On March 9, Qichacha showed that Seres Automobile recently published a patent for a "smart cabin control method based on emotion recognition." The system captures user video via visual sensors, determines and fuses physiological and facial expression features, and identifies emotional states to control the smart cabin. This non-contact data collection minimizes user interference and significantly improves the accuracy of emotion recognition.

According to the official website of the Ministry of Commerce, on the afternoon of April 8, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao held a video meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission's Executive Vice President for Trade and Economic Security. The two sides had an in-depth and candid exchange of views on strengthening China-EU economic and trade cooperation and addressing the US's so-called "reciprocal tariff hikes." Wang Wentao stated that Premier Li Qiang had just had a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, sending a positive message to the outside world. China is willing to work with the EU to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of China and the EU, strengthen communication and exchanges, and deepen China-EU trade, investment, and industrial cooperation. Wang Wentao pointed out that the US's so-called "reciprocal tariff hikes" seriously infringe on the legitimate interests of various countries, severely violate WTO rules, seriously damage the rules-based multilateral trading system, and severely impact the stability of the global economic order. It is a typical act of unilateralism, protectionism, and economic bullying. China firmly opposes this and has taken countermeasures to resolutely safeguard its own rights and interests. Yesterday, the US threatened to impose an additional 50% tariff on China, which is adding insult to injury. There are no winners in a trade war, and protectionism has no way out. China is willing to resolve differences through consultations and negotiations, but if the US persists in its course, China will certainly respond in kind. Wang Wentao emphasized that under the current circumstances, China and the EU jointly maintaining the rules-based multilateral trading system and adhering to trade liberalization and facilitation will inject more stability and certainty into the world economy and global trade. Dombrovskis stated that the US's tariff hikes have severely impacted international trade, causing serious effects on the EU, China, and vulnerable countries. The US accounts for only 13% of global goods trade. The EU is willing to work with other WTO members, including China, to jointly ensure the normal operation of global trade. The EU values its economic and trade relations with China and is willing to strengthen dialogue and communication with China to promote the expansion of two-way market access, investment, and industrial cooperation. Both sides agreed to launch consultations as soon as possible to discuss market access issues in depth, create a more favorable business environment for enterprises, and immediately start negotiations on EV price commitments, as well as discuss China-EU automotive industry investment cooperation. Both sides support the restart of the China-EU trade remedy dialogue mechanism, discuss trade diversion issues, and properly handle trade frictions. Both sides stated that they will continue to strengthen communication within the WTO framework, jointly promote WTO reform, and maintain the WTO-centered multilateral trading system.

Google Launches Veo 2, Generating 8-Second Hyper-Realistic Videos At 1 AM today, Google (GOOG.O) DeepMind finally integrated the long-awaited Veo 2 into the Gemini App, making it fully available for use. Veo 2 can generate up to 8 seconds of 720P cinematic-quality video, excelling in camera movement, text semantic restoration, physical simulation, and motion consistency, while also supporting image-to-video conversion. According to test data released by Google, Veo 2 has surpassed Sora, Keling 1.5, MetaMovieGen, and Minimax in user preference and prompt restoration. Additionally, starting today, developers can access Veo 2 via API in Google AI Studio.

On January 24, the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, officially launched its ride-hailing service, accessible via the My Wallet section of the app.

The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) received a disturbing video early on June 24, 2024, showing the greenish-coloured, polluted waters of the Rio Cobre at Zephyrton, St. Catherine.

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On April 24, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for accelerating the mining of undeveloped greenfield iron ore mines to increase domestic steel production. In his video address at the "India Steel 2025" event, Modi emphasized that the steel industry needs to unite to build a "resilient, revolutionary, and steel-strong India.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a video speech to the BRICS Business Forum on August 22 local time. Putin said that Russia supports closer cooperation on supplying energy and food resources to the international market within the framework of the BRICS mechanism.

A video years ago that showed Tesla CEO Elon Musk laughed at BYD cars has gone viral on the Internet.

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) held a video conference on scientific and technological work in 2023.