Today’s headlines
Qihoo 360 discloses the progress of Nezha Automobile stock improvement and gives up the rights of the four major shareholders
On December 28, 360 issued an announcement stating that the benchmark date for Nezha Auto’s shareholding reform is October 31, 2022, and the establishment of the joint-stock company is expected to be completed on December 31, 2022. In order to support Nezha Automobile’s shareholding reform and other work, the company signed a shareholder agreement with all shareholders of Nezha Automobile, agreeing to uniformly waive special rights including redemption rights, preemptive acquisition rights, additional investment rights, and liquidation rights (effective with conditions). Due to the waiver of the redemption right, the company’s investment income is expected to decrease by 71.19 million yuan.
Earlier, 360 announced that in order to optimize the equity structure of the target company and improve the governance mechanism of Nezha Automobile, it decided to transfer part of the capital increase rights of Nezha Automobile to the concerted action of the management team at a fair price, so as to increase the control of the management team over the company. Zhou Hongyi also said that Nezha Automobile is still a start-up company, and the founder team needs to lead the company’s development instead of being completely capital-led. But now the founder team has too little equity, and 360’s positioning is still to support and assist the team.
Domestic information
Xiaopeng Motors continues to adjust its organizational structure: a new financial platform is set up to recover the financial rights of each center
According to the news on December 28, Xiaopeng Motors’ organizational structure adjustment is still continuing. Recently, a new financial platform has been established to improve the level of refinement of cost management and control and the compliance ability of the financial system. The newly established financial platform of Xiaopeng Motors includes financial BP department, platform finance department, comprehensive financial team, tax management team, fund management team and special project team and other departments. In this structural adjustment, personnel appointments have not yet been seen. Sources said that according to the previous adjustments, the highest reporting object of the financial platform is basically determined to be He Xiaopeng. (Interface News)
Wang Hao, Vice President of Station B, resigned and joined Zhaopin as CTO
According to news on December 28, according to people close to Bilibili, Wang Hao, vice president of Bilibili, has resigned and joined Zhaopin as CTO. Among the guests at the “2022 Digital Development Summit” held on the 28th, Wang Hao was listed as the CTO of Zhaopin. In addition, Wang Hao Maimai’s personal account updated his certification experience at station B and his new position information on November 21.
It is reported that Wang Hao joined Baidu’s search department in 2008, and served as an architect and senior technical manager of Baidu’s infrastructure department, deputy director of the web search department, and director of the mobile application department. In 2017, he resigned from Baidu and joined Station B as the general manager of the technical center of the main station. (Tech Planet)
Pfizer’s special drug for the new crown, the scalper said that the stock had been sold out, and the highest price was 50,000 yuan
Recently, since Pfizer’s new crown-specific drug Paxlovid (Nimatevir/Ritonavir tablets) was supplied to some offline hospitals and Internet hospitals, it can be said that it is hard to find a box, which has resulted in a large number of “scalpers” selling Paxlovid “. On December 27, a scalper told reporters that the Chinese version of Paxlovid was scarce, and as far as he knew, the price of Paxlovid in the Beijing area was as high as 50,000 yuan. However, the supply of Paxlovid that it had previously stockpiled is currently sold out, and there is no guarantee that it will be able to purchase Paxlovid again. (Red Star News)
Tesla: Shanghai factory holiday information is inaccurate, two days longer than statutory holidays
On December 28, there were media reports that the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory will continue production for 17 days from January 3 to January 19, 2023, and then suspend production of electric vehicles from January 20 to January 31. The time is longer than the Lunar New Year holiday (January 21-27).
Tesla responded to this by saying that the holiday information of the Tesla Shanghai factory is not accurate. Most of the employees of the Shanghai Gigafactory will have a holiday on January 20-28, which will be one day longer than the statutory holiday. Some employees have spent the holidays on the spot for the past two years, and have not been home for the New Year for several years.” At the same time, Tesla said that some workshops still need to continue to operate at high speed during this period, and Tesla has already made relevant arrangements. Work.
