Station B responds to layoff rumors: no large-scale layoffs
On May 20, according to 36Kr report, Bilibili responded to recent layoff rumors. According to Bilibili, the rumor is untrue, and some business adjustments have been made recently, so it is accompanied by personnel adjustments. No mass layoffs.
It was previously reported that Bilibili has recently started a new round of layoffs, of which the proportion of all-day layoffs in the game business has reached 20-30%. According to sources, a large number of Bilibili’s self-developed game projects have been abolished, and only a small number of projects have been retained.
In March this year, Bilibili released its 2021 financial report. The financial report showed that Bilibili’s adjusted net loss for the year reached 5.5 billion yuan, and the total cost reached 10.5 billion yuan. (Source: 36Kr)
Jingdong 618 will be fully opened at 8:00 p.m. on May 23 and will last until June 20
Beijing time on May 20, according to 36Kr reports, this year’s Jingdong 618 will be fully opened at 8 pm on May 23 and will continue until June 20.
At the same time, JD.com announced that JD.com’s “web weaving plan” has begun to take shape, and its service scope covers almost all regions, towns and populations in China. This is also the first time that JD.com has released the current infrastructure and warehouse distribution network construction results.
It is understood that since JD.com built its own logistics in 2007, it has started to implement the “Weaving Network Plan”, with 43 “Asia No. 1” large-scale intelligent logistics parks and about 1,400 warehouses operating nationwide as the core, building a highly coordinated multi-level logistics infrastructure and warehouse distribution network. (Source: 36Kr)
NIO is listed on the Singapore Exchange, becoming the world’s first three-listed car company
On May 20, Beijing time, NIO was successfully listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange and officially started trading under the stock code “NIO”. This marks that NIO has become the world’s first car company to be listed in three places, and it is also the first Chinese company to be listed in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore at the same time.
Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO, said: “Today is a new milestone for NIO, and listing in Singapore is of great significance to NIO’s global business development plan. With Singapore’s important strategic position in the global capital market, NIO has further improved The global capital market layout; we will also take advantage of Singapore’s international economic and technology center to carry out in-depth cooperation with local scientific research institutions in Singapore, and establish an artificial intelligence and autonomous driving R&D center in Singapore to further improve NIO’s global R&D and business layout .” (Source: Pingwest)
Netflix settles with Italian government: $59 million in back taxes
Beijing time on the evening of May 20th, according to reports, the US streaming video service Netflix said today that the company has agreed to resolve a tax dispute with the Italian government.
At the same time, the Milan prosecutors also issued a statement saying that they had reached a settlement with a multinational streaming video service provider for the period from October 2015 to 2019 and demanded that the company pay 55.8 million euros (about 59.1 million US dollars). ) tax. While prosecutors in Milan did not name the multinational streaming video service provider, three people familiar with the matter confirmed it was Netflix.
Three years ago, prosecutors in Milan launched an investigation into potential tax evasion by Netflix. Prosecutors in Milan say that while Netflix has no local physical presence, Netflix should pay taxes in Italy because it uses digital infrastructure to deliver streaming content to the country’s 2 million subscribers. Cables and computer servers used by Netflix, equivalent to a physical presence in Italy. Today, Netflix has set up an office in Rome, Italy, and has hired more than 40 employees. (Source: Sina Technology)
Orient Space, a private rocket company, completed 400 million yuan in Series A financing, and Mihayou participated in the investment
Beijing time on May 20 news, Oriental Space (Shandong) Technology Co., Ltd. recently completed a 400 million yuan A round of financing. This round of financing was led by Shanxing Capital, followed by CMBC International and Mihayou.
This round of financing will be used for the development and first flight of the “Gravity-1” medium-sized launch vehicle, while accelerating the development of a 100-ton reusable liquid oxygen and kerosene rocket engine.
Since its establishment in 2020, Orient Space has created a series of “gravity” series of large and medium-sized commercial launch vehicles in response to the explosion of various satellite networking needs in China, and truly realizes the “economies of scale” of rockets. (Source: Dynamic Technology)
Alibaba Cloud Thailand Data Center officially opened
On May 20, Alibaba Cloud’s Thailand data center officially opened, which is Alibaba Cloud’s 10th data center in Southeast Asia. In the past three years, Alibaba Cloud has accelerated overseas deployment, and the overseas market has grown by more than 10 times.
As the market scale expands, Alibaba Cloud is also stepping up efforts to build overseas cloud infrastructure. In the past year, Alibaba Cloud launched its third availability zone in Germany and Indonesia, and set up data centers in the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand, respectively.
Alibaba Cloud has entered the Thai market since 2019, providing technical support for digital transformation of local retail, logistics, digital entertainment, finance, government and other industries, and serving many Thai companies such as Seekster, manufacturing company Brother&Brother, and real estate developer KE Group. (Source: IT House)
Ericsson Announces Major Business Reorganization, Drives Reform Plan
On May 20th, Ericsson announced plans to overhaul its business, including the creation of a specific enterprise wireless solutions business unit, the merger of cloud and digital services units, and the adjustment of the executive team, and revealed this structural adjustment. It will take effect from the beginning of June this year.
The reorganization of the business involves merging the digital, cloud and software services divisions into one unit, led by current network head Per Narvinger, which will be known as the cloud software and services business unit.
At the same time, Ericsson also plans to create a specific division for enterprise wireless solutions, as well as a group functional global operations unit to integrate current corporate activities across business areas, including IT, real estate, and digital transformation. (Source: Pingwest)
Meizu Meizu Blus Air wireless headphones released for 159 yuan
On May 20, Meizu officially released its new wireless headset, Meizu Blus Air. The headset will be available for pre-sale tomorrow and will be officially released on May 23, priced at 159 yuan.
Meizu Blus Air uses a 12 mm large moving coil and is equipped with a new generation of smart ENC algorithm. The left and right ears are equipped with dual microphone arrays. The headset supports Bluetooth 5.2 protocol ultra-low latency dual transmission technology, and the headset end delay is as low as 50ms in game mode. The single playback time is up to 6.5 hours, and the charging case can achieve a long battery life experience of up to 25 hours. (Source: Pingwest)
Tencent Music re-screens Jay Chou’s concert with over 32 million views
On the evening of May 20, Jay Chou’s “Ferris Wheel” 2013 concert was re-screened online on WeChat Video, Tencent Music and QQ Music.
Official data shows that the concert was played on the video account for 1 hour, and the views of Tencent Music and TME live exceeded 13 million. By the end of the concert, the total number of viewers at the two entrances was about 32 million. Many viewers chanted “Ye Qing Hui” in the barrage. The enthusiasm for the concert even “infected” US stocks, and Tencent Music once rose by more than 5% at the opening.
It is understood that this re-screening is the opening of the first chapter of TME live’s “Miracle Live Re-screening Project”. On the evening of May 21, Jay Chou’s “The Strongest on the Surface” 2019 concert will continue to appear on the platform. (Source: Securities Times)
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