Whip Bull Evening News: The number of China Mobile's 5G package customers exceeded 400 million; the anchor "Donkey Sister-in-law Pingrong" evaded taxes and was fined 62.003 million

Editor's note: Whiplash will take stock of the important events that occurred today in the form of evening newspapers, covering the international and domestic science and technology Internet, and delivering industry information to practitioners and users in the technology industry.

— Domestic News — —

1. The three major operators released January operation data, and the number of China Mobile's 5G package customers exceeded the mark of 400 million

Yesterday, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom released operational data for January 2022. As of the end of January this year, the total number of mobile business customers of China Mobile was about 960 million, including about 401 million customers of 5G packages; the number of mobile users of China Telecom was about 380 million, of which the number of 5G package users was about 196 million; and the cumulative number of mobile users of China Unicom was about 318 million, of which the cumulative number of 5G package users was about 160 million.

2. The anchor "Donkey Sister-in-law Pingrong" evaded taxes and was fined 62.003 million yuan

According to the recent taxation department of Guangzhou Municipality, Guangdong Province, through the analysis of tax big data, it was found that the network anchor Pingrong (screen name: Donkey Sister-in-law Pingrong) was suspected of tax evasion, and carried out a comprehensive and in-depth tax inspection according to law. After investigation, between 2019 and 2020, Pingrong evaded personal income tax of 19.2605 million yuan by concealing the commission income from live streaming, and did not declare other production and operation income according to law to pay less than 14.5072 million yuan of customs duties. During the tax inspection process, PingRong can actively cooperate with the inspection and take the initiative to pay back the tax. Taking into account the above situation, the Inspection Bureau of the Guangzhou Municipal Taxation Bureau imposed a 0.6-fold fine on Pingrong for recovering taxes, collecting late fees, and imposing a total of 62.003 million yuan. A few days ago, the Inspection Bureau of the Guangzhou Municipal Taxation Bureau has sent a decision on tax administrative treatment penalties to Pingrong in accordance with the law. As of now, the anchor's live broadcast account has been blocked. Subsequently, the network anchor sent an apology letter saying that he felt deeply guilty, and the team had suspended the live broadcast business since the end of last year to regulate and rectify the entire team. The tax has been paid back at the first time, and it will be more compliant in the future.

3. Tencent responded to the shutdown of Xiao GePin: business adjustment, employees can re-select matching positions within the group

According to reports, Tencent PCG's social e-commerce product Xiao ge Pinpin has undergone business adjustments a few days ago and is expected to stop operations in the near future. In response, Tencent responded, "Based on strategic focus considerations, PCG will adjust the internal incubation of the new business goose spelling, and the relevant teams will be able to re-select matching positions within the group through the 'living water' system." "Living Water" is Tencent's internal talent flow market mechanism, the employing department and the intended employees two-way choice, to achieve employees in the company's free to find development opportunities, while quickly solving the employment needs of business departments. In addition, the Xiao gee Pinyin independent App has been removed from the shelves in a number of mainstream app stores, and only the WeChat mini program is retained to provide commodity purchase services.

4. Fliggy responds to the harassment of passengers: the customer has been contacted and apologized, and the merchant has been removed from the shelves

Recently, a user nicknamed Yue Bing on Weibo posted on Weibo that he was harassed on the Fliggy platform taxi, and the license plate of the online ride-hailing service he booked was inconsistent with the actual license plate used by the driver; at the same time, the driver has been exploding, the mood is very unstable, and asking her if she can go home with him and other behaviors make her feel uneasy. It then pressed the security line and one-click alarm button on the Fliggy pick-up service page on the platform, but did not get timely feedback and service from the platform, and the platform did not have the function of itinerary sharing at all. Later, when she got home, she made an emergency call to the Fliggy pick-up platform, but the call was an empty number. In this regard, Fliggy replied that it had contacted the customer himself and apologized, the platform had taken down the merchant and punished it, and the merchant had terminated the contract with the driver involved.

5. Xiaomi bracelet advertising expression is inaccurate and fined 80,000

According to the Tianyancha App, recently, Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd. was fined 80,000 yuan by the Beijing Haidian District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau for inaccurate product function expression and violation of the Advertising Law. The specific reason is that the Xiaomi bracelet 5NFC version of the product sold by the parties, the promotional page said that it supports the "24-hour sleep monitoring" function, in fact, the function is divided into night sleep record and sporadic nap record, of which the night sleep record mode does not record less than 60 minutes of night sleep, and the sporadic nap record mode does not record sporadic sleep less than 20 minutes during the day. The "24-hour sleep monitoring" advertised by the parties concerned is not monitored at any time.

