Intel is reported to plan large-scale layoffs, which may involve thousands of people, and the proportion of some business units may reach 20%
On the morning of October 12, according to reports, people familiar with the matter said that due to the slowdown in the PC market, Intel plans to launch a large-scale layoff, which may involve thousands of people.
It is reported that the layoffs will be announced as early as this month, and some departments, including the sales and marketing business group, may reach about 20% of the staff. It is worth mentioning that Intel will release its third-quarter earnings report on October 27, which coincides with the layoffs disclosed by people familiar with the matter. As of July, Intel had 113,700 employees.
Intel just cut its 2022 sales target in July after it missed market expectations in its fiscal second quarter, missing its previous target by $11 billion. Analysts expect the company’s third-quarter revenue to fall nearly 20%. Intel acknowledged on its second-quarter conference call that they may make some adjustments to the business to improve profits.
Currently, Intel declined to comment on the layoffs. (Sina Technology)
Domestic information
58 Group was exposed to large layoffs in the real estate department, the latest response: the news is untrue
Recently, some media reported that the HBG real estate business group under 58 Group has started a new round of layoffs, involving Beijing, Shanghai and other places. The proportion of layoffs this time exceeded 20%. Up to now, 58 Group’s real estate business group still has more than 9,000 employees. A person from 58 Group, who did not want to be named, revealed that the layoffs focused on Anjuke and 58.com client related personnel, and the positions of planning, operation, sales, design, products, and IT technology for the C-side were all involved.
In response, 58 Group responded on the morning of October 11 that the news was untrue. (China-Singapore latitude and longitude)
Yang Hongxia, the former leader of the big model M6 of Ali Dharma Academy, resigned, and her personal choice was not due to the industry
According to AI Technology Review, Yang Hongxia, the original leader of the Alibaba M6 model, resigned from the Intelligent Computing Laboratory of Alibaba Dharma Academy in early September due to personal family reasons.
Yang Hongxia has been deeply cultivating artificial intelligence-related technologies that have been implemented on a large scale in industrialization all the year round. During her tenure as a senior algorithm expert, she led the team to explore the technological development and scenario application of Ali’s next-generation artificial intelligence breakthrough technology-cognitive intelligence. Among them, the large model M6 is the most outstanding achievement of Yang Hongxia during her tenure. It has been applied in Alibaba’s new manufacturing platform – Rhino Manufacturing. It serves nearly 50 internal departments and has been put into use in Alibaba Cloud’s external products. It has also been included in MIT Tech Review 2021 China AI Breakthrough Technology Report.
It is understood that her departure was due to personal family reasons, not industry issues. The follow-up work of the Dharma Academy’s large-scale model M6 team will not be affected.
The company interviewed and asked if he could work overtime for free, and the Human Resources Bureau responded
Recently, a technology company in Shenzhen raised the issue of unpaid overtime when interviewing employees, which aroused heated discussions among netizens.
It is understood that the company provided interviewers with a registration questionnaire, which included unpaid overtime at night, unpaid overtime on weekends, KPI assessment system, delayed commission payment, delayed salary, double-break change to single-break, and uneven management. , If there is a family relationship in the team, no social security is purchased during the trial period, business affairs are handled during the rest time, and training and meetings are held in the evening or on weekends, etc., ask the interviewee if they can accept it.
On October 11, the Office of the Human Resources Bureau of Nanshan District, Shenzhen responded to the incident, went to the company to investigate, and confirmed that the questionnaire was issued recently, and the above-mentioned relevant acts would be illegal if implemented. (Fast Technology)
Wang Sicong enters the digital collection, Banana Entertainment invests in the establishment of Metaverse Company
On October 11, Shanghai Mint Town Art Technology Co., Ltd. has launched a platform called “MintTown”. According to reports, the platform is a metaverse community that integrates data collection, entertainment and social interaction. Wang Sicong indirectly holds shares in Mint Town by participating in Shanghai Banana Plan Entertainment Culture Co., Ltd. It is reported that Mint Town was established on August 15, 2022 with a registered capital of 2 million yuan. Wang Sicong holds 27% of the shares of Banana Entertainment.
