2024-08-06
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The 2024 Fortune Global 500 was announced, with three Chinese companies in the top ten in terms of profits
Many technology companies saw sharp declines, with Apple recording its biggest one-day drop in nearly two years
Nobel Prize winner in physics Professor Tsung-Dao Lee dies at the age of 98
OpenAI is developing ChatGPT text watermarking
Tencent reportedly participated in Kimi Development Company's $300 million financing, Dark Side of the Moon: No comment
Xpeng Huitian announced that it has received US$150 million in Series B1 financing
Blizzard China said it is working closely with NetEase to continuously optimize the domestic gaming experience
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Musk reopens lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO
WeChat subscription accounts add a new "News" column content distribution format
Tesla's Xi'an braking incident vehicle identification result is no fault
Agency: VR/MR device shipments will reach 37 million units in 2030
Zhipu AI "Qingying" video model open source
It is rumored that the vice president of Xiaomi Group's mobile phone department has resigned. Xiaomi denies the rumor: He is in seclusion
Tencent File Assistant WeChat Mini Program will cease operations on October 11
Send a friend to ask him to delete the video of Mr. Luo's negative comments about Yu Minhong
Honor responds to listing rumors: IPO will be launched at an appropriate time
Zhou Hongyi: The cost of large models will be further reduced
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Hybrid tablet laptop 2-in-1 computer officially launched on August 10
Smart will hold a global launch event for the Phantom 5 in Australia on August 28
nova Flip small folding device officially released
Tmall Genie held a new product launch conference, bringing high-end new brands and a variety of new products
The 2024 Fortune Global 500 was announced, with three Chinese companies in the top ten in terms of profits
On August 5, Fortune China released the latest Fortune Global 500 list.
According to the ranking data, the total operating income of the Fortune Global 500 companies this year is about 41 trillion US dollars, equivalent to one-third of the global GDP, a slight increase of about 0.1% over last year. The threshold for this list (minimum sales revenue) has increased from 30.9 billion US dollars to 32.1 billion US dollars.
Walmart has been the world's largest company for the eleventh consecutive year. Amazon returned to second place. China State Grid Corporation continued to rank third, and Saudi Aramco and Sinopec ranked fourth and fifth respectively.
A total of three Chinese companies made it into the top ten in terms of profits, namely Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Agricultural Bank of China, among which ICBC's profits exceeded US$51.4 billion.
Nobel Prize winner in physics Professor Tsung-Dao Lee dies at the age of 98
According to The Paper, Professor Tsung-Dao Lee, a famous physicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics, died in San Francisco on August 4, US time, at the age of 98, due to illness. On the same day, relevant departments of Shanghai Jiao Tong University also confirmed the news of Lee's death.
As an important epoch-making contribution, Tsung-Dao Lee discovered the law of parity non-conservation in weak interactions and won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics with Professor Chen-Ning Yang. From the late 1940s to the early 1970s, he also made important research achievements in the field of weak interactions, such as the two-component neutrino theory, the universality of weak interactions, the intermediate boson theory, and the CP violation in the decay of neutral K mesons.
In statistical mechanics, he collaborated with Chen-Ning Yang and Kexun Huang to make groundbreaking contributions to many-body theory. In the 1970s and 1980s, he established non-topological soliton theory and hadron model, and proposed the "Lie model", "LN theorem" and "anomalous nuclear state" concepts in quantum field theory. In 1994, he was elected as a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Many technology companies saw sharp declines, with Apple recording its biggest one-day drop in nearly two years
On August 6, Beijing time, the three major U.S. stock indexes fell sharply, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 2.6%, the Nasdaq Composite Index falling 3.43%, and the S&P 500 Index falling 3%.
Popular technology stocks also fell generally, with Apple, Tesla, and Google falling by more than 4%. Apple fell 4.82%, marking its largest single-day drop since September 2022.
Nvidia's decline exceeded 6%, while Microsoft's market value fell below $3 trillion after falling more than 3%.
