And then, Salk appeared as a savior with a vaccine that he tested directly on himself and family members. Just two years after Salk’s vaccine became widely available, the number of polio cases has dropped to just one in ten. Salk may have made a fortune from his invention but instead, he donated it to humanity, because in his opinion it is the intellectual property of the common people, like the sun, no one has exclusive rights to own the sun. . Rolling Stone magazine painting depicts pharmaceutical companies as a large vulture profiting from COVID-19. Comparing vaccines to the sun is a linguistic error on Salk’s part, because the sun is a product of the universe (or god), and vaccines are not. In the 18th century, the doctor Edward Jenner made a boy immune to smallpox by taking fluid from the wound of a woman who had had cowpox (a cowpox disease) and injected him, from That was the first time a vaccine was created. While injecting wound fluid from one person into another does not qualify Jenner for any patents, most vaccines today are much more complicated and require a team of experts to spend months, even even years of research and testing. In other words, vaccines are a human invention. However, Salk’s comparison only implies his belief that, in essence, the purpose of science is to serve humanity unconditionally. Salk’s story deserves a repeat at a time when the Biden government has a desire to remove intellectual property rights over vaccines so that poor countries can also access this knowledge and save lives. its citizens. But, many European countries objected. Even the leaders of giant pharmaceutical corporations also objected. They say the move will stifle and destroy the motivation to improve vaccines for businesses and scientists working for them. And they are absolutely correct. Profit is a reward for those who deserve it. Frederick Winslow Taylor, known as the father of scientific management, at the beginning of the 20th century put forward a theory that greatly influenced production systems around the world. Its basic is: money is the motivator. Although there have been many theories with ideas that go against it, after all, it is not Cuba Gooding, Jr. got a supporting role in the movie “Jerry McGuire” thanks to a scene in the phone shouting to the male lead Tom Cruise: “Show me my money!” or what? We all love that line and it’s classic because it’s so real, so raw, so true. Money and profits are very important. Drug companies cannot be told to sacrifice their profits when, as the New York Times puts it, “pharmaceutical corporations are addicted to huge profits”. Calculating from 2000-2018, the world’s 35 largest pharmaceutical corporations alone generated $11.5 trillion in revenue and a net profit of $8.6 trillion. The pharmaceutical industry’s net profit margin is higher than any other industry. And it’s been like that since the mid-1950s. In “Pharmaceuticals: Greed, Lies, and Poisoning America,” author and investigative journalist Gerald Posner recounts the stories of the early days of some of the biggest pharmaceutical giants and how they built their empire. As a story happened in 1990, German company Bayer released a “divine” pain reliever aspirin with a name inspired by “hero” in German. They promote it as a treatment for a dozen diseases: colds, coughs, asthma, epilepsy, stomach cancer, multiple sclerosis, bipolar disorder. They also claim that it is safe for children. Are you curious to know what kind of medicine that cures all diseases is no different from the drugs advertised by quacks on Facebook? Please, that drug is… heroin. Or another story during World War II, when the advent of antibiotics helped pharmaceutical companies to get rid of the reputation of specializing in producing addictive drugs to become pioneers in saving lives, these companies immediately applied for a patent for a series of antibiotics that could be used for many health problems and created a frenzy for doctors to prescribe antibiotics for 90% of the cases when patients came to see them, even though they did not practice them. the need for antibiotics to cure the disease. The disastrous consequences of the antibiotic craze are now starting to become more pronounced. But, that’s okay, for the pharmaceutical companies, it’s important that they make a profit. Profit may not be Salk’s driving force, but it is the driving force of pharmaceutical companies. But today’s world is also much more complicated than before, it is difficult for single individuals to create a specific power because the world is operated by corporations with centipedes growing all over the globe. We can’t tell tigers not to eat meat, that’s their nature and we can’t ask big pharmaceutical companies to be as “humane” as Salk. Illustration of “polio soldier” Jonas Salk on the cover of Time magazine. Pharmaceutical companies also argue that removing patents with COVID-19 vaccines will set a bad precedent and cause many other inventions to be removed in the future. But, they never questioned the fact that, constantly applying for patents also makes everything patentable, even the human genes – which are inherently natural – become obsolete. become someone’s intellectual property. In 2012, a case caused a stir when the biotech company Myriad Genetics was sued for holding a patent for two genes related to ovarian and breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2. They weren’t the only ones at the time who possessed the gene. About 20% of the human genome was then owned by a corporation or a scientist. The petitioner argued that Myriad could not possess genes just as one could not own gold. But, Myriad compared the gene to a baseball bat, although it has natural materials, but cutting out which gene segment is a scientific choice. After many long years, finally Myriad lost the patent but let’s imagine for many years, the gene in our body belongs to someone’s intellectual property, which is very absurd but still blatantly exists. . And after all, does removing some research patents hurt scientists’ motivation to do research? Roentgen refused to apply for a patent for X-rays and what was his reason? His excuse was that it would limit the progress of this discovery! And instead of damaging the motivation for research, his later successors in the field of radioactivity were Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, who were honored not only for their discovery of radium, nor for them. not only because they found radium at the expense of their health, but also because they found radium. Traded his health but gave it away to the world for nothing. You could say Roentgen was already a millionaire by inheriting the family fortune so he didn’t need more money but Marie Curie was different, she was later unable to buy 1 gram of radium, the element she discovered herself. But she never regretted it. Marie Curie said: “Radium is not meant to enrich anyone. Radium is an element and it belongs to man.” Roentgen or Marie Curie are still single individuals. We have the right to hope in the noble hearts of single individuals, but we should not hope in the kindness of tigers, should not hope in the noble hearts of corporations.

