Krypton Evening Post | The second round of salary negotiations for Volkswagen will begin on October 30; Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 after one year; The CEO of BMW said that the EU's ban on fuel vehicles "is no longer realistic".
Big Companies:
The second round of salary negotiations for Volkswagen will commence on October 30
The second round of collective bargaining between Volkswagen and IG Metall, the largest trade union in Germany, will be held in Wolfsburg, the location of Volkswagen's headquarters, on October 30 local time. The previous round of salary negotiations for this largest European automaker did not reach an agreement, and the union threatened to go on strike starting from December. The company once hinted that it might close its factories in Germany. (Cailian Press)
Apple releases iOS/iPadOS 18.1 Developer Preview Beta 7: Adds translucent clock widget
Apple has pushed the iOS/iPadOS 18.1 Developer Preview Beta 7 update to iPhone and iPad users, with the internal version number 22B5075a. This update is the latest version 7 days after the previous Beta/RC release. According to Apple's official update log, media reports, and user feedback, the main highlight of iOS 18.1 Beta 7 is the improvement of the Tinted mode. Tinted mode is a new feature in iOS 18 that allows users to adjust the appearance color of application icons and widgets on the home screen. In the latest Beta 7 update, Apple has introduced a translucent clock widget, further enhancing the aesthetics of the user interface. (Global Network)
Microsoft will cease supporting Win10 in one year
It is reported that Microsoft will officially terminate support for Windows 10 on this day next year, and at that time, this operating system will come to an end, meaning that Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, technical support, and error fixes for it. (Sina Technology)
36Kr learned that on October 15, the 136th Canton Fair officially opened. Data shows that 138,000 overseas Purchasers from 209 countries and regions have pre-registered, and the expected number of participants will reach a new high. In addition to the enthusiasm of offline overseas merchants, a major highlight of this Canton Fair is that the online live-streaming rooms are also booming simultaneously. It is expected that nearly 100,000 global overseas professional buyers will flock to the online exhibition of the International Station on the first day. In particular, the shared live-streaming room opened by Alibaba International Station at the Canton Fair and open to all enterprises enables a large number of foreign trade enterprises that have just come into contact with the online platform to start the live-streaming immediately after one-click linking through AI simple product release.
36Kr learned that according to Tianyancha App, on September 30, Guangdong Juncai International Trade Co., Ltd. underwent industrial and commercial changes. The original shareholder, Miniso (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., withdrew, and YGF Investment V Hong Kong Limited was added as the wholly-owned shareholder. At the same time, Zhou Shu stepped down as the legal representative, executive director, and manager, and Ye Guofu was appointed as the legal representative, director, and manager. Guangdong Juncai International Trade Co., Ltd. was established in April 2016 with a registered capital of 10 million RMB. Its business scope includes cosmetics wholesale, technology import and export, philatelic products wholesale and import and export, etc.
The regulatory challenges faced by ByteDance's TikTok are increasingly intensifying. The latest company documents show that it has set aside 1 billion US dollars to handle potential fines from European privacy regulators in the future. In September last year, TikTok was fined a record 370 million US dollars by the Irish regulator for data privacy issues. However, with the continuous changes in the interpretation of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), TikTok believes that it may still face a higher risk of fines in the future. (IT House)
Amazon brand aggregators are experiencing a cold winter, and Olsam has filed for bankruptcy
According to foreign media ChannelX, the Amazon brand aggregator field is experiencing an unprecedented cold winter. Many well-known enterprises have fallen into financial difficulties. Among them, the well-known British aggregator Olsam has officially filed for bankruptcy, which has shocked the entire industry. It is worth noting that Olsam was established only four years ago, and its rapid rise and fall have become the focus of the industry. (Global Network)
Investment and Financing:
Pulaide: There are no plans for mergers and acquisitions at this stage
36Kr learned that Pulaide stated during an institutional research that at this stage, the company has no plans for mergers and acquisitions. In addition, the company stated that its business model includes ODM and OBM. The company will continue to develop the ODM business by continuously improving product quality and expanding product series to meet the procurement needs of world-renowned brand merchants and retailers such as Stanley Black & Decker, BOSCH, and Makita. On the other hand, it actively promotes its own brand to achieve the dual-driven of "ODM + OBM" business.
