Feng Huang Wang Cai Jing·2025-10-20 13:39Market Performance - The three major U.S. stock indices opened higher, with the Dow Jones up 0.44%, the Nasdaq up 0.75%, and the S&P 500 up 0.56% [1] - Beyond Meat, known as the "first stock of plant-based meat," surged by 58% [1] - Critical Metals and USA Rare Earth, both in the rare earth sector, each rose over 7% [1] Amazon AWS Outage - Amazon's AWS cloud service experienced a significant outage, affecting numerous internet applications across the U.S. [2] - Major brands impacted included Amazon's e-commerce, Robinhood, Coinbase, Perplexity, Lyft, United Airlines, Disney, and McDonald's [2] - The outage also affected the UK government website and several UK banks' online banking services [2] AI Trading Competition - A trading competition was held by nof1.ai, featuring six top AI models trading real money [3] - As of Monday evening, DeepSeek emerged as the leading model with a total portfolio value close to $14,000 and a return of approximately 40% [3] - At its peak, DeepSeek's portfolio value approached $15,000 [3] Microsoft AI Chip Production - Microsoft has reportedly placed a wafer fabrication order with Intel for its next-generation AI chip, Maia 2 [4] - The chip is expected to utilize Intel's 18A or 18A-P process technology [4] German Submarine Manufacturer IPO - German submarine manufacturer ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) saw its stock price soar on its debut, opening at €60 and rising over 62% to €97.63 [5] - The stock reached a daily high of €106.58, with the company's market capitalization exceeding €6.2 billion, significantly above analysts' estimates of €2.7 billion to €4 billion [5] iPhone 17 Sales Performance - The iPhone 17 series has shown strong early sales in both China and the U.S., outperforming the iPhone 16 series by 14% in the first 10 days post-launch [6] - The basic model of iPhone 17 nearly doubled its sales in China compared to the iPhone 16, with average sales growth of 31% across both markets [6] Apple AI Concerns - Concerns have been raised regarding the performance of the new Siri voice assistant, which is set to be included in the upcoming iOS 26.4 update [7]