On April 16, an international coalition of 35 children’s and consumer organizations called on Instagram to abandon the development of an Instagram app for users under 13 on Thursday. For years, lawmakers and parents have complained that Instagram is slow in identifying underage users, which is not conducive to protecting them from sex offenders and bullying. Now, Instagram is advancing the pace of developing an independent children’s version.

However, the aforementioned non-profit organization warned in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the development of a children’s version will not alleviate such problems. They said that children aged 10 to 12 with an Instagram account are unlikely to switch to the “childish version” of Instagram, and the children’s version of the app will also immerse younger users in brushing photos and humiliate the body photos posted by others. (Source: Phoenix Network Technology)

Autonomous truck manufacturer Tucson will land on Nasdaq in the future, with a market value of over US$8.4 billion

In the early morning of April 16, TuSimple, an artificial intelligence and autonomous driving company, officially landed on Nasdaq today. It closed at $40 on the first day of listing, with a total market value of $8.48 billion. In March of this year, Tucson Future submitted an IPO prospectus to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Tucson Future was established in 2015. Since its establishment, it has been focusing on the development of commercial L4 level (SAE standard) driverless truck solutions. In addition, the prospectus shows that from 2018 to 2020, Tucson’s future revenue will be US$9,000, US$710,000, and US$1.843 million; net losses will be US$45.034 million, US$84.883 million and US$177 million, respectively. (Source: Sina Technology)

Bezos signs the last shareholder letter before stepping down as CEO: Amazon must treat employees better

On April 16th, on Thursday, local time in the United States, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos signed the last annual shareholder letter before he stepped down as CEO. In the letter, he put forward a broad vision for the company’s future, and is committed to extending Amazon’s famous “customer first” principle to give employees equal care.

Bezos used the results of a recent union vote in an Amazon warehouse in Alabama as an example to explain why the company needs to deal with the challenges of internal employees. Last week, Amazon received enough votes at its warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, to thwart a historic union organization movement. If successful, this will represent the first union established by Amazon in a facility in the United States.

Bezos will resign as CEO in the third quarter of this year and transfer power to Andy Jassy, ​​CEO of Amazon’s cloud computing division, AWS. He himself will serve as executive chairman. (Source: Tencent Technology)

Musk: Tesla will hold an “AI Day” event in late July

On Thursday, U.S. local time, Tesla CEO Musk said that the company will hold an “AI Day” event in late July this year. There will be the latest information about the company’s various projects in the AI ​​field, especially its name Dojo. Supercomputer project. In August 2020, Musk announced that Tesla is developing a neural network training computer called Dojo for processing “massive video data.”

In the fourth quarter 2020 earnings conference call, Musk hinted that Dojo may be a potential service provided by Tesla. (Source: Tencent Technology)

Huawei’s first public test ride of self-driving cars

According to Xinhua News Agency, on April 15th, the HI version of BAIC New Energy Polar Fox Alpha S equipped with Huawei’s autonomous driving technology conducted a public test ride in Shanghai. This is also the world’s first public test ride of Huawei’s autonomous driving technology. It is understood that the driving conditions of the on-site test vehicles are relatively stable, and they can realize automatic driving without intervention in urban commuting under conditions such as traffic lights starting and stopping, unprotected left turn, avoiding vehicles at intersections, giving way to pedestrians, and changing lanes. Huawei’s rotating chairman Xu Zhijun said: “The R&D team told me that Huawei’s autonomous driving can achieve 1,000 kilometers of autonomous driving without intervention in the urban area.” (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

Walmart invests in Cruise self-driving taxis, raising funds to US$2.75 billion

On April 16th, it was reported that Cruise, which deployed autonomous taxis in San Francisco and Dubai, attracted Wal-Mart in the process of expanding fundraising. The current fundraising has increased to US$2.75 billion. Cruise said that its capital was later valued at more than 30 billion U.S. dollars. Wal-Mart and several unnamed institutional investors increased their funding in the $2 billion equity round announced in January, which was led by Microsoft.

