Today’s headlines
New storm? U.S. to ban suppliers from supplying any products to Huawei
News on January 31, according to foreign media reports, people familiar with the matter revealed that the United States is considering cutting off all ties between American suppliers and China’s Huawei, and prohibiting American suppliers, including Intel and Qualcomm, from providing Huawei with any products.
According to reports, some U.S. officials put forward this proposal to the Biden administration. If this policy is passed, all U.S. suppliers’ license applications to supply Huawei will be rejected. At present, the policy is still in the early stage of discussion, and it may be passed in May, that is, the fourth anniversary of the United States adding Huawei to the “entity list”.
According to people familiar with the matter, the United States has stopped issuing supply licenses to American companies to export products to Huawei, including items below the 5G level, such as 4G, Wifi 6 and Wifi 7, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing and cloud projects. In response, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Commerce said it would continually evaluate its own policies and regulations, while both Intel and Qualcomm declined to comment. (CNMO Mobile China)
Domestic information
After the ideal sales won the championship, employees were dissatisfied with the discounted year-end bonus
Recently, a certified employee on Maimai directly posted a post bombarding Ideal, “Externally claiming to be the number one in sales, invincible all over the world, internally PUA employees, madly drawing cakes to let employees complete sales performance. At the end of the year, the year-end bonus was issued. But then I told everyone that the sales did not reach the target, the year-end bonus was discounted, and almost everyone got a year-end that was not a month, which was very different from the promised 14 to 16 salary, and I was going to run away.” After the post was published, many ideal employees in the comment area Showed up and said that this year’s year-end bonus has been discounted in half.
According to previous media reports, on January 28, Li Xiang issued a letter to all employees. He affirmed last year’s achievements and put forward a new vision to make Li Auto the world’s leading artificial intelligence enterprise. 2022 is the ideal year of counterattack. In December, the delivery volume of Ideal L8 and Ideal L9 both exceeded 10,000, becoming the brand with the fastest monthly delivery of 20,000 vehicles among new forces. A total of 133,246 vehicles were delivered throughout the year, a year-on-year increase of 47.2%, making it the top seller among new forces.
Tencent games attract more than 450 million yuan in 7 days during the Spring Festival
According to news on January 31, Times Finance obtained the latest data from relevant statistical agencies. During the seven days of the Spring Festival, the estimated revenue of Tencent’s “Honor of Kings” reached 36.2081 million US dollars, followed by another Tencent game “Peace Elite” “, with an estimated revenue of $14.3418 million.
Followed by NetEase’s self-developed party game “Egg Party” ($7.8277 million), Mihayou’s “Yuan Shen”, and Ali Lingxi Huyu’s “Three Kingdoms Strategy Edition”.
In addition to the above-mentioned “Glory of the King” and “Peace Elite”, Tencent also has 10 games such as “Cross Fire”, “Golden Shovel Battle” and “League of Legends Mobile Games” that have entered the top 30, with a total revenue of 67.5318 million US dollars (4.59 billion), accounting for more than 60%, far ahead of other manufacturers. (Times Finance)
Youku Responds to the 1 Yuan Membership Refund Dispute: The rules of the event have been informed, and early withdrawals need to be refunded to enjoy the discount
According to news on January 31, in response to the 1 yuan member refund and renewal storm, Youku responded that: “1 yuan member” refers to Youku VIP Monthly Savings Event, which is a member discount product launched by Youku, and the relevant page has cleared the rules of the event. Make a clear announcement: 1 yuan for the first month, 12 yuan/month for the next 11 months. If you withdraw early, you need to refund the membership fee of 25 yuan/month to enjoy the discount. Youku also stated that it is committed to providing users with high-quality content, and has launched a variety of membership products for users to choose from, hoping that everyone can choose the right membership products. (Beijing News)
Liu Cixin said that the part of the TV series “Three-Body Problem” is very in line with his imagination
The TV series “Three-Body Problem”, which is currently on the air, has been evaluated by many netizens as “a very high degree of restoration of the original work”, which has also been recognized by the author Liu Cixin. In an interview with CCTV, Liu Cixin said that the actors in the TV series “Three-Body Problem” are very good, and the characters they portray are in line with everyone’s imagination. For example, Ye Wenjie’s portrayal is very successful. Liu Cixin believes that the part of the TV series “Three-Body Problem” that I have watched has accurately restored the content of the book, and the pictures are in line with the imagination of the author and readers.