6. Good Future's third fiscal quarter revenue was $1 billion, and net loss widened year-on-year

Today, Good Future announced unaudited financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended November 30, 2021. The report shows that Good Future's fiscal third quarter net revenue was $1,020.9 million, down 8.8% from $1,119.1 million in the year-ago quarter; net loss was $99.4 million, compared to a net loss of $43.6 million in the year-ago quarter, an increased year-over-year; and Good Future's net loss for the third quarter was $58.6 million based on non-U.S. GAAP, compared to a non-GAAP net profit of $10.4 million in the year-ago quarter.

7. Two faces of an app: People's Daily reveals new variants of illegal online account transactions

According to the People's Daily, a local police recent investigation found a new "face-changing App", but this application is actually an illegal trading platform for online accounts. It is understood that the opening during the day is the regular interface, and at night it jumps to the interface of the buying and selling account; the user at the location of the company opens the regular interface, and the user who has bought and sold the account on the platform opens the illegal interface. According to the People's Daily, such a new variant calls for regulatory escalation. In addition to strengthening normalized supervision, it is also necessary to use "technical defense" to complete "civil air defense" in view of the characteristics of "day and night out" and "different from person to person", build an all-weather supervision network, and achieve early detection and early attack. According to Whiplash, there are also some illegal apps that evade censorship by packaging apps like Apple's App Store, such as entering different interfaces through different opening methods.

8. Ant Group Whale Detective punished 56 users for privately buying and selling digital collections

According to the announcement issued by "Whale Detective", a digital collection platform under Ant Group, on the official account, it found that some users had irregularities in private transactions outside the platform, and 56 users were restricted from transferring the function. At the same time, Whale Detective officials expressed their firm opposition to any form of resale of digital collections, saying that this behavior often has the risk of fraud, which is easy to trigger bad speculation and contradicts the positioning of digital collections.

9. The last Lele Tea in Guangzhou will be officially closed on February 23

According to reports, the last Lele tea in Guangzhou will officially close on February 23. It is reported that when Lele Tea opened from Shanghai to Guangzhou in 2017, there were scalpers selling at the queue scene, and its dirty bags and dirty tea once led the trend of the Internet celebrity food industry. In April and August 2021, after the closure of Huacheng Hui store and Lefeng store respectively, Lele Tea was the only one left in Guangzhou. Today, the closure of the last Lele tea in Guangzhou also represents that Lele Tea will withdraw from the South China market.

10. Volkswagen intends to acquire Huawei's autonomous driving project team, and may announce further information at the end of March

According to the Financial Associated Press, Volkswagen is discussing with Huawei Automotive BU the acquisition of the project team of the latter's autonomous driving division and plans to release further information at the end of March. In fact, it has been reported that the German Volkswagen Group is negotiating with Huawei to acquire its autonomous driving division. According to reports, the acquisition involved billions of euros, and the deal has been negotiated for months, and it also involves a technical system that Volkswagen is not yet proficient in. A Volkswagen Group spokesman declined to comment on the matter.

11, Weilai responded to enter the mobile phone industry: there is no information to disclose at present

Recently, many certified bloggers have revealed that Weilai intends to enter the mobile phone industry. Sources revealed that Weilai's mobile phone business is determined to be done, and the project is currently in the initial stage of research. In this regard, Weilai responded that there is no information to disclose at present, and further information will be communicated with everyone.

12. Sohu announced its 2021 Q4 and annual results: Q4 revenue of 193 million US dollars, full-year revenue of 836 million US dollars

According to the financial report, in the fourth quarter of 2021, Sohu's total revenue was $193 million. Among them, brand advertising revenue was $34 million and online gaming revenue was $144 million. For the full year of 2021, Sohu's total revenue was US$836 million, up 11% year-on-year. Among them, brand advertising revenue was $135 million and online game revenue was $638 million, and net profit attributable to Sohu's non-GAAP continuing operations was $79 million, an increase of 54.9% year-on-year.

13, South Korea will increase the beer tax, Tsingtao Beer responded: not affected, the price increase is mostly structural adjustment

According to reports, in response to the rise in Beer Tax in South Korea affecting the domestic beer market, Tsingtao Beer related people responded: "The Korean liquor tax itself is high, and the proportion of beer exported to South Korea in the company's business is not large, while the domestic price increase is mainly based on structural adjustment, in recent years, product price adjustment has been normalized, and the company will adjust product prices every year." It is reported that as early as August and November last year, Tsingtao Beer has successively raised the price of Qingdao white beer, pure raw, listening to 1903, and listening to white beer, and the highest increase has reached 13%.

