​三个月巨亏465亿，全球风投巨头软银大溃败，曾重仓阿里暴赚；沈南鹏大幅减持美团、拼多多股票；​抖音内测听视频模式｜雷锋早报

Huge loss of 46.5 billion! Global venture capital giant SoftBank suffered a major collapse, and Masayoshi Son admitted that the company was in a "snowstorm"

On November 8, Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group disclosed its latest financial report. From July to September this year, the Vision Fund suffered a total loss of 825.086 billion yen (about 46.5 billion yuan), surpassing the previous record of 788.6 billion yen in a single quarter, making it the worst quarter in history.

This poor financial report has once again made SoftBank Group the focus of public opinion in the global investment circle. This huge loss may be related to the e-commerce stocks that the Vision Fund holds heavily. At present, Alibaba's stock price has been falling all the way, with a drop of 34.7% in the third quarter, causing Alibaba's shareholding in the Vision Fund to fall below 30% for the first time. This year, from July to September, Alibaba's stock price fell by 34.7%. Based on this calculation, the market value of Alibaba held by SoftBank shrank by US$53 billion (approximately RMB 339 billion) in the third quarter. It is worth mentioning that Alibaba in 2008 made Masayoshi Son's investment "myth". At that time, an investment of more than 20 million US dollars brought more than 2,000 times the return to Masayoshi Son when Alibaba went public in 2014.

SoftBank said China's recent crackdown on the technology sector had a negative impact on its stock price. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said the latest losses were in stark contrast to the company's booming last fiscal year. "We went straight into a snowstorm in the middle of winter," he said. A big factor was the sharp drop in the share price of Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company, in which SoftBank is a shareholder. But he stressed that the main businesses invested by SoftBank Group are shifting to the Vision Fund, with less reliance on Alibaba's performance.

SoftBank’s portfolio of Chinese startups has also been particularly hard hit. Son said Chinese companies, including ride-hailing giant Didi , were largely responsible for the fund’s poor performance after China investigated the company’s data privacy and collection practices and banned it from Chinese app stores. Didi’s shares fell 45% in the July-September quarter and its stake in Chinese ride-hailing company, which it acquired for $12 billion, is now worth about $7.5 billion.

Douyin is testing a "listening to videos mode": after switching back to the desktop or locking the screen, you can continue to listen to the video content

On November 8, Douyin launched a "listen" video mode in the recent new version test. After switching back to the desktop or locking the screen, users can continue to "listen" to the videos in the Douyin App like listening to a book. However, the "listen " video function is still in the testing stage, and there is a "listen video mode" prompt above the short video interface of the tested users.

It is reported that when the phone is locked or switched to the desktop, the short video content in the Douyin App will be played in the form of sound. The listening video mode is more suitable for short stories and news. It is understood that Douyin currently has a variety of content forms such as finance, technology, storytelling, and stories. Through the "listening" video mode, users can receive content information through their mobile phones anytime and anywhere. (Tech Planet)

沈南鹏减持三大科技公司13.8亿元股票，美团最多

11月8日消息，中国最顶尖的风险投资人沈南鹏已在加紧出售所持三大科技公司美团、拼多多以及外卖平台达达集团的股票，累计减持2.15亿美元（约合人民币13.76亿元）。

此前，沈南鹏对美团、拼多多的投资帮助他连续多年蝉联《福布斯》“全球最佳创投人”榜单，是亚洲最成功的风险投资人。今年53岁的他个人净资产预计为44亿美元。（约合人民币281.6亿元）（凤凰科技）

All-weather battery technology will be unveiled at the Beijing Winter Olympics: no worries even at -30℃

On November 8, there is still no good solution to the problem of electric vehicles' reduced range in winter, which has become an obstacle for some people living in the north to buy electric vehicles. At present, Wang Chaoyang, a member of the National Academy of Inventors of the United States, has invented an all-weather battery. The relevant article was published in the journal Nature. Electric vehicles equipped with all-weather batteries will be unveiled at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

It is reported that this all-weather battery does not increase the flammability of the electrolyte, nor does it change the thermal stability of the electrode material. They implanted a 10-micron thick nickel foil inside the battery as a heating element. Using the energy of the battery itself and adding a switch, the activity of the battery can be adjusted at will. Even if the battery is frozen in an environment of minus 30 degrees Celsius, it only takes 30 seconds to self-heat to above zero degrees and work normally.

Based on the principle of thermal regulation, the team also invented a 10-minute fast-charging battery. Wang Chaoyang believes that the application and promotion of 10-minute fast-charging batteries is an important milestone in the development of electric vehicles - fast energy replenishment can free electric car owners from range anxiety. (Science and Technology Daily)

NetEase Youdao was fined 1 million yuan for illegal pricing and false and misleading commercial advertising

On November 8, Beijing NetEase Youdao Computer Systems Co., Ltd. recently received new administrative penalty information. The reason for the penalty was that the company violated pricing laws and engaged in false and misleading commercial advertising, and was fined a total of 1 million yuan.

