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Huawei's punishment for PR incident leaked: rank downgraded by one level, monthly salary reduced by 5,000 yuan, promotion and salary increase frozen
Leifeng.com reported that at 11:31 pm on December 31, 2018, Huawei's official Twitter sent out a New Year's greeting in the name of all Huawei employees, but the tweet was marked as "Sent from Twitter for iPhone" (Via Twitter for iPhone). Although the tweet was quickly deleted and the correct version was resent, it was still screenshotted by sharp-eyed netizens and widely circulated online, becoming a laughing stock among netizens.
On January 3, 2019, the penalty decision regarding this public relations incident also appeared online. See the picture.
Domestic News
FF China separation plan confirmed: FF obtains Chinese management rights and IP, Evergrande obtains Nansha factory
Faraday Future learned that the FF China separation plan has been determined. According to the settlement agreement, FF will recover all FF China assets except the land and equipment in Guangzhou Nansha, including the Moganshan project, technology, patents, original team, management rights and related rights. The Guangzhou Nansha factory will be assigned to Evergrande. The industry believes that the exposure of the details of the separation means that FF controlled by Jia Yueting and Evergrande controlled by Xu Jiayin will each go their own way in making cars.
According to FF's email, FF China will transfer the factory buildings and land of the Nansha factory to Evergrande Health. In return, Evergrande will return all patents, equipment, trademarks and the original team to FF. FF also stated in the email that the name of FF Hong Kong will be changed, and the words FF or Faraday Future cannot be used in the new name of FF Hong Kong.
According to FF China employees, Evergrande HR and FF China HR are negotiating the "separation". At present, the two parties have agreed that employees who joined before August 6, 2018 (the time when Evergrande took over FF China) will belong to FF China, and employees who joined after August 6 (including August 6) will belong to Evergrande. In addition, the human resources departments of both parties will fully consider the employees' choices. HR is negotiating with employees and collecting their wishes, and plans to complete the separation of the Chinese companies before January 8.
Chang'e 4 successfully landed on the far side of the moon
According to Leifeng.com, at 10:26 am on January 3, 2019, Chang'e-4 successfully landed on the back of the moon and achieved the first relay communication between the back of the moon and the earth. This means that China's spacecraft has become the first spacecraft in history to land on the "dark side" of the moon, becoming a milestone in human space exploration.
It is reported that after landing, Chang'e 4 will explore the huge crater of the South Pole-Aitken Basin, which may provide more clues about the formation of the moon.
According to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the Chang'e-4 spacecraft carried a total of four international cooperation payloads on this mission. Among them, a low-frequency radio detector developed by the Netherlands and a small lunar optical imaging detector developed by Saudi Arabia were carried on this "Queqiao" relay satellite mission; the German lunar surface neutron and radiation dose detector and the Swedish neutral atom detector will be carried on the Chang'e-4 probe.
Tencent AI Lab Director Zhang Tong resigns
According to Leiphone.com, it was recently revealed that Dr. Zhang Tong, director of Tencent AI Lab, has left Tencent, and his successor is Dr. Zhang Zhengyou of Tencent Robitics X Lab. Tencent AI lab told Leiphone.com (official account: Leiphone.com) that Zhang Tong will return to academia in the future to continue academic research in the field of AI, while AI Lab will continue to explore cutting-edge technology research and applications.
In addition, there are reports that Zhang Zhengyou, head of Tencent's robotics laboratory Robotics X, will replace Zhang Tong, but Tencent has not confirmed this.
It is reported that before joining Tencent, Zhang Tong had worked as a researcher at IBM Research, a senior researcher at Yahoo Research, and the deputy director and head of the Big Data Laboratory at Baidu Research. At present, Zhang Tong's whereabouts are still unclear. A user on Zhihu said that Zhang Tong might join HKUST.