14. Zhou Dasheng: There is no cooperation in the production and sales of related products with the copyright holder of "Ice Pier"

In response to the "illegal sale of unauthorized products by individual Chow Tai Sang stores on the Internet", Chow Tai Sang Jewelry responded with a voice, saying that the company did not cooperate with the copyright owner of the Beijing Winter Olympic mascot "Ice Pier" in the production and sales of related products, and strictly prohibited Chow Tai Sang stores and employees from selling unauthorized "Ice Pier" IP and peripheral products, or any counterfeit Chow Tai Sang brand products in any way. Chow Da Sheng said that for any infringement of the "ice pier" IP and peripheral products sold in the name of Chow Tai Sang brand, the company will report it to the management platform or industrial and commercial institutions after verification, and reserves the right to pursue its legal liability.

15, Huawei denies the car lidar OEM: we have our own production line

According to Red Interstellar, Chinese lidar company Sagitar Juchuang is developing a production line specifically for The OEM of Huawei's vehicle-mounted lidar. It quoted sources as saying: "In 2021, Huawei almost found all the lidar to discuss the OEM thing, and finally spent the time to create a chuang." Lidar adopts the latter product design, technology, production line, and sticker Huawei's logo. In 2021, Huawei's senior management had huge personnel changes and quarrels because of the lag and unsatisfactory development of lidar, and finally the boss directly supervised. Huawei called this news completely "nonsense" because Huawei has its own factory - "Dongguan Songshan Lake South Factory has Huawei's own full production line", who OEM who knows; Sagitar has not replied for the time being.

16. 32 institutions were fined for refusing to accept cash, involving convenience bees, Domino's, etc

Today, according to the "Central Bank Announces the Penalty for Refusing to Accept RMB Cash in the Fourth Quarter of 2021" announced by the Chinese Min min bank, 32 institutions were punished for refusing to accept RMB cash. The units punished include Convenience Bee, Melody and Greenland Group. Penalties range from 1,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan.

17. Central Bank: Personal deposits and withdrawals exceeding 50,000 yuan should be registered and suspended

According to the announcement issued by the central bank last night, the Administrative Measures for Customer Due Diligence and Customer Identity Information and Transaction Record Preservation of Financial Institutions, which was originally scheduled to come into effect on March 1, 2022, was suspended due to technical reasons, and related business was handled in accordance with the original regulations. The person in charge said that after the release of the "Measures", some small and medium-sized financial institutions proposed that the "Measures" put forward specific specifications and requirements for different financial products and business models, and financial institutions need to revise and improve the internal management system, information system, business process, and personnel training. To this end, after study, it was decided to suspend the implementation of the Measures. Previously, the "financial institutions handling a single cash deposit and withdrawal business of more than RMB 50,000 yuan or a foreign currency equivalent of more than US$10,000 for natural person customers should identify and verify the identity of the customer, understand and register the source or use of funds" involved in the Measures, which triggered extensive discussion.

18. Ali Wangwang group chat service will be officially rolled off the production line at the end of February

According to Ali's official announcement, in the original 9 series version of Ali Wangwang, the group chat service Ali Wangwang group chat service is expected to be officially rolled off the production line at the end of February 2022. It is understood that Ali Wangwang released this version of the group chat service in 2009, and as of shutdown, the service has been operating for nearly 13 years.

19. The subsidy for the purchase of new energy vehicles will be terminated at the end of 2022

According to reports, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance and other 12 departments proposed to continue to implement new energy vehicle purchase subsidies, charging facilities awards, vehicle and vessel tax reduction and reduction preferential policies in 2022, but the subsidy rate is 30% lower than in 2021. At the same time, the relevant departments confirmed that the subsidy policy for the purchase of new energy vehicles will be officially terminated in 2022, and vehicles licensed after December 31 this year will no longer be subsidized.

20. A lasagnac announced the results of the investigation: there are no rats in the dough cake, and it has been reconciled with consumers

In response to the news that netizens previously posted that suspected mouse meat was found in the plastic film of A Kuan's red oily skin, A Kuan Skin said: After the incident, the company contacted consumers at the first time and actively took the initiative to deal with it, and the incident has been investigated and handled. According to the results of the investigation released by Bai Jia'akuan's official Weibo, the three parties were present to confirm that there were no foreign bodies in the bread, let alone mice. Because the consumer had been unpacking for too long and the two outer packaging (the product had three layers of packaging) discarded in storage, neither side could verify the cause of the moldy deterioration of the dough cake. At present, the two sides have reached a settlement on this matter and signed a settlement agreement.

