Today in the history of technology
One day in March 2013, Ye Wa, a member of the WeChat founding team, received a task assigned by Zhang Xiaolong - WeChat was going to start developing payment functions, and he was the product leader.
——Lin Jun and Hu Zhe "The Boiling New Decade"
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HEADLINE NEWS
The aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s bankruptcy! U.S. regulators provide $25 billion in emergency loans to savers
March 13 News: After the Silicon Valley Bank incident, U.S. financial regulators took action on Sunday to ensure the safety of depositors' funds and established a new loan program of $25 billion funded by the Treasury Department, which aims to provide Depository institutions provide necessary liquidity.
The U.S. Treasury Department said in a joint statement with the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Sunday that Silicon Valley Bank depositors "will have access to all of their funds starting Monday, March 13, and any losses related to the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank's problems will not be covered by Taxpayers will bear the burden."
But shareholders and certain unsecured bondholders will be unprotected, and senior managers will be removed. Any losses incurred by the Deposit Insurance Fund to support uninsured depositors will be covered through special assessments of banks, as required by law. (
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DOMESTIC NEWS
Sources say Station B is considering canceling the display of playback data
According to media reports on March 12, Bilibili may be considering canceling the display of front-end video playback data and using "user consumption time" as a new communication measurement standard. The source also said that it is not yet clear what data will be involved in "user consumption time", but it should not be the video completion rate, but a data similar to "popularity".
At the same time, the source also revealed, "This change will match the corresponding recommendation algorithm, which will naturally benefit Bilibili's medium and long video content and encourage the production of high-quality medium and long content, and this will obviously potentially weaken the weight of short videos." It is said that Station B has completed the front-end and back-end development work of relevant adjustments, and is only waiting for the final decision to be made.
In addition, the source also pointed out that on March 10, Bilibili invited nearly a hundred UP owners to hold a meeting at the Shanghai headquarters to "discuss which playback indicators can objectively reflect the quality of the manuscript, and whether to add playback indicators in addition to the playback volume indicators." "Duration and other dimensions" was the theme exchange meeting, and some relevant participants said, "It probably means that the number of views will be deleted" (negative review).
Meituan: It has no deposits in Silicon Valley Bank and the latter’s bankruptcy will have no impact on the company
Recently, Silicon Valley Bank in the United States went bankrupt, and it was reported on the Internet that a large number of wealthy Chinese people such as Wang Xing, Pan Shiyi, and Wang Shi lost a large amount of their deposits. A few years ago, Wang Xing, the boss of Meituan, posted a screenshot of a Silicon Valley bank deposit to prove that he had sufficient funds. At that time, the account showed a balance of more than $60 million. Some netizens believe that Wang Xing’s money has been trapped and he cannot get it out. In this regard, the Capital Markets Department of Meituan stated that Meituan has no deposits in Silicon Valley Bank, so the recent Silicon Valley Bank incident has no impact on the company. At the same time, the relevant person in charge of Meituan also stated that the screenshot of the "Silicon Valley Bank Rights Protection Group" posted by Meituan CEO Wang Xing was not true.
Graduates are reluctant to leave the workshop. Dong Mingzhu: There is nothing wrong with college students making screws. Don’t think they should sit in an office
Recently, Dong Mingzhu, chairman of Gree Electric Appliances, said in an interview with the media that there is nothing wrong with college students going to the assembly line to drive screws after graduation, and smart people should go to the grassroots level to gain experience. Talking about the employment of college students, Dong Mingzhu said that college students are now reluctant to work in the workshop. Of course, we are now in the era of big data. In the era of intelligence, this kind of heavy labor may be reduced, but after college students graduate, they go online to make screws. What's not to do? She said that college students now seem to think that since I have a college degree, I should work in an office. In fact, smart people should work at the grassroots level.
Dong Mingzhu also recalled her work status when she was young: "I remember when I had children, I only took 40 days off. At that time, we had 57 days off. I called Xiao Dong and said you will come back to work soon. There is one thing If we had to deal with it, we were absolutely obedient and went to work with the baby in our arms. From that day on, we never rested. We felt very happy at that time and it seemed very happy to go to work with the baby in our arms.” (Quick Technology)
Great Wall Motors launches "10 million bounty plan" to attack "Internet trolls"
According to news on March 11, at the "Great Wall Motors Intelligent New Energy Dry Information Conference", Great Wall Motors launched an initiative to the industry, calling for joint efforts to purify the Internet communication environment, and launched a "10 million bounty plan" to attack the "Internet trolls" . Great Wall Motor said that nowadays, the development of China's automobile industry is not only in confusion, but also encounters endless harassment from "Internet trolls", especially on various social media platforms, professional, collaborative, and industrialized "Internet trolls" "Army", through a large number of online accounts, spreads rumors, diverts traffic, manipulates public opinion, covers up various scandals in every possible way, slanders and abuses consumers and media who raise questions in an organized and rhythmic manner, and attacks colleagues in the car industry without distinction or bottom line. . (IT Home)
Crazy Little Yang brought baby face cream for RMB 17 and sold it for RMB 99. He was fined for false advertising.
