Weibo plans to “incorporate” Sina.com for 1.5 billion: a subsidiary acquires the main company and Sina Building for 1.5 billion
Recently, the Hong Kong stock microblog announced that Weibo Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sina Corporation, and Sina Hong Kong Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sina Corporation, have entered into several agreements on the sale and purchase of 100% equity of Sina Technology (China) Co., Ltd. According to the agreement, Weibo Hong Kong Limited agreed to purchase the entire equity interest in Sina Technology (China) Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sina Hong Kong Co., Ltd. and the owner of the Sina Headquarters Building in Beijing, China. The consideration for this acquisition is RMB 1.5 billion. This is another adjustment to the corporate structure since Sina completed its privatization and delisted from Nasdaq last year.
The sale and purchase agreement disclosed in the announcement is mainly for Weibo to acquire a subsidiary of Sina. The company also holds certain assets including Sina Building in addition to its daily operations. It is reported that the building is located in the second phase of Zhongguancun Software Park in Shangdi, Beijing, with a construction area of about 132,200 square meters, an area of 2.9 hectares, and a cost of about 1.5 billion yuan. The whole building has 3 floors underground and 6 floors above ground. In addition, Sina stated that this transaction does not involve the transfer of major businesses between Weibo and Sina, nor does it involve any change in the management relationship between the two.
Sina announced the completion of privatization in 2021. After delisting from NASDAQ in the United States, Sina changed its name to “Sina Group Holdings Co., Ltd.” and became a private company jointly controlled by Sina Chairman Cao Guowei and Sina’s management. Weibo has concentrated resources on improving operational efficiency this year. The company’s adjusted operating profit was US$162 million, or about 1.147 billion yuan, compared with Wall Street’s forecast of US$138 million.
Domestic information
Tesla’s Shanghai factory was revealed to have stopped production for no reason, and the date of resumption of work is unknown
News on December 25, according to an internal notice and two people familiar with the matter, Tesla suspended production at its Shanghai factory on December 24, ahead of its previous plan to suspend the factory in the last week of December. most of the work. Tesla canceled the morning shift and told all workers at its most productive manufacturing centers that they could start taking a break, the report said, without giving a reason.
News broke earlier this month that Tesla plans to suspend Model Y production at the plant from December 25 to January 1. It will be part of a planned cut in production at the Shanghai factory by about 30% this month for the Model Y, Tesla’s best-selling vehicle. However, on December 14, Tesla stated that the above content was not true. In addition, the Shanghai factory, Tesla’s most important manufacturing center, maintained normal operations in the last week of December last year.
Tencent closes more than 40 projects this year
Recently, Tencent has shut down or removed at least 16 apps this year, including Magic Core, QQ Video, Kandian Express, Sogou Maps, Tencent WiFi Manager and many other well-known products. If the 29 canceled games are added, at least 45 projects will be shut down. At an online staff meeting last Thursday, CEO Ma Huateng criticized projects that blindly follow competitors.
Tencent was once known for copying competing products. For example, once you want to benchmark against today’s headlines, Kandian Express (formerly Tiantian Express), which has high hopes in the head-to-head battle. With the support of Tencent, Kandian Express once had 280 million monthly active users. However, the popularity of Kandian did not last long. Once it lost the support of Tencent, Kandian Express quickly fell, lost attention, and finally announced its suspension on July 18. Similarly, Goose Pinpin, which competed with Pinduoduo, and Wegame, which once wanted to be China’s Steam, also disappeared this year.
Ma Yun Shi Yuzhu invested in new media with a huge loss of 4.6 billion
Recently, Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, and Shi Yuzhu, chairman of Giant.com, sold their shares in Wasu Media, which they had held for eight years, at RMB 1.91 billion. 70.7%. Wasu Media announced that the company’s second largest shareholder, Yunxi Investment, signed an equity transfer agreement, intending to transfer all the company’s equity it holds. The investors behind Yunxi Investment are Ma Yun and Shi Yuzhu.