Commencement ceremony! TSMC will implement a “flexible commuting” system
According to media reports, TSMC confirmed that it will try out the “flexible commuting system” from February at the earliest, and it is expected to be fully implemented in half a year to alleviate the serious traffic jam problem in the science park and meet the needs of employees to pick up and drop off their children. It is understood that some TSMC factories will try to implement the “flexible commute” shunt system. There are three time slots for going to work: 7:30, 8:30, and 9:30. After deducting lunch and rest for one hour, you can leave work after 8 hours. If the trial results are good, it will be fully implemented in half a year. Zhang Zhiyuan, secretary-general of the Taiwan Science Park Association, affirmed that TSMC will take the lead in implementing the “flexible commuting” system, hoping to attract other manufacturers to follow up and implement the “flexible commuting” system.
Shareholders cut Ant’s valuation again, which is less than 60 billion U.S. dollars
According to the latest regulatory documents disclosed, some shareholders of Ant Group have further lowered the valuation of Ant stocks in hand. For example, T. Rowe Price, which has more than one trillion U.S. dollars in assets under management, has cut the valuation of Ant, which has already shrunk sharply, by another 28% to $1.42 per share (as of November 30, 2022, this year Disclosed on January 26). Brinker Capital, another small-scale investment institution (with more than US$30 billion in assets under management), made a write-down of the same magnitude. Puxin Group participated in the round of overseas financing of Ant Group with a post-investment valuation of US$150 billion in 2018. Inverting the investment amount and shareholding ratio at that time, they now only value Ant at US$56.8 billion, which has shrunk by 86% from the US$412.8 billion valuation at the end of October 2020. (Later Finance)
Qiangsheng’s companies issued year-end bonuses piled up in cash: but they were reluctant to pay 48,200 yuan in social security
On January 31, the TV series “Hurricane” hit the air recently, and the Shandong Qiangsheng Group with the same name in the play attracted the attention of netizens, and Sun Honglei, the chairman of the board with the same name as a well-known actor, responded: “We operate in a law-abiding manner, which is different from the show.” Worth It is worth mentioning that Sun Honglei, chairman of Qiangsheng Group, was an investor and executive of Beihai Jiadexin Seafood Co., Ltd., and withdrew in February 2021. According to media reports, Qiangsheng Group’s seafood processing base in Beihai, Guangxi recently issued year-end bonuses. The cash piled up on the desk is like a “hill”, which is enviable. It is understood that the company is Beihai Jiadexin Seafood Co., Ltd., which was established in November 2003. The legal representative is Yu Feifei, and the registered capital is 26.8 million yuan. Risk information shows that the company failed to pay social insurance premiums of 48,200 yuan for Ye, and was ordered by the Beihai City Social Insurance Management Center to make up for it. (fast technology)
After 9 years in office, the global vice president of Xiaomi Group announced his resignation
News on January 31, according to foreign media reports, after nine years in office, Manu Kumar Jain, the global vice president of Xiaomi Group and former head of Xiaomi India, announced his resignation on Twitter on January 30. It is reported that Jain is the co-founder of Jabong, a fashion e-commerce portal, and he joined Xiaomi in 2014. After joining Xiaomi, where he held various positions, he was instrumental in manufacturing Xiaomi smartphones and later TVs in India. He was the managing director of the smartphone brand in India for three years from 2014 to 2017. During his three-year tenure, Xiaomi became the number one smartphone brand in India. In 2017, Jain was promoted to Global Vice President of Xiaomi. A month before Jain’s departure, Raghu Reddy, Xiaomi India’s chief commercial officer, also left the company. (TechWeb)
Yu Chengdong: Huawei’s technology is at the forefront of the industry, and it is difficult for others to surpass it
Yesterday, CCTV Finance’s “Road to Brand Power” documentary on Huawei was officially launched, and hard-core technologies such as Huawei’s Beidou satellite news, Huawei’s Kunlun Glass, super optical variable XMAGE images, and Hongmeng OS were featured on CCTV.
