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Today is Friday, April 16th. Last night and this morning, please pay attention to today’s Science and Technology Morning Post for what happened in the science and technology circle.
Tencent PCG structure adjustment: Tencent Video, Weishi, and Appbao merged, Tianmei President Yao Xiaoguang concurrently serves as QQ supervisor
Tencent Platform and Content Group (PCG) announced a new round of organizational structure and personnel adjustments. The specific adjustments are:
- Under the Tencent platform and content business group (PCG), the “On-line Video Business Unit (OVB)” was established, which was integrated by Tencent Video, Weishi, and App, and continued to deepen the video track.
Sun Zhonghuai, vice president of Tencent, serves as the CEO of the BU, in charge of content, operations and membership systems; Lin Songtao, vice president of Tencent, serves as the president of the BU, in charge of product systems and technology.
Yao Xiaoguang, vice president of Tencent and president of Interactive Entertainment Group (IEG) Tianmei Studio Group, concurrently serves as the person in charge of the platform and content business group (PCG) social platform business, and is in charge of QQ; the original business person in charge Liang Zhu no longer serves, and another Important business appointments.
Chen Juhong, vice president of Tencent, will no longer be in charge of Tencent’s news business, and will be transferred to other BGs, with important business appointments. The head of Tencent News has been appointed otherwise.
In addition, Liang Zhu, the former head of QQ, was transferred to Tencent Music Entertainment Group as CEO and board member, and Peng Jiaxin was transferred to executive chairman. Tencent’s appointment has been announced by Tencent Music.
This is the largest adjustment of PCG since its establishment in September 2018.
Luckin Coffee received a total of US$250 million from Dazheng Capital and Joy Capital
Luckin Coffee announced that it has reached a new financing agreement with Dazheng Capital and Joy Capital. Dazheng Capital led the investment of US$240 million and Joy Capital invested US$10 million. Luckin Coffee plans to use financing to complete the recent restructuring plan reached between the company and convertible bond holders, and to fulfill the settlement agreement reached by the US Securities Regulatory Commission.
According to the investment agreement, Dazheng Capital agreed to subscribe for Ruixing Coffee’s US$240 million senior convertible preferred shares through the company’s private placement; Joy Capital agreed to subscribe for a total of US$10 million senior convertible preference shares through the company’s private placement. share. Under certain circumstances, Dazheng Capital and Joy Capital can invest an additional US$150 million year-on-year.
However, the announcement also mentioned that the settlement of the transaction depends on several delivery conditions, including the completion of the debt restructuring arrangement between Ruixing Coffee and the holders of convertible bonds holding US$460 million.
Didi driver drove 36.5 kilometers empty to pick up passengers and canceled orders after waiting 38 minutes
Recently, the “Shenzhen online ride-hailing driver was canceled after waiting half an hour to pick up passengers on a long-distance trip” has sparked heated discussions among netizens. It is understood that the driver of Didi drove 36.5 kilometers to the position of the female passenger and waited for the passenger at the designated place for about half an hour, but the passenger cancelled the order because he was dissatisfied that the driver did not take the initiative to help put the luggage.
On April 13, the Shenzhen Express driver Master Zhang grabbed the passenger’s express order booked by the enterprise-level account. The scheduled departure time was 8 am on the 14th. On the 14th, Master Zhang set off from home to pick up the passengers. The driving distance was 36.5 kilometers. He arrived at the passenger departure point at 7:39 am and waited for the passengers from 38 minutes to 8:17. The passenger cancelled the order because he was dissatisfied that the driver did not take the initiative to help carry the luggage.
While waiting for the passengers, Master Zhang sent multiple messages to the passengers through the Didi App. 8 calls were made, one of which was connected at 7:55. The passenger asked the driver to drive into the hotel, and the call was connected once at 7:58. The driver and the passenger negotiated to change the pick-up time to 8:10, and the other 6 calls The passenger did not answer the phone. After the passenger cancelled, the payment was immediately paid and the full amount was given to the driver’s master.