Huawei’s genius boy Zhihui Jun was exposed to resignation: Ren Zhengfei once called him the driving force of Huawei’s innovation
Recently, Zhihui Jun, who joined Huawei as a “genius boy” with an annual salary of 1 million, was revealed to have resigned. According to reports from Huawei employees, the corresponding job number has not been found within Huawei. Insiders said that Mr. Zhihui’s resignation was not due to business reasons. His performance in Huawei was very good. Ren Zhengfei once publicly called him the driving force of Huawei’s innovation. During his employment at Huawei, Mr. Zhihui was a member of the Ascend Department of the computing product line, and his main direction was in the field of AI edge heterogeneous computing.
As for the reason for Zhihui’s resignation, the insider said: The personnel of the computing product line has changed a lot this year, from SE to PE to minister and SPDT president, which may be one of the reasons for Zhihui’s resignation. He personally feels that Huawei is unlikely to invest in the robot business on a large scale in the short term, so he decided to go out and do it, but there is a high probability that he will continue to cooperate with Huawei.
Douyin opens travel mini-program
According to news on December 26, Douyin has opened the qualifications for platform service providers of transportation and travel services. The current subdivision types include taxi-hailing/online car-hailing, ride-hailing/carpooling, taxis, etc. T3, which is the leading platform for travel services For travel, the “T3 taxi” mini-program has been launched in the Douyin APP this month. In addition, including Onefeed Shunfengche, as well as a number of local travel service platforms have also settled in Douyin in the form of small programs.
This time, after the Douyin platform opens the entry qualifications for travel service providers, it will remove obstacles for service providers’ travel services to enter Douyin. At the same time, it may make Douyin a third-party travel service aggregation platform similar to AutoNavi and WeChat. (Tech Planet)
Embarrassment Encyclopedia announced that it will shut down the service, claiming to have died at the age of 17
Recently, Embarrassment Encyclopedia announced that the Embarrassment Encyclopedia website and App will close its services at 00:00 on December 29, 2022, at the age of 17. According to the announcement, from now until December 28, 2022, functions such as small wallet/recharge/post/comment are closed, but basic functions are still retained. It is recommended to complete account balance withdrawal and content backup during this period; all withdrawals will be The processing will be completed within 7 working days, and the official account will continue to operate after the server is closed. It is reported that the website was launched in 2005, and it has been 17 years.
ByteDance adjusts its game business, merges domestic and foreign studios and turns to globalization
Recently, the ByteDance game business has adjusted its organizational structure, and the original domestic and foreign publishing studios have been merged into a new studio: ONE Publishing Studio. The self-research system, which has been adjusted to a global strategy earlier, has now established the requirement that “all new products are required to be oriented to global users and be globalized projects”. People familiar with the matter said that in this adjustment, the management emphasized “globalization” and “business focus”. Starting in 2023, ByteDance will release a variety of global products in different regions. Previously, there was news that ByteDance was negotiating with Blizzard for Chinese agency rights. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
Zimi responds to 80% layoffs and dissolution: ZMI brand will continue to exist and develop
Recently, in response to rumors about the disbandment of Zimi and 80% layoffs on the Internet in recent days, ZMI Zimi officially issued a clarification statement, saying that the ZMI brand will continue to exist and develop, and that related remarks on the Internet about the brand’s cessation of operation are all false news. It is reported that Jiangsu Zimi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2012. Zimi is one of the earliest investment companies in the Xiaomi ecological chain.
Bytedance employees obtain TikTok user data in violation of regulations: or face heavy fines
Recently, ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo stated in an email to employees that the company’s internal investigation found that some employees had improperly obtained data on a small number of American TikTok users, including the TikTok user data of two American journalists. In this regard, Liang Rubo said that “the public trust we have spent a lot of effort to build has been severely damaged by the misconduct of a few people.” Currently, one of the four employees involved in the internal investigation team of ByteDance has resigned and three have been fired. Of the four investigators, two work in China and two in the United States.