The two companies did not disclose the specific amount of Wal-Mart’s investment. Cruise, an autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, is also supported by funds managed by Honda, SoftBank Vision Fund and T. Rowe Price. (Source: cnBeta)

Taobao and Cainiao Station in Beishanghang launched courier on-demand door-to-door service

According to news on April 15th, Taobao and Cainiao Station jointly launched Taobao parcels on-demand delivery in the three cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. So far, more than 90% of the sites have opened this service. According to reports, after the Taobao package arrives, consumers can choose to deliver it to their door or pick it up at the station through the Taobao App on their mobile phones. Both services do not incur any costs. Cainiao Station said that this service will be rolled out to the whole country one after another. (Source: 36Kr)

Weilai and Sinopec have reached a cooperation, and Sinopec will have 5000 charging and swapping power stations in 2025

On April 15, Sinopec and NIO signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and Sinopec Chaoying Station, the world’s first smart switching station, was officially put into operation. Zhang Yuzhuo, chairman of Sinopec, said that by 2025, Sinopec will have 5,000 rechargeable battery packs. Li Bin, CEO of Weilai Automobile, said that Weilai has replaced 201 power stations nationwide. Weilai’s first second-generation power station was officially launched at the Beijing Sinopec gas station (the 201st). (Source: Fortune Chinese Network)

Chen Rui, Chairman and CEO of Bilibili: China’s online video users will exceed 1.2 billion in 5 years

On April 15th, Chen Rui, Chairman and CEO of Bilibili, stated at the opening forum of the 8th China (Shanghai) International Technology Import and Export Fair that the video conference is a very big wave in the Internet field. According to data from the China Internet Information Center, as of December 2020, the number of online video users in China has reached 927 million.

Chen Rui said: “According to the current growth rate, I think that the number of online video users in China will exceed 1.2 billion in 3 years and 5 years. In other words, in almost 5 years, all Internet users will become video users. “(Source: Shanghai Securities News)

Digital RMB is tested in Hong Kong, involving application scenarios such as cross-border payment

On April 15, a spokesperson for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority stated that the technical test of digital renminbi for cross-border payment in Hong Kong went smoothly. The test involved the Bank of China (Hong Kong) designated by the People’s Bank of China and the bank employees (about 200) invited to participate in the test. Name) and merchants, the main scope includes testing related applications, system connections, and application scenarios of digital RMB for cross-border payment.

The Monetary Authority is currently discussing the next phase of the test plan with the People’s Bank of China. It will conduct technical tests on further expanding and deepening the application of digital RMB for cross-border payments. (Source: World Wide Web)

Does New Oriental Online lay off 20% of its staff?Official response

On April 15th, a media broke the news yesterday that the online education company New Oriental Online had layoffs in the past month, involving multiple positions such as keynote teachers, teaching guidance, and operations in the large-scale class business of primary and secondary schools. The indicators of layoffs vary from department to department. About 20% of the lecturers in the middle school department have resigned. In response to the report, New Oriental Online clarified that New Oriental Online does not have any action or plan to lay off employees, let alone “reduction indicators for various departments,” and there is absolutely no 20% layoff indicator for the Middle School Division. (Source: TechWeb)

Exposure to Huawei’s annual flagship P50 series released in June: Kirin 9000 + liquid lens

In accordance with past practices, Huawei will launch a new generation of flagship mobile phones at the end of the year-Huawei P50 series in April. This year, the Huawei P50 series has been postponed repeatedly. On the 15th, someone close to Huawei revealed that the Huawei P50 series will be officially released in June.

According to previous news, Huawei’s P50 series will continue its previous strategy, launching a total of three versions of Huawei P50, P50 Pro, and P50 Pro+. The configurations of these three models are gradually increasing, and the cores are equipped with Kirin 9000L, Kirin 9000E, and Kirin 9000. It is worth mentioning that the Huawei P50 series has ushered in a major change in appearance. Its front completely discards the previous “pill-style” hole-digging screen, and the entire system comes standard with a centered single-hole screen.

In addition, the rear camera module of the Huawei P50 series this time has been replaced with a new design again, using a very unique dual-ring scheme. The multiple cameras are arranged in the ring, and the flash and the Leica logo are located in the two rings. The central part is highly recognizable as a whole. Among them, Huawei P50 Pro+ is expected to be equipped with a stronger liquid lens, which can bring a “two-in-one” effect, so that a camera has both macro and telephoto functions, and can achieve faster focusing speed. (Source: Fast Technology)

The first exposure of the small-screen flagship iPhone 13 mini CAD model: a major change in appearance

Recently, some netizens exposed the CAD model design of the iPhone 13 mini for the first time, showing the ID changes of the iPhone 13 mini compared to its predecessor. According to the picture, the iPhone 13 mini has basically inherited the design ideas of the previous generation, still adopting the square frame design, but the rear camera part has brought a brand new design, a breakthrough in the use of a diagonal dual-camera solution.

