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Sam's update sparks complaints from members; Switch 2 sales exceed 10 million; Xiaomi's Ma Zhiyu warns of storage price increases: the latest cost estimate for next year is 'a bit alarming'. | Geek in the morning

2025/11/05

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Nintendo recently released its financial report for the first half of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. According to the data, the global cumulative sales of the next-generation console Nintendo Switch 2 have reached 10.36 million units. Ind

Nintendo Releases Latest Financial Report: Switch2 Global Sales Surpass 10.36 Million Units

Nintendo recently released its financial report for the first half of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. According to the data, the global cumulative sales of the next-generation console Nintendo Switch 2 have reached 10.36 million units, sho

The financial report further revealed the rapid growth of the new console. In the second fiscal quarter from July to September, Switch 2 sold 4.54 million hardware units and 11.95 million software copies in a single quarter. Based on this exceeding p

In comparison, the initial generation Switch, which is at the end of its lifecycle, sold 910,000 hardware units this fiscal season. The expected hardware sales for the whole year have been adjusted from 4.5 million units to 4 million units. Despite t

Official announcement! The holiday schedule for 2026 is out: Spring Festival holidays will last for a total of 9 days

On November 4th, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice on the arrangement of some holidays in 2026, which is as follows:

With the approval of the State Council, the specific arrangement for the dates of holiday and adjustment for the 2026 New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day are

New Year's Day: December 31 (Thursday) to January 2 (Saturday) will be a holiday with a total of 3 days off. January 3 (Sunday) will be a working day.

Second, Spring Festival: From February 15th (the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Sunday) to February 23rd (the seventh day of the first lunar month, Monday), there will be a total of 9 days of holiday and work adjustment. February 14th (Saturday

Tomb-Sweeping Day: April 4th (Saturday) to April 6th (Monday), a total of 3 days off.

Labor Day: May 1 (Friday) to May 5 (Tuesday) are holidays with a total of 5 days off. Work on May 9 (Saturday) will be made up later.n

Dragon Boat Festival: June 19 (Friday) to June 21 (Sunday), a total of 3 days off.

Mid-Autumn Festival: September 25th (Friday) to September 27th (Sunday), a total of 3 days off.

National Day holiday: October 1 (Thursday) to October 7 (Wednesday), a total of 7 days off. Work on September 20 (Sunday) and October 10 (Saturday) will be considered as normal working hours. (Source: Tech fast)

Yiton Yao of Chery spoke about being forced to operate a business: Lei Jun of Xiaomi and Chengdong Yu of Huawei have their own traffic, which forced us old folks to showcase our products and technology through live broadcasts.

On November 4th, Chery Chairman Yin Tongyue mentioned the topic of being "forced to operate" in a recent interview, stating that he was "driven by trends" and referring to his attempt at live streaming as "imitating others without understanding".

Yin Tongyue said that Lei Jun (founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi) and Yu Chengdong (executive director of Huawei, director of the Product Investment Committee, and chairman of Terminal BG) are both geniuses and "traffic kings". They bring their own

When faced with the question of "whether we are using weakness to shape our strength," Yin Tongyue said frankly that we are not weak, so we are not weak. It has always been said that Chery Company is a very stupid company, but stupid people have thei

AMD Reports Q3 2025 Financial Results: $9.25 Billion in Revenue, a Year-on-Year Growth of 36% with AI as the Core Engine of Growth

AMD announced its financial results for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2025 (ended September 27th) yesterday (November 4th). The company achieved revenue of $9.25 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 36%. Adjusted earnings per share wer

Image source: User @EconomyApp on X Platform

AMD's total revenue in the third quarter reached $9.25 billion, which surged by 36% year-on-year and was higher than the expected $8.74 billion analysts had generally anticipated from LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share was $1.20, exceeding the expecta

Looking ahead, AMD has given optimistic guidance for its fourth-quarter performance. The company expects revenue to be around $9.6 billion in the fourth quarter, representing a 25% year-on-year growth. This forecast is also higher than the market's c

However, in terms of profitability, AMD expected an adjusted gross margin of 54.5% in the fourth quarter, which was only in line with market expectations. This expected gross margin guidance is considered the main reason for a slight decline in its s

In the highly competitive AI chip market, AMD is actively chasing leader Nvidia and has made significant strategic progress. The company announced last month a landmark agreement with OpenAI, according to which OpenAI will deploy a total of 6 gigawat

Xiaomi's Ma Zhiyu warns of storage price increases: the latest cost estimate for next year is a bit alarming.