At the beginning of 2018, the term of the former Dean of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of HKUST, Professor Yang Qiang, expired, and he currently retains the title of Chair Professor. In March, HKUST officially announced that Professor Dit-Yan Yeung would serve as the acting Dean of the Department. Also from March, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of HKUST posted a recruitment advertisement for the Dean of the Department on its official website, and the CSE Department is recruiting a new Dean from around the world. Now it seems that Zhang Tong has a great chance of becoming the new Dean of the CSE Department.
Hu Weiwei denies joining Mobike's equity-holding company
According to financial sources, on the morning of January 3, according to information from Qichacha, on December 29, former Mobike CEO Hu Weiwei was appointed as a director of WKUP Bike. On the same day, WKUP added a new shareholder, Beijing Mobike Technology Co., Ltd.
Hu Weiwei denied this on social media, saying, "We should learn about the time and efficiency of business information changes..." "Many business information changes are quite delayed."
According to her statement, the change of investors and board seats of Shanghai Wuli Intelligent Technology (the operator of the urban commuter bicycle brand WKUP) was due to the delay in updating the industrial and commercial information, which was just announced on the Internet on December 23. This has nothing to do with her personal entrepreneurial project, and it should be her job behavior at Mobike at the time.
Tusong CEO Wang Lifeng responds to the difficulty of refunding deposits
On January 2, Wang Lifeng, founder and CEO of Tusong, was surrounded by Tusong users near Shilibao in Beijing. Afterwards, both parties went to the Liulitun Police Station in Beijing to discuss the refund of the deposit. After reporting the case, Wang Lifeng and some Tusong users continued to negotiate about the money at the police station, but the negotiation lasted for about 8 hours without any result.
Yesterday, Wang Lifeng explained to users for the first time at the police station about the difficulty in refunding deposits. Wang Lifeng said that all users' deposits will be refunded, and although the company is currently facing difficulties, operations are still continuing and more operating vehicles will be added; Tusong is currently changing its office location, and the original office location will be changed to a customer reception center, which is specifically used to handle user complaints and other situations.
There are currently three ways to refund the deposit: one is to apply through the APP, the second is to file a complaint with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and the third is to register at the Tusong office. However, the order of refunding the deposit is based on the order in which the APP is submitted. Users who register on site have priority, but there are only 15 places available per day. The final order of refunding the deposit is based on the order of application on the APP, which is also the only order.
Lu Qi announces the latest team: Huang Zheng of Pinduoduo, Wang Huainan of Babytree, and Xing Bo, a top AI expert
According to Leifeng.com, on January 3, 2019, YC announced Lu Qi’s new move. Three part-time partners joined and worked with Lu Qi to promote the localization of the startup accelerator in China. The three are:
Wang Huainan, founder, chairman and CEO of BabyTree and global partner of Fosun;
Huang Zheng, founder, chairman and CEO of Pinduoduo;
Professor Xing Bo, founder and CEO of Petuum, a large-scale machine learning platform company, and deputy director of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University.
According to Lu Qi, they will start a three-month accelerated incubation this month, and the training process for Chinese companies will be carried out alternately in China and the United States.
Luckin Coffee Strategic Communication Meeting: It will never become the next ofo, and you don’t need to pay a deposit to drink coffee
According to Leifeng.com, Luckin Coffee held its 2019 strategic communication meeting on January 3, revealing a lot of operational data and also hoping to answer some consumers' concerns.
Luckin Coffee started trial operation on January 1, 2018, and officially started operation on May 8. In one year, Luckin Coffee opened 2,073 stores, including 1,897 quick-service stores and the rest as takeaway kitchens. All stores are 100% directly operated, without franchise. At the communication meeting, Luckin Coffee CEO Qian Zhiya said that as of December 31, 2018, the number of Luckin Coffee consumers reached 12.54 million, and 89.68 million cups of drinks were sold. The proportion of self-pickup increased from 35% at the beginning of the year to 61%.
Previously on December 12, 2018, Luckin Coffee also received US$200 million in Series B financing, with a post-investment valuation of US$2.2 billion.
