Readjustment of Kuaishou management: CEO Cheng Yixiao leads Kuaishou e-commerce, targeting 900 billion yuan in e-commerce sales
According to media reports, Kuaishou CEO Cheng Yixiao will serve as the first person in charge of Kuaishou E-commerce since mid-September, and personally lead the e-commerce business department. Xiao Gu, the senior vice president of Kuaishou and former head of the e-commerce business unit, will be transferred to the head of the local life business. At the same time, Kuaishou Local Life will be upgraded to a first-level department parallel to the main site, commercialization, e-commerce, and internationalization. This adjustment shows that the importance of e-commerce and local living business has been further increased.
Many Kuaishou people said that Xiaogu had a good reputation when he was in charge of e-commerce, but Cheng Yixiao always thought that it was not good enough. This is one of the reasons why he decided to lead the team himself, “so that we can better understand this business and find new breakthroughs.” A Kuaishou person said. The four-year-old Kuaishou e-commerce GMV (transaction value) has reached 680 billion yuan in 2021. This year, Kuaishou E-commerce has set an e-commerce transaction volume target of 900 billion yuan. However, compared with competitors, Kuaishou e-commerce has problems such as “being used by brands as a channel for clearing inventory” and “low retention rate of new buyers”, which affects the degree of monetization of Kuaishou e-commerce. (LatePost later)
Domestic News
China Telecom: The fire accident is not expected to have a significant impact on the company’s production, operation and financial indicators
On September 18, China Telecom announced that there was a fire on the outer facade of the second communication building of Changsha Branch. At 16:30 on September 16, 2022, the open fire in the building was extinguished, and the fire caused no casualties. The cause of the fire is under investigation. .
After the fire broke out, China Telecom Co., Ltd. immediately launched an emergency plan, actively cooperated with relevant departments to organize firefighting work, and the company leaders rushed to the scene to organize and deal with it. After emergency treatment, all affected businesses have been restored. The Changsha branch has purchased insurance for the relevant equipment and reported the case to the insurance company, and the specific loss is being verified. The fire accident is not expected to have a significant impact on the company’s production, operation and financial indicators.
“Pig and Dog Food”! The founder of a famous think tank approved pre-made dishes in Yu Minhong’s live broadcast room, and the employees responded: Straightforward, not targeting anyone
Recently, Wang Zhigang, the founder of Zhigang Think Tank (Wang Zhigang Studio), said in a chat with Yu Minhong and Dong Yuhui in the Oriental Selection Live Room that pre-made dishes are pig and dog food, “That is pig and dog food, don’t eat pre-made dishes. You must understand life” This is the only one, there is no semicolon’, I eat in China, and I never eat chain stores. Once the chain is chained, it will be meaningless.” The incident caused heated discussions among netizens. On September 17, the staff of Zhigang Think Tank responded that the above remarks belonged to outspoken individuals and were not aimed at a certain industry or individual. (Daily Economic News)
In order to appease U.S. lawmakers’ concerns, Zhou Shouzi, CEO of the overseas version of Douyin, has been restricted from most of the decisions
In an attempt to quell the concerns of U.S. lawmakers, TikTok, the overseas version of Douyin, insisted it distanced itself from parent company ByteDance and was run by its own executives. “TikTok is run by global CEO Zhou Shouzi, a Singaporean and based in Singapore,” TikTok wrote in a June letter to U.S. lawmakers.
Foreign media quoted 12 former employees and executives of TikTok and ByteDance. In fact, Zhou Shouzi has only limited decision-making power over the operation of TikTok. Big decisions about the company, such as moves to enhance TikTok’s livestreaming and shopping capabilities, were made by ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, other senior strategy executives and the head of TikTok’s research and development team, these people said. They also said that TikTok’s growth and strategy formulation does not depend on Zhou Shouzi, but is determined by ByteDance headquarters. (Phoenix Network Technology)
The scalper complained that Apple’s iPhone 14 was only released after posting 100 yuan: it would be a loss overnight
According to media reports, on the 16th, three iPhone 14 series models were officially released, because many consumers wanted to get the first batch of models, and the supply of iPhone 14 was in short supply. However, the frenzy on the first day only lasted for one day. On September 17, the iPhone 14 market quickly returned to calm and even broke. At present, the iPhone 14 standard version mobile phone is sold at the original price in offline physical stores, and accessories are about 200 yuan; on other e-commerce platforms, there are also discounts of about 500 yuan. Some scalpers said that their genuine iPhone 14 with warranty from the National Bank was sold at a loss of 100 yuan.
