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. Baidu denied layoffs in multiple business lines
According to 36Kr news, it was learned from a number of employees in Baidu's various departments that Baidu's many business lines are being streamlined, and most departments are being laid off. According to some employees' estimates of their own departments, the reduction rate is 10% to 15%, and grass-roots employees, middle-level and high-level employees are involved. In response to this matter, Baidu responded that the company did not lay off employees, "just like other large factories, we will optimize the performance of employees in the next year." The number of optimizers is not 10%. As for the proportion of specific "performance optimization", Baidu did not disclose it.
2. Zhu Wei, chairman of Guizhou Alcohol, was criticized and accused of borrowing minors to promote liquor
Recently, Zhu Wei, chairman of Guizhou Alcohol, posted on his personal social media to promote the Guizhou Green Wine at the helm, and Zhu Wei posted three pictures of underage girls dressed in ancient costumes and wearing hats. In the picture, the young girl holds Guizhou green wine in one hand and a sword in the other hand in the snow, and some make drinking moves. And Zhu Wei captioned: "Three heroes, in the snow." Netizens believe that it is suspected of using minors to promote liquor. At present, Zhu Wei has deleted the post and responded that he sincerely accepts criticism. Not only are minors not allowed to drink alcohol, but even adults should drink in moderation and moderation, and excessive drinking is harmful to health.
3. Tuya Intelligence: The news of layoffs is untrue, and we continue to recruit outstanding talents for the world
A few days ago, some netizens broke the news that Graffiti Intelligence will lay off 500-700 people. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Tuya Intelligence said: "The news is untrue, and the company has no layoff plans. The company's global business development is stable, and the human resources policy will further strengthen the advantage areas and business focus in accordance with the company's strategy. At present, the company is recruiting for many positions in the world, will continue to provide customers with quality products and services, welcome excellent talents to join. ”
4. Canon's Zhuhai plant in China is expected to close at the end of June, and employees with 30 years of service will receive 1.5 million compensation
According to interface reports, a few days ago, Canon China Chairman Hideki Ozawa in an interview, introduced the closure of Canon's Zhuhai plant, said that Canon Zhuhai factory employees have signed 100% of the labor contract termination agreement, there are only a few dozen people left to finish the factory closure, the factory is expected to be officially closed before the end of June. Li Qing, a former Canon employee in Zhuhai, had a monthly salary of 7,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan before the factory was shut down, and now he has about 250,000 yuan in compensation, and he has a colleague who has worked here for 30 years and finally got more than 1.5 million yuan in compensation.
5. Xiaodian Technology responds to layoffs: normal organization and personnel structure adjustment
Previously, it was reported that Xiaodian Technology, a shared charging treasure company, opened a layoff plan, affecting multiple departments such as operations, KA, and products, and the layoffs were mainly concentrated in the bottom employees, and the top management personnel were not affected. In this regard, Xiaodian Technology responded that the network transmission platform did not verify the relevant content with the company, their information source is unknown, and the news is not true. In fact, the company not only did not lay off employees, but also had a new upgrade in business form.
6. Internet celebrity Li Saigao: I am still a student in school and have no relationship with the Henry Group
Recently, it was reported that million-fan Internet celebrity "Li Saigao" is a member of the "Heng Group" of the northern Myanmar fraud company. On February 25, Li Saigao made a formal response by video, saying that he never thought that a misunderstanding would lead to online violence. Li Saigao said that he was just a student, had nothing to do with the Henry Group, and had not done anything illegal. Never took the initiative to chat privately with netizens, nor invited netizens to enter illegally, hoping that netizens would not believe in rumors and not spread rumors.
7, Station B responded to the signing of the UP main avatar plagiarism: has criticized the education to stop using
Previously, some Weibo netizens said that the VUP image designed by friends was copied by the official Bilibili e-sports, and after repeated negotiations without results, only got an arrogant reply, in addition to deleting the video released by the UP owner, and finally had no choice but to blog and defend its rights. In this regard, the official Microblog of Bilibili E-sports responded that the image of the standing painting was a personal appointment of "dyeing and dyeing _Ranoca", and had criticized and educated her and demanded that the image of the standing painting be immediately stopped. Operators who communicate with the other party and have serious speech misconduct will be deducted from the corresponding performance together with the head of the VUP artist agency department responsible for management and notified of the criticism of the whole company.
