Editor's note: Whiplash will take stock of the important events that occur during the week in the form of a weekly report, covering the international and domestic science and technology Internet, and delivering industry information to practitioners and users in the technology industry.
—— Domestic Developments ——
1. Huawei's response to the "store fire": it is impossible to judge the cause of the fire, and the results of the authoritative investigation are awaited
A Huawei auto store caught fire, and a car in the store has also been burned, and it is suspected that Huawei helped Cyris to build the first medium-sized SUV under the AITO brand - Q&I M5. In response, Huawei responded that it is still impossible to judge the cause of the fire, and the specific cause of the fire needs to wait for the authoritative investigation results of relevant departments such as fire protection. Today, according to the Ordos Municipal Public Security Bureau Dongsheng Branch issued a police information circular, at about 23:00 on June 13, a fire broke out in the Ordos Shopping Center in Dongsheng District, and the place of fire was a mobile phone store on the ground floor of the first floor.
2, Chuan Luo Yonghao venture has found investors: what is valued is his continuous failure experience
On the evening of June 12, Luo Yonghao announced his withdrawal from all social platforms and officially opened AR entrepreneurship. Subsequently, a technology blogger broke the news, "It is reported that Luo Yonghao's AR startup project has found investors, investors are first-line top VCs (venture capital), and VC values his continuous failure experience." ”
3, questioned to encourage others to retaliate against the girl, the Internet celebrity Chinese boy apologized
Recently, the Internet celebrity bloggers "China BOY Super Gorilla" and "Rabbit Is Not 2pac" encouraged others to "spread rumors and retaliate" for girls who did not like themselves in the video, and called each other "old ladies" and a series of remarks that caused public anger. In response, on June 13, the two simultaneously issued a handwritten apology letter, saying that they had deleted the relevant video and apologizing for the mistake demonstration. It is understood that both won the title of "2021 Top 100 UP Masters".
4. The xiaohongshu and station B network infringement liability dispute case was heard on July 18
According to relevant information, recently, Xiaohongshu affiliated company Xingyin Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Station B affiliates Shanghai Phantom Electric Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Kuanyu Digital Technology Co., Ltd. have added a new hearing announcement on the network infringement liability dispute, the plaintiff is Xingyin Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and the case will be heard at the Shanghai Jiading District People's Court on July 18.
5. Fast Dog Taxi intends to sell 31.2 million shares globally at an offer price of HK$21.5 per share
Fast Dog Taxi announced that it intends to sell 31.2 million shares globally, including 3.12 million shares in the Hong Kong offering, 28.08 million shares in the international offering, and 15% of the over-allotment shares. The offer price will be HK$21.5 per offer share and trading is expected to commence on 24 June.
6. Tencent removed QQ Video, and all versions are in the state of "stay tuned"
According to netizen feedback, the official website of Tencent QQ Audio-Visual shows that the PC, Mac, Android, and iOS versions of the software are no longer available for download, which is "stay tuned" status. According to netizen feedback, there will be running errors when running the PC version of QQ Video. It is reported that Tencent launched QQ Video in 2008, and the user reputation has been quite good after the launch, and there is no advertising for the playing video, and it has a fairly high user base.
7. WeChat adds a group chat message pinning function
According to the "WeChat Pie" message, WeChat has added a "group chat message pinning" function, the group owner and the group administrator long press a message, in the pop-up menu select "pinning", you can fix the message to the top. Group members are automatically located to the location of the message when clicked, making it easy to see the full contextual content. Pinned messages can be used as a complement to group announcements.
8. HNA live broadcast room was exposed to selling fake goods, and the purchase link came from a third party
Some netizens reported that the SK-II "Immortal Water" purchased in the Hainan Airlines live broadcast room was a fake. The netizen said that he bought a bottle of SK-II "Immortal Water" for 639 yuan in the HNA live broadcast room, but the purchase link was not sold directly by HNA, but from a store called "Betesco Overseas Flagship Store". Netizens conducted inspections through the joint inspection services of obtained goods, idle fish and the Shenzhen Department of the China Inspection Commission, and the results were identified as "fake goods". The netizen said that the store involved said that it could return the goods.
9. New Oriental responded to "do not pit fees and a large number of samples with goods": the news is true
Today, the topic related to "don't pit fees and a large number of samples with goods" rushed to the Weibo hot search list. In this regard, New Oriental responded that the information on the pit fee and a large number of samples with goods is true. For the current development of live broadcasting business, New Oriental said that live broadcasting is a business with good development momentum of New Oriental, but it does not mean that all of New Oriental's current work is live broadcasting.
10. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Nearly 3,000 illegal APP has been notified and removed from the shelves
According to the Financial Associated Press, Han Xia, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has continuously organized special rectification of APP infringement of user rights and interests, and has cumulatively notified and removed nearly 3,000 illegal AND illegal APP, and the violations of APP infringement on user rights and interests have been effectively curbed. The follow-up will focus on the "whole process, whole chain, full body" supervision, to achieve full coverage of key links such as various terminals, application stores, software development tool SDKs and on-the-shelf APP, and comprehensively protect the rights and interests of users.
