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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 'kind of alarming' | Geek in the Morning

2025/11/05

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Nintendo recently announced its financial results 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.

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 in this fiscal quarter. The expected annual hardware sales were adjusted from 4.5 million to 4 million. However, its software sales remain

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

I. New Year's Day: January 1st (Thursday) to January 3rd (Saturday) is a holiday with a total of 3 days off. January 4th (Sunday) is a working day.

Second, Spring Festival holiday: February 15th (8th day of the twelfth lunar month, Sunday) to February 23rd (7th day of the first lunar month, Monday) is a holiday with a total of 9 days off. Work on February 14th (Saturday) and February 28th (Satur

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

4. Labor Day: May 1 (Friday) to May 5 (Tuesday) are holidays with work adjustments, a total of 5 days. Work on May 9 (Saturday) will be made up.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 1st (Thursday) to October 7th (Wednesday), a total of 7 days off. Work on September 20th (Sunday) and October 10th (Saturday) will be made up. (Source: Kuaikeji)

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 guys to go live and talk about products and technology

On November 4, it was reported that Chery Chairman Yin Tongyue talked about the topic of "being forced to open business" in a recent interview, saying that he was "forced by trends" and called his attempt to live broadcast "imitating others."

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

On November 5th, news emerged that AMD released its Q3 2025 financial report yesterday (November 4th), which ended on September 27th. The company achieved revenue of $9.25 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 36%. Adjusted earnings per sh

Image Source: User @EconomyApp on X Platform

According to the report, AMD's total revenue in the third quarter reached $9.25 billion, a significant increase of 36% compared to the same period last year, which is higher than the expected $8.74 billion analysts had anticipated from LSEG. Adjusted

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

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 (Artificial Intelligence) chip market, AMD is actively catching up with the leader NVIDIA and has made significant strategic progress. The company announced last month a landmark agreement with OpenAI, according to which

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

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

Mazhi Yu, the product marketing director of Xiaomi Communications Technology Co., Ltd., posted yesterday:

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 national subsidy to stack on top of it, then let's buy and cherish it while we can.

Ma Zhiyu also said, “All devices using memory are involved, but the impact is more significant due to the relatively larger memory in PCs.”

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 for the fir

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 is 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 across 25 higher education systems, with 558 institutions appearing on the list for the first time. China has the largest number of institutions on the list with a leapfr

Chinese mainland, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and Singapore dominate the top 10 universities in Asia. Beijing has the most universities on the list with 40, becoming the city with the largest number of universities ranked in Asia

The number of universities in China (mainland) with increased rankings is ranked first 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

Apple prohibits its offline dealers in China from selling products online

On November 4th, according to a Blue Whale news report citing Apple's offline retailer, Apple China has recently issued another notice to authorized dealers, requiring all offline authorized dealers not to 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 mainly targets situations where distributors use online platforms to channel goods. It does not affect Apple's official authorized franchise stores that are connected to e-commerce platforms' insta

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

（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 complained that the Sam's Club app is becoming more and more like Hema Supermarket: highly saturated and refined images on the app, pre-made dishes on the product details page, and Alipay payment. The topic of Sam's Club

On the evening of November 3rd, Sam's Club made a statement on social media platform: We always adhere to the principle of 'member first' and are committed to improving the user experience of Sam App. The App's latest update, which went live for test

In addition, the topic related to "Sam Alibaba Series" has also topped the microblog search list. The relevant 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, lea

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 new products 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 based on previous leaks.

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, and ach

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 Logo of Thalys humanoid robot appears in the user center.'

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 same logo.

The blogger stated that the Thalys humanoid robot is the result of long-term preparation and accumulation of expertise. With nearly 1 million luxury cars manufactured, Thalys has perfected the manufacturing process of embodied smart robots. Additiona

On October 9th this year, Thalys Phoenix and ByteDance's Volcano Engine signed a cooperation agreement on embodied intelligence in Beijing. According to the agreement, Thalys Phoenix and Volcano Engine will collaborate on the project of multimodal cl

Apple's first low-cost MacBook exposure: targeted at Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs, expected to be released next year with a price below $1000

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 report.

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.

Apple's new product is said to be targeted at students, businesses, and everyday users, primarily addressing basic needs such as web browsing, document processing, and light media editing. This device is also seen as an opportunity to attract potenti

In addition to the highlights mentioned above, this test version also includes multi-language Apple Intelligence Assistant, a new alarm clock and timer slide-to-stop mechanism, a new Apple TV app icon, as well as optimized Settings app interface and

Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold Real Device Unveiled: Different from Huawei

Samsung has showcased its first triple-folding phone, the Galaxy Z TriFold, at the K-Tech Showcase. The device was on display behind glass and hands-on experience was not allowed. However, some media outlets took detailed photos of the Galaxy Z TriFo

The Galaxy Z TriFold uses a G-type folding solution where its two screens fold towards the middle, which is completely different from the S-type fold of the Huawei Mate XTs' Master Edition.

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 makes its debut on Billboard music charts

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, subsequently extending its influence to streaming platforms and digital retailers. It landed at the top of the

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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