more than 80 million mobile phone number data. This means that 80 million mobile phone numbers within operators were used by criminal suspects to register for WeChat, becoming accomplices in electronic fraud and online gambling.
According to the Daily Economic News, the 80 million mobile phone numbers are the total data of 23 operator insiders. These people span multiple provinces, including Henan Telecom, a certain operator in Jiangsu and Jilin Telecom, but not Jilin Telecom.
In addition, the program only clarified that these 80 million mobile phone numbers were registered as WeChat IDs and became accomplices in electronic fraud and online gambling, but it did not clarify that the target of the sale was a telecom fraud group in northern Myanmar.
(
Daily Economic News
)
Jack Ma’s latest statement
On August 23, a video released by the WeChat public account of the "Jack Ma Foundation" showed that Alibaba founder Jack Ma participated in the Jack Ma Foundation's "'Principal's Appointment' Rural Principal Program 2022", which was previously held in Hangzhou, and was selected as the principal. Sharing Session" and shared his new educational insights gained from agriculture.
Ma Yun said that he has seen agricultural technologies in many places, and some of them have even tried to grow vegetables, tea, grass, grapes, fish, cattle, wine, etc. He found that places that do well in agriculture do not necessarily have the best resources, but they must have innovative technologies, unique thinking, and imagination. Ma Yun said that these agricultural practices have inspired him a lot - knowledge is important, and it is even more important to let your imagination run wild and cultivate different thinking. (Shanghai Securities News)
Xiaohongshu e-commerce is accelerating in an all-round way:
after establishing a first-level department, the direction of investment is clear
It is reported that Xiaohongshu integrated e-commerce business and live broadcast business, established a new trading department, and became a first-level department parallel to the community department and commercial department.
Previously, e-commerce business was a secondary department under the Ministry of Communities.
Xiaohongshu Chief Operating Officer Conan (sudden name) also serves as the head of the new department. At the same time, she also serves as the head of commercial products and commercial technology under the Commercial Department.
After the establishment of the new department, Xiaohongshu gradually found an e-commerce path that it recognized.
(LatePost later)
JiKrypton plans to raise US$1 billion in IPO
According to reports, Geely Automobile’s high-end smart brand Jikrypton Technology plans to start a new round of testing meetings with investors at the end of August and plans to raise about US$1 billion in a future IPO.
At the Geely Automobile's 2023 interim financial report the day before, regarding the progress of Jikrypton's IPO, An Conghui, president of Geely Holding Group and CEO of Jikrypton Intelligent Technology, said that he would continue to closely track the dynamics of the capital market and choose an appropriate window period to list the company, and revealed In the first half of this year, Jikrypton's vehicle gross profit margin reached double-digit levels.
(Business world)
Evergrande Real Estate Group:
The controlling shareholder converted the loan into new shares of Evergrande New Energy Automobile
Recently, Evergrande Real Estate Group Co., Ltd. issued an announcement that as part of the proposed reorganization, certain payments provided by China Evergrande and other parties to Evergrande New Energy Vehicles are planned to be converted into new shares of Evergrande New Energy Vehicles at a conversion price of HK$3.84 per share. The part of the new shares of Evergrande New Energy Automobile will be used as exchange property for the compulsory exchangeable bonds of Evergrande New Energy Automobile that will be issued by China Evergrande, and will be deposited into a custodial account for the benefits of Evergrande New Energy Automobile's stock-linked notes.
(Shanghai Automobile News)
Li Xiang hinted that a car company was “seriously corrupt”
On August 23, Ideal Auto’s public relations manager @Hardge said on Weibo, “I don’t know which friend has bought a lot of water numbers in the past two days. The weekly sales of the Black Ideal L7 have declined, and the delivery volume at the end of the month is large and the delivery volume at the beginning of the month. The quantity is small, and most car companies have this kind of delivery rhythm, which can also be hacked.” He said that after observation, he found that “these account cooperative agencies are the same, and they all have only hundreds of thousands of fake fans, and they read thousands of times a day.” Quantity, it can be said that it has no influence. It’s a pity that all the money is wasted if you ignore Ideal and Tesla.”
