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>> Blockbuster News
ByteDance established the Douyin Group or listed it in Hong Kong
According to the website of the Hong Kong Companies Registry, ByteDance (Hong Kong) Limited has been renamed as TikTok Group (Hong Kong) Limited, effective 6 May 2022. In addition, several other companies under ByteDance have also changed their names to "Douyin". In addition, according to the national enterprise credit information publicity system, Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd. was renamed Beijing Douyin Information Service Co., Ltd. According to Tianyan, ByteDance Co., Ltd. was renamed Douyin Co., Ltd.
After a series of changes, ByteDance is believed to be reconsidering, and will independently list domestic businesses such as Douyin as Douyin Group in Hong Kong.
Mitsubishi Electric admitted to falsifying transformer data and concealed it for 40 years
Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corporation admitted that the transformers it produced had problems with falsification of inspection data. At the same time, the international certification body has suspended the ISO9001 international quality management system certification of the factory involved, and the international railway industry standard certification. Prior to this, Mitsubishi Electric's six factories had been cancelled or suspended for the same problem.
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According to a third-party investigation, Mitsubishi Electric's transformer data fraud dates back to at least 1982 and spans up to 40 years.
>> Quick Look, New Product Release
Sharp AQUOS R7 & wish2 released
Today, Sharp released two new models in Japan: the AQUOS R7 and the AQUOS wish2. The former is a high-end model, and the latter is a low-end model.
AQUOS R7 with a 6.6-inch (WUXGA+) Pro IGZO OLED display, supports variable refresh rates from 1 to 240Hz, peak brightness of 2000 nits, 1 billion colors, compatible with Dolby Vision, and corning Gorilla Glass Victus glass on both the display and back. In terms of configuration, it is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, 12GB of memory, 256GB of storage space, retaining a 3.5 mm headphone jack, supporting 1TB microSD card expansion and FeliCa function.
The AQUOS wish2 features a 5.7-inch 720p+ (720 x 1,520) display with a 13MP CMOS rear and an 8MP "waterdrop screen" lens on the front. In terms of configuration, the machine is equipped with Snapdragon 695 chip (this chip adopts 2.2GHz + 1.8GHz octa-core design), provides 64GB UFS 2.1 ROM + 4GB LPDDR4X RAM, and supports microSD / SDHC / SDXC card (up to 1TB) expansion.
ZTE announces the new Axon 40 Ultra
This afternoon, ZTE held an Axon 40 series conference, and the two models of ZTE Axon 40 Ultra and Axon 40 Pro were officially unveiled. Among them, the Axon 40 Ultra industry debuted the dual Sony IMX 787, as well as 64 million periscope telephoto, the overall 5.7x optical zoom, the image configuration is full.
In terms of screen, the 6.8-inch FHD+ screen has a 120Hz refresh rate, 10-bit color depth, and peak brightness of up to 1500 nit. Only 8.41mm thick and 204g, it is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 processor and is equipped with super dual VC liquid cooling. In terms of battery life, it is equipped with 80W fast charge and 5000mAh large battery as standard, and there are two colors of ink and Dunhuang on the color matching.
>> Breaking news and sneak peek
Meizu PANDAER x Puzzle Bricks crowdfunding
PANDAER is Meizu's Chaoku brand, mainly for users to create high-quality digital accessories / trend life peripherals / exquisite desktop travel and other products. Today is the last day of crowdfunding for PANDAER x Puzzle Brick Office, and more than 200,000 yuan has been raised so far.
PANDAER x Puzzle Bricks Crowdfunding 399 Yuan, the original price of 599 yuan, with 1365 bricks, using "Panda Head" cool transparent power cabin, environmental protection and safety non-toxic materials, full hand spray silver process, but also equipped with a quick-release base, suitable for ages 6 and above.
Motorola Razr3 real machine hands-on exposure
Motorola is preparing the next generation of folding screen products, the new product code name is "Maven", planned to be officially released in the summer, the machine or for the new Motorola Razr3. Judging from the exposed suspected real machine photos, the new machine continues the up-and-down folding scheme and redesigns the overall appearance, which is closer to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3.
The source of the image is @91mobiles
Maven eliminated the bulge in the chin part and integrated the fingerprint sensor into the power button, rear 50MP f/1.8 main camera + 13MP wide-angle/macro combination sensor with a center-punch screen with A resolution of FHD+ and a 32MP front camera.
The source of the image is @91mobiles
The new realme Pad is configured for exposure
Digital blogger @Digital Chat Station has exposed the true self's new realme Pad. According to the news, the next point of view of the real me should be the realme Pad, the prototype has two configuration versions, one of which uses an LCD screen, supports 2.5K resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, is equipped with a Snapdragon 870 processor, equipped with an 8360mAh battery, and supports a stylus.
>> Industry dynamics
Amazon's Android app prohibits the purchase of Kindle e-books
In April, the Google Play Store required app developers with an annual turnover of more than $1 million to pay a 30% commission for all in-app purchases, and Amazon recently eliminated the ability to buy Kindle e-books and other digital content from its Android shopping app in response to the Google Play Store policy.
Amazon says users can still own content through app downloads and streaming, but can only make new purchases through Amazon's website or the Kindle app.
The list of market capitalization of Chinese car companies was announced
Domestic car company market value list Top30 released, BYD ranked first, the market value of up to 707.408 billion yuan, even in the world, it is second only to Tesla and Toyota, ranked third, strong strength. The second place is Great Wall Motor, which reached 229.229 billion yuan, and its market value decreased by 9.42% compared with March. NIO ranked third, with a market capitalization of 187.024 billion yuan in April, down 20.67% from March.
>> Spit and talk together
Why Apple doesn't open up payment services: Service fee revenue exceeds $1 billion per year
Recently, Apple was sued by the European Union for not opening up the "tap-to-pay" function of the iPhone to third-party payment services.
Under Apple's current policy, third-party payment services PayPal, Square, and financial institutions such as Chase, Citi, and American Express cannot launch click-to-pay iPhone apps with their own features and interfaces. If they want to reach their iPhone user base, they have to pay up to 0.15 percent for every Apple Pay credit card transaction, which makes Apple $1 billion a year with Apple Pay.