The iPhone 14 Pro series had a maximum price increase of more than 2,000 yuan on the first day of sales, but this price increase only lasted for a few hours. In front of the Apple Store in West Lake, a scalper said that the iPhone 14 Pro Max, which had been charged by 1,800 yuan before, was sold for only 600 yuan. In addition, some netizens shared their experiences and said that they sold it to scalpers with a price increase of 1600 in the morning of the first release, and bought it back at a price increase of 100 the next afternoon, making a net profit of 3K in 36 hours.
Xingyuan Browser was sentenced to pay Youku 200,000 yuan for blocking video ads with “one reply and one bug”
Recently, the second-instance judgment of Youku’s lawsuit against Xingyuan Browser has been made, and Xingyuan Browser Company needs to compensate Youku 200,000 yuan (excluding other expenses). On April 13, 2020, Youku sued Xingyuan Browser for unfair competition due to blocking video advertisements, and claimed 500,000 yuan. According to the founder of Xingyuan Browser, Youku mainly sued Xingyuan Browser for a reply and a BUG.
Among them, “one reply” means that the founder of Xingyuan browser shared the third-party yiclear (advertising purifier) plug-in with users in Xingyuan forum. This plug-in can go to Youku’s patch advertisements, so you need to compensate Youku 100,000 yuan . “A BUG” means that when users use the “video pop-up window” function of the Xingwan browser to play videos, they will not play the patch ads in the small window together. Therefore, Youku needs to compensate 100,000 yuan for a total of 200,000 yuan. Yuan.
Leapmotor submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and will launch 7 models in the next 3 years
News on September 18th, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange document shows that on September 18, Zhejiang Leapao Technology Co., Ltd. submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The joint sponsors are JPMorgan Chase, CICC, Citi, and CCB International. Leapmotor said in the filing that it is a Chinese smart electric vehicle company that focuses on the mid-to-high-end mainstream new energy vehicle market in China with prices ranging from RMB 150,000 to RMB 300,000.
Data shows that Leapmotor will deliver 51,994 smart electric vehicles in the first half of 2022, an increase of 265.3% over the same period in 2021; its revenue in 2021 will be 3.059 billion yuan, with a net loss of 2.846 billion yuan. In the future, Leapmotor said it will continue to rapidly expand and upgrade its diversified product portfolio to further penetrate China’s mid-to-high-end mainstream new energy vehicle market. It plans to launch seven new pure electric models by the end of 2025 at a rate of one to three models per year, covering sedans, SUVs and MPVs of various sizes. All seven new models will focus on China’s mid-to-high-end mainstream new energy vehicle market and will be developed on the company’s A, C and D platforms, respectively. (IT House)
Baidu Map’s “high-speed lane-level accident warning” function was launched for the first time, with an early warning of 1 km
Recently, the lane-level navigation function of Baidu Maps has ushered in an upgrade. Based on the core capabilities of Apollo’s autonomous driving, Baidu Maps has launched the “lane-level accident warning” function for highways and expressways across the country in the latest version 16.4.0.