Later, Li Xiang, CEO of Li Auto, retweeted Weibo and said directly: Senior executives of car brands should pay special attention to this kind of advertising and operations by their own teams. This kind of advertising has no actual effect (it is black content but does not have any traffic), and will also bring Corruption (all black box operations) has wiped out the already tight market costs. Our backend monitors the entire network and finds that car brands that are recognized as serious corruption in the industry have the most such investments. In response, many netizens commented on the car companies that Li Xiang suggested were "seriously corrupt" in the comment area. (Electric Zhijia)
Huawei Mate 60 series is revealed to be the first satellite phone, equipped with domestic PA chips
Previously, multiple sources revealed that Huawei will resume its dual-flagship strategy this year. In addition to the P60 series launched in the first half of the year, the Mate series in the second half of previous years will also be updated, and it is expected to bring a new Huawei Mate60 series in September-October. Digital blogger @wangzaibaishitong broke the news in June this year that "a certain factory is developing a satellite phone function." Recently, the blogger confirmed that Huawei Mate 60 series will launch this function.
According to the blogger, the PA chip (power amplifier) used in Huawei Mate 60 series is expected to be provided by domestic manufacturers and adopt the Tiantong-1 satellite mobile communication system. The PA chip mentioned by the blogger is an important chip that constitutes the radio frequency front-end. 4G mobile phones require about 5-7 PA chips. In the 5G era, the number will increase to about 16. At present, it is not possible to confirm which manufacturer's PA chip Huawei uses. It is said that it is not designed by Huawei. (IT Home)
Wang Yucheng, head of 3D vision at Xpeng Motors, resigned to devote himself to VR technology research
According to reports, Wang Yucheng, the head of 3D vision at Xpeng Motors, has recently resigned. According to Wang Yucheng’s real-name certified Maimai platform’s work experience, Wang Yucheng resigned from Xiaopeng Motors in August this year. After leaving, he returned to his early workplace “Kandao Australia Research” as a senior director. This is a VR technology-based company. Master's Research Center.
Wang Yucheng joined Baidu in 2018 as a senior engineer, mainly responsible for the research and development of 3D sensing technology for autonomous driving. According to the new media "Mai Bajun" under Maimai, Wang Yucheng, who was introduced in the series of true stories about job-hopping from major manufacturers, has been working on L4 level autonomous driving at Baidu for two years, and feels that L4's business model is not mature. Wang Yucheng said: "At that time, it was difficult for you to estimate the point in time when L4 level autonomous driving could support our group of developers through profitability. Even from today's perspective, this cycle may take another 5 years. -10 years." (Tech Planet)
Several Teslas were exposed to water-related anal prolapses, with their rear bumpers flipped out, and the scene was embarrassing
Recently, many car owners have revealed that their Teslas suffered "anal prolapse" due to wading in water. Multiple leaked photos show that the bottom of the Tesla's rear bumper flipped out and got stuck on the road, in exactly the same situation. Netizens analyzed that this is a design flaw of Tesla. Because the exhaust pipe needs to be arranged at the back of a gas truck, it cannot be made into a closed one. Electric cars mainly depend on the design. At least the one that has been exposed the most so far is Tesla.
Some car owners said that they didn't feel anything when the rear bumper fell off, and they only found out when they arrived at the parking lot. Because they drove away from the scene of the accident, the insurance would not cover it, and Tesla would not give a reply. (Quick Technology)
Unity engine Chinese version "Unity Engine" officially released
On August 23, according to Unity official news, Unity China officially launched the Unity Chinese version of the engine Unity Engine. It is reported that the Unity Engine is based on Unity 2022 LTS and provides deeper technical empowerment and efficiency for the fields of mini games and smart cars. Speed up.
