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I-Amazon: Ukukhuphuka Ngokushesha kanye Nokuma Ngokungazelelwe

Ngomhla zingama-28 kuNhlolanja, i-Thrasio, i-aggregator enkulu yohlobo lwe-Amazon, yafaka isicelo sokuvikelwa ngokuqothuka ngaphansi kweSahluko 11 enkantolo yaseNew Jersey. Le nkampani, eyasungulwa ngo-2018, yabona inani layo lenyuka lafinyelela ku- $ 10 billion ngo-Okthoba 2021 ngemuva komzuliswano woxhaso we-Series D ongama- $ 1 billion, yaba isiqalo esisheshayo e-US ukufinyelela esilinganisweni se- $ 10 billion. Kodwa-ke, kusukela ngo-2022, umkhakha wokuhlanganisa umkhiqizo ubhekane nokwehla okukhulu, okuholele ekutheni i-Thrasio ikhansele izinhlelo zayo zokufakwa ohlwini lomphakathi, yadiliza ama-20% abasebenzi bayo, futhi yabona ukwehla kwenani layo lehla kwaba yingxenyana yokuphakama kwayo. I-Thrasio ifinyelele isivumelwano nabakweletwayo ngemali efinyelela ezigidini ezingama-90 zamarandi ukuze kugcinwe ukusebenza kuyo yonke iphothifoliyo yomkhiqizo wayo, ibala izimpahla ezilinganiselwa phakathi kwebhiliyoni elilodwa nesigidigidi samaRandi kanye nezikweletu eziphakathi kwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-1 no-10.

Ukukhula Kwe-E-commerce: Kuyanensa Kodwa Kuyakhuthazeka

Umbiko wokuthengiswa kwe-e-commerce we-US Census Bureau we-Q4 2023 wembula ukukhuphuka okuncane okungu-0.8% kwekota ngaphezulu kwekota, okufinyelele ku-$285.2 billion, okukhombisa ukwehla kokukhula okusheshayo komkhakha we-e-commerce wase-US. Naphezu kwalokhu kuncipha, i-e-commerce ibalele u-15.6% wesamba sokuthengiswa kwezitolo zase-US ku-Q4 2023, ikhuphuke kancane isuka ku-15.5% kwikota edlule, futhi yabona ukwanda okungama-7.5% unyaka nonyaka. Isamba sokudayiswa kwezitolo e-US kwikota efanayo cishe bekungama- $1.8314 trillion, okuphawula ukwenyuka ngo-0.4% kunekota edlule. Le datha igcizelela ukuqina okuqhubekayo kwemakethe ye-e-commerce yase-US, eqhubeka nokuzuza umlando ophakeme naphezu kwezinga lokukhula elihamba kancane.

I-Global News

I-eBay UK: Ukunqoba Izithiyo Zokusebenza

I-eBay UK yamemezela ngoFebhuwari 28 ukuthi isizixazulule izinkinga zakamuva ngenkonzo yeRoyal Mail Click & Drop, ebivimbele ukungeniswa kwe-oda kwamanye amazwe, futhi ihlinzeka ngezinyathelo zokuvikela kubathengisi abathintekile. Inkundla ye-e-commerce izovikela ngokuzenzakalela izilinganiso zemethrikhi yesevisi yabathengisi kuma-oda phakathi kukaFebruwari 7 no-8, 2024, ngokususa izilinganiso zokuthunyelwa sekwephuzile nezingxabano ze-INR (Into Ayitholwa) kumamethrikhi wesevisi. I-eBay iphinde ihlele ukususa futhi ibambezele noma iyiphi impendulo engalungile noma engathathi hlangothi ehlobene nama-oda angalethiwe, iqinisekisa ukuthi abathengisi abajeziswa ngokungafanele ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kwesevisi.

