Today’s Headlines

　　Ideal claims that the design of the MEGA’s white body is much more difficult than that of high-speed trains, with the aluminum alloy usage reaching 44.5%

　　On November 26, the Weibo of Ideal Auto stated that in the opinion of Dr. Kou Dongpeng, the safety manager of the ideal MEGA fortress body, the design of the white body of the ideal MEGA is much more difficult than that of high-speed trains: ‘The development and design of the ideal MEGA’s body far exceeds the safety standards required by C-NCAP and the China Insurance Protection and Research Center, and thinks more from the perspective of family safety, creating the top safety MPV in the industry.’

　　According to information, the ideal MEGA is equipped with a deep self-developed defensive body structure – the ideal fortress safety body. The lower body connection parts use vacuum high-pressure cast aluminum parts to form a safe and reliable basic frame. The upper body and collision-related AB pillars, etc., use hot-formed steel to ensure the safety of the cabin. (IT Home)

　　Domestic News

　　Alibaba DAMO Academy’s quantum laboratory laid off a large number of employees? Official response

　　Recently, there have been market rumors that due to budget and profitability reasons, the DAMO Academy of Alibaba has carried out a large-scale downsizing of its quantum laboratories, and it may dismantle the entire team. The rumors said that due to budget and profitability reasons, the Alibaba DAMO Academy Quantum Laboratory may have been dissolved, with a total of more than 30 people laid off, and many members of the laboratory have successfully joined other companies.

　　On November 26, the Alibaba DAMO Academy responded that in order to further promote the collaborative development of quantum technology, the DAMO Academy has joined hands with Zhejiang University to develop quantum technology, donating quantum laboratories and transferable quantum experimental instruments and equipment to Zhejiang University, and opening them to other universities and research institutions. However, the DAMO Academy did not respond to the personnel disposal issue. (Jiwei Network)

　　Taobao cancels Double 12 shopping festival, the event has long deviated from its original intention, and the online GMV of Taobao Tmall in the second quarter decreased

　　Recently, the Taobao merchant service hall showed that this year’s Double 12 event has been canceled and changed to the platform’s large-scale event ‘Taobao Year-end Good Price Festival’, expected to start recruitment at the end of November. In response, Taobao said that the Taobao Good Price Festival will officially open at 8 p.m. on December 9. According to past reports, at the Taobao Tmall merchant and ecosystem partner conference on November 23, it was said that Taobao will for the first time provide an independent shopping cart within the store, allowing users to private domain group purchase and enjoy discounts.

　　Some media have found that after 11 years of development, ‘Double 12’ has long deviated from its original intention when it was launched in 2012, gradually becoming similar to ‘Double 11’, while the rival Pinduoduo has truly cultivated the characteristics of SNS (Social Networking Services, social networking services). The latest financial report shows that during the reporting period, the online GMV (Total Goods Transaction Value) of Taobao and Tmall has decreased, and among the companies under Alibaba, TaoTian Group’s revenue growth rate ranked second from the bottom. (Sina Technology)

　　Huawei重磅官宣：车BU独立运营，长安入股不超过40%

　　According to news from XinZhiJia, Huawei and Chang’an Auto signed the ‘Memorandum of Understanding on Investment and Cooperation’ in Shenzhen on November 25. After consultation, Huawei plans to establish a new company focusing on the research, development, production, sales, and service of intelligent connected car intelligent driving systems and incremental components. In this transaction, Chang’an Auto and its affiliates plan to invest for the equity of the target company, with the proportion not exceeding 40%, and the specific equity ratio, investment amount, and duration will be further discussed by both parties.

　　On the evening of November 26, Silei released a statement on the matter of ‘Huawei’s car BU independent operation’, saying that Silei has received an invitation to jointly invest in a target company and participate in building an open platform for electrification and intelligence. The company is actively considering the relevant matters of participation in investment and cooperation. Xu Zhijun, the rotating chairman of Huawei, said, ‘Huawei adheres to not making cars, but instead leveraging its ICT technology advantages and marketing capabilities to help car manufacturers make and sell good cars. We will continue to fulfill our commitments to customers and partners, and jointly promote the rise of the automotive industry.’ (For more details, please click on Huawei’s response to the cooperation with Chang’an Auto: The joint venture will operate independently, and the transaction will be completed within 6 months.)

　　NVIDIA is reported to have postponed the release of its new chip for the Chinese market: the earliest debut in 2024 Q1

　　On November 25th, according to reports from multiple domestic media, NVIDIA has postponed the release of its new artificial intelligence chip for the Chinese market, which is H20, and it will be launched in the first quarter of next year.