In this regard, Didi said that taking into account Master Zhang’s long empty distance, it will issue relevant subsidies to Master Zhang.
Autopilot’s first stock Tucson breaks on the first day of listing in the future
Tucson Future (stock code TSP) officially landed on Nasdaq. After the opening, the stock price rose slightly, but then fell, reaching a minimum of 32.13 U.S. dollars and ending at 40 U.S. dollars, with a market value of 8.491 billion U.S. dollars.
It is understood that Tucson’s future IPO price is US$40, exceeding the previous IPO price range of US$35 to US$39, and it will issue 33.78 million Class A ordinary shares, with a total share capital of approximately 212 million shares after listing. According to this calculation, Tucson plans to raise US$1.35 billion in the future.
Meizu: Apple iPhone will be on sale in Meizu Mall today
Apple iPhone will go on sale in Meizu Mall today (April 16). Meizu said on social media yesterday, “In the field of secure mobile phones, the iPhone is both an opponent and a friend. The’iPhone as safe as the Meizu 18 series’ will go on sale tomorrow (April 16) at 10:00 on the Meizu Mall.”
It is understood that Meizu released the 18 series of new machines in March, and also announced that starting from the 18 series, it will completely abandon Internet advertising revenue. “The Flyme9 on the Meizu 18 series has achieved 0 ads, and the system comes with no ads; 0 push, 18 series does not contain any operational push; 0 pre-installed, 18 series does not pre-install any third-party applications.”
Jack Ma ceased to be the largest shareholder of AutoNavi, and his shareholding ratio dropped from 67% to 25%
AutoNavi Software Co., Ltd. has recently undergone a shareholding change. Jack Ma shares dropped from 67.00% to 25.2830%. He no longer serves as the company’s largest shareholder. The largest shareholder is changed to Hangzhou Baoxuan Investment Management Co., Ltd.
OnePlus launches its mid-range machine OnePlus 9R, accelerating its deployment in the mass market
OnePlus released a new mid-range machine, OnePlus 9R, which is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor, and the price starts at 2,999 yuan. It can be seen that OnePlus, which was originally only “Android’s best flagship”, is accelerating its deployment in the mass market.
Since 2021, OnePlus’ drive channels, product lines, and IoT troika have accelerated its layout in the mainstream market, and the release of OnePlus 9R this time allows OnePlus’ products to cover more price ranges.
OnePlus CEO and founder Liu Zuohu said on Weibo after the official announcement of OnePlus 9R, “The industry’s attention and progress in the quality of mobile phones is far behind the pace of improvements in mobile phone functions and performance. In the same price range. There are very few products like OnePlus 9R that have both super performance and high-end texture. This is the reason why we launched 9R.”
The domestic CPU manufacturer Loongson Zhongke released its own command system architecture, which will gradually open to the outside world
Loongson’s independent command system architecture LoongArch’s infrastructure has recently passed the evaluation of a well-known third-party intellectual property evaluation agency in China and officially released it to the public.
Loongson Zhongke is a major CPU manufacturer in my country. The Loongson architecture launched this time includes basic architecture and extensions such as vector instructions, virtualization, and binary translation. It has nearly 2000 instructions, but does not include the MIPS instruction system. According to Hu Weiwu, chairman of Loongson Zhongke and researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Loongson architecture has been independently redesigned from the top-level plan to the function definition of each part, and then to the code, name, and meaning of each instruction. Compatible with a variety of mainstream command systems. The Loongson architecture launched by Loongson Zhongke has the characteristics of complete independence, advanced technology, and ecological compatibility.
Honor may launch its first folding screen phone MagicX in the second half of the year
Honor mobile phone 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, digital bloggers broke the news that Magic X is a folding screen of glory, which is against 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.