On March 10, Wang Hai reported that the "Youshang Infant Moisturizing and Soothing Special Cream" sold in Xiao Yang's live broadcast room finally received an official response. The Municipal Supervision Bureau of Hangzhou High-tech Zone determined that the product advertisement contained false content and
imposed , with a fine of RMB 56,000. It is reported that this special effect cream for infants and young children, which was found to be falsely advertised, is sold for 99 yuan, but the purchase price is only 17.4 yuan.
The reason for the punishment shows that the product "Youshang Moisturizing and Soothing Special Cream for Infants and Young Children" sold by the party has a page that promotes data such as "rich in 5 billion probiotics", but the party cannot provide the true source; the page promotes "authoritative testing safety guarantee" containing "safety assurance". The content of sexual assertions or guarantees; the end of the test report used in the product page promotion has stated that the test report is only
for customer scientific research, teaching and other purposes, and the party concerned will use it privately for product page promotion; the words "special care cream, "Protective barrier, slows down dryness and itching, repairs, and builds a protective shield for baby's skin" is promoted beyond the scope of cosmetics registration functions.
Douyin customer service responded that relevant staff and systems will conduct inspections during the live broadcast. Specific violations need to be reviewed by the system and staff. If violations are found, corresponding penalties will be imposed. Consumers are advised to make rational judgments and understand the situation clearly before taking action. Make a decision.
Xiaohongshu adjusts organizational structure: betting on live streaming e-commerce
Recently, according to media reports, Xiaohongshu will upgrade its live broadcast business into an independent department to unified management of live broadcast content and live broadcast e-commerce. The head of the new department is Gintoki (flower name), who is also the person in charge of Xiaohongshu community ecology. Prior to this, Xiaohongshu’s live broadcast business belonged to the business group of the secondary department under the Ministry of Community. It is also understood that Xiaohongshu’s commercial product team has been taken over this year by Conan (Hua Ming), the COO of Xiaohongshu and the head of the Community Department (under the jurisdiction of community business and e-commerce business). She also became head of commercialization technology in 2022. The advertising sales business is currently still
in charge of Xiaohongshu CMO and sales manager Zhiheng. (LatePost later)
Douyin e-commerce company has revised its price promotion rules, and goods delivery experts are not allowed to fabricate product price comparisons.
Recently, actor Xie Mengwei, who plays the character "Gazi" in "Xiao Bing Zhang Ga", posted a price of 1,999 yuan on a mobile phone named Philips S706 in a Douyin live broadcast, claiming that the original price was 8,999 yuan. However, some netizens pointed out that the original price of this phone was less than 1,999 yuan. In this regard, Douyin e-commerce announced that the "Douyin E-commerce Creators' Price Promotion Code of Conduct" (hereinafter referred to as the "Code") has officially come into effect after being revised, clearly stipulating that goods delivery experts are not allowed to make fictitious product price comparisons.
If the legitimate rights and interests of consumers are damaged due to false advertising, the creator shall bear joint and several liability with the merchant providing the goods or services. If the consumer's evidence is valid and the platform determines that the merchant is not at fault, the creator shall bear the responsibility for false advertising. The regulations also require that before promoting a product, the creator has the obligation to verify its selling price, compared price, price guarantee service and other price-related promotional information, ensure that the price is clearly marked, and ensure that the promotional information is true, objective and accurate, and no false or misleading descriptions shall be made. The regulations also clearly stipulate that when promoting product prices, family or team conflicts, bargaining with brands and other behaviors shall not be used for drama and hype.
Li Xiang: Ideal ONE once had a pure electric MPV with the same platform that has been developed and put on the road.
According to news on March 12, on the day when Li Auto’s first 5-seater flagship SUV, the Li L7, was delivered, Li Xiang, CEO of Li Auto, issued a document revealing another BEV model that was developed on the same platform as the Li Auto ONE but the project was suspended—— D1 Plus. It is understood that the car is a pure electric MPV with an NEDC range of 500km and the same wheelbase as the Ideal ONE. It is targeted at the online ride-hailing market. If Meituan had not joined the online ride-hailing market, perhaps we could still get the D1 Plus on the online ride-hailing platform. . However, D1 Plus uses the CHJ brand, not Li Auto.