　　It is learned that NVIDIA has developed three chips for the Chinese market, namely H20, L20, and L2, which are all modified from the basic version of H100 and include most of the latest functions used by NVIDIA for artificial intelligence work. (Fast Technology)

　　NIO phone will support Google GMS next month

　　On November 26th, Yin Shuijun, the business leader of NIO Phone at NIO, forwarded the blogger @Feiwei’s summary of the advantages of NIO Phone and invited users to provide suggestions for NIO Phone. A blogger asked Yin Shuijun when the SkyUI built into the NIO phone could support the Google GMS framework, and said that he had used the NIO Phone as his main phone and had the need for overseas products.

　　Yin Shuijun replied that it can be supported in the middle and late November next month. In replying to netizens’ suggestions, Yin Shuijun also revealed that the NIO Phone’s subsequent updates are expected to provide the following features: adding the function of vehicle control menu, and supporting customization; background lock function (it still needs some time); batch moving of desktop icons (already in development). (IT Home)

　　Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. management team’s collective salary reduction: 20% salary reduction for those above level 17, starting from December 1st

　　Recently, due to the slowdown in performance growth, Ziguang Communication Co., Ltd. has传出 its subsidiary Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. management team’s collective salary reduction news. According to the internal letter of Huawei that has been spread on the network, cadres and employees with personal grades of 17 (inclusive) and above will actively reduce their salaries by 20%, cadres and employees with personal grades of 16 and 15 will actively reduce their salaries by 10%, and the implementation period will be from December 1, 2023, to December 31, 2024. The company will decide whether to terminate or extend it prematurely based on its business situation.

　　Ziguang Communication Co., Ltd. Chairman and President of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and CEO Yu Yingtao stated in the aforementioned open letter that due to the overall industry situation, the company’s performance growth has slowed down; in order to further reduce operating costs, the company will take some targeted management measures. According to relevant persons from Huawei,

　　Former assistant to Jack Ma speaks out: Ma’s Kitchen will not produce ready-to-eat meals

　　On November 25th, former assistant to Jack Ma, Chen Wei, wrote in his circle of friends that Ma’s Kitchen will not produce ready-to-eat meals. This caused the capital that followed the stock market’s ready-to-eat meal concept to ‘waste a lot of time.’ Previously, the Hangzhou Ma’s Kitchen Food Co., Ltd. was registered, and there were voices interpreting this as ‘Jack Ma entering the ready-to-eat meal market,’ and the stock market’s ready-to-eat meal concept experienced volatility.

　　According to insider information, it can be confirmed that the business that Ma’s Kitchen may engage in is definitely related to ‘eating,’ and the scope of its business registration information is mostly related to food and technology, but it may not have a significant capital effect. Chen Wei did not disclose the specific business of Ma’s Kitchen, but clearly stated that eating is the great way of life, not a track for making big money through investment.

　　Jide Power responds to rumors of halt in production and operation: Some employees in middle and back-end support departments stop working

　　On November 25th, the lithium battery manufacturer Jide Power responded to the news of the halt in production and operation, stating that some employees in the middle and back-end support departments of Tianjin Jide Power have stopped working. This is a business adjustment made by the company according to strategic and business needs, and the resumption of related functions will be timely restored based on business needs and organizational adjustments. Jide Power said that the main function of Tianjin Jide Power is management and R&D, and the Yancheng and Changxing bases are operating normally.

　　According to the information disclosed on the official website, Jide Power is headquartered in Tianjin and has two major production bases in Yancheng and Changxing. An internal notice of Jide Power that was circulated on the 24th shows, ‘After the management team studied and decided, starting from December 1st, Tianjin Jide Power will start to halt production. During the halt period, non-senior employees of Tianjin Jide Power, the headquarters of Jide Power, will be on unified leave, and junior employees will be organized for off-the-job training.’ (Financial Field)

　　Jiexie Guan Haitao: ‘The 001 model launching on New Year’s Day’ is a rumor

　　On November 26th, the CMO of Smart Technology @Jiexie Guan Haitao responded to the relevant revelation in the morning: The content about ‘launching new products on New Year’s Day’ is a rumor, and he thanks everyone for their attention and support to the Jiexie brand.

　　The content mentioned by Guan Haitao is the revelation made by car reviewer @Yuan Qicong and others on Weibo in the morning of the 26th. This revelation claimed that the ‘upgraded model’ of the Zheji 001 will be launched on New Year’s Day 2024, and the new car will be sold on the official Zheji App, starting at 269,000 yuan. (Phoenix New Media)

　　Another online platform with a collapse exceeding 100 million yuan has emerged in Hong Kong, leaving more than a hundred victims who invested in vain.