Unity Engine currently supports Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems, as well as Android, iOS, WebGL, Weixin Mini Game, HMI Android, QNX, and Embedded Linux platforms, and will soon support the OpenHarmony open source project and AliOS operating system.
According to Unity, the Unity Engine Genesis Edition will invite a small number of developers to participate in internal testing in September this year, and will gradually open internal testing to more developers from October to November this year, and will launch the official version in December this year. . (Pinwan)
Expired medicines cause 15,000 tons of waste every year, and irrational household preparation of medicines makes the areas hardest hit by the waste of expired medicines.
To prevent and treat diseases, many families have a habit of stocking up on commonly used medicines. However, most medicines have a shelf life. Due to some families' irrational hoarding of medicines and unscientific preparation and use of medicines, a large number of medicines are "discarded upon expiration", resulting in waste. Since the beginning of this year, topics focusing on the waste of household medicines have been on the "hot search" many times, such as "Hundreds of boxes of ibuprofen were thrown into the trash can", "Netizens dumped all 1,000 antipyretics in their hands", etc. Netizens shared their experiences of what was once a "sought-after drug" and is now gathering dust at home, arousing a lot of resonance.
The phenomenon of household drug waste has existed for a long time. The "White Paper on Recycling of Expired Drugs in Chinese Households (2004-2014)" released by Guangyao Baiyunshan pointed out: "About 78.6% of households in my country have small medicine boxes, and 90.1% of the respondents There is a history of randomly discarding expired medicines. The waste caused by expired medicines in my country reaches 15,000 tons every year. "Some experts have analyzed that more and more families have developed the habit of preparing medicines. Coupled with our country's huge population, The risk of household medicine waste is increasing. (Economic Information Newspaper)
Super-smooth 3D printed toilet that is non-stick has been successfully developed
According to reports, a research team at Huazhong University of Science and Technology has developed a toilet that is extremely smooth and can maintain its smoothness despite being subjected to friction.
Almost nothing sticks to it even after long-term use, which means it can significantly reduce the amount of water used to flush, and - no more scrubbing the toilet.
For their experimental demonstration, they 3D printed a tenth-size model of a toilet, using lasers to fuse particles of a mixture of plastic and hydrophobic sand together to create a complex internal structure. They then lubricate the surface with a silicone oil that also penetrates below the surface due to the toilet's material structure. (other)
international information
FOREIGN NEWS
Apple is suspected of false advertising. The A16 processor claimed to be 4nm is actually a 5nm process
According to foreign media reports on August 22, although the A16 Bionic chip equipped in Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro series claims to use TSMC’s 4nm process, the latest news shows that this chip is actually a 5nm chip. Apple's marketing team has made false propaganda and misled consumers.
Well-known whistleblower @URedditor said that Apple's A16 Bionic claims to be a 4nm process, but "I saw it internally labeled as a 5nm chip." This also explains why Apple’s press release mentioned that the M2 Pro and M2 Max processors equipped with the updated MacBook Pro use a 5nm process instead of a 4nm process. However, @URedditor said that Apple’s A17 Bionic processor will be made using TSMC’s 3nm process, which will bring about greater performance improvements. Previous benchmark data showed that the A17 Bionic's single-core and multi-core performance was 31% faster than its predecessor. (Xinzhixun)
Google engineer reveals he earns $150,000 by working only one hour a day
A Google programmer who goes by the pseudonym Devon told Fortune that he only works for the company for one hour a day. He said that he gets up at about 9 o'clock every day, takes a shower and has breakfast, then works until about 11 o'clock, and starts working on his startup company in the afternoon. Devon sees himself as one of thousands of tech workers doing nothing. VijayGovin darajan, a professor at Dartmouth University's Tuck School of Business, said that during the early boom period of the epidemic, technology giants would recruit beyond demand. This practice of providing high salaries and hoarding talents for unnecessary positions is called "penning" . Devon's annual salary is close to $150,000. He said the boss was just buying out everyone he could to prevent them from going to another company to build a product that competed with Google.