According to reports, in the process of using driving navigation, if users encounter unexpected road traffic events such as accidents and construction, this function can provide lane-level warning services, update the information of the accident lane ahead in real time, and dynamically guide users to avoid ahead of time. Dangerous lane. When the vehicle approaches the accident location, the navigation will advance about 1 km. Through voice broadcast and dynamic guidance, the user is prompted to change lanes in time to a nearby safe lane to avoid danger in advance. The data accuracy rate is as high as 98%. (IT House)
King of Glory’s global revenue in August exceeded 1.5 billion yuan, and Chinese iOS players contributed 90%
Recently, Sensor Tower, a mobile application data analysis company, announced the TOP10 list of the world’s most popular mobile game revenue in August. Data shows that in August this year, Tencent’s “Honor of Kings” attracted more than 222 million US dollars (about 1.558 billion yuan) in the global App Store and Google Play, ranking first in the global mobile game bestseller list. Among them, revenue from the Chinese iOS market accounted for 94%, and revenue from overseas markets accounted for 6%. Statistics do not include third-party Android channels. In addition to “Honor of Kings”, Tencent’s “PUBG Mobile” (combined with “Peace Elite” revenue) ranked second on the list with a revenue of $156 million. Among them, 60.7% of the revenue came from the Chinese iOS market, and the US market accounted for 8.8%. The other three games in the top five are Mihayou’s “Genshin Impact”, King’s “Candy Crush Saga” and Sony’s “Fate/Grand Order”. (Fast Technology)
Ideal ONE owners protect their rights at the Auto Show: Pull the car on display, put leeks on the front of the car
At the beginning of September, it was reported that Ideal ONE would subsidize 20,000 to 30,000 yuan for sales promotion due to the replacement, which caused the owners of Ideal ONE to collectively defend their rights, and some car owners organized a group to record a video at the ideal car store to denounce the ideal official. After the past two weeks, the rights protection activities are still being staged. The latest rights protection incident took place at an auto show near the central business district of Zhengzhou. Judging from the live video, the three Ideal ONEs were placed in the outfield, and the front windshield was affixed with a huge word “leek” in green font. , and a lot of real leeks were placed on the front hatch.
The world’s first “Beidou quantum mobile phone” was released, supporting 4G / 5G / Beidou short message adaptive quantum encryption communication
On September 18, the world’s first “Beidou Quantum Mobile Phone” was released at the forum on the 2022 China-ASEAN Satellite Application Industry Cooperation. It is reported that the “Beidou Quantum Mobile Phone” was launched by North Rayco (Anhui) Technology Co., Ltd. The mobile phone integrates Beidou technology and quantum technology, adopts the world’s first Beidou quantum pass-through encryption integration technology, and supports all-weather and all-day information transmission. It has the ability of “no card change, no number change, no operator limit” 4G/5G/Beidou short message adaptive quantum encryption communication capability. According to the relevant person in charge, the Beidou quantum mobile phone will provide a more ubiquitous and safer overall solution for emergency command, urban security, border defense islands, marine fisheries and other scenarios. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
There are more than 25,000 satellite communication-related enterprises in my country, and the era of direct connection of mobile phones to satellites is coming
As of now, there are more than 25,000 satellite communication-related enterprises in my country; among them, more than 5,540 related enterprises will be newly registered from January to August 2022, with an average monthly growth rate of 39.1%. This month, Huawei and Apple held autumn conferences one after another. The most eye-catching selling point is the “direct satellite connection”, which sends text and location information to the outside world through satellites.
In addition, mobile phone chip maker MediaTek announced that it has completed the world’s first 5G non-terrestrial network satellite mobile phone network connection test; Geely’s Xingji Times will launch the world’s first consumer-grade mobile phone directly connected to low-orbit satellites. It is reported that my country’s first high-throughput satellite with a capacity of more than 100 GB, Zhongxing 26, will be launched in early 2023. This is also my country’s first high-throughput satellite whose overall performance of system design and operation services is comparable to the international level. (Sina Finance)
international News
Facebook’s parent company Meta’s stock price plummeted 14% in a week, and employees need to book desks to occupy seats
September 18 news, after the stock price plunged 14% last week, Facebook parent company Meta stock price is at its lowest point since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020. The company announced it would be rolling out a “desk rotation system,” informing employees that most employees would no longer have a fixed location in the office, but would instead book a desk before arriving at the office in order to test the new workplace experience. The move was quickly met with an outcry from employees, both against the proposal itself and the “cheesy and naive” reasons the company gave for the move.