The Qichacha App shows that the party concerned posted preferential content on the sales page of the course products on the Youdao Premium Course official website, but no transaction was made at the crossed-out price. In addition, the party concerned could not provide relevant supporting materials for the promotional content of the famous teacher. The administrative penalty document shows that the provisions of NetEase Youdao's "Administrative Penalties for Price Violations" and the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China" ordered the party concerned to correct the above-mentioned illegal acts, and in accordance with these two laws, fined 500,000 yuan respectively, totaling 1 million yuan.

It is understood that Beijing NetEase Youdao Computer System Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of NetEase, and has a number of apps that have passed the filing, including "Youdao Dictionary" and "Youdao Cloud Notes". (IT Home)

When browsing products on an app, other apps will push related content. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Sharing user information must clearly state the purpose, etc.

On November 8, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology interpreted the "Notice on Carrying out the Action to Improve the Perception of Information and Communication Services", which pointed out that a list of personal information shared with third parties should be established. The use of third-party SDKs and other third-party services has become a common technical means in the development and operation of Apps. While it helps App functional services to be quickly implemented, it also causes some problems that infringe on user rights.

Users often complain that "when browsing and purchasing products on a certain app, other apps will push related content." Users are unaware of where their personal information is shared, which can easily cause panic. In response, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requires companies to list the basic information of user personal information shared by apps with third parties in the secondary menu, including the types of personal information shared with third parties, the purpose of use, the use scenarios, and the sharing methods. (China News Service)

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology regulates e-commerce SMS marketing, and some shopping platforms have launched the "Assist in Unsubscribing Marketing SMS" function

According to news on November 8, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held an administrative guidance meeting on October 25, 2021 to regulate the SMS marketing behavior of e-commerce platforms. Major e-commerce platform companies such as Alibaba, JD.com, Pinduoduo, and Meituan, as well as representatives of relevant basic telecommunications companies and short message service companies attended the meeting.

Recently, a shopping platform has launched a function to assist in unsubscribing from marketing text messages. Consumers enter their mobile phone numbers and upload screenshots of marketing text messages, and the platform can transfer the materials to the communication channel for processing within three working days.

It is understood that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pointed out that in recent years, complaints about marketing spam text messages during the "Double Eleven" promotion period have shown a concentrated outbreak, and related complaints on e-commerce platforms account for as much as 90%. The platform "defaults" registered users to agree to directly send promotional information, and platform merchants use loopholes in platform rules to send marketing text messages. These problems are more prominent, and clearly infringe on consumer rights.

According to reports, there are personnel changes in NetEase's most mysterious game team Zen Studio

On November 8, it was reported that there were major personnel changes in the company's interactive entertainment business group. From now on, Zen Studio, formerly under the Poseidon business unit, was promoted to the company's first-level business unit. The studio's producer Jin Tao was promoted to president of the Zen business unit, reporting to NetEase Games co-presidents Ding Yingfeng and Hui Xiaojun.

It is worth noting that Zen Studio is the most mysterious game production team of NetEase, with a higher status than the Thunder Fire Division. Zen Studio has many popular mobile games of NetEase, such as "Onmyoji" and "Harry Potter: Magic Awakening".

Games are an important revenue engine for NetEase. According to NetEase's financial report, the company's online game service net revenue in the second quarter of this year was 14.528 billion yuan, down 3% from the previous quarter, but up 5% from the same period last year; of which the net revenue from mobile games accounted for 72.1%, a slight decline both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year. (IT Home)

Alibaba DAMO Academy releases the world's largest AI pre-training model M6: parameters jump to 10 trillion

On November 8, Alibaba DAMO Academy announced the latest progress of the multimodal large model M6, whose parameters have jumped from trillions to 10 trillion, becoming the world's largest AI pre-trained model. M6 is a general-purpose artificial intelligence large model developed by DAMO Academy. It has multimodal and multi-task capabilities, and is particularly good at design, writing, and question-answering. It has broad application prospects in e-commerce, manufacturing, literature and art, scientific research and other fields.

Compared with traditional AI, large models have hundreds or thousands of times more "neurons" and better cognitive and creative abilities, and are generally considered to be the "basic models" of the future. However, the computing cost of large models is quite high. The energy consumption required to train the 175 billion parameter language model GPT-3 is equivalent to the round-trip distance of a car from the earth to the moon.

