The "Beijing Action Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of Low-altitude Economic Industries (2024-2027)" is open for public comment. It mentions that innovation and openness of multiple application scenarios. In terms of emergency rescue, we will speed up the construction of Fangshan base and promote the application demonstration of general aviation in the fields of emergency communication, fire fighting, inspection and inspection in the city. In terms of logistics and distribution, relying on Yanqing Badaling Airport to open routes such as the Northwest Logistics Branch Line, a new model of drone + bus logistics distribution will be built. In terms of intercity commuting, we will establish commuter routes between Daxing Airport and Xiong'an New Area, and between Capital Airport and Tianjin, Langfang and other regions, and explore new business formats for the application of split flying car intercity commuting + intra-city ferry. In terms of characteristic cultural tourism, low-altitude tourism, flight experience and other industries will be developed in Yanqing, Pinggu, Miyun and other districts.
Apple will introduce eye tracking on the iPad and iPhone
Apple has announced that it will roll out new accessibility features later this year, including eye tracking, which will allow users with physical disabilities to control their iPad or iPhone with their eyes. According to reports, the eye tracking feature is powered by artificial intelligence, providing users with the built-in option to navigate iPads and iPhones with only their eyes. Users can use the front-facing camera to set up and calibrate in seconds, and thanks to on-device machine learning, all data used to set up and control the feature is securely stored on the device and not shared with Apple.
Shanghai Telecom announced the "Zhiyun Shanghai" and signed cooperation agreements with Huawei, Tencent, SenseTime, etcShanghai Telecom today announced the launch of Shanghai's digital infrastructure base "Zhiyun Shanghai", which is the world's largest new metro network. In terms of user base, "Zhiyun Shanghai" has 4 million cloud broadband users, with a user coverage rate of 90%. At the same time, Shanghai Telecom has also signed contracts with ZTE, Huawei, Fiberhome, Kingsoft Cloud, Oriental Pearl, Dongfang.com, Mango, Tencent, SenseTime and other enterprises for "Zhiyun Shanghai".
Guangzhou: Accelerate the forward-looking deployment of the metaverse industryOn May 16, the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government issued the "Plan for the High-quality Development of Guangzhou's Digital Economy". It is mentioned that the forward-looking deployment of the metaverse industry will be accelerated. Carry out the R&D and application of key technologies of the Metaverse such as NFT, VR/AR, brain-computer interfaces, smart chips, intelligent algorithms, digital twins, human-computer interaction, and blockchain, promote the combination of Metaverse technology with manufacturing, education, medical and other scenarios, develop a variety of new digital formats such as digital exhibitions, panoramic tours, online shopping, virtual classrooms, and panoramic tourism, as well as the application and promotion of social and economic empowerment scenarios such as digital twin factories and future cities, and expand new space for the development of the Metaverse industry.
JD.com's revenue in the first quarter of 2024 will be 260 billion yuan and its net profit will be 8.9 billion yuan, exceeding market expectationsJD.com Group released its results for the first quarter of 2024, with revenue and net profit exceeding market expectations. In the first quarter, JD.com's revenue reached RMB260 billion, up 7.0% year-on-year, further increasing its growth rate. Among them, the daily 100 categories in commodity revenue resumed rapid growth on the basis of the previous quarter, with a year-on-year growth rate of 8.6%. Benefiting from the continuous release of the efficiency of the supply chain infrastructure accumulated over the years, service revenue reached RMB51.5 billion in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%, of which logistics and other service revenue increased by 13.8% year-on-year, continuing to maintain a strong growth momentum.
In the first quarter, JD.com's non-GAAP net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of listed companies was 8.9 billion yuan (about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars), a year-on-year increase of 17.2%, significantly exceeding market expectations. By continuously optimizing the user experience, JD.com achieved significant improvements in various user indicators in the first quarter, and the number of quarterly active users has maintained double-digit year-on-year growth for two consecutive quarters, and the shopping frequency, NPS (Net Promoter Score) and the number of users in lower-tier cities have all increased significantly.
The first ship of the largest LNG carrier construction project in mainland China was deliveredOn May 16, the world's first fifth-generation "Changheng series" 174,000 cubic meter large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier "Green Energy Ying", independently developed, designed and built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Group, was named and delivered on the 15th, 5 months ahead of the contract period. The ship is innovatively developed by the mainland, representing the highest technical level in the field of large-scale LNG carriers in the world, and is also the first ship of the largest LNG carrier construction project in the mainland.
Alibaba Cloud and ZTE have reached an open-source database cooperationOn May 16, Alibaba Cloud and ZTE jointly announced that they had reached an open source database cooperation, ZTE announced that it had joined the PolarDB open source community and was elected as the first council member, and the two sides will jointly promote the development of domestic databases based on the PolarDB database open source community and EBASE database in the future.
