Wei Ya was blocked from all websites overnight: Taobao, Weibo, and Douyin; Tesla was accused of violently forcing employees to resign; Simba sued Kuaishou for limiting his traffic｜Leifeng Morning News

Wei Ya was banned from the entire Internet! She was fined for tax evasion, and the tax was recovered, late payment fees were added, and fines totaling 1.341 billion yuan were imposed

On December 20, the State Administration of Taxation Zhejiang Provincial Taxation Bureau announced Wei Ya's tax evasion case and made a tax administrative penalty decision against Huang Wei (Wei Ya) in accordance with the law, recovering taxes, adding late payment fees and imposing fines totaling 1.341 billion yuan. At present , Wei Ya's account can no longer be found on Weibo, Taobao, Douyin, and Xiaohongshu . At present, Wei Ya's Taobao live broadcast account has been cleared, and playback and other content cannot be viewed; Weibo news shows that the account has been complained of violating laws and regulations and relevant provisions of the "Weibo Community Convention" and is now unavailable.

From Yishuang = 299 million, Yibing = 883 million , to Yiwei = 1.341 billion, the entertainment live broadcast circle has continuously refreshed the upper limit of tax evasion. In September this year, the State Administration of Taxation issued a special notice to clarify that online anchors who can actively report and promptly correct tax-related problems before the end of 2021 can be given lighter, reduced or exempted from punishment in accordance with the law. It is understood that thousands of people have taken the initiative to self-check and pay back taxes.

It is worth mentioning that Wei Ya responded to the rumors that she earns several hundred million a month in an interview with "Cover". She said that she did sell more than 10 billion last year, but the claim that she earns 5 billion a year and several hundred million a month is really exaggerated. Wei Ya said that her husband manages the money, but it is really not that much. Wei Ya said that although many of the partners are big brands, the bigger the brand, the lower their commission.

Luo Yonghao's company responded to the trending search due to Wei Ya's tax evasion: We have no problem

On December 20, the "No. 1 live streamer" Wei Ya was punished by the tax authorities for tax evasion. Subsequently, top anchors Li Jiaqi and Luo Yonghao both appeared on Weibo's hot search list, and whether they had tax evasion became a hot topic among netizens. Luo Yonghao's company, Jiao Ge Pengyou, responded, "We have no problem."

The head of Li Jiaqi's team also responded: "Thank you for your concern, our business is operating normally."

Tesla employees revealed that they were violently forced to resign by their leaders

Recently, someone who claimed to be a Tesla employee, Jiang Yamei (Leila), said on a social platform that she was violently forced to resign by Tesla's leadership. Jiang Yamei's Maimai authentication information is "Tesla Automobile Sales and Service (Hefei) Co., Ltd. Delivery Consultant". She said that she has worked in Tesla's delivery department for 2 years and 9 months. On the morning of November 26, Jiang Yamei was stopped from working by the delivery supervisor Lu and went to the meeting room. The meeting room was also occupied by the regional manager Jiang and Zhejiang HR Shen.

She said that she was notified by HR that she was "suspended due to a report from a colleague" and was asked to hand over her mobile phone and sign a written warning and investigation documents. After being rejected, Lu and others "violently rammed the door and hit my head" against Jiang Yamei who was hiding in the bathroom. Finally, after the client suggested calling the police, Lu and others "stopped the violence." She has now received a written "Leave Notice", which "did not explain why I was asked to leave my job, but warned me that I was not allowed to enter the office and contact colleagues.

Simba sued Kuaishou for limiting his traffic

Recently, Tianyancha showed that online anchor Simba (Xin Youzhi) sued Beijing Kuaishou Technology Co., Ltd. The reason is said to be that Kuaishou did not provide traffic, and he had to spend money to buy it. Simba questioned Kuaishou's shady operation to make money, and the traffic of him and his anchors was controlled by the platform. Kuaishou believes that the platform can freely allocate traffic. The case will go to trial in March next year.

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Zhihu temporarily shuts down the comment section after being interviewed by the Cyberspace Administration of China

On December 20, Zhihu closed the comment function. Currently, all Zhihu content comment areas show "The comment area function is being upgraded, and comments cannot be sent for the time being. You can use the "Agree and Recommend" function to participate in the interaction."

According to previous reports, the State Internet Information Office recently instructed the Beijing Internet Information Office to interview the person in charge of Zhihu.com in accordance with the law. In view of the fact that Zhihu.com repeatedly published or transmitted information that was prohibited by laws and regulations, the Office ordered it to make immediate rectifications and severely punished the relevant responsible persons. The Beijing Internet Information Office filed a case for administrative punishment against Zhihu.com for illegal behavior.

The person in charge of Zhihu.com said that they will learn lessons from this and strictly implement all rectification requirements, and will suspend relevant functions during the rectification period. (IT Home)

CATL: Has started the industrialization layout of sodium-ion batteries, and will form a basic industrial chain by 2023

On December 20, CATL said that the company has started the industrialization layout of sodium-ion batteries and will form a basic industrial chain in 2023. The first generation of sodium-ion batteries released earlier can be used in various transportation electrification scenarios and can flexibly adapt to the application needs of all scenarios in the field of energy storage.