As early as August 5th local time, the “Big Seven” U.S. stocks (Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, Amazon, Tesla, and Meta) suffered heavy losses after opening, with their market value evaporating by nearly one trillion U.S. dollars.
Musk responded to a post on X by saying: "The Fed needs to lower interest rates, it's stupid that they haven't done so yet."
OpenAI is developing ChatGPT text watermarking
According to the Wall Street Journal, OpenAI has developed a tool that can be used to detect whether a user wrote an article using ChatGPT.
The report pointed out that this detection technology actually uses a text watermark that users cannot detect with the naked eye, but can be identified with the help of OpenAI's detection tools.
After the Wall Street Journal report was published, OpenAI also updated a blog post from May, which focused on research on detecting AI-generated content.
The update notes that text watermarking has proven to be "very accurate and even effective against local tampering." However, it is less capable of detecting global tampering, such as using a translation system, rewriting with another generative model, or asking the model to insert a special character between each word and then delete the character.
Tencent reportedly participated in Kimi Development Company's $300 million financing, Dark Side of the Moon: No comment
Recently, it was reported that Tencent participated in a $300 million financing round for the domestic artificial intelligence unicorn, Kimi smart assistant developer Dark Side of the Moon.
Dark Side of the Moon responded to The Paper on this matter: "We will not comment on the financing news."
As early as February this year, Dark Side of the Moon received US$1 billion in A+ round of financing initiated by Sequoia, Alibaba, Meituan, Xiaohongshu, etc., and the company's valuation was approximately US$2.5 billion.
Xpeng Huitian announced that it has received US$150 million in Series B1 financing
On August 5, Xiaopeng Motors announced on its official WeChat account that Xiaopeng Huitian has received $150 million in B1 round financing and has also started B2 round financing. This round of financing will ensure the smooth implementation of Xiaopeng Huitian's flying car research and development, mass production and commercialization.
Xiaopeng Motors said that Xiaopeng Huitian is about to build the world's first flying car factory in Guangzhou Development Zone that uses modern assembly lines for large-scale mass production. It will first be used to produce the flying body of the split flying car "land aircraft carrier".
In addition, Xiaopeng Motors also stated that the split flying car "Land Aircraft Carrier" will also be planned to start pre-sales in the fourth quarter of this year.
Blizzard China said it is working closely with NetEase to continuously optimize the domestic gaming experience
According to the Securities Times, in response to the recent issues such as long waiting times for players after the restart of the Chinese version of World of Warcraft, a Blizzard China official told the Securities Times on August 5:
We have always been touched and inspired by the passion of Chinese players for World of Warcraft. We are also very excited about the recent re-launch of World of Warcraft, as our Chinese players can reunite and play in Azeroth with their families and friends. We are also working closely with NetEase to continuously optimize the gaming experience in China, leveraging NetEase's local expertise and listening to the voice of the player community.
On August 4, the official Weibo account of World of Warcraft announced that it had completed the expansion of the official servers of Deathwing, Silver Hand, Rhonin, Tortheldrin (including Phoenix God), Burning Blade (Aihun, Grim Batol), and Frostmourne (including Forgotten Shore, Sacred Song, and Echo Mountains). At the same time, it also apologized for the server queues that brought players a bad gaming experience.
Musk reopens lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO
Musk has reopened his lawsuit against OpenAI, a move that escalates OpenAI's rights struggle, according to the New York Times.
The new complaint filed in court on Monday alleges that OpenAI and its two founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, put commercial interests above the public interest and violated the company's founding contract.
The lawsuit also states that after founding OpenAI with Musk in 2015 and promising to carefully develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman abandoned that mission and entered into a multi-billion dollar partnership with Microsoft.
WeChat subscription accounts add a new "News" column content distribution format
According to Jianshi News, WeChat recently added a "News Flash" column to its "Subscription Account" function, which is placed at the top of the "Subscription Account" column.
The content pushed by "News Flash" is mostly the latest hot information, most of which come from the official media's public accounts, and can be pushed without the user's attention.