— International News — —

1. It is said that Apple is developing the Apple Car self-driving chip module with the Korean packaging and testing factory, which will be completed in 2023

According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, sources said that Apple is working with a South Korean packaging and testing factory to develop chip modules and packages for Apple Car. The chip module can run autopilot functions, like those used by Tesla, responsible for AI computing, and typically integrates functions such as neural processing units, CPU, GPU, memory, and camera interfaces. It is reported that Apple is accelerating the development of the electric car Apple Car, with the goal of coming out in 2025. The Apple Car is a fully autonomous electric vehicle with no steering wheel, no foot pedals, and no human intervention at all.

2. Instagram modified the "Reminder of Usage Duration" to enhance user stickiness

Instagram has reportedly quietly upgraded its Daily Limit feature, which originally had many time options, now has fewer options. The Daily Limit is a feature launched in 2018, users can set it themselves, such as receiving a notification every day when using the app for a period of time, and the minimum time can be set to 10 minutes. Now Instagram adjusts the time setting option for a minimum of 30 minutes. Not only that, but Daily Limit has also redesigned the settings interface to display the longest option first, up to 3 hours. Of course, users can also turn on the "Take a Break" function, use a full-screen reminder after 10 minutes, let users rest, but overall Instagram hopes that users will spend a little more time using the App.

3, folding screen version of the iPhone or postponed to 2025

According to the latest report released by the well-known display research institute Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), Apple's foldable version of the iPhone is likely to be postponed to 2025, and the company is still working on the idea of a "foldable laptop". According to DSCC analyst Ross Young, based on their exchanges with supply chain insiders, the DSCC has postponed the expectation of a foldable version of the iPhone to 2025, two years later than previously reported in 2023.

4. Trump's social app topped the App Store download list

Truth Social reportedly went live before midnight EST on Sunday and topped apple's App Store free app downloads earlier Monday. However, the newly launched app is not stable enough, and when people try to enter their birthday, email or phone number to create an account, they see the error message - "Something went wrong, please try again". According to Devin Nunes, CEO of Trump's media and technology group responsible for developing "Truth Social," in an interview on Sunday, "Truth Social" will be launched to more users on Apple's App Store this week. He said the company aims to have the app fully operational by the end of March, at least in the United States.

5. TSMC has won all orders for Apple's 5G RF chips

According to reports, TSMC has squeezed out Samsung with advanced processes and won all orders for Apple's 5G RF chips, and the related chips are expected to be applied to the new generation of iPhone 14 launched this year as soon as possible, which will be produced by TSMC's 6nm process, and the annual demand is expected to exceed 150,000 pieces.

6. The first mass-produced electric vehicle will roll off the production line in Russia before the end of 2022

According to Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, the first Russian-made mass-produced electric vehicle will roll off the production line in Russia before the end of 2022. According to the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, quoting Manturov as saying, "It is expected that the first mass-produced electric vehicle will roll off the production line in Russia before the end of this year." Manturov pointed out that according to the Russian Federation's development goals for the production and use of electric vehicles by 2030, the total production of electric vehicles in Russia will exceed 730,000 by 2030.

7. Samsung Electronics will invest 22 trillion won in research and development in 2021

According to foreign media sources, Samsung Electronics' research and development investment in 2021 reached a record high of 22 trillion won. According to the company's audit report on February 21, its total R&D expenditure in 2021 was KRW 22,595.4 billion, up 6.5% from KRW 21,220.9 billion in the same period last year. Samsung Electronics' total R&D expenditure has continued to increase over the past five years, from 147923 billion won in 2016 to 168032 billion won in 2017, 186504 billion won in 2018 to 201929 billion won in 2019, and 21,220.9 billion won in 2020 to 225954 billion won in 2021.

8) 31 European organizations have suggested allowing individual users to sue tech giants such as Google

According to reports, 31 European organizations, including Privacy International and the pan-European consumer organization European Consumer Group, suggested on Tuesday that individual users should be allowed to take U.S. tech giants such as Apple, Alphabet-owned Google, Facebook parent company Meta, Amazon and Microsoft to further limit the "influence" of U.S. tech companies by violating relevant EU regulations. It is reported that this proposal is very important, even landmark.

9. SpaceX launches 46 Starlink satellites

At 22:44 beijing time on February 21, SpaceX successfully launched 46 StarLink G4-8 network satellites with an 11-hand rocket. Compared with the previous batch of starlink satellites that were re-entered into the atmosphere by geomagnetic storms because their orbits were too low, the orbit of this batch of starlink satellites was adjusted from 338km x 210 km to 338km x 325km, and the number of launches dropped from 49 in the previous batch to 46.