8. BYD chose Baidu as its intelligent driving supplier
According to the science and technology innovation board, BYD chose Baidu as its intelligent driving supplier. Baidu provides BYD with ANP intelligent driving products and man-machine co-driving maps. It is understood that the Baidu intelligent driving team has entered the field in advance to cooperate with BYD for development, and will soon achieve mass production of cooperative models.
9. Alibaba released the Q3 financial report of fiscal 2022: net profit of 20.4 billion yuan, down 75% year-on-year
Alibaba released the Q3 financial report of fiscal 2022, with revenue of 242.58 billion yuan in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, an estimated 244.91 billion yuan; net profit of 20.429 billion yuan, down 75% year-on-year, and the market estimate of 31.018 billion yuan. Alibaba's adjusted revenue per ADS for the third quarter was $16.87. In the 12 months ended Dec. 31, the global Alibaba ecosystem had approximately 1.28 billion annual active consumers.
10. Ideal Auto released the fourth quarter of 2022 financial report: revenue of 10.62 billion yuan, an increase of 156.1% year-on-year
Ideal Auto reports fourth-quarter earnings. According to the financial report, the company's fourth-quarter revenue was 10.62 billion yuan, an increase of 156.1% year-on-year. Net profit for the fourth quarter of 2021 was RMB295.5 million (US$464 million), compared to net profit of RMB107.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2020 and net loss of RMB215 billion for the third quarter of 2021. Non-GAAP net profit of RMB686.4 million (US$107.7 million), an increase of 494.7% from RMB115.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2020
11. WeChat red envelope solitaire has become a new type of gambling method, and 4 people have been criminally detained on suspicion of opening a casino
According to the surging news, recently, the Yuhua Branch of the Changsha Municipal Public Security Bureau successfully smashed a new type of gambling gang that organized WeChat red envelope solitaire through WeChat group organizations. After investigation, a member of the criminal gang is a WeChat group leader, each time at the beginning of gambling, the group owner first issued a red envelope of 99 yuan, the number of 5, the gambling participants who grabbed the least amount of money to relay, the group owner has the right to "avoid death", except for the first red packet, you can only grab it and not send it, so as to profit from it. In order to avoid the gambling participants in the group from not paying according to the rules, the criminal suspect also set up a special monitoring account and charged a deposit of 99 yuan for each gambling participant. At present, the Yuhua Public Security Bureau has taken criminal detention measures against 4 criminal suspects including Wen Mou, who is suspected of opening a casino, and imposed administrative punishment on 7 illegal suspects, including Wang Mou, who participated in gambling.
12. The online ride-hailing platform implements the "Sunshine Action", and the pricing rules and the upper limit of the draw will be disclosed
Recently, the Ministry of Transport held a regular press conference in February, and Wang Xiuchun, deputy director of the Department of Transport Services of the Ministry of Transport, said that the Ministry of Transport will implement the "Sunshine Action" for enterprises in the new format of transportation platform. "Sunshine Action" will focus on two areas: online ride-hailing and new road freight formats. Under this rule, drivers can understand the composition of each single income in real time, which facilitates subsequent rights protection; at the same time, it is also convenient for passengers and the public to understand the income composition of the platform and drivers, and avoid the phenomenon of big data "killing".
13. Xiaohongshu sued 3 notification platforms and MCN agencies such as Yun Media Easy
Xiaohongshu announced today that it has officially filed a lawsuit against 3 notification platforms and MCN institutions, including Cloud Media Easy, Qunliang, and Shengshi Qilin. Xiaohongshu said that these institutions are engaged in the business of "ghostwriting and sending" false grass notes, helping merchants and bloggers to carry out false promotion, causing great harm to the platform content ecology and platform reputation, and seriously damaging the legitimate rights and interests of users. To this end, Xiaohongshu requires the above-mentioned institutions to immediately stop the false promotion and trading of Xiaohongshu and compensate Xiaohongshu for economic losses of 10 million yuan, and the compensation will be used for the platform's false grass management.