Counterpoint: Vivo is the first in the domestic mobile phone market for the first time
Counterpoint Research released the latest research report on the Chinese mobile phone market yesterday. The report pointed out that in China’s smart phone market, the battle is intensifying, and the number one throne has been “changing hands” one after another. With the continued strong performance of its newly launched Y3 and S9, vivo surpassed OPPO in the 11th and 13th weeks of 2021.
It is understood that vivo is one of the first brands to launch 5G devices on the market. It launched Nex 3 5G and iQOO Pro 5G in August 2019 and September 2019, respectively. Vivo quickly adjusted its product portfolio, and the proportion of 5G mobile phones increased from 0.5% in August 2019 to more than 76% in February 2021.
“The First Encrypted Digital Currency” Coinbase Lands in US Stocks, IDG Capital Reaps Thousands of Times Return
Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, has landed on Nasdaq under the stock code “COIN”. Its stock price rose to US$429 on the first day of listing, corresponding to a market value of US$112 billion.
Founded in 2012, Coinbase is the largest digital asset wallet and trading platform in the United States. Its main business includes digital asset custody and digital asset-to-dollar transactions. It supports transactions in dozens of currencies such as Bitcoin, and has accumulated over 56 million registered users. .
Data shows that its transaction service revenue is the most important part of its operating revenue, accounting for about 86%, 10.6% from other revenue, and 3.5% from subscription and service revenue. From mid-2019 to the end of 2020, Coinbase’s transaction service revenue rose from US$235 million to US$1.096 billion, an increase of 366%.
Public information shows that IDG Capital invested in the Coinbase angel round as early as 2012 when the blockchain and digital asset industry was still in its infancy. Based on the latter’s highest market value on the first day of listing, IDG Capital is expected to gain thousands of times of investment returns.
Ctrip’s Hong Kong IPO was oversubscribed by 17.8 times for retail investors and will be listed in three days
Ctrip announced that it will set the Hong Kong IPO share price at 268 Hong Kong dollars per share. It will raise 8.33 billion Hong Kong dollars through the Hong Kong listing, and obtain 17.8 times oversubscription for the retail investors. It is expected to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 19.
Tesla China promises to store data locally to strengthen personal information protection
Tao Lin, vice president of Tesla, said at a roundtable forum organized by the China Development and Reform Commission that the data collected by Tesla in China will strictly abide by China’s laws and regulations on data management and realize local storage. This is the clearest statement the company has made to strengthen the protection of personal information so far. At the China Development Forum last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said: “Tesla will never provide the US government with any vehicle data it collects in China or other countries.”
ZTE Axon 30 Ultra released
According to ZTE mobile phone news, ZTE Axon 30 Ultra is released, 144Hz flexible curved screen, three main cameras and four arrays, equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, priced from 4698.
Gree Electric: To plan an employee stock ownership plan
Gree Electric announced that it intends to plan an employee stock ownership plan. The total number of stocks to be held in this employee stock ownership plan does not exceed 3% of the company’s total equity, and the total number of stocks corresponding to the equity interests of a single employee does not exceed 1% of the company’s total equity. The specific shareholding scale is subject to the draft shareholding plan disclosed in the follow-up review and the actual capital contributions paid by employees.
Chen Rui, Chairman and CEO of Bilibili: China’s online video users will exceed 1.2 billion in 5 years
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 as fast as 3 years and as slow as 5 years. In other words, in almost 5 years, all Internet users will become video users. .”
Apple receives US$506 million in patent damages
Apple won the new patent litigation trial and was previously awarded damages of US$506 million. Apple can argue that the damages previously fined to PanOptis are unfair.
Xiaomi affiliated companies apply for “Miche” related trademarks
Tianyancha App shows that recently, Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd. applied for the registration of the “Miche” trademark. The international classification involves transportation, catering and accommodation, metal materials, etc. The current trademark status is “Trademark Application”. In addition, Xiaomi Technology also applied for a number of related trademarks such as “Xiaomi Auto”, “Miqi”, and “Xiaomi Auto”.
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