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Huawei refuted rumors that 32,000 scientists were officially transferred: the rumor-mongers were groundless and fabricated
Recently, a number of platforms on the Internet released a series of remarks against Huawei, which were confirmed to be rumors, and Huawei said that the rumor-mongers were groundless and made out of nothing. In addition, Huawei called on netizens to "do not believe, do not spread, and report decisively". (CBN)
Expose Xiaomi's self-developed system as a full-end system: early or compatible with Android, will it be the next Hongmeng?
A few days ago, a digital blogger broke the news that Xiaomi's self-developed operating system belongs to a full-end self-developed system and is compatible with AOSP (Android Open Source Project). In this way, Xiaomi's self-developed operating system may also have terminal systems such as car machines, tablets, watches, etc., and Xiaomi takes the road of Huawei's Hongmeng operating system, and it is more stable to be compatible with Android in the early stage to maintain the existing number of users. (Mobile China)
Tesla's new Model 3 is expected to be mass-produced at the end of September, and the Shanghai Battery Plant 1 will restart
According to people familiar with the matter, Tesla's new Model 3 will begin centralized deliveries at the end of September. In order to ensure the supply of production capacity, the first phase of battery production line of the Shanghai plant, which has been suspended, is also scheduled to resume production in September. (36 Kr)
Tech companies
Apple is suspected of false propaganda, claiming that the 4nm A16 processor is actually a 5nm process
According to media reports, although the A16 chip on 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 was accused of false propaganda and misleading consumers. (Xinzhixun)
TikTok's draft plan to circumvent the ban could give the U.S. government unprecedented oversight powers
According to media reports, for the past few years, the Biden administration and TikTok have been negotiating a deal to address the national security concerns posed by the app. If finalized, it would allow the U.S. government virtually unfettered access to information inside TikTok and unprecedented control over its basic functionality, something the U.S. government doesn't have on any other large free-speech platform. (Forbes)
Will it return to the Indian market? Honor: Has been doing business through distributors locally
A few days ago, an account called "HONOR Tech" posted that it will bring new news to the Indian market. This is interpreted by the outside world as Glory is about to return to the Indian market. Honor responded to this: "The company has been conducting business through distributors in India, and currently has no subsidiaries in India and no plans to establish subsidiaries, nor does it have any technology transfer plans. (Daily Economic News)
Geely responded to the cooperation with Baidu to build cars: development has always been led by Geely, and Baidu provides technical support
Not long ago, Geely's cooperative car manufacturing plan with Baidu suddenly changed, and "Jidu" turned into "Extreme Yue". Recently, at the half-year results conference of Geely Automobile, Li Donghui, CEO of Geely Holding Group, responded to Tencent's news "High Beam", positioning Extreme Yue as a high-end intelligent car robot brand under Geely Holding. In the development process of Extreme Viet, Geely Holding has always been the leader, and Baidu has provided technical support in the fields of big data and unmanned driving. (High beam)
Look at the earnings report
Baidu's revenue in the second quarter was 34.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15%
Yesterday, Baidu released its unaudited financial report for the second quarter of this year. In the second quarter, Baidu achieved revenue of 34.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15%; Net profit attributable to Baidu (non-GAAP) reached 8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 44%. (Tencent Technology)
Kuaishou's revenue in the second quarter was 27.74 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.9%
Yesterday, Kuaishou released its results for the second quarter of 2023, with total revenue increasing by 27.9% year-on-year to 27.74 billion yuan. This quarter was the first time since Kuaishou listed that it recorded a group-level International Accounting Standards (IFRS) net profit of RMB1.48 billion and an adjusted net profit of RMB2.69 billion. In the second quarter, Kuaishou average daily active users increased by 8.3% year-on-year to 376 million, and average monthly active users increased by 14.8% year-on-year to 673 million, both of which broke through record highs. (Tencent Technology)
iQiyi's revenue in the second quarter was 7.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17%
Yesterday, iQiyi released its results for the second quarter of 2023, with a total revenue of 7.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17%; iQIYI's membership service revenue in the second quarter was RMB4.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15%; The average number of daily subscribers was 111 million, up 13% from 98.3 million in the same period last year. (Tencent Technology)
Kingsoft Office's half-year report was released: net profit of 599 million, a year-on-year increase of 15.32%;
Kingsoft Office officially announced the data of the 2023 half-year report. In the first half of 2023, Kingsoft Office's operating income was 2.172 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.25%; the net profit attributable to the owners of the parent company was 599 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.32%; Net profit attributable to owners of the parent company, net of non-recurring profit and loss, was 576 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 39.88%. (Tencent Technology)
AI weather vane
Foreign media: Nadella is helping Microsoft win the "cognitive war" in the field of AI
According to media reports, Microsoft's leading position in a large number of AI headlines has been largely due to the "insight" of its CEO Nadella. The media said that in terms of the combination of AI and LLM large language models based on generative pre-training transformers, Microsoft has recently been at the forefront of this field thanks to a series of instructions issued by Microsoft CEO Nadella. (IT House)
IBM pushes enterprise AI platform! It targets the three major challenges of enterprise-level AI applications
Recently, IBM officially launched watsonx, an enterprise-level AI platform for China, including an enterprise-level AI and data platform watsonx.ai, watsonx.data, a lakehouse integrated data storage solution, and watsonx.governance, an AI governance toolkit. (Wisdom Stuff)
Tech figures
Foreign media: Musk said his social platform X "may fail"
According to media reports, a glitch on Musk's social platform X (formerly Twitter) last weekend led to the deletion of a large number of photos, and then Musk posted on the platform that social platform X "may fail." The report also mentioned that some users noticed the failure, which technologist Tom Coates called "Musk's epic destruction" and said it could be a cost-saving operation. (Global Network)
Smart new products
Huawei released Mate 60 on September 12? Relevant person in charge: This news is not true
A few days ago, a number of digital bloggers broke the news that Huawei plans to hold an autumn new product conference on September 12, and is expected to start warm-up activities in the near future, the main product is the Mate 60 series. In this regard, Tencent Technology asked the relevant person in charge of Huawei for verification, and the other party replied that "this news is not true, everything is subject to the official news". (Tencent Technology)
Aerospace
Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency: "Luna-25" may crash due to engine failure
In response to the crash of the Luna-25 probe, Borisov, director of Roscosmos, said that the crash of the Luna-25 may be due to engine failure and announced that a special committee would be established to continue investigating the accident. (The Paper)