In June, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, “There’s probably a group of people in the company that shouldn’t be here.” He announced at the time that he would work on “raising expectations and setting more aggressive goals” to aim to It’s about making the company a more stressful workplace. Tensions are mounting between Meta employees and its leadership, which has made it clear that it will “slightly ramp up layoffs.” (cnBeta)
Hackers reveal Tesla has suspicious code, treats different crash test agencies differently
News on September 18th, recently, the white hat hacker and Tesla software expert “Green God” @Greentheonly tweeted that he found that he has found a number of related issues with ANCAP (Australia), I-VISTA (China Automotive Research Institute China Smart Car Index), EuroNCAP (Europe), Korea NCAP (South Korea) and other vehicle test center related codes. Tesla vehicles have always performed very well in safety crash tests. They have passed the tests of the world’s leading crash testing agencies. The data released by Euro NCAP last week showed that the Tesla Model Y received the highest score.
In this regard, the hacker suspects that Tesla has set a special code for these test agencies (with the name of the test agency in the code) for the vehicle, and may adjust the settings to achieve better results in the test. If the code that activates the safety system can determine that an accident is imminent, any vehicle will not perform too badly in safety tests, and it may give it enough extra time to improve how the airbags deploy, among other functions.
If the guesses come true, it would be very similar to how Volkswagen modifies software during testing to cheat emissions standards. Officials from ANCAP told the media that they were aware of the matter and launched an investigation, but so far, Tesla has not responded to the code. (Fast Technology)
Sony Group starts a full remote office pilot from the semiconductor business: nearly 20,000 people may work from home
On September 18, Sony Group recently announced that it will pilot a “full remote work system” at its semiconductor-related subsidiary, Sony Semiconductor Solutions. From October 1, Sony will begin recruiting remote workers, and applicants must live outside the commuting area of their workplace and have at least two years of work experience.
With work styles already diversifying due to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sony will expand recruitment and target human resources that can work fully remotely, such as software development. Expansion of existing staff will be considered in the future, and the remuneration system is the same as that of regular staff. According to the presentation materials, the Sony Group currently employs about 110,000 people, including about 18,100 employees in the Image Sensing Division, which is involved in the semiconductor business. (IT House)
Five companies including Amazon to participate in digital euro UI prototyping
On September 18, the European Central Bank announced recently that five companies including Amazon will participate in the prototype design of the user interface (UI) of the digital euro. The five companies, CaixaBank from Spain, Worldline from France, Nexi SpA and EPI from Italy, and Amazon from the US, will each be responsible for a specific use of the digital euro.
The ECB said the purpose of the prototyping work was to test how well the digital euro technology could be integrated with prototypes developed by companies. The simulated trades will be launched using the front-end prototypes developed by the five companies and processed through the Eurosystem’s interface and back-end infrastructure. However, the ECB currently has no plans to reuse these prototypes in subsequent phases of the digital euro project.
The European Central Bank may be one of the first developed economy central banks to issue a digital currency. A digital euro could be launched around 2025, officials of the organization said. The ECB is currently in the two-year “investigation phase” of the digital euro project and has yet to make a formal decision on whether to launch a digital euro. (Titanium Media)
Agency: 4G will remain the dominant technology within a decade, with 4G expected to still account for 49% of IoT cellular-connected devices in 2030
On September 18, the latest report of Strategy Analytics pointed out that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the Internet of Things will reach 14% during 2022~2030. During the forecast period, North America and Asia Pacific are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16% and 14%, respectively. According to Strategy Analytics, the technology mix will change between 2022 and 2030, with 5G strongly replacing 4G connections, from 4G accounting for 71% of connections in 2022 to just 49% in 2030.
The report touched on the promise of cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things, saying 4G will continue to dominate in general, especially in China, but elsewhere as well. 3G will be phased out as most connections move to 4G. 5G is expected to account for 47% by 2030, while 4G will remain the dominant technology at 49%.
According to reports, the adoption of 5G may occur in different stages, with eMBB gaining mass adoption first, followed by uRLLC, while mMTC shows a long tail effect.
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