According to reports, the energy density of the first generation of sodium-ion battery cells developed by CATL reached 160Wh/kg, the highest level in the world. After charging for 15 minutes at room temperature, the battery can reach 80%. In a low temperature environment of -20°C, the discharge retention rate is still over 90%. It is expected that the energy density of the next generation of sodium-ion batteries will exceed 200Wh/kg. (Sina.com)

SenseTime restarts IPO plan, will not sell shares to US investors

On December 20, seven days after the listing plan was suspended, SenseTime announced the restart of its global IPO and is expected to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on December 30. Previously, the U.S. Treasury Department included SenseTime in the list of "Chinese military enterprises" , and then SenseTime's IPO plan was put on hold.

The issuance scale and price of SenseTime’s IPO did not change with this relisting. However, the supplementary prospectus disclosed by SenseTime on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange made many revisions and additions to the original prospectus.

The supplemental prospectus mentioned that from the effective date of the designated CMIC, US persons defined in the executive order are prohibited from "purchasing or selling any publicly traded securities of any person listed as a CMIC, or any publicly traded securities derived from such securities or designed to provide investment exposure to such securities" unless permitted or authorized by the relevant US government authorities. (21st Century Business Herald)

5G messaging joint laboratory to be unveiled, multiple group standards expected to be announced in 2022

On December 20, according to China Securities Network, the 5G Message Working Group exclusively learned that the 5G Message Joint Laboratory will be unveiled soon. The 5G Message Joint Laboratory was established by 7 units including China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, China Communications Enterprise Association, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, ZTE Communications, and Huawei. In addition, the 5G Message Working Group revealed that the draft for comments on a number of group standards for 5G messages has been preliminarily completed and is expected to be officially announced in 2022.

However, many industry insiders pointed out that 5G messaging currently has problems such as insufficient terminal coverage, slow operator promotion, and poor actual experience. It remains to be seen whether the user base of 5G messaging can break through the existing social environment in the future. (IT Home)

XiaoIce digital twin anchor is officially launched: the overall naturalness is consistent with real people for the first time, and the whole process is unmanned AI live broadcast

On December 20, XiaoIce announced a new digital twin virtual human technology, and in cooperation with the National Business Daily, officially launched the first batch of virtual hosts using this technology together with the "National Business Daily AI TV". Compared with other technologies, the XiaoIce framework not only improves the overall naturalness of virtual humans to a level that is difficult to distinguish from real people, but also realizes unmanned operation of the entire process of video collection, editing and broadcasting for the first time, helping "National Business Daily AI TV" become the world's first AI video live broadcast product that broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

It is learned that through the small sample learning technology of the XiaoIce framework, the training cycle of virtual humans has been shortened from several months to one week. (IT Home)

Oracle's largest acquisition in history: Cerner, an electronic medical records company, for more than 180 billion yuan

On December 21, Oracle will acquire electronic medical record company Cerner in an all-cash deal for approximately $28.3 billion (approximately RMB 180.9 billion), or $95 per share, a premium of approximately 20% over Cerner's closing price last Thursday. The transaction is expected to be completed in 2022. Given Cerner's large user base, Oracle will gain access to massive amounts of medical record data and strengthen its healthcare business.

This is Oracle's largest acquisition ever. Oracle said that in the first year after the transaction is completed, the company's non-GAAP profits will increase as a result. Oracle expects Cerner to become "another huge revenue growth engine" in the coming years. After the announcement of the transaction, Oracle's stock price fell by more than 5%.

Microsoft has also seen business opportunities in the healthcare sector. In April, Microsoft announced that it would spend $19.6 billion to acquire speech recognition technology company Nuance Communications in order to acquire artificial intelligence technology that helps doctors predict patient needs. Oracle also lags behind Microsoft in the cloud service sector. (Phoenix Technology)

General Motors CEO resigns due to disagreements with parent company GM over direction

General Motors suddenly announced that Dan Ammann, CEO of its self-driving company Cruise, had resigned, and the company's founder and CTO Kyle Vogt was appointed as interim CEO. Bloomberg News interviewed several people familiar with Cruise and GM, saying that Dan Ammann and GM CEO Mary Barra, known as the Iron Lady, had serious disagreements over the direction of Cruise's development.

Dan Ammann hopes that Cruise will focus on the field of driverless taxis and go public independently as soon as possible. However, the Iron Lady hopes to firmly control Cruise within the GM system and use Cruise's technology to support the development of GM's mass-produced models' autonomous driving technology. (Car Things)

TSMC and Sony's joint venture to build a wafer foundry in Japan has been officially approved

On December 20, the investment plan of TSMC, a wafer foundry, to set up the JASM wafer factory in Japan was approved by the Investment Review Committee of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, China, approving TSMC to set up the JASM wafer factory in Japan with a maximum investment of 237.8 billion yen (about 13.364 billion yuan), engaging in the manufacturing, sales, testing and circuit auxiliary design of integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices to meet the needs of Japanese customers nearby. According to reports, TSMC decided to set up a joint venture with Sony in November this year to set up JASM, using 22/28 nanometer process and a monthly production capacity of 45,000 pieces. (Titanium Media)

Malaysia welcomes super-strict copyright law, streaming pirates will be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison

On December 20, Malaysia has passed an amendment to its copyright law that will severely punish those who sell pirated streaming media, who may face a fine equivalent to more than US$2,377, up to 20 years in prison, or both.

The new copyright law also prohibits companies from engaging in or tolerating streaming piracy, unless managers can show they were unaware of the violations and took “all due diligence” to prevent such behavior.

It is understood that copyright laws around the world often cover digital piracy, but some are designed to address downloading and other older forms of piracy. Malaysia's previous copyright law did not cover streaming pirates, and the new copyright law will expand the scope of the crackdown. (IT Home)