The Cyberspace Administration of China launches a special campaign to “clarify and strictly rectify the chaos of ‘self-media’”
According to official news from the Cyberspace Administration of China on March 12, in accordance with the 2023 "Clearness" series of special action plans, the Cyberspace Administration of China will carry out a two-month campaign of "clarification and strict rectification of 'self-media' chaos" from now on. "Elephant" special action. The meeting pointed out that in recent years, the cybersecurity and informatization system has carried out a series of special actions "Qingliang" in response to outstanding online issues that have attracted great attention from all walks of life and received strong feedback from the people, focusing on solving persistent diseases that affect the clean and healthy ecology of cyberspace, and have achieved positive results.
However, online chaos still occurs from time to time, and "self-media" still has many problems. In particular, some "self-media" spread rumors, malicious hype, counterfeiting, illegal profit-making and other illegal and illegal activities, inciting the emotions of netizens and tearing society apart. Consensus, polluting the network ecology, and the bad behavior of individual "self-media" have even had a serious impact on national security and economic and social development.
Tsinghua professor analyzes why Huawei is not listed: It has an inhibitory effect on innovation
Recently, Tian Xuan, deputy dean and professor of PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University, was a guest on the "Huang Family Living Room" column of Phoenix Finance.com and discussed why Huawei has insisted on not being listed for so many years. He said that academic research has found that listing will inhibit a company's innovation, which is why many innovative companies like Huawei do not go public. Professor Tian said that once it becomes a public company through listing, it will attract a lot of spotlight on itself. For example, investors will pay great attention to the company's stock price.
When your company's stock price reaches a certain level, barbarians may come in at the door; analysts are always paying attention to the company's stock price, as well as regulatory authorities, all of which will put pressure on short-term performance. If you want to innovate for a long time, there will be ups and downs, and the innovation may fail. This quarter's performance is not very good, but the market will not understand it, and it will think that you are not running well. At the same time, there is another very important reason. Early investors, entrepreneurs, and even core employees, these innovative talents can obtain huge wealth through cashing out, which will naturally lead to a decline in innovation capabilities.
Breakthrough! Chinese scientists discover new magnon state: may be used in chips, radars
According to news on March 12, Professor Lu Wei’s research group at the School of Physical Science and Technology at ShanghaiTech University has recently made important progress in the direction of photon-magnon interaction and strong coupling regulation. The research team discovered a new magnetic resonance in a ferromagnetic insulator single crystal for the first time, named the light-induced magnon state. This discovery opened a new dimension for the study of magnon electronics and quantum magnetism.
The new strongly coupled state of magnetons revealed in the study can greatly change the electromagnetic properties of ferromagnetic single crystals, provide new ideas for the entanglement of photons and magnetons, and promote the application of magnons in microwave engineering and quantum information processing. Playing an important role, the results were published in Physical Review Letters, a flagship journal in the field of physics. The discovery by Professor Lu Wei's team broke through the category of "Walker modes" that had "monopolized" this field for more than 60 years, and discovered new magneton states, which may be used in fields such as radar, communications, and wireless information transmission. (Quick Technology)
120,000 yuan to buy a BMW 3 Series? BMW China responds to price cut rumors
Recently, in response to online rumors about "BMW price cuts," staff from BMW China's public relations department responded that BMW's market guide price has not changed. "Dealers have their freedom in setting prices, but the details must be verified with the dealer." According to previous online rumors, According to the news, the BMW i3 is priced at 160,000 yuan after subsidies in Sichuan Province; 150,000 yuan after subsidies in Guizhou Province; 155,000 yuan after subsidies in Hunan Province; 155,000 yuan after subsidies in Chongqing; and 155,000 yuan after subsidies in Yunnan. The price is 120,000 yuan after provincial subsidies. At the same time, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Zhejiang, Shaanxi and other places will also open up.
ZTE's net profit for 2022 was 8.08 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.6%
Recently, ZTE released its 2022 annual performance report. During the reporting period, the company achieved operating income of 122.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%; net profit attributable to the parent company was 8.08 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.6%; net profit after non-attributable to the parent company was 6.17 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 86.5%. In 2022, ZTE's two major domestic and international markets, and its three major business segments of operator network, government and enterprise, and consumer, will all achieve year-on-year growth in operating income. The domestic market achieved operating income of 85.24 billion yuan, accounting for 69.3% of the overall operating income; the international market achieved operating income of 37.71 billion yuan, accounting for 30.7% of the overall operating income.