The average annual salary of non-private units in cities and towns in 10 provinces exceeds 100,000 yuan, and the average salary of the information technology service industry is the highest
Recently, according to the Overseas Edition of the People’s Daily, the “China Statistical Yearbook 2022” compiled and published by the National Bureau of Statistics announced the average wages of employed persons in urban units in 31 provinces in 2021. The data shows that, from the perspective of provinces, the average salary of employees in 10 provinces of Beijing, Shanghai, Tibet, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Chongqing among non-private units in cities and towns exceeds 100,000 yuan, of which Beijing and Shanghai The average salary in both places exceeds 190,000 yuan. On the whole, the salary levels of the information transmission, software and information technology service industry, financial industry, scientific research and technical service industry are among the highest in all industries.
DingTalk announced that the number of users exceeded 600 million, and the number of enterprise organizations exceeded 23 million
On December 28, DingTalk held an annual press conference to officially release DingTalk version 7.0. DingTalk President Ye Jun announced the latest number of users at the press conference. At present, DingTalk users have exceeded 600 million. It is understood that DingTalk currently has more than 15 million paid daily active users. The number of DingTalk enterprise organizations has exceeded 23 million, of which more than 60% of national-level specialized new enterprises use DingTalk. According to relevant sources, DingTalk’s user market has changed from education users to enterprise users, and its activity is no longer affected by fluctuations in winter and summer vacations.
Supreme Law: It is not allowed to refuse a seven-day unreasonable return on the grounds that the product has been unpacked
On December 28, the Supreme People’s Court issued the “Opinions on Providing Judicial Services and Guarantees for Promoting Consumption” on the 27th. The Supreme People’s Court pointed out in Article 7 of the first item “Strengthening the Judicial Protection of Consumers’ Rights and Interests” in the “Opinions” that the protection of consumers’ rights and interests under the new business model should be strengthened. Consumers purchasing goods through the Internet have the right to return the goods within seven days from the date of receipt of the goods in accordance with the law, without explaining the reasons, unless otherwise stipulated by law. Consumers need to unpack and inspect the goods to check the goods without affecting the integrity of the goods. E-commerce operators shall not claim that the seven-day no-reason return system is not applicable on the grounds that the goods have been unpacked.
Zhang Chao, the new head of today’s headlines, appeared, and the original head transferred to TikTok
According to reports on December 28, Chen Xi, the person in charge of Toutiao, will be transferred to TikTok e-commerce as the head of product and data science, reporting to Kang Zeyu, the person in charge of TikTok e-commerce. Zhang Chao, the person in charge of Tomato Novel, will also serve as the person in charge of Toutiao, reporting to Zhang Nan, CEO of Douyin Group. On the same day, Zhang Chao made his debut as a new identity. According to public information, Zhang Chao previously worked for Baidu, joined ByteDance in 2016, and has been in charge of the management of Toutiao creator platform and Toutiao main-end novel channel. After ByteDance established the tomato novel business in 2019, Zhang Chao served as the head of the tomato novel business. (Interface News)
OPPO spent 4.5 billion yuan to acquire 387 acres of land in Dongguan to make chips
According to news on December 28, according to Dongguan, the OPPO chip R&D center project site was successfully delisted on the 27th. The project site is located in Jiaoyi Bay Peninsula, Dongguan. It was won by Dongguan Oppo Communication Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OPPO, with a total investment of 4.5 billion yuan and an area of 387 acres. Equipment research center, 5G terminal research and development center, artificial intelligence research and development center, etc.
According to the investment agreement, the construction period of this project is 36 months, and the construction must be started by January 2024 at the latest, completed and accepted by January 2027, and put into production by January 2028. After being put into production in the future, the annual R&D investment will exceed 800 million yuan. (Interface News)
Wenjie cars are sold in Huawei stores, Cyrus: Settlement fees are based on delivery volume, and do not bear labor costs
On December 28, Cyrus stated on the investor interaction platform that the company has sufficient orders for its Wenjie series of products. In response to the issue of “Wenjie models are sold in Huawei stores”, Sailisi said that the company will settle the expenses with relevant parties according to the delivery volume, and will not bear labor costs. In addition to sales in Huawei experience centers, the company has deployed nearly 200 user centers in more than 140 cities, and is continuing to expand.