However, at present, this function is still in grayscale testing and is constantly being iterated and adjusted.
Tesla's Xi'an braking incident vehicle identification result is no fault
According to The Paper, the second-instance judgment has been made in the defamation case between Tesla and Xi'an Li (one of the core members of the Shanghai Auto Show incident).
The verdict showed that the amount of compensation that Li should pay to Tesla was adjusted from 2,000 yuan in the first instance to 70,000 yuan. Li's appeal was not established, and the court did not accept Li's appeal.
At the same time, the judicial appraisal agency commissioned by the court appraised the vehicle involved in the case, and the appraisal opinion was: Tesla’s vehicle braking system is normal, effective and fault-free, and meets relevant technical standards.
Agency: VR/MR device shipments will reach 37 million units in 2030
According to the latest report from TrendForce, shipments of near-eye displays are expected to increase year by year in the next few years as inventories clear.
OLEDoS is expected to dominate the high-end VR/MR market, with its technology share rising to 23% by 2030. LCD will continue to dominate the mainstream market, accounting for 63% of near-eye displays.
TrendForce pointed out that VR/MR has laid a solid foundation in the entertainment and gaming fields. At the same time, the Apple Vision Pro, which will be launched in 2024, is expected to open up new avenues for VR/MR applications. Its high pricing and limited service content will also improve over time.
TrendForce predicts that by 2030, VR/MR device shipments could reach 37.3 million units.
Zhipu AI "Qingying" video model open source
This morning, THUKEG (Zhipu AI's official account) open-sourced CogVideoX on Github. It is worth noting that this model is the base model of Zhipu's second-generation AI video clearing, which was very popular in the past two weeks.
On July 26, Zhipu AI published an article on its official public account, announcing the launch of the Qingying large model.
The model allows users to express a few words to hundreds of words, and after waiting for 30 seconds, they can obtain a high-precision video with a resolution of 1440 x 960.
It is rumored that the vice president of Xiaomi Group's mobile phone department has resigned. Xiaomi denies the rumor: He is in seclusion
Recently, the Weibo homepage of Jin Fan, vice president of Xiaomi Group's mobile phone department and general manager of MIUI experience, showed "No content yet". Some netizens speculated that Jin Fan would leave Xiaomi or no longer be responsible for the MIUI (Pengpai OS) business.
On August 5, Wang Hua, general manager of Xiaomi's public relations department, posted on Weibo, saying, "Jin Fan is in seclusion. I asked him and found out that his Weibo account has been set to be visible for half a year. We will talk to you all when he comes out of seclusion within the year."
Tencent File Assistant WeChat Mini Program will cease operations on October 11
Tencent File Assistant issued an announcement yesterday, stating that due to business adjustments, the "File Assistant" applet/web page will cease operations from October 11, 2024.
The announcement stated that starting today, the "File Assistant" applet's file backup function will be closed. Before October 11, 2024, users can browse and download backed-up files normally, but new files will no longer be backed up. Please save the backed-up file documents as soon as possible.
As for the affected members, the official said that a refund channel has been opened. Users can go to the Sync Assistant App - Files - Shared Space - Click Announcement - Refund Channel to fill in the account information to be refunded.
Send a friend to ask him to delete the video of Mr. Luo's negative comments about Yu Minhong
According to Sanyan Pro, there are pictures circulating online saying that Jiaogepengyou sent an urgent notice to the authorized slice account, saying that due to the recent increase in negative comments about Mr. Luo talking about Yu Minhong, in order to prevent the spread of bad public opinion, the group's senior management decided to require the influencer to immediately remove all such videos before 24:00 on August 3. If they are not deleted in time, the authorization will be directly revoked.
However, at present, many slice accounts authorized by Jiao Ge Pengyou still have slice videos related to Luo Yonghao calling Yu Minhong a "stingy man" and "iron teacher" during a live broadcast.