On the Huawei Mate 50 series, the Kunlun glass, which took four years of self-developed, makes the machine’s drop resistance 10 times higher than that of ordinary glass. The Huawei Mate 50 series is also the industry’s first mass smartphone that supports Beidou news. This new technology was completed by Huawei’s satellite news research and development team with an average age of less than 30 years old. Yu Chengdong, executive director of Huawei and CEO of Terminal BG, said in an interview that many of Huawei’s technologies are at the forefront of the entire industry, and it is difficult for others to surpass them.
BYD expects net profit to exceed 16 billion yuan in 2022
Recently, BYD announced that it expects net profit attributable to its parent to be 16 billion to 17 billion yuan in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 425.42% to 458.26%; revenue will exceed 420 billion yuan. The new energy vehicle industry continued to grow explosively. As a leading company in the new energy vehicle industry, the company overcame the complex and severe external environment and the impact of many unexpected factors. The sales of new energy vehicles achieved strong year-on-year growth, and won the first place in the global sales of new energy vehicles. Promote a significant improvement in profitability and effectively alleviate the cost pressure brought about by rising upstream raw material prices. In terms of mobile phone components and assembly business, the demand in the consumer electronics industry continued to be sluggish, resulting in a low capacity utilization rate, and the profitability of this business segment was under pressure. However, benefiting from the increase in the share of major overseas customers and the optimization of the business structure, the business has achieved long-term stable and healthy development.
Ele.me Sues Meituan for Patent Infringement
According to the news on January 31, Lazas Network Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Sankuai Technology Co., Ltd., and Beijing Sankuai Technology Co., Ltd. related to the infringement of invention patent disputes have added a court announcement. The plaintiff is an affiliated company of Ele.me Lazars Company, the defendants are Sankuai Technology and two companies affiliated to Meituan. The case was held in August last year, and will be held again on March 6 at the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court. On January 18, “Brand Finance”, an authoritative international brand value evaluation organization, released the “2023 Global 500 Most Valuable Brands List” (Global 500 2023), and Meituan ranked 205th. Meituan and Ele.me are the two largest online food delivery platforms in China, and the competition between them has never stopped. (Phoenix Technology)
Porsche responded that 124,000 Panamera were snapped up: the situation is true and an agreement has been reached with the first user
On January 31, some netizens reported to the reporter that on January 30, the Yinchuan Porsche Center launched 124,000 Panamera models. After 598 pre-orders were generated through the link, Porsche removed the car and users could not log in. However, there are reservations in the user’s reservation record system, and this incident sparked heated discussions among netizens.
On the 31st, the reporter called the Porsche Center in Yinchuan about this matter. A staff member of the Porsche sales office said that the news spread on the Internet was basically true. The staff told the reporter: “The actual inventory of the vehicle listed on the Porsche applet is 1 unit. After the first order is successfully purchased, the subsequent order will be automatically judged as an invalid order, and the deposit will be refunded within 48 hours. At present, the first order has been reached. The agreement, the specific content of the agreement is not convenient to disclose. The customer service of other order users is in the process of communication, trying to give users a satisfactory answer.” (Jinan Times)
The first car will be mass-produced next year! Xiaomi’s latest patent announcement: watch control car has fun
On January 31, Xiaomi Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. announced a number of patents, including “wearable devices and data processing methods for wearable devices”, “vehicle control methods, devices, electronic devices and storage media”, etc. The wearable device can automatically display the controls for controlling the vehicle when it is close to the vehicle, so that the user can conveniently control the vehicle through the controls without additional operations. The wearable device can independently monitor the user, and can feedback and control the vehicle in a timely manner to avoid hidden dangers caused by the user’s use of the vehicle due to physical discomfort. (fast technology)
Advise young people not to choose jobs for money Experts actually control multiple companies
Recently, Yao Ning, chairman of 3HFIT, said that when you are young, you should not choose a job for money, which has attracted widespread attention. According to the Tianyancha App, Yao Ning is the suspected actual controller and ultimate beneficiary of Shanghai Ningzhi Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd., an affiliated company of 3HFIT. The company was established in September 2014. The largest shareholder is Shanghai Wuyuefeng Network Technology Co., Ltd., which is 80% held by Yao Ning. At present, Yao Ning himself is only directly related to the above-mentioned 1 company of Wuyuefeng Network, but has actual control rights of 5 companies through direct or indirect holding.