Unfortunately, the model diagram did not show the frontal plan of the iPhone 13 mini, but according to previous reports, Apple will equip the entire iPhone 13 with a small notch screen. This is also the first time Apple has used the notch screen in four years. (Source: Fast Technology)

Honor may launch its first folding screen phone Magic X in the second half of the year

On April 15th, Tencent News “First Line” reported that Honor Mobile will launch its first folding screen mobile phone in the second half of this year, named Magic X, and the screen supplier is Visionox. Earlier, a digital blogger broke the news that Magic X is a folding screen of glory, which is the top flagship of Huawei’s Mate series. According to the company’s information, Honor Terminal Co., Ltd. has applied for the MagicX trademark on February 8. (Source: Sohu IT)

DJI Air 2S drone released: 1-inch 20-megapixel sensor, 6499 yuan

On the evening of April 15, DJI officially released the DJI Air 2S drone. This new product upgrades the camera to a 1-inch outsole CMOS with a single pixel size of up to 2.4μm and supports up to 5.4K (5472×3078) 30fps video shooting. In addition, it also supports 4K/60fps, 1080P/120fps video shooting, and provides H.264 and H.265 encoding with a maximum of 150Mbps.

This drone is equipped with a 3500mAh 11.55V battery with an energy of 40.42Wh. The UAV has a take-off weight of 595g, a maximum flight time of 31 minutes, a hovering time of 30 minutes, and a maximum range of 18.5km. The price is 6499 yuan, and Changfei suits are also available, priced at 8399 yuan. (Source: IT House)

Luo Yonghao responded and became the subject: Investors forced to sign a mandatory share repurchase agreement

On the morning of April 15th, Luo Yonghao stated on Weibo today that a court enforcement related to Hammer Technology that will happen soon comes from a certain investor of Hammer Technology. During the financing process of Hammer Technology in 2017, when all other investors had signed and were anxiously waiting for the life-saving investment funds to arrive, the agency maliciously refused to sign. It was very bad for the company to take advantage of the crisis and forced me to personally sign. Mandatory share repurchase agreement. As the founder of Hammer Technology, in order to renew the company’s life, he finally had to sign this rogue agreement.

Previously, media reported that Luo Yonghao was enforced by the court on April 12 for failing to fulfill his legal obligations on time. @交个朋友直播间 responded that this is a company debt when operating a mobile phone business, and there are still many cases in progress. in. We will handle it properly in accordance with legal procedures. At the same time, Teacher Luo Yonghao is working hard to make money and is gradually and actively repaying related debts for the company. Please rest assured.

Luo Yonghao said that in the follow-up repayment, he will announce the name of the organization, and also announce the names and heads of the specific person in charge and executor of the rogue incident (quoting news pictures published by online media) to remind future entrepreneurs to pay attention Avoid the bad investors of this kind of rogue. In terms of priority, this money will be paid last after all other debts are paid off.

Luo Yonghao responded on Weibo: In the past year, I can no longer take a plane or high-speed rail/motor train on business trips. To make a friend, the technology company will rent me an RV for business trips. I feel that the company will be able to afford it. The inexplicable expenditure is a little uneasy, so by the way, I invite a business here: welcome RV brands, sellers, and leasers to contact our marketing department. My endorsement fee is only one-half to one-third of the top-tier entertainment star, but the communication effect is usually several times better. At present, I have served a large number of well-known domestic enterprises and customers of the world’s top 500 brands. My characteristics are the integration of product and sales, good reputation for service and responsibility, price restraint, and often accompanied by 4A-level first-class advertising ideas and a full set of new media promotion resources. Simply put… I am a favorite party mad. . In addition, if the partner provides the RV for use, I will spray “Respect the spirit of the contract and refuse to be an old man, and the XX brand RV will work with Luo Yonghao to let the light of the right way shine on the earth.” (Source: Sina Technology)

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Today’s topic

Why is script killing so popular among young people?Script killing has suddenly become the “new favorite” of young people, but do you know the truth behind the script killing industry?

April 16 (tonight) 20:00, Geek Park audio live show “Dashanzi Editorial Department”In the 4th issue, we invited the owner of the “Taishe Script Killing” to talk about the young people and the script killing industry, including but not limited to the following topics:

· How to play script kill?

· What changes have taken place in the offline dating styles of young people?

· Why did the script kill suddenly become popular in various channels?

· What is the biggest cost of running a script killing shop?

· How did you discover the track where the script was killed in the first place?

· Are there scripts to kill similar tracks abroad?

If you are interested, welcome

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