Li Bin responded to Weilai’s user data leak again: the company will not compromise even if it pays for bankruptcy
According to news on December 25, not long ago, a large amount of Weilai user data was stolen and extorted 2.25 million US dollars, which attracted a lot of attention. At the NIO DAY 2022 media conference, NIO Chairman Li Bin once again responded, “We will never compromise with criminals, and we will not be the first to pay compensation. Even if the company goes bankrupt, it will not compromise.” At the same time, Li Bin also called on the industry not to compromise with data buyers and sellers, and not to encourage the arrogance of criminals.
Li Bin also said that the case has been reported. At the same time, Li Bin said that he would take responsibility for the losses caused by the data leak, and NIO will follow the legal procedures to the end for the companies or individuals involved in buying and selling the leaked data.
SF express responds to package hole and Merrill Lynch disappears
Recently, a netizen posted an article saying that he received a courier from a friend from his hometown. A hole was pulled out of the courier foam box, and the outer packaging was also damaged. The damaged part was reattached with SF tape. fly. On the 23rd, SF Express customer service responded that they will adjust the monitoring process and package the medicines more closely. (World Wide Web)
TSMC’s 3nm process technology will be mass-produced this week
According to reports on December 25, TSMC President Wei Zhejia previously announced that the promise of “3nm mass production in Taiwan within this year” will soon be fulfilled. On December 23, TSMC issued an invitation to the event, and will hold a 3nm mass production and factory expansion ceremony in Nanke on December 29. TSMC has repeatedly announced the mass production of 3nm in Nanke within this year. Nanke Wafer Factory 18 is the main production base of the 3nm process. The 3nm process technology will be another full-generation process after the 5nm (N5) process technology. The 3nm family includes multiple combinations. This year, 3nm will be mass-produced, and mass production is planned for the second half of next year. N3E, N3P, etc. have been planned in the following year.
Explosive growth in demand, China’s automotive chip consumption will reach 100 billion in 2030
According to news on December 25, recently, Zhang Yongwei, vice chairman and secretary-general of the China Electric Vehicle 100, said that the demand for chips is increasing. It is estimated that the penetration rate of China’s automobile intelligence will reach 70% in 2030. More than 1,000, high-level self-driving car single-vehicle chips will exceed 3,000, and domestic demand for chips is showing an explosive growth trend. In addition, Zhang Yongwei also predicts that by 2030, the scale of my country’s automotive chip market will reach 29 billion US dollars, and the number will reach 100 billion to 120 billion per year, so the demand for automotive chips is increasing, and the gap is also increasing.
International information
Meta spent 5 billion to settle the Cambridge Analytica scandal lawsuit: involving user privacy, the highest amount in history
Recently, according to reports, Facebook parent company Meta agreed to pay 725 million US dollars (about 5.068 billion yuan) on the 23rd to settle a class action related to the “Cambridge Analytica scandal”. The suit alleges that Meta improperly allowed third parties to access its users’ personal information. The settlement is the largest settlement in a U.S. data privacy class action lawsuit and the largest amount Meta has ever paid in a lawsuit.
The case was sparked by the “Cambridge Analytica scandal” in 2018. Cambridge Analytica is a British data analysis company. Meta (then Facebook) admitted in March 2018 that Cambridge Analytica illegally obtained the information of 50 million Facebook users before the 2016 US presidential election.
Later, an investigation by Meta found that the information of up to 87 million users had been improperly shared by Cambridge Analytica. Last month, Meta laid off 11,000 workers, about 13% of its workforce. Meta has also recently cut office space in the UK and US as part of cost-saving measures. In 2019, Meta also paid $5 billion to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle the FTC’s investigation into the incident.
Apple A16 “squeezing toothpaste” reason exposure: ray tracing function development failed
Recently, according to foreign media reports, Apple originally planned to make a major update to the GPU of the A16 chip on the iPhone 14 Pro, but canceled the GPU upgrade plan in the later stage of development. The report mentioned that Apple engineers have great ambitions when adding new features to the graphics processor designed for the iPhone 14 Pro, including adding “ray tracing” and other features.