International information
Apple plans to produce 25% of iPhones in India
Recently, according to media reports, Apple plans to produce 25% of iPhones in India. For more than 10 years, the vast majority of Apple’s mobile phones have been produced in China. Every year, about half of the world’s Apple mobile phones come from the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou. But in recent years, Apple has started assembling some of its devices in India. It is reported that since 2017, Apple has assembled iPhones in India through Wistron. Since then, the company has continued to invest more in India. According to reports, Apple and its supply chain partners continue to invest heavily in India to expand. In November 2022, two Indian government officials familiar with the matter said that Foxconn plans to increase the number of employees at its India iPhone factory by 53,000 in the next two years, from the current 17,000 to 70,000. (TechWeb)
Twitter wants to introduce payment function, has begun to apply for regulatory permission
News on January 31, according to the British “Financial Times” report, people familiar with the matter said that Twitter is working hard to introduce payment functions on its platform. In Musk’s vision, the payment system will initially use fiat currency, but cryptocurrency payments may be added later. Twitter has begun applying for regulatory licenses across the United States and is developing the software needed to introduce payments. Twitter will seek to expand its payments functionality globally after receiving more regulatory approvals. (interface)
Former Softbank COO may join Shein, a Chinese cross-border e-commerce company
On January 31, according to foreign media reports, people familiar with the matter said that online fashion retailer Shein will appoint Marcelo Claure, a former executive of Softbank Group Co., Ltd., as the chairman of the Latin American business. Claure also personally invested about $100 million in Shein, the people said. Claure was previously SoftBank’s chief operating officer and a close confidant of the company’s founder, Masayoshi Son. Claure is known for his role in addressing issues related to SoftBank’s investments, including those in WeWork and Sprint.
Founded in 2012, SHEIN is a global fast fashion e-commerce platform that currently directly serves consumers in more than 150 countries and regions around the world, with operation centers in Guangzhou, Singapore, Los Angeles and other major markets.
TikTok CEO Zhou Shouzi will attend the U.S. Congressional hearing
Recently, TikTok CEO Zhou Shouzi agreed to attend a hearing held by the Energy and Commerce Committee of the US House of Representatives on March 23. Now Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have stepped up scrutiny of the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. This is the first time a TikTok CEO has appeared in a congressional hearing. Zhou Shouzi previously worked at Facebook. TikTok is the most popular short video application in the United States, but because of its parent company ByteDance, the U.S. Congress is concerned about how TikTok handles U.S. user data and the impact of TikTok on children.