At present, Mingtang is about to sell the founding collection at a price of 499 yuan, and 5,000 copies will be issued, of which 4,000 are in circulation, that is, the total value of the founding collection has reached 2.495 million yuan. In its official roadmap, it is mentioned that the circulation of collections will be opened in November. (Blue Whale Finance)
Zhaopin Recruitment released the recruitment salary report, the national average recruitment salary in Q3 is 10,168 yuan/month
Recently, Zhaopin Recruitment released the “Chinese Enterprise Recruitment Salary Report” for the third quarter of 2022. The report shows that in the third quarter of this year, the national average recruitment salary was 10,168 yuan/month, and the median salary was 8,001 yuan/month. Among the 38 core cities in the country, Shenzhen ranks third with an average monthly recruitment salary of 12,734 yuan, second only to Beijing and Shanghai.
The report shows that among the 38 core cities across the country monitored by Zhaopin, there are 12 cities with a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan. Among them, the monthly salary in Guangdong is still in the leading position in the country and has a high talent attraction. There are four cities with a monthly salary of more than 10,000 recruits, namely: Shenzhen 12,734 yuan/month, Guangzhou 10,993 yuan/month, Zhuhai 10,834 yuan/month, Dongguan 10150 yuan / month.
Hello travel advertisement falsely claimed to have obtained patent rights and was fined
According to the Tianyancha App, recently, Shanghai Junzheng Network Technology Co., Ltd., a related company of Hello Travel, was fined 30,000 yuan by the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Minhang District, Shanghai. The specific reason is that previously, the parties advertised the advertising slogan “At present, Xiaoha has obtained a number of patent licenses in the aspects of electric cabinet, battery, network operation, etc.”
After investigation, the parties can provide one copy of utility model patent certificates for electric cabinets and batteries, but the two patents related to network operation were still under application at the time of the case. The above-mentioned behavior of the parties constituted the behavior that the patent number and type of the patent were not indicated in the advertisement, and that the patent right was not obtained by falsely claiming to have obtained the patent right.
Tencent launches social app Miaogeng, targeting trendy communities
Recently, Tencent’s Sogou input method team launched a community app called Meow Geng.
According to reports, Meow Geng is positioned as a youthful trend expression community, and users can create and share original works around word-hotseng encyclopedia, sentence-quotation creation, and graph-expression MEME. When users create their own creations, they can choose from three directions: meow pictures, meow sentences, and meow terriers. (Blue Whale Finance)
Huan Zhen, an associate researcher of Huake, was selected as a single author in the top journal of mathematics
Recently, Huazhong University of Science and Technology issued an announcement saying that the research of the Mathematical Center of Huazhong University of Science and Technology has made significant progress. An associate researcher of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Huan Zhen, published an article as a solo author, which was included in Acta Mathematica, one of the four top mathematics journals.
According to the official website of the Mathematical Center of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Huan Zhen is now a member of the geometric topology and mathematical physics team of the center. Before coming to Huake, Huon Zhen served as a distinguished researcher at Sun Yat-Sen University. After graduating from Peking University, he went to Indiana University Bloomington and University of Illinois to obtain master’s and doctoral degrees.
In the past, only 11 articles (completed by Chinese research institutions) in mainland China were accepted, of which 6 authors were elected as academicians.
838,000 yuan could not be sold, and 908 trademarks such as LeTV mobile phones were passed in auction
Recently, the LeTV trademark auction, which has attracted much attention, has come to an end. At 10 a.m. on October 11, the auction of 908 trademarks under the name of LeTV Holdings (Beijing) Co., Ltd., including “LE” and LeTV mobile phone “LeMobile”, ended in a failed auction due to no bids.
