During a hearing in the US Senate on Wednesday (January 31), a senator accused Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of accidentally creating a “killer product”. Zuckerberg later apologized to parents whose children were affected by the company’s online platform.
“I’m sorry for everything everyone has been through,” Zuckerberg told parents at the hearing, some of whom held up photos of their children. “No one should go through what your family has endured.”
This is a session called “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis”, where the US Senate Judiciary Committee convened technology executives such as CEO Zuckerberg, CEO Chouzi Chew of TikTok, co-founder Evan Spiegel of Snapchat, CEO Jason Citron of Discord and CEO Linda Yaccarino of social network X to discuss the issue of the same name.
– President Vo Van Thuong visited and worked at Viettel
On February 1, 2024, Comrade Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam visited and worked with the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel), Visit and inspect Viettel’s high-tech industrial products in Hoa Lac.
With Viettel’s current role and position, on behalf of the Party and State, President Vo Van Thuong assigned Viettel the following tasks:
– Viettel must become a model of state-owned enterprises: Viettel needs to accept the most difficult tasks assigned by the Party and State. Viettel must maintain its spirit of progress and development in line with this goal of the Government.
– Build a modern, synchronous and comprehensive digital infrastructure platform. The goal is to create an environment with other businesses to develop a digital service ecosystem, helping every Vietnamese person to be able to access and use digital services, public administrative services, digital government, smart urban. Each household is a digital family, focusing on connecting, experiencing, working, studying and entertaining on a high-speed connection platform.
– Viettel is the core of building the High-Tech Defense Industrial Complex, with a focus on high-tech weapons and equipment. By 2025, Viettel must produce next-generation, more accurate and more reliable military products to meet the needs of protecting the Fatherland.
– Viettel plays a pioneering role in creating digital government, digital society, and digital economy. This is an important content that Viettel has recently achieved, and needs to continue with higher requirements.
– Research and manufacture electronic telecommunications equipment, with a focus on telecommunications network equipment. By 2025, Viettel must master the entire 5G network layer, research and contribute to the world in 6G technology.
– Develop tools and solutions to ensure network security and cyber warfare with a focus on protecting safety and information security in cyberspace, contributing to the goals of: Maintaining political security, protecting ensuring social order, safety, human security, economic security, network security, building an orderly and disciplined society.
– Promote overseas investment in telecommunications, as well as provide services and export products to the world.
Accepting responsibility for the close instructions of the President and representative of Viettel Group, Chairman and General Director of the Group – Major General Cao Duc Thang affirmed “With the trust of the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission care; With the close guidance of the Ministry of National Defense, Viettel has successfully completed the assigned tasks, and promises to continue to demonstrate the role and responsibility of the National Key Economic Group and the Army in the future. ”.
– At sky-high prices, Apple’s Vision Pro virtual reality glasses still attract customers
More than 200,000 Vision Pro virtual reality glasses have been ordered since Apple opened pre-orders on January 19.
Immediately after pre-ordering from January 19, Vision Pro virtual reality glasses have attracted more customers than analysts predicted. Mr. Ming-Chi Kuo, analyst at TF Securities, previously only predicted 180,000 units to be ordered.
“Vision Pro’s price is seven times higher than Meta Quest, but I believe its real value is 30 times higher in terms of utility and performance. Apple’s technology also helps developers exploit the device’s full potential,” Gene Munster, analyst at Deepwater Asset Management, commented on social network X.
According to MacRumors, Apple’s Vision Pro virtual reality glasses have now surpassed 200,000 units ordered.
Many experts predict that sales of Vision Pro may quickly decrease sharply in the near future due to low demand. Those who are truly passionate about Vision Pro’s technology have already placed their orders.
