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Boeing had enough problems on Earth - now it has them in orbit too
Sky News· 2024-07-10 18:28
There are worse places to suffer a travel delay than on the International Space Station. At least astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams get to gaze at the planet rotating beneath them as they wait for engineers to work out what's gone wrong with their spacecraft's thrusters so they can fly home. In a news conference from the ISS, they certainly seemed to be having a good time, helping out with science experiments and maintenance - and taking photos of tropical storms.But for Boeing the technical glitch ...
Boeing to admit fraud to avoid trial over crashes that killed 346 people
Sky News· 2024-07-08 11:28
Boeing is to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to resolve a US investigation into two fatal 737 MAX crashes.An official at the US Department of Justice (DoJ) revealed overnight that Boeing would pay a $243.6m (£190.1m) fine and invest at least $455m (£355m) over three years to strengthen its safety and compliance programmes as part of the plea deal. The settlement, which Boeing acknowledged but did not comment on, marks the second time the planemaker has been offered a plea bargain by the d ...
Troubled Boeing takes control of manufacturer after mid-air blowout
Sky News· 2024-07-01 13:34
Spirit AeroSystems was a company little-known outside the aviation industry until January this year.Then, however, the fuselage maker was flung into the spotlight when a Boeing 737 MAX jet operated by Alaska Airlines suffered a mid-air blow-out of a door plug. Spirit, whose operation in Wichita, Kansas, had made the fuselage for the jet, saw its shares plunge by as much as 20% and found the quality of its work coming under heavy scrutiny as Boeing scrambled to convince regulators and customers that its airc ...
Meta is planning to use your Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI - and not everyone can opt out
Sky News· 2024-06-26 01:57
文章核心观点 - 欧盟和英国的Facebook和Instagram用户的公开分享内容可能被用于训练人工智能模型 [1][2][3] - 欧洲数据保护委员会要求Meta推迟使用这些数据训练大型语言模型,Meta对此表示"失望" [2] - 欧洲数字权利倡导组织Noyb指出Meta的做法侵犯了欧洲用户的数据保护和隐私权利 [3] - Meta表示其做法比其他科技公司更加透明,并提供更好的用户控制 [4][5] 用户相关 - 欧盟和英国用户有权反对自己的数据被使用 [5][7][9] - 当Meta重启计划时会再次通知用户,给予反对的机会 [6][7][8] - 美国等没有相关数据隐私法的用户无法选择退出 [10] 公司影响 - 由于这一延迟,Meta无法在欧洲推出其人工智能产品 [11][12] - Meta表示会继续与监管机构合作,让欧洲用户也能享受到同等水平的人工智能创新 [12]
There's one big reason behind Nvidia's plunge in value
Sky News· 2024-06-25 10:58
Just one week ago, Nvidia became the world's most valuable company.The chipmaker - whose shares had risen nine-fold since the end of 2022 - overtook Microsoft as its stock market valuation reached $3.34trn. Since then, the shares have fallen by 13%, declining in each of the last three trading sessions.That has been enough to clip more than $500bn from Nvidia's stock market valuation reached when, last Thursday, the shares hit an all-time intra-day high of $140.76 each (taking into account the 10-for-one sha ...