Affected by major customers such as MediaTek and AMD, it is reported that TSMC’s Q1 revenue next year will decrease by 15% from the previous month.
According to Taiwan media reports, affected by major customers such as MediaTek and AMD cutting orders, TSMC’s capacity utilization rate may drop significantly in the first quarter of next year, and its revenue will decrease by 15% from the previous quarter. In this regard, the legal person said that due to the impact of customers’ inventory adjustments, TSMC’s performance in the first quarter of next year may fall from the high point in the fourth quarter of this year, which should be the bottom of operations next year. It is expected that as the inventory adjustment comes to an end, operations in the second quarter are expected Warm up slowly. Due to inflation and rising energy costs, TSMC will adjust OEM prices for customers next year, which will help alleviate the impact of the downturn in the economy, and its revenue and profit performance will be relatively stable compared with its peers. (IT House)
In 2022, “Fortune”‘s most admired Chinese companies are released: BYD and JD.com squeeze into the top 3
Recently, “Fortune” released the “2022 Most Admired Chinese Companies List”, COFCO ranked first, BYD and JD.com ranked second and third. The top ten companies this year are: COFCO, BYD, JD.com, CRRC, SF Express, State Grid, China Aerospace Science and Technology, Huawei, Sany Group and Kweichow Moutai.
Hikvision’s EZVIZ Networks broke on the first day of listing
On December 28, EZVIZ Networks was listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The issue price was 28.77 yuan per share, and the opening price was 28.77 yuan per share. However, the stock price fell sharply during the session. As of the closing price, the share price was 25.25 yuan per share, down 12.23%. . According to public information, EZVIZ Networks was established in 2015 and is positioned as a smart home service provider and IoT cloud platform provider. It will be spun off from the security giant Hikvision in 2021. In the first three quarters of 2022, the net profit of EZVIZ Networks fell by 27.97% year-on-year to 219 million yuan.
Nio cuts fourth-quarter car delivery forecast
Recently, NIO announced an updated delivery outlook for the fourth quarter of 2022. Nio said it expects to deliver 38,500 to 39,500 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2022 as it faces delivery and production challenges, as well as certain supply chain constraints. Previously, NIO’s delivery was expected to be 43,000 to 48,000 vehicles.
Meituan Buying Medicines will launch a self-service shelf function for small medicines tomorrow and provide exclusive subsidies
According to news on December 28, Meituan Buying Medicines will provide pharmacies across the country with a self-service online function for dismantling and dismantling medicines starting from December 29, and support pharmacies to add two types of medicines with the generic names ibuprofen sustained-release capsules and acetaminophen. Carry out split sales; at the same time, special subsidies will be given to the above-mentioned drugs that are sold online. The subsidy period for the first phase of split sales of drugs is 14 days. (Securities Times)
International information
Tesla’s stock price plummeted 70% this year, Korean retail investors frantically bought bottom
Recently, Tesla’s stock price fell 11.4% on Tuesday, the biggest drop in eight months, and its market value evaporated 309.3 billion yuan (about 44.4 billion U.S. dollars) overnight; Tesla has fallen by about 44% since December, and fell 69% this year. %. The plunge in Tesla’s stock price hasn’t deterred South Korean retail investors, who have bought a net $2.8 billion worth of the company’s shares this year. According to data from the Korea Securities Depository Administration, as of December 27, day traders have increased their holdings of Tesla shares by US$160 million this month, and are expected to be net buyers for the third consecutive month. As of August this year, South Korean retail investors have bought a total of US$15 billion in Tesla stocks, with a shareholding ratio of 1.6%, becoming Tesla’s seventh largest shareholder, ahead of them is State Street Bank of the United States.
Intensified, the US House of Representatives asked to remove TikTok from official devices
On December 28, according to foreign media sources, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives stated in a message sent to all members and staff on the 27th local time that “due to some security issues”, TikTok is considered “high risk” and must be removed from the Remove the app on all devices managed by the House. The report also stated that the message sent to the staff stated that anyone who used TikTok on their device would be contacted to delete the app and be prohibited from re-downloading it in the future. The relevant bill will take effect after US President Biden signs it into law. (World Wide Web)
Huawei and BBA have reached a patent licensing agreement, and 15 million vehicles around the world will use Huawei technology
Recently, Fan Zhiyong, global head of Huawei’s Intellectual Property Department, said that Huawei has authorized technology patents to Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Porsche and other automobile companies. He said that these patent licensing agreements will be reached in the second half of 2022, which means that 15 million of the 70 million cars produced globally each year use Huawei technology.