On November 4th, news about the rising storage prices has been circulating for some time. According to a report by the Korean Economic News in October of this year, insiders revealed that major suppliers such as Samsung and SK Hynix have notified the

Yesterday, Ma Zhiyu, the product marketing director of Xiaomi Communications Technology Co., Ltd., posted an announcement

I just saw the latest cost estimate for next year, and it's a bit shocking... Well, during this year's Double 11 shopping festival, if there's still a chance to stack government subsidies, then let's buy and cherish the opportunities.

Ma Zhiyu also said, Actually, all applications involving memory are affected, but the memory in PCs is relatively larger, so the impact is more significant.

In addition, Xiaomi's REDMI product manager, @Suncun, has also previously announced similar price increases. She first released a poster for the REDMI K90 standard edition with a configuration of 12+512GB, which had a discount of 300 yuan during its

QS Asia University Rankings 2026 released: Hong Kong University ranks first, Peking University second, and Chinese mainland universities take the lead in the list

On November 4th, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, an international higher education research institution, released the 2026 QS Asian University Rankings.

The University of Hong Kong has ranked first in Asia, followed by Peking University. Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has risen one spot and is now tied for third with the National University of Singapore (NUS).

This year's ranking has reached a historical scale, covering 1,529 institutions in 25 higher education systems, with 558 institutions ranked for the first time. China has become the education system with the largest number of ranked institutions with

Chinese mainland, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and Singapore occupy the top ten universities in Asia. Beijing has 40 universities on the list, becoming the city with the largest number of universities on the list in Asia, followed

The number of universities in China (mainland) on the list has increased by the most in the region. Overall, compared to last year's list, 48 universities have improved their rankings, 79 have declined, and 7 have maintained the same ranking. This ye

Apple in China strictly prohibits offline dealers from selling products online

On November 4th, according to Blue Whale News citing Apple's offline distributor, Apple China recently issued a notice to authorized distributors requiring that all offline authorized distributors must not cooperate with any e-commerce platforms, and

According to a compliance commitment letter sent by Apple to authorized dealers, after Apple's verification, any violation of the above regulations, including but not limited to selling products on online channels and cross-regional channel conflicts

The report also mentioned that the head of an Apple distributor in Shenzhen revealed that the relevant regulations have existed before, but they have been recently required to be strictly enforced, with the core purpose of preventing the disruption o

However, according to Interface News, the regulation is more targeted at dealers who use online platforms to sell products in an unauthorized manner. E-commerce platforms' instant retail business will not be affected if the connected store is an auth

On September 10th this year, Taobao Flash Sales announced that the full series of iPhone 17 new products will be launched on the platform. Over 4,000 Apple authorized franchise stores have gone online with Taobao Flash Sales, covering more than 300 c

（Source: Sina Finance）

The updated Sam App is said to be like Hema, and the official response is that they will continue to improve.

Recently, many netizens have posted complaints that the Sam's Club app is becoming increasingly similar to that of Hema Supermarket: the app has high saturation fine-tuned photos, ready-made dishes on product detail pages, and supports quick payment

On the evening of November 3rd, Sam's Club posted a statement on social media: We always adhere to the principle of 'members first' and are committed to continuously improving the user experience of the Sam App. The App's latest update, which went li

In addition, the topic related to "Sam's Club Alibaba" has also been trending on Weibo. The related news is that Liu Peng, the former vice president of Alibaba, joined Wal-Mart China in October this year as the president of Sam's Club. He will lead t

Source: CnBeta

DJI is going to release a new product on November 13th, which is expected to be DJI Osmo Action 6 sports camera

DJI announced tonight that it will release a new product at 8:00 PM on November 13th.

