Key Technology News Update in the US

Technology Last Night and This Morning time, hello everyone, now it is Thursday, May 23, 2024, and today's important technology news includes:

1. JD.com employees respond to the boycott of multiple publishing houses against 618: Just want to sell cheaper books

Recently, JD.com launched a book promotion plan during the 618 period, but was boycotted by multiple publishing institutions and was accused of disordered competition.

On the morning of May 22, JD.com's book purchasing and sales staff publicly responded to this boycott incident. The staff member said that they just want to sell cheaper books and better pass on benefits to consumers; want to expand sales through small profits but quick turnover and create revenue for partners; just want to do their best to promote consumption and create value for society. >>View details

2. JD.com was exposed to strict discipline on the hot search: All non-work WeChat groups were dissolved, considering work saturation...

According to reports from Lei Feng.com, multiple sources爆料 said that JD Retail started to strictly check attendance this week and adjusted the lunch break rules. >>View details

3. The blogger accused Xiaomi air conditioner's after-sales service of being poor and will go to court dissatisfied with the official response

Recently, the blogger Emu Zoo posted that on May 12, 3 Xiaomi air conditioners were ordered for parents, but there were still no air conditioners in use until the 19th. In response, Xiaomi Service posted a response.

The blogger said that on the day of installing the air conditioner, the installer said that one of the air conditioners could not be installed and suggested returning it and then left. In the subsequent communication process with the customer service, the blogger reordered one air conditioner again, hoping that an installer could come to install it. As a result, until the 19th, there were 4 air conditioners and 8 large boxes in the living room, and no one installed or returned them.

In response, Xiaomi Service posted that, Service situation clarification: Several problems reported by users do not match our service records. In this incident, Xiaomi's offline service team not only showed professionalism and carefulness as much as possible during the installation process, but also actively provided a series of value-added services, including taking the initiative to bear the 100-dollar return cost of large items in logistics, and also helped repair the radiator fault at home. Xiaomi also said that We did not force the deletion of the Weibo post throughout the process, and there is no such behavior as 'not leaving if not deleted'. >>View details

4. Huawei router shipments exceeded 100 million

On May 22, Huawei Terminal officially announced that as of the first quarter of 2024, the shipment volume of Huawei router products exceeded 100 million units. The first Huawei home router was released in 2015, and now its router product category is relatively complete, and the product forms are diverse, covering mother-child routers, single-product routers, networking routers, etc. >>View details

5. Bilibili cancelled using video playback duration to replace playback count: Made a mistake, too idealistic

The head of Bilibili's community and product, Fang Fang, posted on May 22 that the team has decided to cancel the revised version of the external display of the playback duration index and also said that in the current recommendation algorithm, the playback duration has already become a very important statistical factor. >>View details

6. Huawei's Fourth Realm is about to debut: Factory equipment installation is nearing completion, and the Ao Realm trademark has belonged to Huawei

According to the article of the Feixi Release public account on May 21, the super factory of the Jianghuai high-end new energy vehicle base in the Zhongpai area of Feixi will be responsible for the production of the cooperation model bet ween Jiangqi and Huawei. At present, the equipment installation of the super factory is nearing completion and is undergoing subsystem commissioning. >>View details

7. Pinduoduo's first-quarter revenue was 86.81 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 131%

Pinduoduo released its first-quarter financial report for 2024. Pinduoduo's first-quarter revenue was 86.81 billion yuan, estimated at 76.86 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 131%; the net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of Pinduoduo was 27.9978 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 246%; without following the US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of Pinduoduo was 30.6018 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 202%. >>View details

8. Wang Hua responded to Xiaomi's land withdrawal in Shanghai: Municipal planning land use has changed, and the government has a demand for land reserve

Xiaomi has withdrawn the land that it purchased 3 years ago at a cost of 1.55 billion yuan in a commercial office land in the core area of Xuhui Binjiang in Shanghai and has been included in the 2024 land reserve plan. Some netizens are worried that Xiaomi may lose 310 million yuan in the deposit, or even all the 1.55 billion yuan in the land price.

In response, Wang Hua, general manager of the public relations department of Xiaomi Group, responded to The Paper that: The municipal planning land use has changed, and the government has a demand for land reserve. But for the deposit matter, Wang Hua did not respond. >>View details

9. Microsoft demonstrates the Windows on ARM application ecosystem: QQ, Kugou Music, Jianying, Sogou Input Method, etc. are included

Microsoft introduced the current Windows on ARM ecosystem at Build 2024, and now supports native/simulated running of applications such as Tencent QQ, Douyin, Bilibili, iQiyi, Kugou Music, QQ Music, Jianying, Sogou Input Method, etc. >>View details

10. The chassis of the M7 Max Renewed version of the WENJIE M7 car is upgraded: CDC continuously variable damping Shock Absorber, intelligent control of Huawei

Yu Chengdong, the executive director of Huawei, the chairman of the Terminal BG, and the chairman of the Intelligent Vehicle Solution BU, posted on May 22 that the chassis of the M7 Max Renewed version of the WENJIE M7 car has been upgraded with a CDC continuously variable damping Shock Absorber. The chassis performance of this WENJIE M7 Renewed version car has been enhanced, and the CDC continuously variable damping Shock Absorber is upgraded. For different usage scenarios, the suspension can be adjusted automatically between soft and hard, and it supports intelligent control of Huawei, and the driving experience of the vehicle has been improved. >>View details

11. Zeng Yuqun issued Document No. 1 to mobilize going overseas: Whoever goes overseas is the hero of CATL

According to reports from LatePost, Zeng Yuqun, the chairman of CATL, issued Document No. 1 of 2024, which is a letter of going overseas mobilization. Zeng Yuqun expressed in the letter: The domestic market is getting more and more competitive, and the overseas market share of CATL last year caught up with LG, and there is still more room; in 2024, the international situation is changing rapidly, but the new energy trend is an international consensus, and the temporary uncertainty instead gives more opportunities to those with abilities. >>View details

12. Xiaomi's tribute replication of Apple's iPad Pro hydraulic press Crush controversial advertisement, hinting at the launch of the Civi series phone in India

Xiaomi India recently released a video on the X platform. The relevant video mainly replicates Apple's Crush hydraulic press pressing items advertisement (but there is no specific scene of pressing down), and at the same time writes CinemationVision, hinting that the company will launch the Civi series phone in India. >>View details

13. Tencent's Hybrid Grand Model has a comprehensive price reduction, and the Hybrid-lite is free from now on

On May 22, Tencent Cloud announced a new grand model price plan. Among the main models, the Hybrid-lite model, the total length of API input and output is planned to be upgraded from the current 4k to 256k, and the price is adjusted from 0.008 yuan/thousand tokens to be completely free. >>View details

That's all for today. Technology Last Night and This Morning, see you tomorrow.

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