According to the Jingdong auction platform, the auction was launched in September this year and will be disposed of by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court. The bidding time will be from October 10 to 11, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., with a starting price of about 837,900 yuan. The security deposit is 80,000 yuan. By the end of the bidding time, the page showed that 14 people set up attention reminders, 1561 people watched, and a total of 2 people signed up for the auction, but there was no bid record. Times Finance and Economics called the relevant consultation phone many times to learn about the next step of the auction, but no one answered as of press time.
The first domestic high-performance 4K-class graphics card “Fenghua No. 1” began mass production
According to cnBeta, Ao Hai, chairman of Innosilicon, recently announced the official mass production of the “Fenghua No. 1” GPU at the launch site of Hubei Donghu Science City Optical Valley Digital Economy Industrial Base.
It is understood that Fenghua No. 1 supports X86, ARM, Loongson and other different instruction set processors, supports Linux, Android, Kirin, Tongxin UOS and other operating systems, and supports Kunpeng, Ampere and other server platforms.
In terms of core parameters, the “Fenghua No. 1” A-type card has FP32 floating-point performance of 5T FLOPS, rendering capability of 160G Pixel/s, AI calculation of 25TOPS (INT8), codec capability: 4 channels of 4k60 frames at the same time, 16 channels of 1080P60, 32 channels 720P30. “Fenghua No. 1” B-type card FP32 floating-point performance is 10T FLOPS, rendering capability 320G Pixel/s, AI computing performance 50TOPS (INT8), codec capability: Simultaneous 8 channels of 4K60 frames, 32 channels of 1080P60, and 64 channels of 720P30. (cnBeta)
International information
Global PC shipments plummeted 19.5% in the third quarter: the largest drop in more than 20 years
On October 11, market analysis agency Canalys released a report that the global personal computer market experienced a sharp drop in demand in the third quarter of 2022. Laptop shipments were the most affected, down 19% year-on-year to 54.7 million units. With less reliance on consumer spending, desktop shipments were relatively stable, totaling 14.7 million units, down 11% year over year.
Businesses were more cautious in spending on IT, and weakness in the consumer and education markets intensified, with total desktop and notebook shipments down 18% to 69.4 million. Unfavorable macroeconomic and industry factors, including high inflation, rising interest rates, and large channel inventories, have dampened momentum in the PC market, which is likely to persist into 2023.
Data from another research firm, Gartner Inc., also showed that global shipments fell 19.5% in the third quarter from a year earlier, the biggest drop in more than 20 years. (IT House)
Google announces partnership with Coinbase to allow users to pay for cloud services with cryptocurrencies
On the evening of October 11, Google announced at its Cloud Next conference that it will choose Coinbase to pay for cloud services in cryptocurrency from early 2023, and Coinbase said it will leverage Google’s cloud infrastructure.
Jim Migdal, vice president of business development at Coinbase, said that Coinbase will receive a percentage of the proceeds from transactions that pass through it. Amit Zavery, vice president and general manager of Google Cloud Platform and head of the platform, said in an interview with CNBC that Google has considered other companies when it comes to cryptocurrencies, but in the end “Coinbase is the most capable.” He added that over time, Google will allow more customers to pay in cryptocurrencies. (Interface News)
Zuckerberg urges Meta to push virtual reality conferences inside
Recently, according to The New York Times, a lover said that Zuckerberg asked employees to hold meetings in Meta’s Horizon Workrooms app this year. With this app, people can hold meetings in various virtual office spaces through virtual avatars.
Meta launched Horizon Workrooms in 2021, and users must have a Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset to use Horizon Workrooms.
Many Meta employees hadn’t bought a virtual reality headset until this year, or haven’t had time to configure it, the people said. If the company insists on requiring them to attend virtual reality conferences, they must hurry up to buy and register a Meta Quest 2 headset. Some Meta employees believe that the Metaverse project is just “to please Xiao Zha.” (product play)
Apple workers in Australia go on strike for the first time after wage talks fail
On October 11, according to foreign media reports, due to the lack of progress in wage negotiations, the “Retail and Fast Food Workers Union” (RAFFWU), a trade union representing Apple employees in Australia, voted to strike.