But the iPhone 14 Pro prototype is using much more power than expected, affecting the device’s battery life and thermal management. Apple had to make a hasty pivot, essentially restoring the GPU of the A15 Bionic chip in the previous year’s iPhone 13 Pro lineup. Judging from the internal comparison chart of the A15 and A16 chips, the GPU part is indeed very similar, but under the same architecture and number of cores, tests show that the A16 GPU can provide 28% higher performance than the A15.
Tesla FSD was accused of false propaganda, and California passed a law prohibiting the naming of “autopilot” or hints
Recently, Tesla’s latest FSD (Full Self-Driving, ie fully autonomous driving) was filed a class action lawsuit by car owners due to “false publicity”, claiming that Tesla “is suspected of misleading the public on its BAP, EAP and FSD technologies.” To address this, the state of California has now passed a new law that prohibits Tesla from calling its software “Full Self-Driving.” Musk said that Tesla’s goal is to develop “the technology for a fully self-driving car,” and until that happens, drivers must remain vigilant and ready to take over when using FSD or AP/EAP. However, California legislators disagreed and signed the new bill. The new bill, which will take effect in 2023, specifically targets Tesla’s software designation.
Microsoft Azure Smart Speech update: 147 languages/dialects supported, 449 voices available
Recently, the text-to-speech service of Microsoft Azure Neural Network Edition has been expanded with new languages, supporting a total of 147 languages/dialects. In addition, 46 new platform prefab sounds were released, along with more emotional support. So far, the Azure Neural Network Text-to-Speech service voice family has provided a total of 449 voices for customers to choose from. Developers can use AI to convert text into lifelike speech for a variety of usage scenarios, including e-books, voice assistants, video and audio production, interface reading, and more.
Tesla’s market value surpassed by Tencent
Recently, data from CompaniesMarketCap (company market capitalization), a global listed company market value ranking network, shows that Tesla’s market value has fallen by 64% this year, shrinking by about 700 billion U.S. dollars, and its current market value is 388.87 billion U.S. dollars. As Tesla continues to fall, the company The market value is 500 million US dollars lower than that of Tencent, which has been surpassed by Tencent Holdings. (Securities Times)
Apple and Samsung start to reduce production and accelerate destocking
According to news on December 25, the global mobile phone industry has suffered from severe inventory this year. Not only has sales declined, but giants including Apple and Samsung have also started to cut production, reduce market risks, and accelerate the speed of destocking. The market expects the most Before the second quarter of next year, the industry boom is expected to bottom out. According to the forecast of the Institute of Industrial Intelligence (MIC), due to factors such as slowing economic growth, inflation, and lockdown this year, global mobile phone shipments will only be 1.26 billion units, an annual decrease of 6.8%; global mobile phone shipments next year About 1.327 billion, an annual increase of 5.2%. It is reported that the top seven brands in global smartphone shipments are Samsung, Apple, OPPO, Xiaomi, vivo, Transsion, and Honor. The above-mentioned manufacturers account for more than 80% of the global smartphone shipments. Mostly in the first half of the year, Apple in the second half.
Twitter restores suicide prevention function, Musk: Twitter cannot prevent suicide
On December 25th, foreign media reported last week that Musk asked Twitter to remove the “suicide prevention function”, which was reprimanded by users and consumer safety organizations. Musk also wrote on Twitter: “Twitter cannot Prevent suicide.” Following continued pressure from users, Twitter has revived a feature that promotes suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking for certain content.
Chinese president supervises workers, Tesla’s U.S. plant capacity triples
Recently, after Zhu Xiaotong, president of Tesla Greater China, led a group of engineers from the Shanghai Gigafactory to the United States, the production of Model Y at the Texas factory increased from 1,000 units per week in August to 3,000 units per week. As a comparison, the Berlin Super Factory, which also started delivery this year (the Texas factory is in April, and the Berlin factory is in March), did not increase its production capacity to 2,000 vehicles per week until October, and the production target of 3,000 vehicles per week is also higher than that of the Texas factory. Night.
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