New Products:
36Kr learned that iFLYTEK stated on the interactive platform that the company will hold the "2024 7th World Sound Expo and iFLYTEK Global 1024 Developer Festival" on October 24, 2024. The base capabilities of the Spark model of iFLYTEK will be upgraded again, and the training and reasoning efficiency will be significantly improved. It will also debut the multi-modal visual interaction and super anthropomorphic virtual human interaction capabilities for the first time, aiming at the intelligent connection of everything and creating the ultimate human-computer interaction experience.
Fujifilm will launch its lightest mirrorless camera capable of shooting vertical screen videos
It is reported that Fujifilm announced that it will launch the company's lightest mirrorless camera in late November. The weight including the battery and memory card is about 355 grams, which is about 80 grams lighter than the existing lightest model. This camera is also equipped with the function of shooting vertical screen videos for posting on SNS. The product name is "FUJIFILM X-M5", and it is equipped with a 26.1-megapixel image sensor. The price is open, but the expected retail price is 124,000 yen (excluding tax, approximately RMB 5,887). (Interface)
In order to help merchants reduce operating costs and improve the shopping experience of users, starting from October 18, TikTok E-commerce has launched a series of cost reduction measures for merchants' freight insurance. Merchants or talents who meet the conditions will reduce the cost of freight insurance by 10% to 40%. It is expected to save merchants more than 4 billion yuan throughout the year. (Sina Technology)
Today's Views:
Oliver Zipse, the CEO of the BMW Group, said that the plan to effectively ban the sale of fuel vehicles in Europe from 2035 will lead to a "significant contraction" in its automotive industry. Zipse warned in a prepared speech for the Paris Auto Summit that the European continent is not ready to give up gasoline and diesel engines, and the EU's plan is "no longer feasible", and the subsidies for electric vehicles are "unsustainable". (Sina Finance)
36Kr learned that Great Wall Motor released a video. In the latest interview, its chairman Wei Jianjun talked about Xiaomi Automobile and said that Xiaomi Automobile has controlled the cost very well. It will soon launch an SUV, and perhaps the SUV will have a better business situation in the future than sedans.
36Kr learned that Meituan Flash Purchase held the "2024 Meituan Instant Retail Industry Conference" in Beijing. Wang Puzhong, the CEO of Meituan's Core Local Business, said that the instant retail industry has maintained resilient growth this year, and the Lightning Warehouse format has become one of the core driving forces for the industry's development and evolution. Currently, the number of Meituan Lightning Warehouses has exceeded 30,000. It is expected that by 2027, the number of Meituan Lightning Warehouses will exceed 100,000, and the market size will reach 200 billion yuan. Xiao Kun, the vice president of Meituan and the head of the Flash Purchase Division, said that driven by formats such as Lightning Warehouse, Meituan Flash Purchase has continued to grow at a high speed. On the peak day of this year's Qixi Festival, the peak order volume exceeded 16 million orders.
Fuda Fund Management Co., Ltd. announced that the company's senior management has changed, involving the positions of chairman and general manager. Among them, Chairman Jiang Xiaogang left due to job transfer, and Wang Sheng, the former general manager of the company, was newly appointed as the chairman; Jin Lingqian was newly appointed as the general manager of Fuda Fund, and Shen Weiqing, the deputy general manager of the company, left due to job transfer. (The Paper)
Other News Worth Noting:
Large pile-driving ships are essential equipment for basic construction of marine engineering such as cross-river and cross-sea passage and deep-sea wind power construction. The cylinder is the core component of a large pile-driving ship. Today (October 15), the world's largest pile-driving ship cylinder independently developed by China was offline in Changzhou, Jiangsu. This newly offline cylinder weighs 385 tons, has a diameter of nearly 2 meters, and a total length of 28 meters. When standing up, it is as tall as a ten-story building. It is the world's largest in weight, diameter, and length, and at the same time, it is the pile-driving ship cylinder with the largest thrust and the longest stroke. (CCTV News)
According to the latest analysis of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), global public debt will reach 100 trillion US dollars by the end of this year, accounting for 93% of global GDP. The IMF said in its latest "Fiscal Monitor" report that global debt is expected to approach 100% of GDP by 2030, and warned that governments will need to make difficult decisions to stabilize borrowing. The IMF's report said that the debts of the United States, Brazil, France, Italy, South Africa, and the United Kingdom are expected to increase, and urged governments to control debt. (Sina Finance)