　　Recently, following the collapse of the virtual asset trading platform JPEX two months ago, which involved several Hong Kong celebrities and social media influencers such as Zhang Zhilin and Zhuang Simin, Hong Kong has once again witnessed a shocking collapse of an Online casino and How to find it platform. Investors found that they were unable to retrieve their investment funds from HOUNAX. In order to provide the public with more information, the Hong Kong police held a press conference on the afternoon of November 25th to report on the situation of this virtual asset platform.

　　The police found that some scammers pretending to be investment experts attracted citizens to invest through a virtual asset trading platform named HOUNAX, promising high returns. However, these investors eventually found that they could not retrieve their investment money. It is said that the platform has involved 131 victims and the amount involved exceeds 110 million yuan. The amount defrauded in each case is between 120,000 and 4 million yuan, with the highest single loss reaching about 4 million yuan. (Financial Information Society)

　　Xiaomi car is about to go on the market: The new retail store design diagram is exposed

　　On November 26th, according to multiple media reports, in order to welcome Xiaomi’s first car model, the latest design diagram of Xiaomi’s retail store has been exposed. It is reported that Xiaomi SU7 has completed the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology filing and will officially launch in the first half of 2024.

　　From the exposed design diagrams, it can be seen that Xiaomi’s car will be sold together with Xiaomi’s 3C products in retail stores. According to previous reports, Xiaomi is opening many related positions for car sales, recruiting new energy vehicle sales managers, Xiaomi car store managers, and others in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and other places. (Fast Technology)

　　WeChat: Take down some non-compliant micro drama programs and dispose of related non-compliant mini programs

　　Recently, Tencent announced that the platform has found, through inspections and audits, that some micro drama mini programs have not conducted drama compliance filing or contain content with negative value orientation. According to relevant national laws and regulations and the provisions of the ‘Tencent WeChat Software License Service Agreement’ and ‘WeChat Mini Program Operation Specification’, the platform has taken down some non-compliant micro drama programs and disposed of related non-compliant mini programs.

　　Subsequently, WeChat will continue to guide the standardized development of micro drama mini programs, provide better services for the creation of network audio-visual content for operators, and create a clearer network audio-visual space. (Interface News)

　　Douyu game streamers are exposed for participating in gambling and money laundering, with a large number of top streamers announcing their suspension of live streaming

　　Recently, some netizens found that Douyu’s former top主播@Xu Xu Bao Bao left a message on his Douyin homepage saying ‘I have something to deal with recently and will not be live streaming temporarily’. Since November 18th, he has not gone live. It is reported that he had mentioned in his live streaming that he had known about Chen Shaojie’s disappearance for a long time, but was not clear about the specific situation. In addition, Doinb, Dalongma, and others have also stopped live streaming recently. There is no information yet to prove the connection between the above people’s stoppage of live streaming.

　　An insider close to Douyu revealed that this incident involving Douyu may involve a group of top game streamers, with the main reasons being participation in gambling and money laundering. Previously, rumors about Douyu’s involvement in gambling had spread widely on the Internet, especially regarding the gambling situations in the live rooms of Douyu platform accounts such as ‘XianXianjiu Outdoor’ and ‘Changsha Country Suicide Team’, which had caused widespread concern. (Phoenix Technology)

　　BYD officially responds to terminal promotion: limited to November, not a price cut

　　In response to the terminal promotion rumors spreading online, BYD officially responded on the 25th that ‘this promotion is limited to November and is not a price cut. The purpose of the promotion is to accelerate the shift from oil to electricity.’ Recently, information feedback from BYD dealers showed that the cash discount range of the Qin, Han, Tang, Song and other models under the BYD Dynasty network had expanded to 3,000 to 10,000 yuan, and the price of the Ocean network models had not shown significant relaxation, maintaining the decline at the beginning of the month. (Sina Technology)

　　The Blizzard Chinese official website can log in normally and download the client

　　According to reports, the Blizzard Chinese official website, which had been closed for a long time, was able to log in again in the afternoon of the 24th, but it would crash occasionally.实测发现，登录该页面后，已经可以下载桌面端和移动端应用，但下载速度较慢. (Science and Technology Daily)

　　International Information

　　Google’s artificial intelligence identifies fake American moon landing photos, Putin: very interesting

　　According to reports, during his visit to the exhibition of artificial intelligence products at the ‘World Journey of Artificial Intelligence’ international conference in Moscow, Russian President Putin visited an exhibition about artificial intelligence productslottery local and How to find it. He was told that the neural network (artificial intelligence technology) of the American Google Company had determined that there was false content in the photos of the American moon landing mission. Putin commented, ‘It’s interesting’.