Microsoft back as world's most valuable company
Sky News· 2024-06-21 06:08
文章核心观点 微软重夺全球最有价值上市公司头衔,英伟达、微软和苹果正争夺榜首之位,同时也在竞争成为全球首家市值达4万亿美元的公司,市场对英伟达未来表现看法不一 [1] 公司市值情况 - 周四美国市场英伟达股价下滑3.5%,市值降至3.2万亿美元(2.5万亿英镑),失去榜首位置 [1] - 微软股价也略有下跌,但收盘时市值达3.3万亿美元(2.6万亿英镑) [1] - 周二英伟达股价自2022年10月以来飙升1000%,市值超3.3万亿美元(2.6万亿英镑)登顶股市 [1] 公司发展情况 - 英伟达近几个月因早期投资开发人工智能产品,市值迅速上升 [1] - 英伟达目前在人工智能领域占据主导地位,若未来十年保持领先,盈利潜力巨大 [2] 市场观点分歧 - 部分评论员认为英伟达前景乐观,也有人质疑其是否被高估 [2] - 投资银行D.A. Davidson分析师Gil Luria称对英伟达的谨慎源于长期前景,其表现难以维持 [2] - 金融服务公司晨星的Brian Colello表示若有替代方案成功开发,英伟达的上行空间将受限 [3] 行业竞争焦点 - 英伟达、微软和苹果竞争全球最有价值公司头衔,也在竞争成为全球首家市值达4万亿美元的公司 [1] - 关键在于英伟达能否保持在人工智能领域的主导地位,还是会被加大投资的竞争对手侵蚀市场份额 [2]
Boeing crash relatives seek $25bn fine for 'deadliest corporate crime in US history'
Sky News· 2024-06-19 18:25
文章核心观点 - 波音公司应被罚款近250亿美元,并面临刑事诉讼,因其在两起737 MAX 8坠机事故中存在"美国历史上最严重的公司犯罪" [1][2][9] - 受害者家属要求法院撤销波音与司法部达成的延期起诉协议 [9][10] - 波音公司否认在生产过程中违反了延期起诉协议的条款 [5] 公司相关 - 2021年,波音公司与司法部达成25亿美元的和解协议,以解决737 MAX 8坠机事故的调查 [3] - 2023年1月,一架737 MAX 9在空中遭遇面板爆裂事故,引发多机构调查 [4] - 737 MAX 8机型曾在2019年3月至2020年11月间停飞20个月 [6][7] - 波音公司面临生产限制,影响其收益和客户的扩张计划 [12] - 波音CEO卡尔豪恩在参议院听证会上否认公司将利润置于安全之上 [13][14] 行业相关 - 一名质量保证调查员爆料称,波音公司在FAA检查前将不合格零件转移,以逃避监管 [16][17][18] - 波音公司股价今年已下跌三分之一 [12] - 波音公司面临的监管行动和危机影响了其客户的运营计划 [12]
A lucky bet and unlimited coffee: How Nvidia become the world's most valuable company
Sky News· 2024-06-19 13:52
Name any major tech brand - from Google to Amazon to Tesla to ChatGPT - and the chances are Nvidia is involved in some way.The company - which makes computer chips - may not be a household name in the UK, but it has just leapfrogged Microsoft and Apple to become the most valuable public company in the world. It is now worth more than $3.3tn (£2.6tn) - with its share price up by almost 600,000% from when it first traded on the US stock market back in 1999.If you had invested $10,000 (£7,850) in the firm back ...
McDonald's ends AI drive-thru trial after mishaps - including ice cream with bacon
Sky News· 2024-06-18 18:56
文章核心观点 麦当劳因顾客反馈订单出错结束AI得来速点餐系统测试,决定不再与IBM续约并于7月26日前停用该技术,但仍看好AI在公司未来的应用 [1][2][3] 分组1:AI得来速点餐系统情况 - 麦当劳AI得来速点餐系统由IBM开发,自2021年在美国超100家门店推出,采用语音识别处理订单 [1] 分组2:系统出现的问题 - 系统可靠性受质疑,公众在社交媒体分享订单混乱视频,如在冰淇淋上加培根、给订单添加价值211美元鸡块等 [1] - 一名女子想点香草冰淇淋和一瓶水,最终收到多个圣代、番茄酱包和两份黄油 [1] 分组3:公司决策 - 麦当劳指示加盟商7月底前移除该技术,决定不再与IBM续约,7月26日前关闭所有测试门店的该技术 [2] 分组4:公司态度 - 麦当劳称虽目前有成功之处,但认为有机会更广泛探索语音点餐解决方案 [2] - 麦当劳表示有信心该技术仍是公司未来一部分 [3] 分组5:决策背景 - 决策正值人们担忧AI对就业和工作场所潜在影响之际 [3]
Nvidia overtakes Microsoft to become world's most valuable public company
Sky News· 2024-06-18 18:46
文章核心观点 - 微软已被英伟达取代成为全球最有价值的上市公司 [1][2][3] - 英伟达股价大涨170%,主导人工智能芯片市场,市值超过3.3万亿美元 [2][3] - 苹果曾经主导科技行业,但近期被微软超越,主要受iPhone需求担忧影响 [4] - 微软投资OpenAI有助于其在生成式AI领域取得先发优势 [5] - 英伟达股价上涨主要得益于6月7日的10:1股票拆分,使其更加吸引个人投资者 [6][11] 行业总结 - 人工智能技术成为科技行业的新焦点,英伟达凭借其在AI芯片领域的领先地位而快速崛起 [2][9] - 微软、Meta和谷歌等科技巨头也在加大在AI计算能力的投入,以保持竞争力 [9] - 英伟达的处理器需求超过供给,这也推动了其股价的大涨 [9] - 股票拆分使英伟达的股价更加亲民,吸引了更多个人投资者 [6][11] 公司总结 - 英伟达凭借在人工智能芯片领域的领先地位,市值超过3.3万亿美元,成为全球最有价值的上市公司 [2][3] - 英伟达股价大涨170%,主要得益于6月7日的10:1股票拆分 [2][6][11] - 微软虽然在年初超越苹果成为最有价值公司,但其股价涨幅仅19%,远低于英伟达 [8]