The report pointed out that Luo Yonghao first called Yu Minhong a "stingy person" when the "Little Composition" incident of Oriental Selection occurred last year. At that time, while Luo Yonghao was supporting Dong Yuhui, he criticized Yu Minhong for being unfair to Dong Yuhui and unwilling to share the benefits, calling him a "stingy person."
Honor responds to listing rumors: IPO will be launched at an appropriate time
According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, in response to recent rumors about its listing, Honor stated that Honor has always adhered to the principles of open and transparent development and will continue to diversify its equity structure.
In addition, Honor plans to launch corresponding shareholding reforms in the fourth quarter of this year and start the IPO process at an appropriate time thereafter.
Honor said that it would disclose relevant financial data in the corresponding process. From January 1, 2021 to date, Honor has not received "support beyond normal enterprises" from the Shenzhen Municipal Government.
Zhou Hongyi: The cost of large models will be further reduced
Yesterday, Zhou Hongyi released a video on a social platform. He believes that the cost of large models will be further reduced, making technology equal and truly accessible to everyone and every organization, truly realizing the industrial revolution of large models. In addition, he also talked about the four major developments of large models that he expected:
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Hybrid tablet notebook two-in-one computer started pre-sale yesterday and will be officially launched on August 10th, with a price of 15,999 yuan.
According to the information on the product details page, the computer is equipped with Windows and Android dual systems, each system has 10GB of specific storage space, and sending files to the mixed folder can achieve dual system synchronization.
In terms of appearance, ThinkBook Plus Hybrid adopts CNC integrated molding technology. The notebook is 15.9mm thick and weighs 1.75Kg; the tablet part is 6.6mm thick and weighs 785g.
In terms of configuration, the tablet is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, 12GB LPDDR5x memory, and 256GB UFS3.1 storage; the base is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor, 32GB LPDDR5x memory, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD.
Smart will hold a global launch event for the Phantom 5 in Australia on August 28
Smart announced that it will hold a global launch event for the Phantom 5 in Australia on August 28.
In addition to being the brand's first "large five-seater" pure electric SUV model, it is also the world's first mass-produced car equipped with ByteDance's self-developed "Doubao AI Big Model".
In terms of vehicle positioning, the Elf 5 is a "city-to-outdoor" vehicle with certain outdoor attributes.
In addition, in order to achieve the fully evolved smart OS 2.0, smart has joined hands with ByteDance's "Doubao AI Big Model" to co-create the smart AI big model, which deeply integrates ByteDance's diverse service network and advanced algorithms. The purpose is to present a smoother and more diverse smart cockpit experience.
nova Flip officially released
On August 5, nova Flip was officially released with a starting price of 5,288 yuan.
In terms of appearance, nova Flip comes in four colors: New Green, Sakura Pink, Zero White, and Starry Black, and the body is as thin as 6.88 mm.
In terms of configuration, it adopts the basalt water drop hinge, is equipped with a 6.94-inch ultra-clear flexible OLED screen, and is equipped with HarmonyOS 4.2.
This time, nova Flip comes in three storage versions, with the 256GB version priced at 5,288 yuan, the 512GB version priced at 5,688 yuan, and the 1TB version priced at 6,488 yuan.
Tmall Genie held a new product launch conference, bringing high-end new brands and a variety of new products
On August 5, Tmall Genie held a high-end brand and new product launch conference. This conference brought a new brand "Wow" and a series of new products.
The first flagship product of Wow, the Wow Girlfriend Phone, was officially released yesterday. In terms of screen, it is equipped with a 4K primary color eye protection large screen, supports DCI-P3 movie-level wide color gamut, and 1.07 billion true color display. In terms of sound quality, the Wow Girlfriend Phone combines an independent 20W mid-range unit, a bottom peak power 150W woofer and two passive radiator units to develop a three-way panoramic sound system.
The Wow Girlfriend Phone is equipped with the GenieOS 7.0 intelligent operating system and a Tongyi large model base, which realizes a series of intelligent functions such as AI sound effects, algorithm sound pickup, and AI fitness.
