Australia's Great Barrier Reef has just experienced the fourth coral bleaching event in seven years. The rare coral bleaching caused by abnormal sea water temperature is rapidly becoming the norm. It is said that this large-scale bleaching affected more than 90% of the coral reefs that make up the system, and it happened for the first time in La Nina.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate approved a vote to allow privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to join the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Foreign media pointed out that this result ensures that the Democratic majority government under Biden can be in a favorable position in the investigation of violations against large technology enterprises such as Google. But before vice president Harris cast her vote, the Senate happened to be in a 50-50 deadlock.
A "cryptocurrency winter" is coming. Under the continuous radical "shrinkage" of the Federal Reserve, it is difficult for digital currency to reverse the decline. On Thursday afternoon, the 24-hour decline of bitcoin once expanded to more than 14%, falling below US $27000 / piece, a new low since December 2020. As of press time, bitcoin has rebounded slightly to more than $27000.
As a language with the highest number of native and second language users in the world, some sharp eyed netizens soon noticed a "Gang" scene during Google's I / o2022 keynote speech. Rather, in a large screen presentation showing multilingualism, the technology giant accidentally showed the wrong way of writing in Arabic.
Toyota launched its first mass-produced pure electric vehicle bz4xsuv in Japan on Thursday for rental use only. The company said the strategy would help ease drivers' concerns about battery life and resale value, but surprised analysts. According to industry data, in Japan, Toyota's local market, hybrid electric vehicles are still far more popular than electric vehicles. Last year, electric vehicles accounted for only 1% of passenger car sales in Japan.
According to foreign media reports, on May 11, lucade MEO, CEO of French carmaker Renault, confirmed that the company would discuss the establishment of a new electric vehicle joint venture with alliance partners Nissan and Mitsubishi. "We are very transparent and will discuss these things. There will be many cooperation projects between Renault and alliance partners in the future." De MEO said.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos donated about $120 million worth of Amazon shares to a non-profit organization, but the beneficiaries of the donation remain a mystery.
World economic history is a series based on illusion and lies. The way to get wealth is to recognize the illusion, invest in it, and then quit the game before the illusion is recognized by the public—— George Soros
TSMC, as a global foundry leader, used to be famous for "few price increases". However, under the pressure of global inflation and the need for huge funds for large-scale production expansion, the company once again informed customers that it would raise the prices of all processes. This is also the second time TSMC has raised its price in a year, which has shocked the Japanese media and called it "unprecedented". At the same time, it has also disturbed the industry.
Recently, we learned from the BMW overseas official website that the BMW ix1 has completed the chassis system and powertrain test, and the new car has entered the final stage of research and development. The new generation of BMW X1 will be tested together with BMW ix1, and ix1 will exist as an electric version of the new generation of BMW X1.