Meizu released a new version of Flyme AIOS, which supports AI answering and moreOn May 16, Meizu released a new version of Flyme AIOS, which supports a series of new features such as microphone conversation, AI web page summary, AI document interpretation, drag and drop gestures, and AI search. Among them, AI answering can identify the content of the call, hang up the harassing call, and reply to calls such as takeaway and express delivery. At the same time, the Meizu 21 Note phone was also released, which is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen2 processor.
ArcSoft Technology: C-end products are currently in preparation for launchAccording to the recent research minutes of ArcSoft Technology, the company's PhotoStudio®AI intelligent commercial photography cloud studio will officially launch the AIGC video automatic generation tool for commercial shooting on May 24. The company's C-end APP products are currently being polished and prepared for launch, and the company will choose the opportunity to launch.
The price of Master Kong's instant noodles is expected to increase by about 14%.
On May 16, Master Kong's instant noodles are about to increase in price and appear on the hot search. In this regard, the reporter of the Financial Associated Press learned from a number of sources that the price increase is basically true. "At present, there is a verbal notification (of the manufacturer's personnel), but no formal notification has been received." According to a source from Master Kong, it is expected that the ex-factory price of classic barreled Master Kong instant noodles will rise by 0.5 yuan/barrel to about 4 yuan/barrel, an increase of about 14%; The suggested retail price is also expected to be raised to about 5 yuan per barrel. It is reported that at the end of last year, the price of some of Master Kong's drinks has increased, such as the 1L bottle of Master Kong's iced black tea has risen from 4 yuan per bottle to 5 yuan per bottle.
Li Auto has opened personnel optimization with a ratio of over 18%
After the May Day holiday, Ideal is undergoing a new round of company-wide personnel optimization, with an overall optimization ratio of more than 18%. According to the 2023 financial report, Li Auto has nearly 31,600 people, a year-on-year increase of 63%. In terms of optimization ratio, more than 5,600 people were involved in this round of optimization. Specifically, the sales and service operation department will be optimized to more than 400 people, the recruitment department will be reduced from more than 200 people to 40-50 people, and the intelligent driving team will be reduced to less than 1,000 people.
CATL established a new company in Heze to include photovoltaic-related industriesHeze Runyong New Energy Co., Ltd. was established, the legal representative is Zhang Yu, with a registered capital of 9.26 million yuan, and its business scope includes: photovoltaic equipment and components manufacturing; battery sales; Internet of Things technology research and development; Internet of Things technical services; Power generation business, transmission business, power supply (distribution) business, etc. The company is indirectly wholly owned by CATL.
Mainland scientists built the world's first entanglement-based metro quantum network
Recently, researchers such as Pan Jianwei, Bao Xiaohui, and Zhang Qiang from the University of Science and Technology of China used single-photon interferometry to establish entanglement between independent storage nodes for the first time, and built the world's first entanglement-based metro three-node quantum network on this basis. This work has increased the distance of the real quantum entanglement network by three orders of magnitude from tens of meters to tens of kilometers, which has laid a scientific and technological foundation for the subsequent application of quantum networks such as blind quantum computing, distributed quantum computing, and quantum-enhanced long-baseline interferometry. The research results were published online in the international academic journal Nature on May 15.
A team from Nanjing University has developed an eye-tracking contact lensNanjing University, together with the research team of Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has developed a contact lens with eye tracking function, which is no different from ordinary contact lenses, and the hidden radio frequency chip inside can achieve high-precision tracking of eye movement trajectory and recognition of eye movement commands. The results were recently published in the international academic journal Nature Communications.
The new version of the "Biosecurity Act" of the U.S. House of Representatives passed the subcommittee hearing with a vote of 40-1On the morning of May 15, local time, the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee held a hearing to consider a number of bills, among which the new version of the House of Representatives "Biosecurity Act" (H.R. 8333) was passed by a vote of 40-1 after on-site discussion. The new version of the Biosafety Act, sponsored by Republican Rep. Brad R. Wenstrup, makes some adjustments to the exemption period of existing contracts/products compared with the previous Biosafety Act sponsored by Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher in January.
The U.S. Senate panel unveiled an AI policy roadmap urging the government to invest tens of billions of dollars a year
A bipartisan group of senators led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released a report called "AI Policy Roadmap," calling on the U.S. Congress to enact legislation to mitigate the potential harms of artificial intelligence and fund research to boost the U.S. economy and national security. The panel recommends increasing federal spending on non-defense AI innovation to at least $32 billion annually as soon as possible. The spending will cover a wide range of initiatives, from helping to design and manufacture high-end AI chips, to local election initiatives, to a series of "AI Grand Challenge" programs that encourage innovation.