After rounds of layoffs and amid sluggish sales across the tech industry, many are left with nothing to do. Devon knew the job would be easier when he accepted the position at Google. He completed all the code early in his internship at Google, but sent the code line by line to his manager at a relatively slow pace. He even went on a vacation to Hawaii during the internship. . If he had to work long hours, he said, he would go to a startup. But most people at Google know they just have a job. (GeekSolidot)
U.S. express delivery giant gives 340,000 employees salary increase
United Parcel Service (UPS) is the world's largest express delivery giant by market value. The number of packages it handles accounts for nearly 25% of the total package volume in the United States, approximately 24 million packages per day. But as inflation rises in the United States, the company is also facing increased labor costs. According to the latest labor agreement reached by UPS and its employees, the new contract will increase the starting salary of part-time employees from the current contract wage of $15.50 to $21 per hour (approximately RMB 153), and the maximum hourly wage for full-time employees will rise to $49. An experienced freight driver can earn up to $175,000 (approximately 1.27 million yuan) in salary and benefits per year, exceeding high-paying occupations such as programmers. (Daily Economic News)
Musk criticized
Meta
for
not open-sourcing its platform recommendation algorithm, saying it
"
uses algorithms to manipulate the public
."
According to news on August 23, the offline Mortal Kombat agreement between Musk and Zuckerberg has not been reached, but Musk does not intend to let it go. Since we couldn't fight offline, we naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity to talk online.
Musk forwarded a post from a user named Michael Shellenberger and said: "Meta (Facebook) manipulates public opinion almost everywhere on earth, which is why they are unwilling to open source their algorithms." After inquiry, it was found As you know, in April this year, Musk announced the open source Twitter (X platform) recommendation algorithm and hosted all relevant codes on GitHub, so Musk does have some confidence to talk. (IT Home)
Thailand:
Facebook
will shut down the entire platform
if
it does not solve the fraud problem
Facebook has encountered an unprecedented crisis in Thailand, as the country's government accused it of failing to remove false advertisements involving fraud in time, resulting in more than 200,000 Thai people being deceived. According to reports, these advertisements include inducing users to invest in "ghost" companies, participate in digital currency transactions, or impersonate government agencies to commit fraud.
Thailand’s Minister of Digital Economy and Society Chai Oo recently stated that if Facebook does not take effective measures to solve this problem, it will seek court intervention and may shut down Facebook’s services in Thailand. Ministry spokesman Wetang Phuangsup said authorities have collected evidence of Facebook's violations and will submit them to the court. He emphasized that if the court finds that Facebook has multiple violations, it will have the right to shut down the social media website and account, or even the entire platform. Facebook has not yet responded to the matter. (interface)
Musk says traditional automakers will have Kodak moment
According to news on August 23, Musk warned on Tuesday that traditional automakers are about to usher in their "Kodak moment" if they cannot accelerate the transformation to electric vehicles. Just like the former film industry giant Kodak, it was eliminated because it could not keep up with the trend of the digital age. One X user posted: "Legacy cars are about to have their Kodak moment."
Musk responded: “Unfortunately, this is a trend for many automakers. Some companies do understand it, but their pace of change is still slow. Tesla is trying to make the transition to self-driving electric vehicles. Help other automakers as much as possible during the transition: we open source our patents, provide access to our super charging stations, and invite them to license our self-driving AI system.” (Sina Finance)
NYSE suspends trading in WeWork warrants and begins delisting them
According to foreign media reports, the New York Stock Exchange stated on August 22 that due to the "abnormally low" trading price of WeWork warrants, the exchange has suspended its trading and will initiate the process of delisting it. WeWork warned earlier this month about its ability to maintain operations, but the company added that its common stock would continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange. (interface)
Analyst: Tesla Cybertruck truck reservations have exceeded 1.96 million, with revenue of US$196 million from deposits alone
According to news on August 23, electric vehicle analyst Sawyer Merritt posted on the X platform, showing that the number of reservations for Tesla's Cybertruck truck has now reached 1.962941 units. Sawyer Merritt said that since Tesla requires users to pay a $100 deposit (fully refundable) when accepting reservations, Tesla has earned more than $196 million (currently about 1.431 billion yuan) from deposits for the Cybertruck truck.