　　German Gref, the head of the Russian Federal Savings Bank, said that the above conclusion was not made by the neural network of a Russian company, but by the neural network of the American company Google, which was based on the analysis of multiple indicators. (Jiemu News)

　　Valeo sues Nvidia for espionage in the smart car cooperation method

　　According to reports, in a video conference involving a global renowned Tier 1 automotive company Valeo and Nvidia, the Nvidia employee responsible for the demonstration, also an advanced perception engineer, Mohammad Moniruzzaman (Mohamed Moniruzzaman), shared his computer screen. During the demonstration, when Mohamed minimized the PPT, a Valeo employee suddenly discovered a file open on Mohamed’s computer, which was actually Valeo’s internal source code.

　　During the investigation, the police found that Mohamed had been an employee of Valeo, responsible for product software development, and had only moved to Nvidia a few months ago. Before Mohamed left Valeo, he accessed Valeo’s internal system through his personal account and downloaded tens of thousands of files, tables, and 6Gb of code, including all the source code of Valeo’s self-developed intelligent driving and parking systems. (Intelligent Car Reference)

　　Musk strongly criticized the Swedish strike action, and postal workers refused to deliver license plates for Tesla.

　　Recently, an escalating labor dispute in Sweden is affecting Tesla. As the strike at 7 service centers spreads, Tesla’s operations in this largest country in Northern Europe are disrupted, and founder Musk strongly criticized the strike action as ‘crazy’. So far, nine unions have joined the blockade against Tesla.

　　The protest of postal workers particularly enraged Musk because it meant that the Swedish Transport Agency could not issue new license plates to Tesla, and local laws stipulate that license plate delivery cannot be carried out in any way other than mail. Therefore, Tesla’s new cars cannot be put into use in Sweden. On the 21st local time, the chief mediator between the labor and management sides said that there is no room for maneuver for Tesla’s subsidiary in Sweden to sign any agreement, as this was an order directly issued by Musk. (Tonghua Shun Finance)

　　? may lose 75 million US dollars by the end of the year, or due to a significant loss of advertisers

　　Due to the suspension of advertising by dozens of major brands, Musk’s? platform may lose up to 75 million US dollars (about 5.36 billion RMB) in advertising revenue by the end of this year. Musk’s previous anti-Semitic remarks led to the suspension of advertising by several companies, including Walt Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery, on?.

　　According to multiple news media reports, Apple has also withdrawn its advertising expenditure on?. After Musk acquired Twitter, he carried out sweeping reforms, causing a large number of advertisers to leave?sports betting plan，come on baby. Apple continues to choose to place advertisements on?, one of its advertising partners, Musk thanked Apple for its support in March this year, calling the company one of the ‘largest advertisers’ on?. Since Musk took over, the advertising revenue of the? platform in the US has decreased by at least 55% month-on-month. (IT Home)

　　Sun Yat-sen’s related lottery and exchange was hacked again: stolen over a billion US dollars

　　Recently, hackers attacked the HTX exchange (formerly known as Huobi) related to ‘crypto circle celebrities’ Sun Yat-sen and the blockchain protocol Heco Chain, and stole about 115 million US dollars in cryptocurrency.

　　On November 24th, Sun Yat-sen, the founder of Tron and a member of the HTX Global Advisory Committee, responded by saying that HTX was indeed hacked, ‘but HTX will bear the full cost of the funds lost in the hot wallet of HTX, so the user assets are 100% secure, and everyone should not worry.’ He said that HTX will do its best to investigate and trace this hacking incident and will definitely recover the stolen funds, and will synchronize any progress as soon as possible. (The Paper)

　　Steam platform is suspected of monopolizing the PC game market, and Valve boss Gabe Newell has been summoned to court by the court

　　In April 2021, game developer Wolfire Games filed an antitrust lawsuit against Valve’s PC game online retail platform Steam for its ‘monopolistic practices.’ The lawsuit primarily revolves around the platform’s requirement of a 30% cut. Wolfire argues that Valve exploits its dominant position to extract high commissions from nearly every sale and exploits its position to剥削 distributors and consumers. However, in a rejection last November, the regional judge found that the complaint did not sufficiently clarify the facts to reasonably charge market unfair competition damage based on the facts.

