▎Apple's sales in China plummeted by 30%: iPhone is no longer a status symbol of Chinese people!
On January 9, the U.S. investment bank Jefferies said that Apple's new generation of iPhone series sales in China last year had a bad start, and the year-on-year decline recently expanded to 30%. Sales of other brands of phones in China have increased, with Huawei seeing the fastest growth with the launch of the Mate 60 series. Jefferies expects Apple's sales in China to decline by double digits this year.
Subsequently, this also sparked heated discussions among netizens, and many users said that in addition to the system, the design, battery life, photography, and signal of the iPhone have completely lagged behind domestic brand mobile phones, and they really don't know what to buy it for. Some netizens also said that the current Apple is not the same as before, and the iPhone is no longer a status symbol, so the decline in sales is inevitable.
In response to the heated discussions among netizens, the views given by the US investment banks are basically the same, Apple's performance in the Chinese market is not ideal, while other local brands are showing strong growth momentum. This reflects the changing demand for smartphones among Chinese consumers, with a growing recognition of local brands.
▎Continental successfully launched the Einstein probe satellite equipped with "lobster eye" telescope technology
At 15:03 today, the mainland successfully launched the Einstein probe satellite using the Long March-2C carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.
For the first time in the world, the Einstein probe satellite has used the "lobster eye" micropore array focused imaging technology on a large scale, which can achieve a 10-fold increase in sensitivity and spatial resolution. At the same time of large-field field monitoring, it can accurately capture the more distant and faint high-energy temporary sources and fleeting unknown phenomena in the universe, and issue early warnings to guide other astronomical equipment based on heaven and earth to carry out follow-up observations.
It is reported that this technology is a special new type of X-ray telescope designed by scientists inspired by the peculiar focused imaging principle of lobster eyes, which has a large observation field and higher detection sensitivity.
▎A major breakthrough in lithium metal batteries: 10 minutes to complete the charge, can be cycled at least 6000 times!
Recently, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering And Applied Sciences (SEAS) in the United States have developed a new type of lithium-metal battery that can be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times, more than any other pouch battery, and can be charged in minutes.
This study not only describes a new method for fabricating solid-state batteries from lithium metal anodes, but also provides new insights into the materials of these potentially revolutionary batteries. The latest findings were recently published in the journal Nature Materials.
▎Baichuan Intelligent released a large model of the character Game manufacturers can customize the characters at low cost
For game manufacturers, creating each game character is essential and very laborious and costly. Today, Baichuan Intelligent released the character model Baichuan-NPC, which deeply optimizes "character knowledge" and "dialogue ability", so that the model can better understand the semantics of contextual dialogue.
In addition, for many shortcomings in the game field, such as high cost, long cycle, poor degree of freedom, and unstable API, Baichuan Intelligent has launched a customized solution of "character creation platform + search enhanced knowledge base".
Through this solution, game manufacturers can quickly build the characters they need without writing any code, and only need to use simple text descriptions to achieve low-cost and high-efficiency character customization.
▎ "Starfield" was bombarded with bad reviews after winning the Steam Innovative Gameplay Award
As one of the most anticipated games of 2023, Starfield received the most media coverage last year. Despite the game's mixed reception after the initial enthusiasm subsided, it was nominated for the "Most Creative Gameplay" award at a major Steam award.
Shockingly, Starfield won this award in the end, and the reaction from players was not positive. Many people couldn't accept this result, which led to Starfield being bombarded with bad reviews on Steam.
To date, the game has received more than 90,000 reviews, of which more than 40% are negative. However, these reviews seem to quickly lose their authenticity, as many of them attack the game for the simplest of reasons.
▎Tencent Games announced the winter vacation limited play calendar, with a total of 16 hours of playable time
Sina Games reported today (January 9) that Tencent Games released a notice on the restriction of minors before and after the 2024 winter vacation and Spring Festival holiday: underage players can only log in to the game between 20-21 o'clock every day on January 26-28, February 2-3, February 9-17, and February 23-24, which is 2 hours more than the 2023 winter vacation;