Didi and Meituan are fighting for market share in food delivery, each claiming first place; Cook shows off Apple's new achievements on Weibo; Ma Huateng wins Fortune China's most influential business leader | Lei Feng Morning News
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television ordered Toutiao to permanently shut down Neihan Duanzi . Zhang Yiming responded by saying "All responsibility lies with me"
On April 10, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued an announcement, ordering "Toutiao" to permanently shut down the "Neihan Duanzi" client software and public account, on the grounds that "there are prominent problems such as incorrect guidance and vulgar style, which have aroused strong disgust among netizens." At the same time, the Administration requires "the company to learn from this incident and comprehensively clean up similar audio-visual program products."
Afterwards, "Toutiao" stated: According to the requirements of the regulatory authorities, it will permanently shut down the "Neihan Duanzi" client software and public account, and will conduct a strict review of its entire product line, learn from it, actively rectify, adhere to the correct value orientation, and create a clean and healthy online environment.
Zhang Yiming also responded, "I sincerely apologize to the regulatory authorities, users and colleagues. ... The product took the wrong path, and there were contents that were inconsistent with the core socialist values. I did not implement the public opinion guidance well. I accept the punishment, and all the responsibility lies with me."
Didi Waimai announced that it has the largest market share in Wuxi. Meituan hit back: I just want to see how you make it happen.
Didi Waimai said that after 8 days of trial operation, it was officially launched in Wuxi yesterday (April 9), with 334,000 orders on the day. This means that Didi Waimai has become the food delivery platform with the largest market share in Wuxi in just 9 days, exceeding previous expectations.
In response, Meituan Waimai posted a picture and replied: You! You are not an actor, so don’t design those “first” plots. I have no opinion, I just want to see how you make it happen. And said that Meituan Waimai Wuxi market is firmly ranked first.
Domestic News
Fortune China ranked the 50 most influential business leaders in China in 2018: Ma Huateng, Ren Zhengfei, and Jack Ma ranked in the top three
Recently, Fortune selected the 50 most influential business leaders in China in 2018. It can be seen that Ma Huateng, Ren Zhengfei and Jack Ma ranked in the top three.
In 2018, Tencent, founded by Ma Huateng, will turn 20 years old. Tencent has become one of China's largest comprehensive Internet service providers.
Huawei, led by Ren Zhengfei, achieved annual sales revenue of approximately 600 billion yuan in 2017. Huawei's (including Honor) global smartphone share exceeded 10%, ranking among the top three in the world.
In Alibaba's 18th year, Alipay has gone beyond China, and Jack Ma has also been frequently active in the United States and the United Kingdom, two of the most important political and economic weather vanes in the West.
The following is the top ten list:
Huya submits prospectus, plans to raise US$200 million
On April 10, Huya Live, a live streaming company under Joyy Inc., submitted a prospectus, planning to raise US$200 million through an IPO transaction. The company applied to list its American Depositary Shares (ADS) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the trading code "HUYA".
The prospectus shows that Huya's revenue in the fourth quarter of 2017 was 740 million yuan, a 27% increase from 583 million yuan in the previous quarter and a 118% increase from 339 million yuan in the same period last year; the net profit in the fourth quarter of 2017 was 4.97 million yuan, the first profit in the past two years.
Currently, Huya holds a 48.3% stake in YY, making it its largest shareholder, with 55.5% of the voting rights. Tencent’s fund holds a 34.6% stake and 39.8% of the voting rights, making it the second largest shareholder of Huya.
It is said that Ant Financial will raise $9 billion and become the world's largest unicorn
According to people familiar with the matter, Ant Financial is preparing for a new round of private equity financing, which is expected to raise $9 billion and the financing valuation may reach $150 billion. If this is achieved, the company will also become the world's largest unicorn company. The scale of the new round of financing reported this time is also higher than the previously set financing target of $5 billion.
At present, Ant Financial's spokesperson refused to comment further, saying that everything was "market rumors." According to people familiar with the matter, the company may be listed on both domestic and foreign stock exchanges.