Apple’s AR/VR head-mounted display can be worn all day long and is expected to replace the iPhone business in the future
On January 31, Apple’s patent application for “head-mounted electronic device with self-mixing sensor” was published. In addition, Mark Gurman, a well-known Apple whistleblower reporter, published the latest article in Bloomberg, pointing out that Apple has outlined a beautiful vision internally: the headset can be worn around the clock. In addition, within Apple, some senior executives responsible for promoting the “RealityPro” mixed reality headset firmly believe that AR/VR headsets will replace the iPhone and become a new pillar of Apple’s revenue. (Financial Association)
AMD’s market capitalization has once again surpassed Intel’s
According to news on January 31, since Intel announced its financial report for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022 on the 27th, its stock price has fallen for several consecutive days, and its current drop is nearly 10%. In contrast, although AMD’s stock price has also fallen to a certain extent, the range is very small. Therefore, AMD’s market value has once again surpassed that of Intel. As of press time, Intel is currently quoting $27.95 per share, with a current market value of approximately $115.35 billion. AMD is currently quoted at US$72.45 per share, with a market value of approximately US$116.815 billion. Meanwhile, Intel gave pessimistic guidance for market performance in the first quarter. The company expects adjusted revenue in the first quarter to be between US$10.5 billion and US$11.5 billion, significantly lower than market expectations of US$14 billion; the adjusted gross profit margin is expected to be 39% in the first quarter, compared with an expected 45.5%. (IT House)
Volkswagen’s Skoda cuts production due to chip shortage
According to Leifeng.com news on January 31, Reuters reported that Skoda Automobile, a Czech subsidiary of German Volkswagen, will cut production due to a shortage of chip supplies. Production of the Octavia, Enyaq, Fabia, Scala and Kamiq models will reportedly see some shifts cancelled. In fact, Volkswagen was often affected by the shortage of chips last year, involving models such as Jetta, Taos and Tiguan, but it has gradually improved since July last year. Volkswagen said at the time that although the industry generally expects that the supply of automotive chips will be greatly improved in the second half of the year, it cannot rule out the possibility of further adjustments to production in the future. In terms of domestic production capacity, SAIC Volkswagen previously stated that it will optimize the production scheduling plan according to market demand, “prioritizing the production capacity of products with large market demand.”
Apple uncovered leaking employees found to be violating labor laws and facing lawsuits
On January 31, according to Bloomberg News, the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said in a ruling that Apple sent emails warning employees not to disclose the company’s confidential information, which violated US labor laws. The NLRB said the tech giant imposed “various work rules that tend to interfere with, restrict or coerce employees” from exercising their collective action rights. Earlier, in an employee email sent by Apple CEO Tim Cook in November 2021, Cook stated that people who leaked Apple’s confidential information “do not belong” to the company, whether it is discussing “product intellectual property rights or confidential meetings.” details”. And threatened that Apple is “making every effort to identify those leakers.”
Mercedes-Benz has won the world’s first L3 autonomous driving certification: you don’t need to look at the road to drive and Mercedes-Benz is responsible for accidents
Recently, Mercedes-Benz announced that Nevada has become the first state in the United States to allow Mercedes-Benz to legally use the Drive Pilot automatic driving system (L3-level automatic driving technology). section of the highway”.
It is reported that Mercedes-Benz’s L3 level system DRIVE PILOT can be turned on with one button on the steering wheel. In addition to autonomous cruising according to the set speed, the system can also automatically drive according to the planned route, real-time road conditions and traffic signs. During the period, it can independently change lanes, evade or brake and turn, etc., and respond to unexpected traffic conditions in a timely manner. And Mercedes-Benz promises that as long as the driver uses the Drive Pilot function, if the vehicle has an accident, Mercedes-Benz will bear the relevant responsibilities.
“They lay off workers, we hire”, Silicon Valley’s big layoffs in German companies pick up leaks
According to news on January 31, many German companies are facing the dilemma of tight supply and demand in the labor market and urgently need employees with key software engineering skills. The large-scale layoffs in Silicon Valley in the United States have created opportunities for German companies to recruit. “They cut people, we hire. We have hundreds of open positions to fill in the U.S., Europe and China,” said the chief people officer of Cariad, the software subsidiary of the carmaker Volkswagen. Parent companies Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook parent Meta announced a total of nearly 40,000 layoffs. Germany has one of the most aging populations in the world, and there is a huge gap in its workforce. There are currently 137,000 IT job vacancies, according to IT industry group Bitkom. (Netease Technology)
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