14. All production bases under Zotye were shut down and denied signing a strategic agreement with Great Wall Motors
Less than three months after the reorganization plan was approved by the court, *ST Zotye reported that the Linyi production base, one of its nine production bases, was acquired by Great Wall Motor. The rumored acquisition of Zotye Linyi production base by Great Wall Motor is not an asset of the company, but a branch of the company set up in Linyi, which is leased and has no relationship with the listed company. A few days ago, the relevant person in charge of Zotye Automobile said that the company has not signed any strategic agreement with Great Wall Motors.
15. The price of Xicha drinks has been adjusted to less than 30 yuan, and it is promised not to increase prices this year
A few days ago, Heytea announced the completion of the comprehensive product price adjustment carried out since January this year, and will not launch new beverage products of more than 29 yuan this year, and promised that existing products will never increase in price this year. Previously, Heytea lowered the price of the product under the premise that the materials and quality of the product did not change. After the price adjustment, in addition to a few city-limited products, surrounding areas, as well as a small number of products in LAB stores and handmade stores, the product prices of heytea mainstream stores have been comprehensively lower than 30 yuan, and the price of products priced at 15-25 yuan has accounted for more than 60% of all products of heytea.
16. Douyin cracked down on the behavior of "inducing minors to tip", and banned 60 anchors in total
Today, the Douyin Blackboard Newspaper issued an announcement on the governance of violations of "inducing minors to tip" during the winter vacation (2). In order to strengthen the positive guidance of minors and protect the rights and interests of juvenile groups, during the winter vacation, Douyin Live carried out key governance of the violations of "inducing minors to tip", severely cracked down on the behavior of inducing juvenile groups to recharge consumption, and cumulatively banned 60 relevant illegal anchors and handled more than 2,000 live broadcast rooms with related problems.
17, Tesla insiders responded that "the production capacity of the Shanghai factory will reach 2 million vehicles per year": it is not true
Tesla insiders denied news that the new plant would start as early as March this year and that the Shanghai plant would have the capacity to produce up to 2 million cars a year. Yesterday, foreign media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying, "Once the new factory is fully operational, Tesla's expanded factory in its main export center, Shanghai, will have the ability to produce up to 2 million cars per year." ”
18. The Ministry of Education resolutely investigates and deals with malicious price increases in non-disciplinary training
According to a document issued by the Ministry of Education, in response to the prominent problems such as malicious price increases and overtime charges of non-disciplinary off-campus training institutions that have strong social reactions before the winter vacation, as of February 15, a total of 184,800 non-disciplinary training institutions have been investigated in various places, and 52 malicious price increase institutions have been found, and the relevant violations have been rectified, and the relevant institutions have been seriously dealt with, and the malicious price increase part of the training fee has been fully returned to parents.
19. Lalala was fined 400,000 yuan: the modification of service agreements and trading rules was not publicly solicited for comments in accordance with the law
According to the website of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision and Administration, on February 24, Shenzhen Yishi Lala Technology Co., Ltd. was fined 400,000 yuan by the Futian Supervision Bureau of the Shenzhen Municipal Market Supervision And Administration Bureau for revising the service agreement and trading rules without public solicitation of opinions in accordance with the law.
20. China Evergrande signed a cooperation agreement with Everbright Trust and Minmetals Trust to recover part of the investment amount of about 1.95 billion yuan
China Evergrande Announcement, February 25: China Evergrande announced today that the Group has signed a cooperation agreement with Everbright Trust and Minmetals Trust, and through this cooperation with the Trust, the Group can recover part of the upfront investment in the project of about RMB1.95 billion, and the debt involved in the project can be resolved by about RMB7.01 billion, and the recovered investment funds have a positive impact on the insurance and delivery of other projects of the Group and the debt resolution work.
