🎞️ Life#
Too busy with work this week, just rushed through an episode.
130 HP Three-Star Monkey#
💭 Excerpt#
Blog post: Read for 3 minutes and get 3 days of the author's work results.
Magazine article: Read for 20 minutes and get 4 months of the author's work results.
Book: Read for 5 hours and get 15 years of the author's work results.
--Stephen Kotler (author)
📰 Weekly Digest#
"League of Legends" 2024 LPL Summer Regular Season Introduces New Format, Global BP Mode in Group Stage#
Group Stage
In this stage, the fearless recruitment (global BP) mode is used. After the A, B, C, and D groups determine their rankings through double round-robin BO3 matches, the bottom two teams from each group enter the B group, while the top 9 teams enter the A group.
Fearless Recruitment Mode: In the same BO3 match that the team has completed, the heroes used by the team cannot be used again.
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It's global BP, but not completely global BP.
It's copied from "King of Glory," but not completely copied.
Lei Jun: Xiaomi's SU7 Lock Order Volume Exceeds 75,723 Units, 5,781 Units Delivered#
Lei Jun said that it has been 28 days since the Xiaomi car launch event. As of last Saturday, the lock order volume has exceeded 70,000 vehicles. Many things have happened recently, such as Tesla's across-the-board price reduction of 14,000 yuan and competitors' policies to snatch our orders.
Lei Jun revealed that as of April 24th, the lock order volume has exceeded 75,723 units, and 5,781 units have been delivered since the launch 28 days ago.
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That's great.
Perplexity Raises $250 Million in Financing with a Valuation of $3 Billion#
According to informed sources, Perplexity is conducting a new round of financing of at least $250 million, with a valuation possibly reaching $2.5 billion to $3 billion.
Previously, the company has already completed two rounds of financing. In January of this year, Perplexity raised nearly $74 million at a valuation of $540 million. Then, in early March, it raised about $63 million at a valuation of $1 billion.
Perplexity's core product is a search engine based on generative AI, which integrates various large-scale language models such as OpenAI GPT-4, Anthropic Claude Opus, and Mistral into their algorithms, providing more accurate and comprehensive search results.
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Tesla Releases Q1 2024 Financial Report#
Tesla has released its Q1 2024 financial report, with total revenue of $21.301 billion, a 9% decrease compared to the same period last year. Among them, automotive business revenue was $17.3 billion, a 13% decrease from $19.963 billion in the same period last year.
At the same time, Tesla's Q1 2024 net profit was $1.144 billion, a 55% decrease compared to the same period last year.
Factors contributing to the decline in Tesla's Q1 revenue include a decrease in average pricing and product mix, increased operating expenses, and an increase in Cybertruck production costs.
The financial report also mentioned that Tesla has recently begun to improve operational efficiency by reducing costs and will continue to focus on reducing costs in sales and other areas to achieve profit growth, while introducing new and more affordable products through existing factories and production lines.
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Electric MINI Aceman Global Debut on April 24th#
On April 24th, the MINI family, a classic British brand under the BMW Group, welcomed a "new member" - the global debut of the all-new electric MINI Aceman, which is also the first 5-seat crossover model in the MINI family.
Stefanie Wurst, Senior Vice President of the MINI brand at the BMW Group, said, "This eye-catching young model combines the versatility of a crossover model, a truly immersive digital experience, and the classic go-kart-like driving feel of MINI."
The all-new electric MINI Aceman combines the characteristics of the MINI Cooper and MINI Countryman, filling the gap between these two models in terms of body size, reaching 4076 x 1754 x 1515 millimeters, with a wheelbase of 2606 millimeters, ensuring urban mobility.
The model uses a 54.2 kWh battery, with a maximum CLTC range of up to 450 kilometers. The motor has a maximum output power of 160 kW and a maximum torque of 330 N·m, allowing the vehicle to achieve 0-100 km/h acceleration in 7.3 seconds.
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