Le Panier Bleu: Ukuvalwa kweQuebec

I-Le Panier Bleu, inkundla yokuthenga ku-inthanethi edalwe uhulumeni waseQuebec yabathengisi bendawo, iyekile ukusebenza ngenxa yemali engenayo eyanele yokusekela inkundla ngaphandle kokutshalwa kwezimali okwengeziwe. Yethulwe ngoSepthemba 2020 ngokutshalwa kwezimali okungu-$3.15 million okuvela kuhulumeni waseQuebec, inkundla ihlose ukukhombisa amabhizinisi aseQuebec futhi ikhulise umnotho wendawo. Kodwa-ke, kube nzima ukuheha inani elilindelekile labathengisi, elinamabhizinisi angu-600 kuphela uma kuqhathaniswa nalawo okuhlosiwe angu-1,000 ekupheleni kuka-2023. Ukuvalwa komsebenzi kulandela ukukhathazeka okuphakanyiswe abathengisi ngokusebenza kwale nkundla, ikakhulukazi ngemva kokumenyezelwa kobudlelwane be-Amazon ne-Les Produits du Québec ukuze kufakwe imikhiqizo yaseQuebec-made.

Iqembu le-Otto: Ukuzulazula Emakethe Eyinselele

Inkampani ye-e-commerce yesibili ngobukhulu eJalimane, i-Otto Group, ibike ukwehla okungamaphesenti angu-9 emalini engenayo ye-e-commerce yomhlaba wonke iye kuma-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-10.8 ngonyaka wezimali ka-2023/24, okubangele ukwehla kwesidingo esiphansi sabathengi. Naphezu kokwehla, ukusebenza kwe-Otto Group kudlule izimbangi, nenkundla yayo ye-e-commerce i-otto.de ebonisa ukukhula okuqinile ku-GMV nezinombolo zabathengisi. Isigaba senkampani sezinto zikagesi nezasekhaya sigcine imali engena kancane, kuyilapho ukwehla okuncane kubonwe emikhakheni yemfashini nempahla yasekhaya. Uma sibheka phambili, i-Otto Group ilindele ukwehla okucishe kube ngu-9% ekuthengisweni kwe-e-commerce yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nangaphezulu kuka-9% emakethe yaseJalimane ngonyaka wezimali ka-2024/25 kodwa ilindele ukubuyiselwa ekukhuleni ngo-2025. Iqembu lihlela ukuqhubeka nokutshala imali okubalulekile ekuguqulweni kwedijithali, izinto zokusebenza, kanye nobuchwepheshe be-AI ukuze libambe isabelo esikhulu semakethe ye-e-commerce.

IPhalamende LaseYurophu Livimbele Ama-Amazon Lobbyists

IPhalamende LaseYurophu lihoxise ukufinyelela kwabameleli be-Amazon ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokungafihli lutho nezimo zokusebenza, okumaka isinyathelo esibalulekile ngokumelene nesiqhwaga se-e-commerce. Lesi sinqumo siza njengomphumela wokwenqaba okuphindaphindiwe kwe-Amazon ukuhlanganyela ezingxoxweni mayelana nezinqubo zayo zokusebenza. Ukuvinjelwa kubonisa ukubuyela emuva okuphawulekayo kwemizamo yokunxenxa i-Amazon eYurophu, lapho ibizama khona ukuthonya ukwenziwa kwenqubomgomo. Njengoba kunabantu abangu-14 abagunyazwe kurejista yokubonisa izinto ePhalamende yase-Europe kanye nezigidi zama-euro ezichithwa minyaka yonke ekunxenxeni abantu, ukukhishwa inyumbazane kwe-Amazon kugcizelela ukukhula okwandayo kwe-EU ezinkampanini ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe futhi kugcizelela ukubaluleka kokuhambisana nemithethonqubo nokuzibophezela komphakathi.

