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Huawei confirms that it will subsidize 2,000 yuan per person per day for the on-site office staff of the Wuhan Research Institute
Recently, a Huawei employee broke the news that the on-site office staff of the Wuhan Research Institute subsidized 2000 yuan per person per day. In this regard, Huawei confirmed that the news is true. According to reports, Huawei provides a subsidy of 2,000 yuan per person per day for personnel in hazardous areas such as designated hospitals for medical treatment of new coronary pneumonia in Hubei and fever clinics. Personnel participating in business continuity and other critical projects at the Hubei site, as well as those working in dangerous isolation areas issued by the government, will receive a daily subsidy of 1,000 yuan per person. In other provinces and cities except Hubei Province, personnel who entered the designated hospitals for the treatment of new coronary pneumonia issued by the state during the epidemic period were subsidized 1,000 yuan per person per day. Persons participating in special business guarantees in overseas epidemic countries will receive a daily subsidy of 150 US dollars per person.
TikTok, the international version of Douyin, was accused by the US Congress of leaking user data to the Chinese government
News from "LatePost": In the early morning of March 5th, Beijing time, a U.S. Senate hearing on TikTok data security was held in Washington. The main content is: All federal government employees are prohibited from using TikTok on all federal government equipment.
According to the testimony released at the hearing, the US Senator’s allegations against TikTok, in addition to questioning the product-level data collection and storage path, also point to whether its parent company in Beijing, China will collect user data and hand it over government. This is the second time TikTok has been included in the US Senate hearing after November 2019.
TikTok is the international version of Douyin, the most downloaded software in the world in 2019, and has tens of millions of users in the United States. As an influential product of American technology companies, TikTok, like Facebook, has become the focus of Congress to discuss user data security and privacy issues.
For the content of the above-mentioned hearing, Bytedance indicated that it would not comment.
Cisco restarts layoffs, and compensation for previous layoffs is N+7
According to foreign media reports, Cisco is adjusting investment and resources to meet the changing needs of customers and partners. The layoffs are part of this ongoing process. Cisco has approximately 75,000 employees, but did not disclose how many people will be affected, nor does it disclose what positions these employees hold. Cisco said it will provide support to affected employees or incur approximately $300 million in pre-tax expenses, including severance payments. Previously, Cisco's layoffs had been on Weibo's hot search due to N+7's high compensation.
Chehaoduo Group announced a 30% to 50% pay cut for all employees, temporarily involving two months of salary
Chehaoduo Group (owned by Guazi second-hand car, Edamame new car, car speed shot and Guazi car maintenance four major brands) announced the implementation of a phased salary and holiday adjustment plan for the group’s positions. The adjustment tentatively involves the two months of February and March 2020. Salary. Among them, the group’s P-series and M-series will be reduced by 30%, and the compensation will be 13 days away. The group directors’ salary will be reduced by 40%, and the group’s VP will be reduced by 50%. Chehaoduo Group explained that the sudden outbreak of the new crown epidemic has reduced the willingness of users to buy and sell cars and maintain cars. The prevention and control of the epidemic has led to a decline in the meeting rate, and it will take time for business to recover.
58 The same city is again in a layoff storm, the official response is untrue
Earlier, news about 58 layoffs in the same city appeared on multiple social platforms. Netizens publicly stated on Weibo that 58.com has started layoffs in the near future, with the proportion as high as 20%. At the same time, 58.com also unilaterally forced employees to stay without pay for two months and only pay 80% of their basic salary. Another employee posted a waiting-for-job agreement. The content shows that the employee's waiting period is until April 30, 2020. During the waiting period, 58.com pays a waiting salary of 1,760 yuan/month (the salary standard is 80% of the local minimum wage standard. Paid).
In response to the above rumors, on March 5th, 58.com responded that relevant personnel of the company are still in accordance with normal business arrangements, and the news of layoffs is not true.
Baidu Flying Paddle and Beijing Subway Landed AI Mask Detection
Recently, in response to the epidemic prevention needs of the Beijing subway, Baidu and Beijing subway have cooperated to carry out the AI mask detection program test. This solution can accurately identify and detect the situation of not wearing a mask and wearing a mask incorrectly in the real-time video stream of subway stations, and assist the first-line subway staff in epidemic prevention work. After receiving the demand for AI mask detection in the Beijing subway, Baidu formed a special project team, completed the rapid deployment of the first version within 3 days, carried out two model upgrades, three on-site deployment and debugging, multiple strategy optimizations, and final deployment within 7 days online.