An official pre-release video shows a camera with a variable aperture, leading to speculation that the new product is likely to be the Osmo Action 6 sports camera.

According to previous leaks, this action camera is equipped with a 1/1.1-inch stacked CMOS sensor jointly developed with Sony, which is close to a 1-inch size. Compared with the 1/1.3-inch sensor of the previous generation Action 5 Pro, its light-sen

In terms of camera and video specifications, Action 6 will be equipped with a new F2.0-F4.0 variable aperture lens, with an equivalent focal length of 16mm, allowing users to flexibly control depth of field in different lighting environments, achievi

Thalys humanoid robot unveiled, reportedly appeared at user center

On November 4th, blogger @Steven who loves to talk shared a video yesterday with the caption: 'The user center is now showing a humanoid robot with a Thalys logo.'

The blogger also shared detailed pictures of the robot, which wore a black hat with the word SERES on it, and the chest plate of its pure white body also had the word SERES printed on it.

The blogger indicates that the Cellux robotics humanoid robot is the result of long-term accumulation and preparation. With nearly 1 million luxury cars produced, Cellux has fully grasped the manufacturing process of its own intelligent robots. At th

On October 9th this year, Thalys Phoenix and ByteDance Volcano Engine signed a smart cooperation agreement in Beijing. According to the agreement, Thalys Phoenix and Volcano Engine will work together on the project of multi-modal cloud-edge collabora

Apple's first low-cost MacBook exposed: targeted at Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs, expected to be released next year with a price below $1,000

Find and customize the effect of Liquid Glass in System Settings - Appearance.

On November 5th, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman reported that Apple is planning to enter the low-cost laptop market, which will be its first laptop product targeted at the mass market. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment on the news.

According to its sources, the device, code-named J700, is currently in internal testing at Apple and in the early production stage of the overseas supply chain. It is expected to be officially released by Apple as soon as the first half of 2026.

It is said that Apple's new product is targeted at students, businesses, and daily users, mainly for basic needs such as web browsing, document processing, and light media editing. This device is also seen as attracting potential consumers who prefer

In addition to the highlights mentioned above, this test version also includes multi-language Apple Intelligence Assistant, a new alarm clock and timer 'swipe to stop' mechanism, a new Apple TV app icon, and numerous other detailed changes to the Set

Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold real machine unveiled: different from Huawei

Samsung showcased its first triple-folding screen Galaxy Z TriFold at the K-Tech Showcase. The device was on display behind glass, so attendees couldn't get hands-on experience. However, the media took detailed photos of the Galaxy Z TriFold, allowin

Galaxy Z TriFold adopts a G-type folding solution, with its two screens folding towards the middle, which is completely different from the S-type folding of Huawei Mate XTs' extraordinary master.

The Galaxy Z TriFold features a dual hinge design, and in its folded state, the left hinge is noticeably thicker than the right. Both the inner and outer screens are equipped with a front camera, while the rear features three cameras with the same mo

At present, Samsung has not announced the parameters of the Galaxy Z TriFold. It has revealed that the machine's expanded screen size reaches 10 inches, which is comparable to a tablet and can meet light office needs.

This new product will be launched in select markets such as China, South Korea, and Singapore. (Source: Kuaikeji)

AI musician's song is first selected to the Billboard Radio Chart

On November 4th, according to Billboard's adult R&B radio play survey on November 1st, which is one of the most influential music popularity charts in the world, AI-driven artist Xania Monet's song "How Was I Supposed to Know?" ranked 30th on the cha

▲ Xania Monet Virtual Image

Billboard reported in an article that 'How Was I Supposed to Know?' initially gained popularity on TikTok and other social media platforms, and then extended its influence to streaming platforms and digital retailers. It landed at the top of the R&B

Xania Monet, the digital musician created by poet Telisha Jones based on Suno, has sparked intense support and opposition discussions throughout the music industry with the rise of her song's popularity.

According to further information from IT Home, a record company has signed a record contract with Xania Monet worth US$3 million (IT Home note: about RMB 21.365 million at current exchange rates). (Source: Blockbeats)

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