Ant Financial's last round of financing was in April 2016, when it raised $4.5 billion from Chinese investors at a valuation of approximately $60 billion.
Chinese team pioneers third type of storage technology, with writing speed 10,000 times faster than current USB flash drives
According to China Science Daily, the team of Zhang Wei and Zhou Peng from the School of Microelectronics at Fudan University has realized a disruptive two-dimensional semiconductor quasi-non-volatile storage prototype device, pioneering a third type of storage technology and solving the difficult problem of achieving both "write speed" and "non-volatility" in international semiconductor charge storage technology. This important research result will be published online in the form of a long article in Nature Nanotechnology in the near future.
It is reported that the writing speed of this new material is 10,000 times faster than the current USB flash drive, the data refresh time is 156 times that of memory technology, and it has excellent controllability, which allows the design of memory structure according to the data effective time requirements.
international News
Shareholder group calls on Zuckerberg to resign from Facebook
Facebook's data breach storm shows no signs of abating. According to The Verge, investment group Open MIC has issued a statement calling on Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Facebook because he will admit negligence when testifying before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Michael Connor, CEO of Open MIC, said, "Zuckerberg's testimony highlights a simple fact: he does not know how to run a large global public company. He currently has two positions at Facebook - CEO and chairman, and it is time for him to resign from at least one, or even both."
Open MIC itself does not hold any Facebook shares, but plays the role of a shareholder coordinator. Previously, the company has repeatedly united Facebook shareholders and asked the management to conduct more responsible management.
Zuckerberg apologizes at hearing, congressman questions: Why do we trust you?
According to Sina Technology, facing questions from senators, Facebook co-founder Zuckerberg defended the company's values in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday and promised to correct its mistakes.
Zuckerberg apologized at a joint hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Tuesday, saying "This is my mistake, and I'm sorry," and promised to take better steps to make up for previous mistakes on fake news, Russian election interference and hate speech.
"You've been promising for more than a decade that you'll do better. What's the difference between today's apology and today's?" said John Thune, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. "Why should we trust Facebook to make the necessary changes to ensure user privacy and provide people with a clearer privacy policy?"
Facebook launches reward program for finding data abusers, with up to $40,000 in rewards
According to Sina Technology, on the evening of April 10th Beijing time, in order to prevent the recent user information leakage incidents from happening again, Facebook launched a bounty program: if users find major data leakage on the Facebook platform, they can receive a maximum bonus of 40,000 US dollars.
Under the program, if people find data abuse on the Facebook platform, they will receive a reward from Facebook. The minimum reward is $500 and the maximum is $400 million. So far, this reward program is the first of its kind in the industry.
"This will help us detect potential data abuse and take appropriate action in a timely manner," said Alex Stamos, Facebook's chief security officer.
Uber acquires bike-sharing brand Jump, reportedly for nearly $200 million
Foreign media reported that Uber has officially announced the acquisition of bike-sharing startup Jump, but the specific acquisition amount has not been disclosed.
Not long ago, there were media reports that Jump had been in talks with Uber and its investors about a potential acquisition, including Mike Moritz of Sequoia Capital. At the time, it was reported that Uber's acquisition intention was $100 million, but according to the latest statement from people familiar with the matter, the final transaction price between the two parties was close to $200 million.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that more and more people choose to live in cities and need more flexible travel methods. Uber not only provides shared travel and taxi services, but also hopes to truly help users reach their destinations in the most affordable, reliable and fastest way. Jump's electric bicycles are a good choice.
After the acquisition is completed, Jump's team will join Uber, but the company will operate as an independent subsidiary.
Cook Weibo shows Apple's new achievement: fully powered by renewable energy
On April 10, Cook said on Weibo: "Every Apple Store retail store, every data center, every Apple office - everywhere - is now powered by 100 percent renewable energy. Every Apple Store, every data center, every Apple corporate office - everywhere - is now powered by 100 percent renewable energy."
Apple is one of many multinational companies working to reduce energy consumption and shift to renewable energy. In 2014, more than 100 companies around the world pledged to switch to 100% renewable energy, including Apple, IKEA, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Starbucks and other well-known companies.
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