The byte game business has been abolished on a large scale, and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has required TV to be turned on and broadcast live on full screen
Hot spotlight
Byte Games Large-scale Layoffs! Within One Day, "Three Resignation Groups Are Full"
ByteDance announced yesterday that its game business will carry out large-scale business contraction - for games that have been launched and performed well, it will seek to divest while ensuring operation, and for projects that have not yet been launched, except for a small number of innovative projects and related technology projects, they will be shut down. (Tencent News Periscope)
Didi Chuxing: The Didi App service is abnormal and is being restored one after another
On the evening of November 27, Didi Chuxing issued an announcement saying that due to system failures, Didi App services were abnormal, and they were urgently repaired by technical students and are currently being restored. Riders who can't lock the bike don't need to wait in place, and passengers who can't check out at the end can get off the bus and go home normally, without worrying about the fare caused by the breakdown, please be patient and wait for the follow-up notice, and the follow-up will be properly handled. (Tencent Technology)
State Administration of Radio, Film and Television: The default setting of the cable TV terminal system should be "boot to enter the full-screen live broadcast"
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television recently issued a notice on three radio and television and online audiovisual industry standards, including the "Technical Requirements for Cable TV Business", requiring cable TV terminals to provide two "boot mode" options: "boot into full-screen live broadcast" and "boot into the interactive home page of prominent live broadcast channels", and the default setting of the system should be "boot into full-screen live broadcast". (Xinhuanet)
Technology companies
Tesla: The global official delivery of the Cybertruck will take place on December 1
According to Tesla's official Weibo, the global official delivery of the Cybertruck will be held at the Texas Gigafactory in the early morning of December 1, Beijing time. (Tencent Auto)
Analyst: iPhone 15 demand remains strong, especially in China
Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, said that Apple's new iPhone 15 has strong demand during the holiday season, especially in the Chinese market. He predicts that more than 100 million iPhones in China are in the replacement window. (All-weather technology)
Japan Line operator: More than 400,000 pieces of data may be leaked
Line operator and Japanese technology giant LY recently announced that it found that a third party had unauthorized access to the company's systems, resulting in the leakage of about 400,000 pieces of information about users, business partners, employees and other personnel. (Interface News)
Douyin e-commerce refutes rumors: It is untrue that Simei Media operates Douyin Supermarket on behalf of Simei Media
A few days ago, Douyin e-commerce issued a statement on the Weibo platform to refute rumors, saying: It is rumored that Simei Media operates Douyin Supermarket on behalf of Simei Media, which is untrue news. Douyin supermarket business is self-operated by Douyin e-commerce. (Beike Finance)
Betta: An interim management committee will be established to manage the company's operations
Douyu recently announced that on November 24, the company's board of directors established a temporary management committee, which is composed of Mr. Su Mingming, the company's director and chief strategy officer, Mr. Cao Hao, the company's director and vice president, and Ms. Ren Simin, the company's director. (Interface News)
AI weather vane
Musk asked OpenAI's chief scientist: What do you see to fire Ultraman
Musk wants to know what exactly OpenAI chief scientist Sutzcaifer sees in the company to the point where he wants to fire CEO Altman. The answer remains a mystery. OpenAI's board of directors only gave vague statements when it fired Ultraman. And since then, there hasn't been much disclosure. (Tencent Technology)
Bill Gates: GPT-5 is not much better than GPT-4, generative AI has reached its limits
Bill Gates said in an interview a few days ago that he believes that generative AI GPT-5 may not necessarily surpass GPT-4 by a large margin. Gates mentioned that the possible breakthrough is explainable AI, but it may not be possible until the next decade. He emphasized that AI Agent will lead the rise of the technology industry and society, and stressed that this is not a negative prediction. (qubits)
It is reported that ByteDance has established a new department, Flow, to focus on the AI application layer
According to media reports, citing sources, ByteDance recently established a new AI department, Flow, and the technical leader is Hong Dingkun, vice president of ByteDance Technology. A person familiar with the matter said that the business leader of this new department is Zhu Wenjia, the head of the byte model team. (36 Krypton)
According to the news, Taotian Group is preparing to build a large model team, and CEO Dai Shan and other executives are in charge
According to media reports, people familiar with the matter revealed that Taotian Group is preparing to build a large model team, and has begun recruitment, and the formation of the team is led by Dai Shan, CEO of Taotian Group, Ruohai, CTO of Taotian Group, Zheng Bo, CTO of Alimama, and others. (IT House)
Wikipedia founder: ChatGPT is completely unreliable for writing Wikipedia articles
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes that ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI, is a mess when it comes to writing Wikipedia articles. He believes that superhuman AI may take at least fifty years to achieve. (IT House)
Tech figures
Binance Changpeng Zhao may face 10 years in prison for money laundering, and the U.S. Department of Justice: He should not return to the UAE before the verdict is announced
Justice Department lawyers not only reiterated that Changpeng Zhao should be confined to the continental United States and prohibited from traveling to the United Arab Emirates until the verdict was announced, but also made it clear for the first time that the U.S. government might argue that Changpeng Zhao should be sentenced to 10 years in prison at the time of sentencing, according to a court filing from the U.S. Department of Justice. (The Paper)
Tim Cook revealed Apple's hiring criteria: to believe that one plus one equals three
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently said that one of the standard features of Apple's hiring is the "one plus one equals three" philosophy, which means that collective collaboration is better than innovating alone. Apple employs people from all walks of life, and Cook is willing to work with people who are willing to collaborate, curious, creative and team player. (Tencent Technology)
Liu Deyin, Chairman of TSMC: Under the trend of globalization and fragmentation, the speed of innovation will slow down
Liu Deyin, chairman of TSMC, recently said that under the international trend of globalization and fragmentation, the demands of various countries for national security will follow, and the biggest concern for the industry and economy is that the speed of global innovation will slow down, especially the status of AI sanctions pursued by powerful countries, which will deepen geopolitical uncertainty. (Xinzhixun)
Smart new products
It is reported that the design of Samsung Galaxy S25 series mobile phones will be overhauled, opening the "Li Yihuan era"
The Samsung Galaxy S25 series design is expected to undergo significant changes. According to blogger @i Bing Universe, this generation will start the "Li Yihuan era", and the style will be different from the past. Li Yihuan, former chief design officer of Mercedes-Benz China, and now executive vice president and head of the MX (mobile experience) design team at Samsung, has high hopes to change the exterior design of the S series. (IT House)
Aerospace
"Half-hanging" defeated Musk: Bezos got NASA's Mars mission launch order
NASA recently announced that it will select Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket to launch a mission to Mars in August 2024, and the contract is worth $20 million. Interestingly, rival Elon Musk once said that Bezos was a "half-asser" in the field of space exploration. (Southern Metropolis Daily)