Xu Lei, | of the Science and Technology Morning Post, succeeded Liu Qiangdong as CEO of JD.com; some Models of Model 3 will increase in price

Large companies

Liu Qiangdong stepped down as CEO of JD.com Group, and Xu Lei took over

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On April 7, Jingdong Group announced that Xu Lei, president of Jingdong Group, will succeed Liu Qiangdong as CEO of Jingdong Group, responsible for daily operation management, and Xu Lei will join the board of directors of Jingdong Group as an executive director. Liu Qiangdong continues to serve as the chairman of the board of directors of JD Group, and he will devote more energy to long-term strategic design, major strategic decision-making and deployment, young leading talent training and rural revitalization. (China Net Finance)

Tesla raised the price of some Model 3 models by at least $1,000

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On April 7, Tesla's official website in the United States showed that the price of some Model 3 models will be raised by at least $1,000. Specifically, the Model 3 long-endurance version was raised by $1500 to $55.99 million; the high-performance version was raised by $1000 to $6.299. (36Kr)

Google loses French antitrust appeal: $163 million for abusing its search position

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On April 7, Google reportedly lost a $163 million antitrust appeal in France, accused of taking advantage of its dominance in the search market to set unfair rules for its online advertising platform. Back in December 2019, France's antitrust authorities announced a fine of 150 million euros ($163 million) against Google for unfair competition practices, including using its dominance in the search market to set unfair terms for its advertising platform Google Ads. (Whiplash)

Media: BOE plans to build a new 8.6-generation OLED panel production line in Chengdu, which is expected to be put into production by the end of 2024

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April 7 news, according to reports, sources said that BOE is planning to build a new 8.6 generation (2250x2600mm) OLED display panel production line in the B16 factory in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, with a target monthly production capacity of 15,000 pieces, and is expected to be put into production by the end of 2024, which will supply Apple's iPad and MacBook and other products. BOE plans to use a semi-cutting and horizontal deposition method for its 8.6th generation OLED panels. (Interface)

BlackBerry and shareholders reached a preliminary settlement in the class action lawsuit that would pay $165 million in damages

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BlackBerry announced on its official website on April 7 that it had reached a preliminary settlement agreement with shareholders over the class action lawsuit. Under the agreement, BlackBerry will pay a total of $165 million in cash to close the more than eight-year shareholder class action lawsuit. In 2013, BlackBerry shareholders launched a class-action lawsuit against BlackBerry in Manhattan court, and BlackBerry was accused of misleading investors about the company's development prospects, such as the BlackBerry 10 smartphone product line facing fierce competition. (Interface News)

Amazon was rumored to be investigated by the U.S. Securities and Futures Commission, and it was another scourge of misusing third-party seller data

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On April 7, the media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating Amazon, which focuses on how Amazon uses third-party seller data in its private label business. According to people familiar with the matter, the SEC's law enforcement department asked several Of Amazon executives to provide email and communication information, which Amazon did not comment. (21st Century Business Herald)

LG Electronics' first-quarter operating profit was RMB9.8 billion, up 6.4% year-on-year

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On April 7, LG Electronics released a performance report on the 7th, preliminarily verifying that the company's operating profit in the first quarter increased by 6.4% year-on-year to 1.8801 trillion won (about 9.8 billion yuan); Sales increased by 18.5% year-on-year to KRW 21.1091 trillion. Operating profit and sales both set record highs in a single quarter. (Home Appliance Headlines)

When a Twitter Tweet is deleted, it disappears from the external site

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April 7 News, According to The Verge, Twitter has now made a small but significant change to the way deleted Tweets are displayed when embedded in third-party websites. At least since the end of March, when embedded tweets were deleted, social media networks began to display a blank box on external websites. Previously, when Twitter processed Deleted but still embedded Tweets, it kept the original unformatted text. With recent changes, the text has now disappeared, leaving a blank space in any embedded Tweet story. (IT House)

Amazon's internal employee social software exposed, blocking words such as "dismissal", "compensation", and "slave labor"

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According to the British "Guardian" reported on the 6th, Amazon's newly developed social software will block the content containing words such as "union", "dismissal", "compensation", "plantation", "slave labor", "dissatisfaction" and "injustice". Amazon explained that they restricted the content they posted to prevent negative experiences for employees. Amazon said that after the software is launched, it will only filter "offensive or harassing" text.

Tech moguls

Zhou Hang, the founder of Yito, returned to the travel industry and served as the chairman of Cao Cao Travel

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On April 7, some media reported that Cao Cao Travel ushered in a management adjustment, and Zhou Hang, the founder of Easy to Use Car, has been appointed as the chairman of Cao Cao Travel. In response to the news, Cao Cao did not comment. Easy to use the car is known as the originator of online car-hailing, and then civil unrest broke out due to LeEco's shareholding. In 2017, Zhou Hang, the founder of Easy to Use Car, joined Shunwei Capital as an investment partner. (Whiplash)

The 7-year veteran of WEILAI Autonomous Driving left his job, and the R& D team faced adjustments

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According to media reports on the 7th, Zhang Jianyong, assistant vice president (AVP) of NIO autonomous driving, will leave his job in the near future to end his 7-year career in NIO. In this regard, the observer network asked Weilai Automobile for authenticity. As of press time, Weilai official has not responded, but a system operation engineer of Weilai revealed to the Observer Network, "It is still in the current state of employment, but the internal is basically officially announced, and a plenary meeting has been held." (Observer Network)

Other highlights

China's smart watch sales last year's first super smart bracelet sales this year sales are expected to increase by 31%

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April 7 news, according to media reports, China's smart watch sales last year for the first time more than smart bracelets, sales last year increased by 48%, is expected to increase by another 31% this year. China's smart wrist wearable products market, led by smart watches to develop more prominently. Zhao Jing, senior analyst of GfK China's wearable category, said that the sales volume of smart bracelets in 2021 fell by 1% year-on-year, and it is expected that sales may fall by more than 10% in 2022.

Japan plans to build the first domestic quantum computer in 2022

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On April 7, the Japanese government recently summarized the draft of the new strategy "Quantum Future Social Vision (Provisional Name)", proposing to build the first quantum computer that can perform ultra-high-speed computing within this year, and build quantum technology research bases in Tohoku University and other four domestic places. The Japanese government will make a decision as soon as this month. Another goal of the strategy is to reach 10 million domestic quantum technology users by 2030. To this end, Japan will improve the use environment of quantum computers and strive to use them in various fields such as medical treatment, new material development, and finance. (Whiplash)

WeChat care mode supports listening to text messages

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April 7 news, according to WeChat pie, WeChat "care mode" currently supports "listen to text messages", after opening, click on the text message in the chat can be heard. It is reported that this function is supported for Android phones and Apple mobile phones, and users need to update to the latest version of WeChat to use.

The method is to open WeChat, click "Me", select "Settings", find "Care Mode", and press "Open". Then adjust the "Listen to Text Messages" button to the on state to complete the setting. After the setting is successful, when you open any WeChat chat and click on the text, you can help you read it.