　　However, Wolfire Games has not given up on the lawsuit. The company filed a lawsuit again in May 2022. Recently, in the order submitted to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Wolfire Games demanded that Valve CEO Gabe Newell appear in court as a witness. The studio said that G胖 has unique advantages in all aspects of business strategy, and appearing in court will enable them to fully assess Newell’s credibility. (IT Home)

　　The battery factory cooperation between Ford and CATL is restarting construction, with the production scale reduced by 40% compared to the original plan

　　Recently, according to a report by the US CNBC, Ford Motor Company announced this week that it will restart the Michigan electric vehicle battery factory cooperation plan with CATL. Ford had said in February this year that it would produce lithium iron phosphate batteries at the factory, but announced in September that the construction would be suspended.

　　In the latest statement, Ford confirmed that it will proceed with this project, while considering the balance between investment, growth, and profitability, the production scale will be reduced by 40% compared to the original plan. After the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, the protectionist色彩 of the United States’ domestic industrial chain has become increasingly prominent, and Ford’s previous plan to seek technical support from CATL for the factory has been criticized. (Jiemian)

　　Musk confirms that Tesla provides FSD V12 autonomous driving

　　Tesla has begun to roll out the full autonomous driving (FSD) V12 version to employees, with the updated version number being 2023.38.10. Musk also confirmed this news on ? FSD V12 is a major leap in Tesla’s autonomous driving technology, as it is the first time Tesla has started to use neural networks for vehicle control, including steering, acceleration, and braking.

　　A major change in FSD V12 is the elimination of over 300,000 lines of code that previously controlled the FSD function of the vehicle, and further reliance on neural networks, which means the system has reduced its dependence on hard-coded programming. It was announced earlier this month that Musk announced that the Tesla FSD V12 autonomous driving system will be available for trial use in two weeks. (Fenghuang Net Technology)

　　Amazon has cooperated with Snap, Meta, etc. to cope with the competition from TikTok and SHEIN.

　　Recently, Amazon has reached a cooperative agreement with the social media software Snapchat, allowing users to directly purchase platform products through advertisements on social applications, which is equivalent to integrating its shopping function into Snapchat. Users can directly shop on Amazon through advertisement links on Snapchat.

　　In the past half year, Amazon has successively reached similar cooperation agreements with Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram under Meta, and is believed to help Amazon compete with emerging e-commerce platforms such as TikTok and SHEIN. (Chuangye Bang)

　　Tesla is investing 20 billion US dollars in India, but with the premise of reducing the tariffs on 30,000 cars

　　It is reported that if the Indian government reduces the import tariffs on cars for the first two years of operation to 15%, Tesla will invest up to 20 billion US dollars (about 14.3 billion yuan) to build a factory in India.

　　According to media reports in India, if the government approves the reduction of tariffs on 12,000 cars, Tesla is willing to invest up to 5 billion US dollars; if it approves the reduction of tariffs on 30,000 cars, it is willing to invest up to 20 billion US dollars. The report states that the government is reviewing the feasibility of Tesla’s 20 billion US dollar investment proposal, but hopes that Tesla will reduce the number of cars imported with lower tariffs. (IT Home)

　　The seat belt has a safety hazard, and Honda has recalled more than 300,000 cars in the United States

　　On November 25 local time, the recall information submitted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the United States showed that the 2023-2024 models of the Accord produced from October 4, 2022, to October 14, 2023, and the 2023-2024 models of HR-V produced from April 26, 2022, to October 14, 2023, totaling 303,770 vehicles, will be recalled.

　　The recall reason is that the front seat seat belt pretensioner is not fixed with rivets during assembly. The seat belt pretensioner without rivets will not be able to properly constrain the occupants in the event of a collision, thereby increasing the risk of injury. (Financial United)

　　曲线救国: Developers launch a browser plugin that can play YouTube ads at 16x speed

　　November 26 news, according to foreign media reports, in recent days, YouTube’s campaign against various ad blockers has caused many plugins to fail. But as the saying goes, ‘There are always more ways than difficulties’, a developer has provided a workaround: since it is impossible to skip YouTube ads, then speed up their playback.

　　Developer Hackhive-io has introduced in detail on Reddit an ad acceleration Chrome browser plugin called AdSpeedup. It claims that the plugin, with the help of YouTube’s playback speed control feature, can automatically play ads at 16x speed after detecting that YouTube is currently playing ads, resulting in the original 30-second ads being shortened to one or two seconds. (IT Home)

　　Nissan will invest 1.4 billion US dollars in its British factory to produce the electric versions of its best-selling cars

　　Nissan will invest 1.4 billion US dollars to upgrade its factory located in the northeast of England to produce electric versions of its two best-selling cars. For the British government, which is trying to revitalize the country’s struggling economy, Nissan’s plan will be a driving force. The Japanese car manufacturer has a factory in Sunderland with 6,000 workers, producing fuel version or hybrid version of Qashqai and the small Juke crossover vehicle. (Financial Circle)

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