Fan Zhiyong said that the patent licensing agreement allows Huawei not only to deal with Chinese and foreign companies, but also to generate revenue. It is reported that the agreement signed by Huawei includes more than 20 new or extended patent licenses, covering multiple fields such as smartphones, connected cars, networks and Internet of Things technologies. Among them, nearly 15 automakers have reached agreements with Huawei to use wireless technology. (fast news)
U.S. technology giants laid off employees frantically in the past few months, but nearly 80% found new jobs within three months
According to news on December 28, according to a survey of new employees by the US recruitment website ZipRecruiter, among the recently hired employees, about 79% of the respondents re-applied within three months after being laid off or fired by technology companies. Got a new job. Nearly a quarter of these previously laid-off tech workers were reemployed less than a month after starting their job search.
Of course, there are still a small number of technology company employees who take a long time to finally find a job after being laid off. ZipRecruiter said about 5% of former tech workers who found work again between April and October took more than six months. (Financial Association)
Samsung holds high-level meeting to discuss next year’s recession, including semiconductor price drop
Recently, the Samsung Group held a meeting with the CEOs of all affiliated companies to discuss the plight of the economic downturn and recession next year, including falling semiconductor prices, falling currency exchange rates, and further interest rate hikes. According to sources, Samsung is quite concerned about the gloomy market outlook for next year. In particular, Samsung Electronics is expected to post a loss in the fourth quarter of 2022, following a loss in the semiconductor market next year.
According to research firm FnGuide, Samsung’s operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2022 will reach 7.34 trillion won, or about 40.223 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 47%. According to market research, Samsung’s operating profit in the first quarter of 2023 will drop by 57% year-on-year. (IT House)
Indian pharmaceutical company Hetero launches first oral generic drug pre-approved by WHO
Recently, the Indian pharmaceutical company Hetero announced that its generic version of the new coronary pneumonia oral antiviral treatment candidate Naimatevir has been approved by the World Health Organization’s Pharmaceutical Prequalification Program (WHO PQ). This is the first prequalification for the generic version of Pfizer’s new coronary pneumonia oral antiviral drug “PAXLOVID”. The combination pack launched by Hetero under the name Nirmacom will contain Naimatevir 150mg (2 tablets) and Naimatevir 100mg (1 tablet) and will be manufactured at Hetero’s plant in India. (Interface News)
The CPU is too behind! Nintendo cuts off Switch Pro: prepare for real hardware iteration
On December 28, Digital Foundry, which is good at analyzing game quality, made the latest news, pointing out that Nintendo had seriously considered the Switch Pro console as a mid-term update, but it will not happen now. Editor John Linneman revealed that Nintendo’s next step will be the real next-generation hardware, and the time will not be selected in 2023. It is understood that the main chip on the current Switch OLED is still Tegra X1 with 4-core A57+4-core A53 architecture, 16nm process, and there is a lot of room for upgrades.
Ming-Chi Kuo: Will Apple replace the iPad mini with a foldable iPad in 2025?
According to news on December 28, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been tracking Apple’s industry chain for many years, tweeted that he believes that Apple will not replace the iPad mini with a folding iPad in 2025, as some media previously predicted. This is because the folding iPad The price of the iPad should be significantly higher than that of the iPad mini, so such a replacement is not reasonable. Secondly, Apple is currently developing a new iPad mini (the main selling point is to be equipped with a new processor), and it is expected to ship in large quantities by the end of 2023 or 1H24. (interface)
Musk exposed that all social media are cooperating with the US government to censor content
On December 28, according to the US Fox News Business Channel report, Twitter CEO Musk said on the 27th local time that all social media platforms are cooperating with the US government to censor content. “All social media companies are under heavy scrutiny with a lot of (U.S.) government involvement and sometimes explicit direction from the government. For example, Google often makes linked pages disappear.” Musk tweeted Say. (World Wide Web)
Infineon CEO: The company is ready to spend billions of euros on acquisitions
News on December 28, according to foreign media reports, the CEO of German chipmaker Infineon said in an interview published on Wednesday that the company is prepared to spend billions of euros to find suitable acquisition targets.
