Important Tech News in the US August 9, 2024

“Tech Last Night and This Morning” time, hello everyone, now it is Friday, August 9, 2024. The important tech news today includes:

1. Luo Yonghao's 5,000-word long article responding to being exposed with five counts by Zhang Xiang, a 20-year-old friend of Yu Minhong: It's for Dong Yuhui and the young people being PUAed by capitalists

At noon on August 8, Luo Yonghao released a long article through the Weibo Luo Yonghao's Rumor-Busting Account to clarify the facts about some recent rumors and hearsays. Before that, a person who claimed to be a more than 20-year-old friend of Yu Minhong, Zhang Xiang, suddenly posted and exposed Luo Yonghao's five counts. >>View details

2. After the rumor of leaving, the head of MIUI of Xiaomi, Jin Fan, appeared publicly for the first time at the 2024 Quick App Developer Conference

After being hit by the rumor of leaving, Jin Fan, the vice president of the mobile phone department of Xiaomi Group and the overall experience director of MIUI, appeared publicly on August 8 and showed up at the 2024 Quick App Developer Conference. >>View details

3. A 3-million-follower internet celebrity sold counterfeit goods in live streaming: The sales amount reached 670,000 yuan and has been sentenced

According to the Xiaoshan Daily report on August 5, recently, the People's Court of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City, has heard a case of a web celebrity anchor counterfeiting a registered trademark, and five defendants have been sentenced. Among them, a well-known web celebrity anchor with as many as 3 million followers on a short-video platform was sentenced to more than three years in prison due to the serious circumstances involved. >>View details

4. The final trailer of the domestic 3A masterpiece Black Myth: Wukong is released: New shapeshifting characters, plot animations, and the Four Heavenly Kings appear, and it will be officially released on August 20

The domestic game 3A masterpiece Black Myth: Wukong will be officially released on August 20, and the official announced the final trailer at 10 am on August 8. >>View details

5. Owners reported that Nezha cars were refused insurance or had premiums increased by many insurance companies, citing the high accident rate of online car-hailing

According to DoNews report, recently many Nezha car owners reported that the premiums of Nezha cars have increased significantly, and many insurance companies refused to insure them.

A car owner said that he bought a Nezha car in 2022, and when renewing the insurance this year, he was told that the premium needs to pay more than 9,000 yuan, because a large number of vehicles of this brand are used for online car-hailing. >>View details

6. The iPhone 16 model video is available: Five colors including blue, pink, white, black, and green

The YouTube host Aaron Zollo released a new video on August 7, sharing the hands-on experience of the Apple iPhone 16 standard model, showing a total of five colors including blue, pink, white, black, and green. >>View details

7. The customer's master's degree graduation certificate was torn up, and SF Express responded that it was damaged due to machine extrusion

At noon on August 8, the topic of the master's degree graduation certificate was torn up by SF Express rushed to the top of the Weibo hot search list. In response to this, SF Express Group responded to China New Network. >>View details

8. Ideal L9再现高速突发刹停，售后人员称“故障系外力所致”

According to the Jiupai News report, on August 3, Ms. Liu's family of four in Changsha was driving the Ideal L9 car that had just been bought for two months. When driving on the Changliu Expressway, the car suddenly made an emergency stop on the road without warning, and the rear wheels of the vehicle were locked and could not move. In response to this, Ideal after-sales personnel responded. >>View details

9. The domestic oil price welcomes the largest dr op of the year, and filling up a tank of 92-octane gasoline will save 12 yuan less

The National Development and Reform Commission announced on August 8 that during this round of the refined oil price adjustment cycle (July 25 - August 7), international oil prices fell. Starting from 24:00 on August 8, the domestic gasoline and diesel prices were reduced by 305 yuan and 290 yuan per ton respectively.

On a national average, the price of 92-octane gasoline, 95-octane gasoline, and 0# diesel was reduced by 0.24 yuan, 0.25 yuan, and 0.25 yuan per liter respectively. According to the estimation of a general household car fuel tank with a capacity of 50 liters, filling up a tank of 92-octane gasoline will save 12 yuan less. >>View details

10. Unicom phone card promotes the one-card-two-number service between China/Singapore, with a maximum of 60 GB of shared traffic between China and Singapore

On August 7, China Unicom held a new product launch in Singapore and launched the CUniqSG cross-border communication innovation product.

This CUniqSG released this time is a mobile communication new product jointly launched by China Unicom and StarHub. It provides users with the one-card-two-number service. Users only need to handle one phone card to have both the mobile phone number in Singapore and China at the same time and obtain data, voice, and text message services in both China and Singapore. >>View details

11. The news said that Xiaomi is researching various battery fast-charging solutions, including 7500 mAh + 100 W fast charging, etc.

The blogger @Digital Chat Station broke the news on August 8 that Xiaomi has been recently researching various battery fast-charging solutions. By comparison, among the Xiaomi flagship models currently on sale, the battery capacity of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra is 5300 mAh, and the Xiaomi MIX Fold 4 is equipped with a 5100 mAh Jinsha River three-dimensional special-shaped battery. >>View details

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