The United States will resume tariffs on solar products from four Southeast Asian countriesThe U.S. White House issued a statement on Thursday to take further control measures on imported photovoltaic cells on the grounds of so-called unreasonable trade, including no longer excluding solar bifacial modules from tariffs, resuming tariffs on solar products from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam after June 6 and requiring them to be installed within six months of imports to combat product hoarding, and taking subsidies and other measures to support the development of photovoltaic cell wafer and cell manufacturing technology in the United States. The White House previously announced that import tariffs on Chinese-made photovoltaic cells will be raised from 25% to 50% this year.
Sony is optimistic about the image sensor market and expects operating profit to increase by 40% in FY 2024
CMOS image sensor leader Sony senior management mentioned at the investor conference that the smartphone market returned to growth last quarter, helping the company's image sensor division to regroup, and is optimistic that the image sensor market will become stronger, and the operating profit of related businesses in fiscal year 2024 will increase by 40%.
The AI chatbot Grok is now available to X-Platform Premium members in EuropeLinda Yaccarino, CEO of social platform X, announced on his personal account on May 16 that the Grok AI chatbot will be available to X Premium members in Europe from the same day.
Shein: No decision on the listing location has been madeTang Wei, executive chairman of fast fashion giant Shein, said in an interview that the company has not yet decided on a listing location, "we want to explore all options and have not made any decisions at this time." Previously, a person familiar with the matter revealed that Shein is stepping up preparations for listing in London, UK, and plans to submit an application to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as soon as this month. However, Shein is still inclined to go public in the United States and plans to continue to apply to the SEC. The company may also have a secondary listing in New York after a London listing.
A breakthrough has been made in metro quantum computer networksPhysicists at Harvard University in the United States demonstrate a breakthrough metro quantum computer network. Using existing telecom fiber in the Boston area, they demonstrated the longest fiber distance ever between two quantum storage nodes. Think of it as a simple, closed internet between points A and B, which carries signals that are not encoded by classical bits like the existing internet, but by completely secure individual light particles. The results were published in the latest issue of the journal Nature.
1. With the increase in the production of memory chips from Samsung, SK hynix and other companies, the operating rate of Korean material companies has remained at a high level, but the company's performance has not been improved accordingly. A person related to the semiconductor materials industry said that although the operating rate has increased compared to last year, the selling price is similar to last year, and the increase in energy prices will inevitably lead to a deterioration in operating profit margins. In addition, Samsung and SK hynix have asked material suppliers to reduce prices when the situation in the memory chip industry deteriorated, and they are still maintaining this price level, and suppliers have proposed to increase product prices, but these requests have not yet received a response.
2. SK hynix and TSMC have finalized a joint mass production plan for the next-generation HBM. TSMC will be responsible for the basic chip front-end process (FEOL), subsequent wiring process (BEOL), etc., and wafer testing and HBM stacking will be carried out by SK hynix. This means that the traditional front-end process will be handled by TSMC, and the subsequent process will be handled by SK hynix. The industry predicts that SK hynix will manufacture HBM4 substrates through TSMC's 7nm process.
1. Recently, Weiyuan Gene announced the successful completion of hundreds of millions of yuan in Series D+ financing, led by Kequan Fund and followed by Tianxin Fund. The funds raised in this round will be mainly used to promote the research and development and IVD of pathogenic molecular precision diagnostic products, and accelerate the implementation of the overall solution in top medical institutions across the country. At the same time, Weiyuan Gene will build a new production base of advanced molecular diagnostic reagents and instruments.
2. Recently, Aigan Technology, an olfactory chip research and development company, completed the Pre-A round of financing, which was led by Clear Water Bay Fund, followed by Huagai Capital, HKX Fund, Gan Jie, Gao Bingqiang and Houlang Capital.
3. Recently, Europa (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. recently completed a Pre-A round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, and the investors in this round are Guohai Innovation Capital and Poplar Capital. Founded in 2022, Callisto focuses on the field of smart car safety. The company's founder, Yun Peng, was the chairman of Baidu's technical security committee and the chief security architect of Baidu Apollo.
1. On May 16, the three major indexes all rose, as of the close, the Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.08% at 3122.40 points, the Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.21% at 9604.13, the ChiNext Index closed up 0.29% at 1844.21 points, and the CSI 500 Index fell 0.40% to 5424.67 points.
2. On May 16, Hong Kong stocks closed, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 1.59%, the Hang Seng Technology Index closed up 0.8%, and the State-owned Enterprises Index closed up 1.93%.
3. On May 16, the U.S. stock market closed, the Nasdaq index closed up 1.40%, the S&P 500 index closed up 1.17%, and the Dow Jones index closed up 0.88%.
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