Google AI can predict the protein structure of the new coronavirus, or help curb the global outbreak
Recently, Google's artificial intelligence department DeepMind joined the "war epidemic". Google's UK research team used DeepMind's new deep learning system AlphaFold to predict the protein structure of the new coronavirus. DeepMind's discovery is expected to shorten the time to determine the virus protein structure. The Google team has also been continuously improving these methods, hoping to provide the most useful predictions of the protein structure of the new coronavirus, thereby helping to curb the global outbreak of the epidemic.
Mask manufacturer Honeywell will release the world's strongest quantum computer
On March 3, Honeywell announced a major breakthrough in the field of quantum computing, which will greatly improve the performance of quantum computers. In the next three months, it will release the world's most powerful quantum computer. Honeywell also announced a strategic investment in two quantum computing software providers, and will jointly develop quantum algorithms with JPMorgan Chase, which means significant technological and commercial progress in the field of quantum computing.
Waymo releases the fifth-generation autonomous driving system, which can "see" the stop sign 500 meters away
Waymo, an Alphabet subsidiary, released its fifth-generation autonomous driving system on Wednesday. It said the system can "see" farther and more accurately than the previous four versions, and can see stop signs 500 meters away. The system is equipped with upgraded sensors, which will enhance Waymo's ability to "see" the world around it. The production cost of the new system is lower, and the company will be able to put more self-driving cars on the road faster and more efficiently. Waymo's new version of the system will be introduced to the Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV fleet, which is expected to be on the road before the end of the year.
Facebook Says Seattle Office Outsourced Employees Infected With Covid-19
据外媒报道，Facebook 表示，公司西雅图办公室的一名员工被诊断出感染新型冠状病毒，这是 Facebook 公司内部首次发现有员工感染新型冠状病毒。这名员工是 Facebook 的一名外包员工，当地时间 2 月 21 日最后一次出现在 Facebook 位于西雅图的 Stadium East 办公室。周三晚间，公司向员工发出警报，并表示西雅图办公室将在 3 月 9 日前对所有员工关闭。
AI 开源工具 Trax
Trax 是一款帮助我们挖掘并理解更先进的深度学习模型，由 Google Brain 团队应用并维护。研究人员希望 Trax 代码整洁且直观，能让 Reformer 这类更高级别的深度学习达到最好的效果。使用 Trax 训练大型模型更加方便。Trax 中包含多个深度学习模型（ResNet、Transformer、RNNs...)，还带有许多深度学习数据集，包括 Tensor2Tensor 和 TensorFlow 数据集。在 CPU、GPU 和 TPU 上运行也无需任何更改。
项目地址：https://github.com/google/trax
IT 业界热评新闻 中国达闼科技公司在美国上市后，被美国要求禁止将技术传回国内
路透社消息，软银孙正义投资、前中国移动研究院院长黄晓庆创办的达闼科技（CloudMinds）爆料：自己赴美上市的最大阻碍，来自美国商务部禁令。这家公司从事 AI、机器人、云计算等业务，总部在北京，美国设有研发分支机构。但在 IPO 上市过程中，接到要求不能把“美国技术”回传中国。路透社从这家公司的内部培训视频和内部通讯信息中发现，美国商务部在去年 7 月份曾向该公司发函，禁止这家公司将技术和技术信息从美国的研发分支机构传送回北京总部，连软件 bug 都不行，除非获得了许可证。
网友趣评：钱，你可以拿走；技术，连 bug 都别想带走！
Space X 公司明年将送三名游客遨游太空 10 天，每人 3.83 亿元人民币
Musk’s Space X company announced on March 6 that it will send three tourists to the International Space Station by the end of 2021. This is the world's first completely private trip to the International Space Station. The ticket price is 55 million U.S. dollars, or about 383 million yuan. According to the New York Times, someone has already booked one of the positions. The whole process will last for 10 days.
Netizen's comment: It's great to have money. If you want to go to heaven, go to heaven!