It is reported that RAFFWU said it plans to hold a one-hour strike on October 18. The strike will involve 150 of Apple’s 4,000 Australian employees and will result in at least three of Apple’s Australian stores. Most customer service is limited. Union members will also refuse to undertake 15 specific tasks, including receiving goods, installing screen protectors, and meeting with store owners. According to the union, the aim of the strike is to want Apple to guarantee wage increases of 5% a year or 2.5% above inflation, and to guarantee two consecutive weekends, not separate ones.
Apple says its minimum wage is 17 per cent higher than the industry minimum, and that full-time employees are guaranteed weekends, pay and benefits, and a comprehensive leave policy that exceeds Australian industry standards.
Users spread misinformation and deducted $2,500, the stock price plummeted, PayPal urgently stopped the new policy
On October 11, PayPal said it would not fine users for spreading misinformation. PayPal previously announced a new policy, saying that customers will be fined for spreading misinformation, up to $2,500 at a time, and the new policy will go into effect on November 3. Now PayPal has backtracked, saying the policy update it sent out was a mistake.
PayPal shares fell nearly 6% after the announcement of the penalty policy sparked outrage on social media. PayPal urgently put out the fire and issued a statement saying that it has no intention of punishing users for spreading misinformation, and the company is deeply sorry for the confusion caused.
Unifying the charging interface may cost Apple tens of billions of yuan every year
Recently, a new regulation in the European Union to unify the charging interface requires that all smartphones sold in 27 EU countries from 2024 must use USB-C for charging, including products such as AirPods. The bill passed by an overwhelming majority in early October, with 602 votes in favour, 13 against and 8 abstentions.
After the bill was released, the U.S. authorities also expressed their approval, and some senators posted on social platforms to support: “Consumers should not always buy new chargers for different devices. We can use a unified standard to solve the problem. , reduce expenses, reduce hassle and waste.” In response, Apple expressed a clear rejection, saying that the bill “kills innovation” and actually leads to more environmental waste. If Apple no longer uses the Lightning interface, it will lose tens of billions of MFi and other licensing fees every year. (Zhongguancun Online)
U.S. media says BYD breaks monthly delivery record, competes with Tesla globally
On October 11, it was reported that in September this year, BYD and Tesla’s electric vehicle deliveries in China both broke monthly records. As competition in the electric vehicle space intensifies, BYD is taking on Tesla globally.
The world’s largest electric car maker, Tesla’s Shanghai plant delivered more than 83,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in September. BYD delivered nearly 95,000 electric vehicles in the same period, and with hybrid models, the company sold a total of 201,000 in September.
BYD is not only wrestling with Tesla in the Chinese market, but is also actively expanding its business overseas. Last week, German car rental company Sixt SE mentioned that BYD will supply 1,000 electric vehicles to its fleet in the near future. The company will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from BYD by the end of 2028.
TSMC may surpass Samsung to become the world’s largest semiconductor sales company in the third quarter
According to Korean media reports, in the third quarter of this year, TSMC will replace Samsung for the first time in global semiconductor sales. Among them, TSMC, which ranks first in foundry, has sales of 27 trillion won, while Samsung estimates it at 24-25 trillion won.
Samsung Electronics, which focuses on storage semiconductors, experienced a “profit shock” in the third quarter of this year due to the downturn in the storage industry. On October 7, Samsung Electronics released its third-quarter performance forecast. Operating profit was 10.8 trillion won, down 31.73% from the same period last year and 23.4% from the previous quarter. Samsung Electronics executives said in a discussion with employees last month that the semiconductor sales target for the second half of this year was cut by about 30% from the April forecast.
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