Musk tweets that he will buy Premier League club Manchester United
On August 17, Musk tweeted that he would acquire Manchester United. Manchester United are the top giants in the Premier League, but their results in the new season are not satisfactory. They have lost two consecutive games since the start of the competition.
In April of this year, after Musk expressed interest in acquiring Twitter, some Manchester United fans took to social media @Musk, imploring him to withdraw the offer and buy Manchester United instead. Some fans also made a rendering of Manchester United’s new jersey, and the sponsor on the chest became Tesla. The latest data shows that Manchester United closed at $12.78, with a total market value of $2.083 billion. (Sina Technology)
Domestic News
It is reported that Tencent plans to sell all the shares of Meituan, worth about 165 billion yuan, Tencent responded
On August 16, according to Reuters, citing four people familiar with the matter, Tencent Holdings planned to sell all or most of its shares in Meituan, cashing out an eight-year investment. Currently, Tencent holds a 17% stake in Meituan. Those stakes are worth $24.3 billion (about 165 billion yuan) based on Meituan’s market value on Monday. Tencent has been approaching financial advisers in recent months to study how to execute a massive sale of its Meituan stake, three of the people said.
If market conditions are favorable, Tencent will seek to start selling within this year, possibly in a block trade on the open market, two people familiar with the matter said. Affected by the rumor that “Tencent may spin off Meituan”, Meituan’s share price plummeted by more than 10%, and its market value once evaporated by 100 billion Hong Kong dollars, and its market value fell below 1 trillion Hong Kong dollars. At the same time, Tencent Holdings once fell more than 2%.
In this regard, Tencent said it would not comment. But then, Zhang Jun, general manager of the public relations department of Tencent Group, suspected that he had indirectly denied the rumors in the circle of friends. He said that it seems that this is not the first time that the foreign media has spread the news of Chinese companies indiscriminately. Style, it is reported that Tencent has been reducing its holdings in other companies recently. In December, Tencent cut its 86 percent stake in JD.com in the form of dividends, worth $16.4 billion. A month later, Tencent sold another 2.6% stake in Singapore-based gaming and e-commerce company SEA for $3 billion in what was seen as a move to cash in on its investments while adjusting its business strategy.
Tencent Magic Core announced that it will stop the distribution of digital collections, and the person in charge Wang Shimu has resigned
On August 16th, Tencent Magic Core announced that it will stop the distribution of digital collections. All users who have purchased digital collections through its platform (including Tencent News Digital Collection Museum) can choose to continue to hold or initiate a refund application. According to the announcement, if users choose to keep holding, the digital collection can still be accessed and used normally. Because all digital collection data has been on the chain, the user’s digital collection ownership will not be affected by the adjustment of the magic core.
Tencent insiders said that this magic core adjustment does not involve the layoff of team personnel. As for the reason for the adjustment, the insider revealed that it is for the consideration of overall cost control and revenue efficiency, and also to implement the continuous cost reduction and efficiency increase strategy at the Tencent Group level. It is reported that the magic core business was previously in charge of Wang Shimu, the head of Tencent News. After the internal rectification of Tencent News in May this year, Wang Shimu stepped down as the head of Tencent News and took charge of Tencent’s NFT business magic core. Since then, the magic core business has gradually stagnated.
The latest news shows that Wang Shimu has resigned and will join Baidu as the general manager of Baidu AI products. But then, Baidu said that there is no final conclusion on whether Wang Shimu joins Baidu, and everything is still being communicated and confirmed.
Tencent canteen no longer provides free fruits and lunch boxes, and the prices of lunch and dinner dishes are reduced
According to the news on August 16, according to netizens, starting from August 16, the company’s restaurant will charge a fee for packing boxes, and will no longer provide free fruit with meals. If you need to buy it yourself. At the same time, the prices of lunch/dinner dishes in restaurants have also been reduced accordingly. The notice does not distinguish between regular employees and outsourced employees, which means that all employees are unified.
According to previous reports, starting from August 15, Tencent will cancel restaurant benefits for some outsourced employees. The existing supper coupons can be used normally, but subsequent use of the canteen will require fees. The internal notice exposed at the time mentioned that currently outsourced employees can still enjoy Tencent’s free shuttle bus, which will not be affected for the time being.