Hanebeck noted that Infineon had been “looking” for suitable companies, saying he believed “the figure could run into the billions of euros”. According to reports, Infineon has seen growth in the fields of electric vehicles, autonomous driving, renewable energy, data centers and the Internet of Things. It is reported that in the fiscal year ending September 2022, Infineon’s revenue increased by nearly 30% to 14.2 billion euros (approximately 105.222 billion yuan), and sector profits increased by 63% to 3.4 billion euros (approximately 25.194 billion yuan).
India wants to sell counterfeit Apple Watches for only 336 yuan
Indian brand Pebble is planning to release a new smartwatch that looks like a direct copy of the design of the Apple Watch Ultra, according to IT House.
The watch is called Pebble Cosmos Engage, and the price is only 3,999 Indian rupees (about 336 yuan). Its functions in various aspects are obviously not as good as Apple Watch Ultra. For example, this watch claims to use an LCD display with a brightness of up to 600 nits. The Apple Watch Ultra has an OLED display with a brightness of up to 2000 nits. Apparently, the watch also won’t run watchOS, but it appears to be copying features like the Apple Watch’s watch face and heart rate monitoring.
Microsoft is accelerating the removal of Win8 “legacy” and bringing new UI to many features of Win11
On December 28, according to foreign technology media Windows Lastest, Microsoft is removing some features dating back to the Win8 era for the Win11 system, bringing new features to Windows Firewall, “Rename this PC”, “Reset this PC”, etc. The new interface UI makes each page more in line with the overall style of Win11. While promoting the interface to get rid of the “legacy” of Win8, Microsoft is also migrating more and more functions to the settings, thus getting rid of the control panel function.
AI doctor coming? Google’s new AI model answers questions like human doctors
Recently, Google announced a new medical AI model “Med-PaLM”. After a series of tests, the model was confirmed to “almost reach” the level of human doctors. Specifically, the research team prepared a medical question answering dataset “MultiMedQA”, covering medical exams, medical research, and consumer medical questions. After evaluation, Med-PaLM has a correct rate of more than 92% in terms of scientific common sense, and has almost reached the level of human doctors in terms of comprehension, retrieval and reasoning abilities, and is slightly better in overcoming implicit bias. It is understood that “Med-PaLM” is derived from PaLM, a converter language model released by Google this year. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
Tesla wireless charging pad opens pre-sale: Apple has developed similar products
On December 28, it was reported that Tesla launched a $300 “wireless charging platform” that can charge up to three devices at the same time. This wireless charging pad can provide up to 15 watts of charging power to each device that supports the Qi wireless charging protocol, including iPhone, Android or AirPods headphones. According to Tesla’s official website, the charging pad has already been pre-sold and will start shipping in February 2023. In 2019, Apple canceled a similar product called AirPower because it failed to meet Apple’s standards. Similar to Tesla’s charging mat, the AirPower can also wirelessly charge up to three devices at once, including wearables that aren’t usually Qi-compatible (Qi is an inductive method of wireless charging). It is reported that Tesla’s wireless charging platform is not compatible with Apple Watch.
Foldable mobile phone shipments are expected to reach 16 million units in 2022, a year-on-year increase of nearly 73%
According to a report recently released by market research firm Counterpoint Research1, in Q3 2022, global foldable mobile phone shipments will increase by 63% annually to 6.08 million units, accounting for 2% of smartphone shipments, up from 1.1% in the same period last year. Folding mobile phones became a market highlight in Q3, mainly due to the new generation of folding phones Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 launched by Samsung in July. The agency estimates that foldable mobile phone shipments are expected to reach approximately 16 million units in 2022, a year-on-year increase of nearly 73%. Samsung’s market share in the second half of 2022 is estimated to be as high as 80%. (Financial Association)
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