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2024.12.26

18:21

Russia's IKAR agency expects Russia's share of global wheat trade to fall to 20% in the 2024/25 export season from 25% previously.

18:19

Russia's IKAR agency expects wheat exports to reach 41 million tons in 2025/26 and total grain exports to reach 52 million tons.

14:49

EU makes final anti-dumping ruling on Indian optical cables

The European Commission issued an announcement that on December 13, it made a final anti-dumping ruling on optical fiber cables originating in India, and decided to impose anti-dumping duties of 6.9% to 11.4% on the products involved. The EU CN (Combined Nomenclature) code of the products involved is ex 8544 70 00 (TARIC codes are 8544 70 00 10 and 8544 70 00 91). The dumping investigation period of this case is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, and the injury investigation period is from January 1, 2020 to the end of the dumping investigation period. The announcement will take effect from the day after it is issued.

2024.12.25

13:55

Farfetch sells virtual try-on tech firm Wannaby to Taiwanese company

Perfect Corp., a unit of Taiwanese software company CyberLink Corp., announced Wednesday that the team has reached an agreement with global luxury fashion e-commerce platform Farfetch to acquire virtual try-on technology company Wannaby.

09:28

Hon Hai's entry into ultra-thin AR glasses market may be preparing for new Apple AI orders

Hon Hai's entry into the ultra-thin AR glasses market may be in preparation for Apple's new AI product orders, according to Taiwan's Economic Daily News.

01:53

Market news: Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF took advantage of the rising share price of Tesla (TSLA.O) to continue cashing out, selling 13,040 Tesla shares on December 23. But at the same time, she is increasingly optimistic about Tesla (TSLA.O) stock.

2024.12.24

13:53

Foxconn announced to join hands with Porotech to enter the AR glasses market

Foxconn announced that it will join hands with Porotech to enter the AR glasses market. According to the cooperation between the two parties, Foxconn will accelerate its strategic layout in AR and MicroLED, and plans to establish a MicroLED wafer process production line in Taichung, which is expected to go into mass production in the fourth quarter of 2025.

10:28

Jiang Shubo from Heilongjiang Province Ice and Snow Economic Research Center: Enterprises should be guided to use AR/VR and other technologies to promote the intelligence of ice and snow equipment

Jiang Shubo, deputy director of the Heilongjiang Province Ice and Snow Economy Research Center, suggested that leading enterprises should play a leading role, and jointly carry out basic frontier research, key common technology research and advanced manufacturing process research on ice and snow equipment with colleges and universities and scientific research institutions, especially to improve the research and development and manufacturing capabilities of core equipment such as snow machines, ice machines, snow presses, and cable cars. In addition, relying on my country's unique advantages in the field of digital economy, we should also actively guide industry enterprises to make full use of new generation information technologies such as AR/VR, optimize and upgrade ice and snow sports simulation training platforms, develop online products and services such as smart skiing and skating, and promote the intelligent development of ice and snow equipment.

2024.12.23

22:37

Arm (ARM.O) fell 3.8% as Qualcomm won a key victory in the ARM chip lawsuit.

22:36

Arm Holdings fell nearly 4%

Arm Holdings fell nearly 4% as Qualcomm won a key victory in the ARM chip lawsuit.

22:31

At the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.09%, the S&P 500 rose 0.07%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.36%. Honda Motor (HMC.N) rose 14%, and the company will officially start merger negotiations with Nissan. Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rose 1.18%, and Qualcomm won a key victory in the ARM chip lawsuit.

17:28

Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rose more than 3% in pre-market trading as it won a key victory in the ARM chip lawsuit.

17:24

Qualcomm rose more than 3% before the market opened

Qualcomm rose more than 3% in pre-market trading as it won a key victory in the ARM chip lawsuit.

2024.12.21

08:19

OpenAI launches o3 model series: AGI best performance reaches human level

On December 20, OpenAI announced the launch of its next-generation model o3 and its streamlined version o3-mini on the last day of its 12-working day online new product launch event. o3 has significantly surpassed its predecessor o1 in many aspects, excelling in software engineering, competitive mathematics, and the ability to master human doctoral-level natural science knowledge. Especially in the ARC-AGI assessment, o3's score reached 75.7% to 87.5%, exceeding the 85% threshold of human level.

2024.12.20

17:28

Quectel Communications: The company's AI+AR glasses business has achieved mass production.

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