Less than half a day after going online: Weibo urgently offline the function of changing the name card
On August 16, Weibo launched a name change card with a price of 118 yuan, which allows users to add one more number of changes to the original member’s nickname. However, less than half a day after the service was launched, the official Weibo member issued an emergency announcement, saying that after receiving feedback from users, there was a problem with the function, and the renaming card was temporarily taken offline. The official said that in order to make up for the inconvenience caused to relevant users, all users who have purchased a name change card will be given a one-year Weibo membership as compensation, and ensure that the name change card that has not been used can continue to be used within the validity period.
It is reported that the name change card launched by Weibo this time is only for annual fee users, allowing users to change their nickname again after using the five free name change opportunities this year. The name change card is valid for 31 days. It is worth mentioning that the monthly subscription price of Weibo members is 10 yuan/month, and the annual fee is 108 yuan/year, which means that a name change card valid for one month is more expensive than a one-year membership.
Faraday Future suffered a huge loss of 960 million in the second quarter, leaving only $52.2 million in cash balance
On August 16, Faraday Future released its financial report for the second quarter of 2022, with a net loss of US$142 million (approximately RMB 964 million) in the quarter, a year-on-year increase of 168%; an operating loss of US$134 million, a year-on-year increase of 389%. Faraday Future said the widening loss was mainly due to increased engineering, design and testing services aimed at driving the development of the FF91 electric vehicle, as well as a significant increase in the number of employees and employee-related expenses.
As of June 30, 2022, the number of pre-orders for FF91 vehicles was 399, which was 2 fewer than at the end of the previous quarter. Faraday Future expects to deliver the FF91 to customers by the end of the third or fourth quarter of this year. As of June 30, 2022, Faraday Future’s total assets were approximately $588 million, including $121 million in cash and $287 million in total liabilities, a decrease of 15.6% from the end of last year. However, as of August 9, 2022, Faraday Future’s cash balance was only $52.2 million, including $1.6 million in restricted cash.
Kuaishou pushes V-star virtual human content support and incubation plan News on August 16, a reporter from the Shanghai Stock Exchange recently learned from Kuaishou officials that Kuaishou has recently launched a V-star virtual human plan for virtual human content support and incubation. The plan aims to build an industry ecological benchmark with partners. It will customize the growth path for different virtual person accounts, and provide virtual people with cold start and Accelerated growth guarantee.
Alipay has reduced fees and profits to small and micro merchants by nearly 8 billion yuan for more than a year
Ant Group official WeChat news, on August 16, Alipay, a subsidiary of Ant Group, announced data: In the past year or so, Alipay has actively responded to the national policy call for fee reductions for small and micro businesses, and has reduced and exempted operating costs for small and micro businesses by nearly 8 billion yuan. , more than 22 million merchants and small and micro operators benefited from the national fee reduction policy.
SAIC Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has settled in Shanghai Lingang New Area, and the new technology will be the first to be used in “unmanned rental”
On the afternoon of August 16, SAIC Artificial Intelligence Laboratory settled in Lingang and the high-level autonomous driving 2.0 technical framework conference was held in the AI Innovation Port of Lingang New Area. The SAIC Artificial Intelligence Laboratory stated that it will promote the “Lingang Research, Lingang Manufacturing, and Lingang Use” SAIC Robotaxi 2.0 to take the lead in the “unmanned rental” application scenario in the Lingang New Area. Yu Qiankun, technical director of the strategic project of SAIC Robotaxi, said at the scene that he hopes to officially open the city in Lingang around the end of October. The system is better polished.”
To enter the takeaway, Gree will set up a catering company to operate takeaway delivery services
According to the official information of Qichacha, recently, Zhuhai Gechuang Youshi Catering Management Co., Ltd. was established, its legal representative is Gan Jinhong, and the registered capital is 10 million yuan. The business scope includes: catering services; food production; food Internet sales; takeaway delivery services; catering management; primary agricultural product acquisition, etc. The equity penetration of Qichacha shows that the company is 100% controlled by Zhuhai Gree Property Management Co., Ltd.
