1. The United States requires operators to completely dismantle Huawei ZTE equipment
According to foreign media reports, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States has asked for more funds to help Internet service providers repair and replace equipment produced by Huawei and ZTE. According to the FCC, nearly 40 percent of U.S. telecommunications companies that receive federal support need additional government funding to remove Chinese-made equipment from U.S. wireless networks.
The removal of the equipment is estimated to cost $4.98 billion, but Congress approved only $1.9 billion for the "dismantle and replace" program. FCC President Jessica Rosenvorcel said bluntly that insufficient funding could lead to serious consequences, including having to shut down its network.
In January, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reported that only five program participants had completely removed, replaced, and disposed of equipment in their networks made by Huawei or ZTE. In view of the current situation, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has to issue a warning: if it is really demolished, those places may be without network.
2. Cook threw out the largest buyback in history of 800 billion yuan
Recently, Apple announced its financial report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024 (that is, the first quarter of 2024), and in the subsequent conference call, Cook threw out a $110 billion (about 796.5 billion yuan) buyback plan. It was also the largest buyback in the company's history, while Apple also increased its cash dividend by 4%.
Affected by this, Apple's stock price rose more than 6% after hours, and based on the closing market value of 2,671.9 billion US dollars on the same day, Apple rose by more than 160 billion US dollars (about 1,158.6 billion yuan) in one day. In the earnings call, Cook also expressed a long-term positive and optimistic attitude towards the Chinese market, "I am still very optimistic about the future development of the Chinese market, we are not focusing on the development of the next week or two, but more focused on long-term development." ”
3. Apple's and Google's secret deal was exposed by the U.S. Department of Justice
Recently, in the antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Google, a high-profile details of the deal surfaced: Google paid Apple a huge sum of up to $20 billion in 2022. It is reported that the deal ensures that Google can continue to serve as the default search engine for Apple's Safari browser on iPhone, iPad and Mac devices.
According to court documents, Google's payments to Apple account for 36 percent of Apple's total Safari search revenue, a percentage that was eventually confirmed to be a staggering $20 billion. This figure not only reveals the huge price Google has paid to secure its market position, but also sparked a lot of discussion in the industry about the competition in the search engine market.
Competitors such as Microsoft have strongly criticized this. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella noted that the agreement stifles competition from search engines such as Bing and revealed that Microsoft had tried unsuccessfully to work with Apple. However, Apple insists that Google was chosen for the best search experience for its users.
4. Apple's 2024Q1 earnings report: Greater China fell 8%
Revenue reached $90.8 billion, down 4% from $94.8 billion in the same period last year. Despite the market challenges, Apple has demonstrated strong profitability and market influence.
In terms of revenue structure, Apple's services business performed well, with quarterly revenue hitting an all-time high of $23.9 billion. This is mainly due to the continued growth of its App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and other services. However, iPhone sales revenue fell by more than $5 billion from the same period last year, which affected the company's overall revenue to some extent.
Greater China, one of Apple's important markets, reported revenue of $16.37 billion in the quarter, down 8.1% year-on-year. In this regard, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the Chinese market is the most competitive market in the world, but Apple is still optimistic about the long-term development of the iPhone in the Chinese market.
5. The rise of "AI escorts" in China on May Day
During the May Day holiday, "AI escorts" emerged in China. "AI escorts" is a concept that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide users with personalized travel services. It enhances the travel experience by customizing itineraries to individual interests and preferences.
It is reported that during the May Day holiday, Wenxin Yiyan APP launched intelligent functions such as "May Day Scenic Spot All-round Tour Guide" and "Straight Male Index Evaluation", which can meet the diversified needs of users such as English communication, scenic spot explanation, photo translation, travel strategy and photo review in one stop. On May Day, the number of users and calls of tourism-related smart functions on the Wenxin Yiyan APP surged by nearly 12 times, becoming a "universal partner" for young people to travel.
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小米POCO F6 Pro详细参数曝光
Xiaomi's sub-brand, POCO's new flagship model, the F6 Pro, was recently unveiled on the Geekbench benchmark platform, with the model number 23113RKC6G, indicating that this highly anticipated new product is about to meet consumers around the world. According to Geekbench's test data, the POCO F6 Pro showed strong performance, with single-core and multi-core scores of 1421 and 5166 points, respectively, indicating that it will bring users a smooth experience.
Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, the new device will provide users with a lot of processing power with up to 16GB of RAM. At the same time, POCO F6 Pro will also be pre-installed with the latest Android 14 operating system, and with HyperOS skin, it will bring users a more personalized experience.
The Xiaomi Mi 15 may have to be released earlier
The well-known whistleblower in the industry, "Digital Chatting Station", gave new news on the high-profile Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 mobile platform. He pointed out that although the current exposure of low-frequency engineering machine running score reference value is limited, the latest sample shows that its self-developed architecture Nuvia 2+6 large core frequency range is between 3.6GHz and 4.0GHz, and it is expected that the GB6 running score will be close to 2.7K±/10K ±, showing that the theoretical performance of CPU and GPU has been significantly improved.
It is reported that the Xiaomi 15 series entered the internal testing stage this month, and according to the news, Xiaomi 15 continues to use the previous generation positioning, the standard version is 1.5K resolution straight screen, and the Pro version is 2K curved screen. And according to past practice, the Xiaomi 15 is likely to debut the Snapdragon 8 Gen4 platform.
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