11. Starbucks responds that the toilet is no longer open to non-in-store consumers
Today, in response to the recent topic of "Starbucks toilets or no longer open to non-in-store consumers", Starbucks China responded that the news that Starbucks may consider restricting the use of toilets for safety reasons only involves the US market, not for domestic stores, and does not affect the practice of using domestic store toilets.
12, New Oriental anchor Dong Yuhui exploded into popularity: he was once in pain to want to leave
Recently, New Oriental anchor Dong Yuhui exploded and became popular. According to Sina Technology news, Dong Yuhui at the beginning of the transformation once felt confused and painful, in the live broadcast room, he was ridiculed by fans for his looks, and he was also complained that he did not need to listen to English to buy things. He could not even sell a pear from Gannan, and he was even ready to sign his job with the human resources department. In the end, after the enlightenment of Sun Dongxu, CEO of New Oriental Online, Dong Yuhui chose to stick to it. In the end, there was a sudden popularity today, "In recent days, I have been lucky, maybe I have met people who can tolerate and accept us." ”
13. Megvii Technology: Dr. Jian Sun, Chief Scientist of Megvii and President of Megvii Research Institute, passed away
Megvii Technology issued an obituary that Dr. Sun Jian, chief scientist of Megvii and president of Megvii Research Institute, died in the early morning of June 14, 2022 due to ineffective rescue from sudden illness. Megvii Technology's prospectus discloses that Sun Jian was born in October 1976, graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University with a doctorate degree in electrical engineering (pattern recognition and intelligent control), and then joined Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) as a principal investigator for many years. He joined Megvii Technology in July 2016 as the company's chief scientist and president of Megvii Research Institute. Since 2019, Sun Jian has also served as the dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence of Xi'an Jiaotong University.
—— International News ——
1, Tesla began to lay off employees: has been laid off the Singapore regional manager
According to foreign media sources, Tesla fired its Regional Manager in Singapore a week after Tesla founder Musk warned of layoffs around the world. Tesla Singapore regional manager Christopher Busiggers posted on social media that his position had been "cancelled", and he did not mention the specific reason for the dismissal, but said it was related to Musk's recently announced layoffs.
2. Oracle: Fiscal fourth quarter revenue of $11.8 billion, net profit down 21% year-on-year
Oracle today released its fiscal fourth and full year 2022 financial results. According to the report, Oracle's total revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter was $11.840 billion, up 5% from $11.227 billion in the same period last year. For the fiscal quarter ended May 31, Oracle's net profit was $3.189 billion, down 21 percent from $4.033 billion in the year-ago quarter.
3. SpaceX raised $1.68 billion through equity financing
According to reports, on Monday local time, SpaceX, a space exploration technology company founded by Elon Musk, disclosed in a regulatory filing that the company has raised $1.68 billion through equity financing. SpaceX has sought to raise $1.725 billion in the new round of funding; in addition, SpaceX has made significant investments in its Starship rocket development and Starlink broadband Internet satellite fleet.
4. Music software Spotify will acquire AI voice platform Sonantic
Music software Spotify released a statement saying it would acquire THE AI voice platform Sonantic. The statement states that "we have identified several potential opportunities for text-to-speech functionality on our platform. We believe that high-quality voice is important to increase our listening market share in the long run. ”
5. South Korea's Kakao Mobility entered the overseas air ticket market
According to reports, South Korea's Kakao Mobility company released a message that the company has partnered with South Korean online travel service company Tide Square to launch the "Kakao T Air International Route" service, where users can purchase overseas tickets through the Kakao T app. The goal of Kakao Mobility in South Korea is to provide a variety of transportation needed from the place of departure to the overseas destination.
6, Buffett lunch auction bid has exceeded 3 million US dollars
Buffett's last charity lunch auction has reportedly started at 10:30 on June 13 and is expected to end at 10:30 on June 18. According to the eBay website, the current auction price has exceeded $3 million. It is reported that the starting price of the last Buffett charity lunch was $25,000. The winner will have the opportunity to invite 7 people to join Buffett at the Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse in Manhattan. The only topic that can't be talked about at the luncheon, though, is what Buffett might invest in next.
Tesla CEO Musk will hold his first plenary meeting with Twitter employees on Thursday
Tesla CEO Musk will reportedly hold a Twitter all-hands meeting on Thursday for the first time since he agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April. A spokesperson said Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced the meeting in an email sent to employees. Many of Twitter's employees are not happy with Musk's acquisition, and they will submit questions to Musk before the plenary meeting.
8. Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz announced their support for banning the sale of fuel vehicles in 2035
German automakers Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz announced they support the European Union's ban on the sale of cars with internal combustion engines after 2035. The European Parliament, meeting in Strasbourg, France, voted on a European Commission proposal to halt the sale of new fuel vehicles in the EU from 2035, including hybrid vehicles. The ban will accelerate the region's transition to electric vehicles.
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