Wow, the best friend phone is available in three configurations, of which the 8GB+128GB version is priced at 4,999 yuan, the 8GB+256GB high-end version and Zhou Shen customized version (8GB+256GB) are both priced at 5,499 yuan.
In addition, Tmall Genie IN Sugar 6 was also officially unveiled at the conference. The interactive screen of Tmall Genie IN Sugar 6 creatively uses the Thousand Island structure to achieve the spacing of lamp beads. Each lamp bead is an island, and the light does not interfere with each other, making the light feeling clearer.
Compared with speakers of the same price on the market, IN Sugar 6 also adds a 12-watt large-diameter low-impedance speaker and dynamic EQ adjustment, and upgrades the speaker from the common 3W-8W on the market to 12W, allowing users to experience the best listening experience in different music scenarios.
Tmall Genie IN Sugar 6 has four color versions, among which the first sale price of brown sugar, milk candy and orange candy is 179 yuan, and the blue sand "Zhou Shen gift box version" is 249 yuan.
BIRKENSTOCK launches a collaboration with BEAMS
Yesterday, the official account of BEAMS announced the launch of the BOSTON EVA limited series in collaboration with BIRKENSTOCK
In terms of appearance, the series has four color options: BLACK, KHAKI, EGGSHELL, and ROASTBROWN.
BEAMS said that the material used in BOSTON EVA is not only very light, but also has excellent elasticity and cushioning properties. In addition, the upper fits the foot and the integrated outsole is non-slip.
BOSTON EVA will be officially released on August 10th.
F-LAGSTUF-F launches Tekken series of items
F-LAGSTUF-F recently announced on social media that it will launch a series of products based on the game "Tekken".
Judging from the information currently available, this collaboration will launch a variety of items including T-shirts, baseball caps, and hoodies.
The series of items will be officially on sale on August 10th.
Kaiying Network will jointly release the mobile game "Dragon Nest World" with Shengqu Games
Kaiying Network published an article on its official account on August 5, stating that it had recently reached a cooperation with Shengqu Games, and the two parties will jointly release the 3D action MMORPG mobile game "Dragon Nest World".
Kaiying Network said that the game perfectly inherited the classic essence of the PC game, bringing players an unparalleled "walking dragon valley, immersive combat" experience.
The article mentioned that in the mobile game "Dragon Nest World", there will be familiar Q-version three-head characters, a childlike kawaii style of painting, a meticulously restored medieval architectural style, and the same NPC images and monster designs as always, allowing fans to relive the fantasy adventure in the beautiful Altria.
The movie "Rebirth" is scheduled to be released on August 16
Yesterday, the official Weibo account of the movie "Rebirth" announced that the film will be officially released on August 16. The film is directed by Ma Yuke and stars Nick Cheung, Ethan Ruan, Zhang Rongrong and Ma Yuke.
The film tells the story of Zhang Yao (played by Nick Cheung), whose family was destroyed due to persecution by drug dealers, and the ruthless narcotics enforcement captain An Du (played by Ethan Ruan) who join hands to eliminate the evil.
Deadpool 3 becomes the highest-grossing R-rated film in North American history
According to Mtime.com, in its second week of release in North America, "Deadpool vs. Wolverine" retained the weekend championship with a box office of 97 million U.S. dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 395 million U.S. dollars, surpassing "The Passion of the Christ"'s 371 million U.S. dollars, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated movie in North American film history.
The film has grossed $824 million worldwide, surpassing "Deadpool 1," "Deadpool 2" and "The Matrix 2," becoming the third highest-grossing R-rated film in global film history. The top two are "Joker" with $1.078 billion and "Oppenheimer" with $977 million.
The blind box dating documentary "Dare You" was launched yesterday
On August 5, the blind box blind date documentary "Dare You Dare" was officially launched on Youku.
According to the official website, "Dare to Dare" records a video experiment exploring intimacy in a unique "blind box blind date" format. Reality is like a beam of light penetrating the clouds, illuminating the emotional corners hidden behind their daily trivialities.
The documentary has been broadcast on Youku every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 18:00 since yesterday.
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