Sawyer Merritt believes that the pre-orders for nearly 2 million Cybertruck trucks (including the accompanying FSD price) will mean a value of US$148.56 billion (currently approximately 1.08 trillion yuan) to Tesla after final delivery. (IT Home)
Meta launches new AI model that can transcribe and translate nearly 100 languages
On Tuesday (August 22) local time, Meta released an artificial intelligence (AI) model called SeamlessM4T, which can translate and transcribe nearly a hundred languages. According to Meta, SeamlessM4T can translate speech to text and text to text in nearly 100 languages. For speech-to-speech and text-to-speech operations, it can recognize 100 input languages and convert them into 35 output languages.
SeamlessM4T is released under the Creative Commons License (CC) License 4.0, which allows researchers to iterate on it. In addition to SeamlessM4T, Meta also released metadata for its open translation dataset SeamlessAlign. "Building a universal language translator, such as that of the fictional Babel Fish in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is challenging because existing speech-to-speech and speech-to-text systems only cover the world's languages," Meta said. A small part.” (Financial Associated Press)
Japanese watchmaker Seiko was attacked by ransomware gang BlackCat, and hackers claimed to have obtained confidential technology
According to news on August 23, the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang has added Japanese watchmaker Seiko to its ransomware website, claiming responsibility for the cyber attack disclosed by the company earlier this month. Seiko is one of the world's largest and oldest watchmakers, with approximately 12,000 employees and annual revenue of more than $1.6 billion. On August 10, 2023, Seiko issued a data breach notification: An unauthorized third party gained access to at least a portion of its IT infrastructure and accessed or stole data.
According to foreign media reports, the BlackCat ransomware group recently claimed to be behind the Seiko attack and released samples of data they claimed to have stolen during the attack. (IT Home)
Yandex Netherlands to relaunch under new brand early next year
According to foreign media reports, Yandex Netherlands Holdings recently posted several job postings on LinkedIn. Among them, the job description of a document workflow expert mentioned that Yandex NV is creating a new company that will be launched in early 2024 with a temporary name. Undetermined, "aims to become a leading player in the technology markets of Europe and the Middle East." The new team will support existing operations and facilitate the development and acquisition of new projects in the field of artificial intelligence. (interface)
4.7 billion burned in 10 years, EU's
"
Human Brain Project
"
failed
Ten years ago, scientists in Europe planned to recreate the human brain in a supercomputer. Ten years later, most of the EU's 600 million euros have been wasted. In this plan called the Human Brain Project (HBP), the European Union has invested nearly 4.7 billion yuan. There are more than 500 top scientists who have published thousands of papers.
The 10-year Human Brain Project will end in September this year.
Yet for humans, fully understanding the human brain remains elusive.
Not to mention using computers to simulate the human brain and develop brain-like intelligence.
(New Wisdom)
A certain brand of 3D printer scares consumers by automatically printing at night
Recently, many users who own 3D printers from Bambu Lab found that their printers automatically started printing tasks at night, causing some printed works to be destroyed and even some printers to be damaged. Bambu has identified the cause of the issue and is implementing a software fix to prevent users from worrying about whether their 3D printer is possessed by a ghost or has become self-aware. (IT Home)
Hollywood studios make latest proposal to striking screenwriters: Limit the use of artificial intelligence
The alliance representing Hollywood studios and streaming services made what it considered the best offer to the striking writers on the evening of August 22, announcing the latest labor contract terms in the hope of persuading the Writers Guild of America to accept the agreement. The studios said their proposed concessions include guaranteed minimum employment terms, controls on the use of artificial intelligence, higher wages and replay-related revenue, and quarterly reporting on the number of hours watched for each production on streaming platforms. (Sina Technology)
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