In the future, M6 will actively explore the combination with scientific applications, give full play to the potential of large models through AI for science, and strengthen the research on the software and hardware integration of M6 and domestic chips. (IT Home)

Lenovo Group launches large-scale technology talent recruitment plan to recruit another 12,000 people

On the evening of November 8, Lenovo Group officially announced that Lenovo Group Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing announced the launch of the "Global Large-Scale Hard-core Technology Talent Recruitment Plan". In the next three years, Lenovo Group will recruit 12,000 technology talents from the society and universities worldwide to enrich the three-level innovation system in all aspects. This will help Lenovo greatly enhance its scientific research and innovative development capabilities in core technologies in various fields of the new IT architecture of "end-edge-cloud-network-intelligence".

It is reported that the "three-level innovation system" refers to the three-level R&D system that Lenovo Group has already built, which consists of the internal R&D department of the business group, Lenovo Research Institute and Lenovo Capital and Incubator (LCIG), which are dedicated to short-term, medium-term and long-term technology research respectively. (IT Home)

Regulatory authorities: Securities companies are not allowed to wear strange clothes during live broadcasts, and are not allowed to use "big V" to attract traffic

According to news on November 8, my country's regulatory authorities have recently noticed that some securities companies have cooperated with "big Vs" to carry out online live broadcasts, customer flow and other activities, and issued a notification document to clarify the legal nature of such activities and the corresponding regulatory requirements.

The Securities and Fund Institutions Supervision Department of the China Securities Regulatory Commission stated that it will continue to pay attention to the cooperation between securities companies and "big Vs" together with the China Securities Regulatory Bureau, and continuously improve the supervision requirements in response to new situations and new problems. On the one hand, it encourages and supports "professionals, using professional methods and speaking professional words"; on the other hand, it severely cracks down on behaviors that violate regulations in the name of live broadcasting, and maintains a good ecology for the development of the industry. (Finance)

New Oriental quits 1,500 teaching sites and plans to switch to agricultural platforms

In a live broadcast on November 7, New Oriental founder Yu Minhong revealed that New Oriental's largest business would be stopped and nearly 1,500 teaching sites would be terminated. The renovation of these teaching sites alone cost 600 to 700 million yuan. At that time, there would be huge expenses to consider, such as liquidated damages, student tuition refunds, and teacher resignation wages.

Yu Minhong said that New Oriental plans to establish a large agricultural platform in the future. He and hundreds of teachers will use live broadcasting to help sell agricultural products and support rural revitalization. (Shanghai Securities News)

If you can't beat it, change the future of Java. Microsoft officially announced that it will join the JCP plan: it will participate in the formulation of Java platform specifications

On November 8, Microsoft announced in a blog that it will increase its investment in Java and has signed the Java Specification Participation Agreement, called JSPA, and officially joined the JCP (Java Community Process) program.

"For the past 23 years, the JCP program has worked with the international Java developer community to guide the specification of the Java platform," said Heather VanCura, chair and director of the Oracle JCP program. "The JCP program welcomes participation from enterprises, open source, individuals and Java users. We are pleased to welcome Microsoft to the JCP program, which continues to represent the vibrant Java ecosystem, and we look forward to seeing Microsoft's contributions." (IT Home)

Musk proposed to sell 10% of Tesla shares. The real reason is that nearly 100 billion options tax will be paid

On November 8, Tesla's shares listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany plunged about 9% in early trading. Earlier, Tesla CEO Elon Musk launched a poll on Twitter, asking fans whether they support him selling 10% of Tesla shares.

More than 3.5 million fans participated in the vote on Twitter, and nearly 60% of them supported Musk's stock sale. Musk had previously stated that he would have to exercise a large number of stock options in the next three months, which would generate a huge tax bill, and selling some of his shares would allow him to free up funds to pay taxes.

Musk said he would abide by the vote. Musk previously said he sold the shares to pay taxes to prevent others from saying he was evading taxes. However, regardless of the vote, Musk is likely to sell millions of Tesla shares starting this quarter because a tax bill of more than $15 billion is coming. (Phoenix Technology)

WhatsApp multi-device login feature officially launched: can be used without a mobile phone, supports up to 4 devices

On November 8, the overseas instant messaging app WhatsApp previously launched a multi-device login feature in the beta version, which allows users to use it on mobile phones, PCs, and tablets at the same time, and supports use without a mobile phone. According to foreign media mspoweruser, the WhatsApp multi-device feature has now been launched to the official version users.

This feature supports up to 4 devices to log in at the same time, including macOS/Windows computers, web terminals, and mobile terminals. However, the main device can only be a smartphone. Once logged in on other devices, you can send and receive messages without a smartphone. It should be noted that users need to use their smartphones once every 14 days, otherwise all terminals will be forced offline.

It is understood that some users have found that after turning on this feature, there are problems with logging into the WhatsApp web version. Some users reported that they were unable to log in or were immediately logged out after successfully logging in. Currently, the official is working hard to solve this problem. (IT Home)