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FOREIGN NEWS
India changes labor laws to pave way for new Foxconn factory
Recently, Apple and Foxconn have successfully lobbied the Karnataka state government in India to pass a labor law amendment to relax local working hours. The new law will allow for 12-hour shifts, up from the previous maximum of nine hours, and the amendments also relax rules for women working at night and nearly double legal overtime for three months. The legislation caps the maximum working week at 48 hours and also expands allowable overtime to 145 hours from the previous 75 hours over a three-month period. Karnataka is the center of India's technology industry and is also where Foxconn's new iPhone foundry was previously rumored to be located. (Technology daily push)
Apple A17 processor performance score suspected to be exposed: single core increased by 59%, crushing toothpaste
Recently, tipster Max Tech posted the GeekBench 6 running score of what is claimed to be the Apple A17 Bionic, with a single-core score of 3986 and a multi-core score of 8841. Compared with the iPhone 14 Pro Max with A16 processor, the single-core improvement is as high as 59%, and the multi-core improvement is as much as 43%. Obviously, after A14, A15 and A16 squeezed toothpaste for three consecutive years, Apple broke out this time. Recently, it has been said that the frequency of Snapdragon 8 Gen3 will be as high as 3.75GHz. Even so, it will be difficult to surpass the A17 in the face of such a terrifying performance increase.
Cook retained his position as Apple CEO, but his salary was cut by 40%: he can only earn 340 million this year
A few days ago, at Apple's shareholder meeting, Cook retained his position as CEO. The bad news is that he will take a salary cut. This year's revenue will only be 340 million yuan, a 40% decrease. According to the decision of Apple’s shareholder meeting, Cook’s salary this year mainly includes three parts: a basic salary of US$3 million, a cash bonus of US$6 million, and the bulk of it is a stock award of US$40 million, provided that Apple can achieve all financial goals for this year. .
Compared with the US$99 million salary in 2022, Cook's salary of US$49 million this year has shrunk by about 40%. Shareholders are dissatisfied with Apple's recent performance. The iPhone also showed a three-year decline in the financial report released last month. . (Quick Technology)
Amazon asks employees to return to the office in May, 30,000 people sign objections
Recently, it was reported that Amazon’s “return to office” policy announced last month has suffered a heavy blow. So far, nearly 30,000 employees have signed an internal petition opposing the move. Amazon employees formed a group on the enterprise instant messaging software Slack to promote the advantages of remote working and express concerns about the new policy. At the same time, they also drafted a petition calling on Amazon to reconsider the policy. Today, 29,200 workers have signed this petition to oppose the policy of returning to the office, accounting for about 10% of Amazon’s total corporate employees. This shows that Amazon is being reckless in forcing employees to return to the office after three years of remote work due to the epidemic.
After integrating ChatGPT-like functions, Microsoft's Bing search exceeded 100 million daily active users for the first time
Recently, Microsoft provided updates to Bing and announced that the daily active users of the Bing search engine exceeded 100 million. About 1/3 of Bing users interact with Bing Chat every day. 45 million chats have been conducted since launch. In addition to these statistics, Microsoft said that Bing usage on mobile devices has also grown, thanks to the launch of its new Bing app, which has increased daily active users by 6 times. Microsoft says this proves the appeal of the new Bing, the need for search to be reinvented, and the unique value of an experience that combines search + answers + chat + creation.
To solve the problem of machine learning fragmentation, 12 giants including Alibaba, Apple, and Google launched OpenXLA
According to news on March 12, 12 technology giants including Alibaba, Amazon AWS, AMD, Apple, Arm, Cerebras, Google, Graphcore, Hugging Face, Intel, Meta and NVIDIA announced the joint launch of the OpenXLA project (including XLA, StableHLO and IREE storage library) that enables developers to compile and optimize models from all leading ML frameworks for efficient training and serving on a variety of hardware. This universal compiler can bridge different hardware devices to multiple frameworks in use today (such as TensorFlow, PyTorch), and help accelerate the development and delivery of AI through OpenXLA to realize the actual potential of AI.
US telecom giant AT&T suffered a data breach, affecting 9 million customer accounts
According to news on March 12, the US telecommunications giant AT&T recently notified customers of a data breach, which allowed attackers to obtain information related to customers' "device upgrade eligibility." This serious security breach affected approximately 9 million customer accounts and occurred in January 2023, the same month that T-Mobile suffered a massive data breach that affected approximately 37 million customers. Paid and prepaid accounts. Fortunately, the data breach did not involve credit card information, Social Security numbers or account passwords, and AT&T's own systems were not compromised. AT&T also confirmed that it has fixed the vulnerability, which is the first time AT&T has faced such an incident in a long time. (IT Home)
Japanese companies such as SoftBank and Hitachi restrict the use of ChatGPT
Recently, due to concerns about information leakage and other issues, Japanese companies such as SoftBank and Hitachi have begun to restrict the use of interactive artificial intelligence services such as ChatGPT in commercial operations. SoftBank warned employees last month about using ChatGPT and other similar apps: "Do not enter company-identifiable information or confidential data."
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