Since Luckin Coffee had previously announced that it would lose 800 million yuan in 2018, which was not only expected, but also likely to lose more, some people associated this with ofo, which burned a lot of money in subsidies during its operations and ended up with a bad ending. Luckin Coffee CMO Yang Fei responded on the spot: This may be a malicious attack from competitors, and the Luckin Coffee team is a cautious team, all of whom are veteran entrepreneurs. They will definitely not be the next ofo, and I hope everyone has confidence. Luckin Coffee CEO Qian Zhiya added: You don’t need to pay a deposit to drink coffee, and it is ridiculous to compare Luckin with ofo.
international News
Samsung Galaxy S10 spy photos leaked: perforated curved full screen!
According to foreign media reports, digital whistleblower blogger EVLeaks released a spy photo of a mobile phone, which is said to be the Samsung Galaxy S10 that will be released at the Mobile World Congress MWC in a few months.
It can be seen that this picture has been processed, the icons on the screen are blurred, and it is cropped very conservatively, probably to avoid revealing the source of the picture. However, the front view, the large picture, still clearly shows the classic curved full-screen design of several Galaxy S series phones in recent years, as well as the punch-hole camera in the upper right corner.
EVLeaks also said that the name of this phone is "Beyond 1" (tentative name), and the S10 Plus "Beyond 2" and a more affordable phone "Beyond 0" similar to the iPhone XR with a lower positioning will also be released at the same time. In addition, the phone will also (unsurprisingly) have wireless charging function.
The battery vest of iPhone XS series is exposed again and the release is not far away
Battery vest icon appears in iOS 12.1.2
On the morning of January 4, an icon on an iPhone running iOS 12.1.2 showed the shape of the iPhone XS's smart battery case, which means that this legendary accessory is coming soon.
This picture comes from a foreign forum. Careful users even found that this small icon shows that the XS battery case will be a "narrow chin" style, which is the biggest difference between it and the iPhone 6S battery vest.
Previously, an Apple product sales guide for dealers revealed this product. The shells of two of the phones clearly have a battery pack bulge and a jack, and the vertical camera also means that this is for iPhone X and later products.
Not only did Apple's own stock price fall sharply, it also dragged down the entire US stock market.
According to Leifeng.com, on Wednesday, U.S. time, Apple lowered its revenue forecast for the quarter, which directly led to a sharp drop in Apple's stock price. Apple CEO Cook later issued an open letter to investors, explaining the reason for the lowered forecast: iPhone revenue was lower than expected, mainly due to lower revenue in Greater China. More specifically, "some consumers took advantage of the sharp drop in iPhone battery replacement prices" was also one of the reasons. Old phones lasted longer, and the demand for new phones decreased.
Apple's stock price continued to fall sharply on Thursday, from about $157 per share to about $142 per share, a drop of nearly 10%, and a drop in market value of up to $75 billion... The overall performance of the U.S. stock market was also dragged down, with the Nasdaq index falling by about 3% and the Dow Jones index falling by 2.8%. The Berkshire [BRK.A] fund managed by "stock god" Warren Buffett has also seen its price fall recently due to its continued high-price purchases of Apple shares in mid-2018.
Even without talking about the past few days, Apple's stock price has been falling in recent months. In the past three months, Apple's stock price has fallen by about 38%. And this may not be the end. Some analysts said that iPhone sales in the first half of 2019 will remain bleak, even worse than the second half of 2018.
Android said on Twitter that it will charge Chinese manufacturers in Q3, but then deleted it
According to Leifeng.com, Android has always been known for being free and open source, which is also an important reason why it has become the mobile phone operating system with the highest market share. But now it is likely to start charging.
The European Commission fined Google in 2018 for "illegally binding" Chrome and search apps to Android, and also asked them to stop doing so. To this end, Google has introduced a new paid licensing agreement for smartphones and tablets entering the European Economic Area. Companies that manufacture hardware may need to pay Google a licensing fee ranging from $2.5 to $40 per unit.
On January 3, Google issued a message on its official Twitter account, almost confirming the rumor. The content of the tweet was: "We plan to charge Chinese manufacturers in the third quarter of 2019, which may include Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi, and many other smartphone manufacturers." However, the tweet was soon deleted.
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