On August 13th, a number of Internet and game companies plan to expand the scale of talent recruitment in the meta universe in the near future. Under the current situation that large factories have repeatedly "winterized" and reduced costs and increased efficiency and layoffs, the demand for talent in the meta universe is still very high, and the competition among enterprises is fierce.
Salary, the industry revealed that fresh students can reach about 400,000 to 500,000 yuan, 10 years of experience of senior engineers salary is about 1 million to 2 million yuan, for particularly excellent talents, out of 4 million to 5 million yuan high salary is not uncommon.
In addition, domestic first-line investment institutions including Sequoia China and Hillhouse Venture Capital also revealed that they have established a number of start-ups in the field of meta-universe. (Source: Surging News)
Beijing time on August 13, according to foreign media reports, Google executives recently made it clear to their employees that if the third quarter results do not meet expectations, they will face layoffs.
Employees working in Google’s cloud sales division said they were told by senior leaders that there would be a "comprehensive review of sales performance and overall productivity". According to the message passed to the sales team, if the third quarter results are not optimistic, there will be "rivers of blood".
Google employees said they were worried about being laid off because the company had quietly extended its hiring freeze in August without any announcements. (Source: NetEase Technology)
According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group recently said that it will establish an artificial intelligence robot research institute in the United States to enhance the competitiveness of future industries such as robotics science and autonomous driving, and consolidate its position as a provider of intelligent mobility solutions.
Hyundai Motor Group established an artificial intelligence robotics research institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Hyundai Motor, Kia and Hyundai Mobis will contribute $424 million to this. In addition, Boston Dynamics, a robotics engineering technology development company acquired by the group in the United States last year, will also hold a small stake in the institute.
The institute will give priority to ensuring that the basic technology for developing a new generation of robots is mastered, that is, while developing technologies such as robot motion intelligence and cognitive functions, it will challenge the controllable limits of robots through externally collected data. The institute also plans to develop artificial intelligence models that can improve the versatility of robots. (Source: Aijiwei)
On August 13, Beijing time, Tesla officially decided that it would no longer accept orders for the long-range version of the Model 3 from users in North America and Canada. In response, Musk responded to netizens on Twitter: "The waiting list for delivery is too long. As our production capacity climbs, reservations will resume."
Although Tesla has raised the price of electric vehicles several times recently, the entire market is still in a state of shortage, and Tesla has more and more orders to be delivered. In March this year, Tesla’s US official website showed that the delivery time of many electric vehicles has been scheduled for 2023.
Musk said as early as May this year that as the backlog of orders grows and delivery times become longer, Tesla may stop taking orders for certain models. (Source: IT Home)
According to foreign media reports, global interactive fitness platform Peloton recently told employees that the company will lay off about 800 people, close a number of retail stores, and raise the price of exercise equipment such as treadmills and top bicycles. As soon as the news came out, Peloton’s shares rose about 11% on the day.
Peloton, which cut prices earlier this year, is raising the price of its Bike + by $500 to $2,495 and the Tread treadmill by $800 to $3,495.
Affected by the epidemic, users’ demand for treadmills and exercise bikes has grown rapidly. Peloton has implemented a series of measures, including cost cutting, to stabilize the business. Peloton is undergoing a company-wide transformation to support its revenue and improve cash flow. (Source: Reuters)
According to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, YouTube is planning to launch an online store for streaming video services and has renegotiated with entertainment companies about participating in the platform.
Known internally as a "channel store," the platform has been in the works for at least 18 months and could go live as early as this fall, according to people familiar with the matter. Currently, YouTube only allows subscribers to YouTube TV to add subscription services such as HBO Max, and is discussing sharing subscription revenue with streaming partners. However, the terms faced by different partners may vary widely. (Source: Interface News)
Recently, video game giant Nintendo President Furukawa Shuntaro said that despite the increasing production and transportation costs, it is not currently considering raising the price of the flagship game console Switch to help ease the gap, so as not to scare away consumers.
"We are competing in a multi-entertainment environment on a global scale, and we think about pricing based on the entertainment value we provide," Mr. Furukawa said. He said Nintendo had sold 100 million Switch games to date, which was critical to maintaining the company’s overall business momentum.
But there is still no official news about the new Switch. (Source: Fast Technology)
On August 13, at the forward-looking event, miHoYo officially announced the 3.0 version of "Yuan God", "Dawn Brought by a Thousand Roses", and the new version will be launched on August 24.
According to the introduction, the new five-star character Tinari will join the resident prayer in version 3.1. The duration of versions 3.0 to 3.2 of "Original God" will be adjusted to five weeks. At the same time, the project team will adjust the version content plan accordingly, and the gameplay content of each version will not be reduced. During version 3.0 to 3.2, the experience required for each level of the record travel system will be adjusted from 1000 to 900. (Source: IT Home)
Recently, foreign media exposed the patent picture of the model code-named V536. In fact, this model is the pure electric version of Volvo XC90. This new model will be based on the SPA2 architecture and is expected to be officially released in the second half of 2022.
From the patent diagram, the appearance of the new car continues Volvo’s usual family-style design, but the new style of "Thor’s Hammer" headlight group is tougher, and the closed front face more clearly highlights the identity of the electric model.
The new car as a whole adopts a relatively straight design, which is very capable. It is worth noting that the new car adopts the hidden door handle that is more popular in new energy vehicles today. This configuration was absent from the previous RECHARGE series models, and it finally appeared in the pure electric version of the XC90.
In terms of tail design, the new car uses segmented through taillights. In addition, light sources seem to be added on both sides of the rear windshield, which is still relatively rare in Volvo models. (Source: Electric Bang)
A team of experts from the University of Warwick has demonstrated a new way to produce oxygen in microgravity. The method uses magnets to attract gas bubbles to condense in an area, making them more accessible in the low-gravity environment of space.
The key problem solved by the experiment is buoyancy, or more precisely, the lack of natural buoyancy in space. On Earth, bubbles in a liquid automatically rise to the top, and the liquid stays at the bottom under the influence of gravity. In microgravity, the bubbles remain suspended in the liquid medium. To overcome this problem, the machines on the International Space Station rely on centrifuges to push the gas out, but these machines are heavy, consume a lot of electricity, and require a lot of maintenance.
Researchers used magnets to solve the need to generate oxygen using centrifuges. They learned how to use artificial magnets to attract bubbles on the surface of electrodes to extract gas in microgravity. Researchers say magnets can be used to create completely passive systems to extract oxygen in space without the need for added power and heavy machinery. (Source: cnBeta)
According to astronomical science experts, on August 15, Saturn, which has the reputation of "Lord of the Rings", will bring an opposition show. If the weather is fine, the public in our country can see this beautiful planet from the evening of the 14th to the early morning of the 15th.
According to reports, when Saturn, the earth, and the sun are roughly in a straight line, with the earth in the middle, it is called a "Saturn opposition." Before and after the opposition, Saturn is closest to the earth, with the largest apparent diameter and the highest brightness, making it the best time to observe.
This year, Saturn’s opposition occurs at 1:10 on August 15, and people standing on Earth can see the side of Saturn illuminated by the sun. On August 14, after the sun sets, Saturn will rise from the south-east, pass the mid-sky around midnight, and set in the south-west at sunrise, visible all night.
However, if you want to take a closer look at Saturn, you need to use a telescope 40 times larger to see the wonders of the rings more easily. (Source: Fast Technology)