Xunlei’s second-quarter revenue was US$78.3 million, a year-on-year increase of 41.9%
On August 16, Xunlei announced its unaudited financial report for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. The financial report shows that Xunlei’s total revenue in the second quarter was US$78.3 million, an increase of 41.9% year-on-year, in line with expected revenue guidance. On a GAAP basis, net income for the quarter was $6.0 million, compared to $5.4 million in the prior quarter. In the second quarter, Xunlei Live and other Internet value-added services generated revenue of $24.5 million in the quarter, up from a year earlier 106.1%. Membership subscription service revenue was US$25.4 million, an increase of 11.6% year-on-year. As of June 30, 2022, the number of member users was approximately 4.46 million, of which Xunlei super members accounted for 35% of the total number of members.
international News
Some Apple iCloud services suffered downtime, which has been fixed
On August 17, according to Apple’s system status page, some of Apple’s iCloud services were interrupted. iCloud Bookmarks and Labels, iCloud Calendars, iCloud Contacts, iCloud Drive, iCloud Keychain, iCloud Mail, iCloud Web Apps, and iCloud Storage upgrades have issues, as does iCloud Photos. Apple said the services may become slow or unusable for some users.
Some iCloud service outages started at 2:05 pm ET and ended at 4:52 pm ET, Apple said the iCloud service outage had been resolved.
After three years, Apple once again “moved the knife” on contract workers, and it is said that about 100 recruiters have been laid off
On August 16, local time, Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter that Apple fired about 100 contract workers responsible for recruitment in the past week to control spending and slow down recruitment, but full-time employees were not affected. The laid-off employees said the layoffs were due to changes in Apple’s business needs. They will receive two weeks of wages and medical benefits as compensation. The employees were told that they would no longer be allowed to use their badges after being fired, and that if they wanted to get their belongings back, they would need to email a list of their belongings in advance. The layoffs aren’t just in the US. In addition to Texas, Apple’s Singapore office was also affected by layoffs.
Oracle starts auditing TikTok algorithm over security concerns
News on August 16, according to a new report released by Axios on the morning of August 16. Oracle has begun auditing TikTok’s algorithm and content moderation model. The new arrangement is designed to allow Oracle to monitor TikTok’s systems to aid the company’s efforts to assure U.S. lawmakers that users are safe and address concerns about employees outside the U.S. accessing U.S. user data. (Axios)
Microsoft and Canonical announce native .NET 6 support on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
As the latest collaborative project between Microsoft and Canonical, the two parties jointly announced the local .NET availability of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hosts and containers on August 16. Microsoft’s .NET 6 is now available on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with a simple sudo apt install dotnet6 command, and Microsoft now also provides device images for Ubuntu with .NET 6 and ASP.NET runtimes.
Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory gets approval for large-scale energy storage project
“Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily” reported on the 16th that Tesla recently received approval from the city of Austin for a large-scale battery energy storage project at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory. It is reported that this project will use a commercial battery called Megapack to power the production plant, although The specific capacity has not been disclosed. The listed area of this project is 53.27 acres. Tesla also hopes to use this energy storage project to cope with the changing climate environment in Texas and ensure stable production of the factory. (Financial Association)
Intel’s Mobileye is testing next-generation driver assistance systems
On August 16, Intel’s official Weibo announced that its autonomous driving company, Mobileye, is testing the next-generation driver assistance system, Mobileye SuperVision™, on roads where the technology has only drawn maps but the test vehicles have never driven. A multi-day intercontinental road trip through 6 countries in South and Central Europe. A hybrid sedan was selected for the test with an upgraded 8-megapixel high-definition camera system. Mobileye plans to conduct more similar demonstrations in other parts of the world in the coming weeks.
BMW’s self-driving car crashes in Germany, killing one and injuring nine
Media reports say a BMW self-driving test vehicle caused a serious crash on a road in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. A three-vehicle collision occurred at the scene, including a head-on collision and a fire, resulting in one death and nine injuries. A 43-year-old man was in the BMW iX at the time, and it’s unclear whether the crash was caused by the human driver or a problem with the Autopilot system. For rescue, 4 helicopters, 10 ambulances, and 80 firefighters were dispatched to the scene. The initial estimate was that the damage to the vehicle was 180,000 euros.
Japan’s SoftBank-owned Ola to launch its first electric car in 2024
Ola, which is owned by Japan’s SoftBank Group, will launch its first electric car in 2024 and has announced several plans around developing an “all-electric vehicle hub.” Founded in 2011, Ola Electric is the electric vehicle arm of travel company Ola.
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