I-Amazon Australia: Imali Eningi Engenayo Yokukhangisa

Amadokhumenti athunyelwe ku-ASIC aveza ukuthi imali yokukhangisa ye-Amazon e-Australia ikhule ngo-50% unyaka nonyaka yafinyelela ku-AUD 153.36 wezigidi ngo-2023, nesamba semali engenayo engu-AUD 3 billion emakethe yase-Australia. Lokhu kukhula kudlula ukukhuphuka kwemali engenayo yokukhangisa kwe-Amazon ngo-27% ku-Q4 2023, kufinyelele ku-USD 14.65 bhiliyoni futhi kubeka i-Amazon njengomkhangisi wesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni ngemuva kwe-Google ne-Meta. I-Amazon Prime Video e-Australia izokwethula inguqulo esekelwa izikhangiso ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, kulandela ukubambisana ne-beIN SPORTS yokusakaza bukhoma kwezemidlalo. I-Amazon yethule izixazululo ze-AI ezikhiqizayo zokukhangisa komkhiqizo, izikhangiso ze-TV ezixhasiwe, namandla okukhangisa athuthukisiwe, okuhlanganisa i-Amazon Publisher Cloud, ukuxhuma imikhiqizo namakhasimende ngempumelelo kakhudlwana, ibonise ukugxila kwayo kwamasu ekwandiseni ubukhona bayo bemakethe kanye nebhizinisi lokukhangisa e-Australia.

I-Shopee Iyanwebeka e-Brazil: Iqinisa Izinto Zokusebenza

I-Shopee yethule isikhungo sayo sokusabalalisa seshumi e-Brazil, esisedolobheni lase-Columbia, esebenza ngemodeli yokuphambana. Lokhu kuphawula isikhungo sokuqala sokusabalalisa sakwaShopee enkabeni ye-Brazil, okuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa izinsiza zokulethwa kwemikhiqizo edingeka kakhulu njengezinsimbi zokudoba, izivikeli zezindlebe, ama-drones, nemishini yokuxhumana yomsakazo. Ukunwetshwa kwenethiwekhi kaShopee's Logistics eBrazil, lapho inabathengisi basekhaya abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3 ababalelwa ngaphezu kwama-90% okuthengiswa kwayo, kugcizelela ukuzibophezela kwe-e-commerce giant ekuthuthukiseni amandla okulethwa ezweni lonke. U-Shopee, oyingxenye yeqembu elikhulu le-inthanethi laseSingapore uLwandle, wangena emakethe yaseBrazil ngo-2020, okumaka umkhankaso wawo wokuqala ngaphandle kwase-Asia. Ngezikhungo ezengeziwe zokusabalalisa kanye nezinsiza ezingaphezu kwe-100 zemayela lokuqala nelokugcina, u-Shopee usebenzisana nozakwethu bezokuthutha abangaphezu kuka-20,000 ukuze bahlanganise yonke indawo yase-Brazilian, banikeze cishe izindawo zokulanda nezokudiliva ezingaba ngu-1,800.

I-Outlook ye-E-commerce yaseRomania: Ilungele Ukukhula

Ngokwesibikezelo sePayU GPO, imakethe ye-e-commerce yaseRomania kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele kuma-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-11.5 ngo-2024, okuwukunyuka konyaka okungu-16% unyaka nonyaka, okungase kuyenze ibe imakethe ye-e-commerce yesibili ngobukhulu eCentral naseMpumalanga Yurophu. Umbiko we-MerchantPro "2024 E-commerce Insights" ugqamisa inkambiso yokukhula eqhubekayo emakethe ye-inthanethi yaseRomania, eqhutshwa ukungena okuphezulu kwe-inthanethi, abantu abasha, kanye nemali engenayo ekhuphukayo. Ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lwasheshisa ukuthuthukiswa komkhakha we-e-commerce waseRomania, ngabathengi be-inthanethi abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-10.2 ngo-2023, iningi labo elineminyaka ephakathi kwama-23 nama-34.

Imakethe ye-e-commerce yaseRomania, eyaqopha ukuthengiswa kwe-USD 9.8 billion ngo-2023, nemikhiqizo ebalwa ngama-65% kanye nezinsizakalo eziku-inthanethi ezingama-35%, ikleliswe endaweni yesithathu esifundeni, ilandela iPoland neCzech Republic kodwa idlula kakhulu iHungary neBulgaria. Imikhakha yezokuzilibazisa nezokungcebeleka, eze-elekthronikhi, imfashini, nempahla yasendlini yenze kahle kakhulu ngo-2023, ikhombisa izintshisekelo ezahlukahlukene zabathengi abaku-inthanethi baseRomania.