21. Mango TV's variety show "Our Piping Hot Life" was accused of stealing videos
Recently, two aviation bloggers "Burning Gyroscope" and "Super Flanker" have successively posted articles accusing Mango TV's new variety show "Our Piping Hot Life" of stealing their original video clips. Among them, the super flanker also said that he has collected all the evidence and handed it over to the lawyer for processing. As of now, "Our Piping Hot Life" has not officially responded to this matter.
— International News — —
1. The SEC investigated the sale of Tesla shares by Musk and his brother, and Musk responded to insider trading: he lost more than $1 billion
The SEC is investigating whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his brother's recent stock sale violated insider trading rules, an investigation that began last year. Later, Tesla CEO Musk responded that his brother did not know that he would launch a poll on Twitter to sell Tesla's shares. Given that the vote he initiated on Twitter resulted in a loss of more than $1 billion in selling stocks, the idea that concerned about his brother might make millions less when selling stocks is completely absurd.
2. Facebook has set up a special operation center to ensure the security of the accounts of Ukrainian netizens
Meta has set up a special operations center for the Conflict in Ukraine, and it has also added new features to the Facebook platform so that Ukrainian netizens can lock down social media profiles. Twitter posted tips on Wednesday telling users how to protect their accounts from hackers, or turn tweets into private content that is only available to followers. Twitter posts tips in English, Russian, and Ukrainian.
3, Samsung wafer foundry suspects "yield fraud", 4nm yield is only 35%
Recently, Samsung Electronics suspected that the output and yield reports of Samsung Semiconductor FOUNDRies were "fraudulent" and is planning to conduct an internal investigation. Samsung Electronics' DS division is recently being investigated by management consulting on the yield of Samsung's foundry's 5nm process, followed by 4nm and 3nm. According to the latest exposed data, Qualcomm has transferred some of its 4nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 orders from Samsung to TSMC 4nm FOUNDC, and the main reason for the order transfer is that the yield rate of the chipset is only 35%.
4, Apple CEO Tim Cook commemorates Jobs's "67th birthday"
Today, Tim Cook tweeted in memory of Jobs. Cook said: "Commemorating Steve's birthday is not simple. In these challenging times, I remember his call to use our time wisely, to strive for excellence, and to make the world a better place than we found out. Today would have been his 67th birthday. ”
5. Meta Company lays out multiple new AI projects in the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer (CEO) of Facebook's parent company Meta Corp., said the company is currently advancing multiple artificial intelligence (AI) projects to create virtual scenes through language, improve interaction with voice assistants and translate different languages, which will be key links in its metaversic development plan, According to Reuters. In addition, Meta is developing related AI technologies to enable people to communicate more naturally with voice assistants, helping people communicate in the metaverse in the future. Zuckerberg showed meta-model for building device assistants in the CAIRaoke project, where people only need to make a voice description to generate the relevant world.
6. Amazon reopens its European distribution network
Starting in March 2022, Amazon will restart the European Delivery Network (EFN) between the UK and the EU. Sellers will be able to use FBA inventory stored in their domestic fulfillment centers to fulfill cross-border orders for eligible products, but EFN fees will vary. The change will be phased in steps until May. During the one-year promotion period starting March 31, 2022, Amazon will offer a 20% discount on European Fulfillment Network (EFN) fees between the European Union and the United Kingdom.
7, Rivian said that production has been increasing, and strive to occupy 10% of the market share of electric vehicles in 2030
According to reports, Amazon-backed U.S. electric vehicle maker Rivian CEO R.J. Scaringe said Thursday that the company's assembly plant in Nowel, Illinois, has made progress in increasing electric vehicle production, with a goal of capturing 10 percent of the electric vehicle market by 2030. Scaringe said Rivian is building a pilot production line for in-house production of batteries and plans to co-invest in the production of batteries with a supplier. Rivian's battery is currently supplied by Samsung SDI.
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