Izindaba ze-AI

I-OpenAI's Sora: I-Leap in Video Generation Technology

I-OpenAI's Sora, imodeli entsha yokukhiqiza amavidiyo, idala amagagasi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngekhono layo lokukhiqiza amavidiyo wekhwalithi yesinema ngokucelwa kombhalo. Ingcweti yefilimu uTyler Perry uncome i-Sora ngamandla ayo okuguqula ukukhiqizwa kwefilimu, igqamisa ukusebenza kahle kwayo nokuguquguquka kwayo. Ubuchwepheshe be-Sora, obuhlanganisa i-compressor yesikhala sesikhathi, i-Vision Transformer (ViT), kanye ne-CLIP-like conditioning mechanism, ivumela ukukhiqizwa kwamavidiyo ekhwalithi ephezulu afika kumzuzu owodwa ubude, afaka izigcawu ezinemininingwane kanye nokunyakaza kwekhamera okuyinkimbinkimbi. Le ntuthuko imele ukuqhela ekwakhiweni kwemodeli yendabuko yokusabalalisa, enikeza indlela eguquguqukayo nephelele yokwenziwa kwevidiyo.

I-Google DeepMind's Genie: Iguqula Izithombe zibe Imidlalo Yamavidiyo

I-Genie ye-Google DeepMind, imodeli ye-Generative Interactive Environments, inika amandla ukuguqulwa kwezithombe, amavidiyo, nemidwebo ibe izigcawu zamageyimu evidiyo adlalekayo okusikhumbuza amapulatifomu akudala afana no-Super Mario. Ikhono le-Genie lokudala izindawo zegeyimu kusukela esithombeni esisodwa kanye nemithelela yaso kubasebenzeli be-AI abajwayelekile agqamisa amandla ayo okuguqula ukuthuthukiswa kwegeyimu nangale kwalokho. Uqeqeshwe kumavidiyo e-inthanethi, i-Genie ifunde izilawuli ezinohlamvu oluhle futhi ingakwazi ukuphazamisa izenzo, ezifana nokweqa, kokufakwayo okubukwayo, okubonisa ukuqonda kwemodeli kokuguquguquka okuyinkimbinkimbi. Lokhu okusha kubeka u-Genie njengemodeli yomhlaba eyisisekelo, enikela emgomweni obanzi wokuzuza ubuhlakani obujwayelekile be-Artificial General (AGI).

I-Gemini yakwaGoogle: Ukuzulazula kwe-AI's Frontiers

I-Google yethula i-Gemini, imodeli yayo ye-AI ethuthuke kakhulu futhi evamile, elungiselelwe uhla lwemisebenzi futhi yakhelwe ukuba ibe yi-multimodal. I-Sundar Photosi igcizelela amandla okuguqula i-AI, i-Gemini ilungele ukuvula amathuba amasha ekudaleni, olwazini, nasekukhiqizeni. Ukusebenza kwesimanje kwe-Gemini kumabhentshimakhi ahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ikhono layo lokudlula ochwepheshe babantu ekuqondeni ulimi lwemisebenzi eminingi, kuphawula intuthuko enkulu kumakhono e-AI. Isakhiwo sayo esivumelana nezimo sinika amandla ukusebenza kumadivayisi kusukela kuzikhungo zedatha kuya kumakhalekhukhwini, okugqamisa ukuzibophezela kwe-Google ekwenzeni i-AI ifinyeleleke futhi izuzise izethameli eziningi. Ngezithuthukisi eziqhubekayo, i-Gemini imele ukugxumela ekuthuthukisweni kwe-AI okuyinkimbinkimbi, ephumelelayo, nenesibopho.