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Liu Qiangdong and Zhang Zetian establish a new company called 'Tianqiang'
NASA releases the clearest moon photo in history
France empties 129 tons of gold from the United States
Li Jiaqi denies retirement in a late-night post
Amazon will stop supporting older Kindle devices
Meiyijia: has terminated cooperation with 606 franchisees
TOP 3 News
'Zhang Xuefeng.skill' launched on GitHub sparks controversy, lawyer: may infringe on personality rights and multiple other rights
Recently, an open-source project named 'Zhang Xuefeng.skill' has attracted widespread attention on GitHub. This project extracts the unique consulting style, decision-making logic, and expression methods of the late well-known educational consultant Zhang Xuefeng by collecting his five published works, over ten in-depth interviews, more than thirty quotes, and several key decision records, packaging it into an AI agent skill file. Users can obtain highly mimicked consulting advice that reflects Zhang Xuefeng's thinking and tone through an AI tool in a conversational format. This technical attempt has been referred to as 'cyber resurrection' by some netizens.
In response, lawyers believe that the personality and economic interests carried by the deceased's name are protected by law, and the generated economic benefits can be inherited and enjoyed by close relatives. Using the deceased's name for AI agent product naming and commercial promotion without the consent of close relatives may lead to public misunderstanding that the product has a specific connection with Zhang Xuefeng or his family, and directly infringes on the personality and economic interests carried by the deceased's name. Therefore, Zhang Xuefeng's close relatives have the full right to request the infringer to cease infringement, apologize, and compensate for damages according to Article 994 of the Civil Code. (Hongxing News)
Kang Shifu's 'One More Bottle' promotion not redeemable at multiple stores, consumers fail at several locations
Recently, media reports indicated that Kang Shifu's green tea 'One More Bottle' promotion has triggered a large number of complaints, with many consumers in various locations reporting issues with redeeming their prizes after winning, and businesses shirking responsibility. What was originally intended as a customer appreciation marketing campaign has instead led to a crisis of trust. This is a classic promotional strategy that the brand has returned to after 17 years. Among them, many consumers who won prizes traveled to multiple stores, and even returned to their original purchase locations without being able to redeem their prizes; calls to customer service also yielded no response. On social media, many netizens also expressed, 'The stores here won't redeem.' Some consumers angrily criticized, 'If you can't redeem, don't run promotions.' (Sina Finance)
WeChat responds to 'Couples using AI to earn 2 million a year from public accounts'
Recently, a trend of starting a 'one-person company' using AI has exploded on social media. According to a commercial interview account, a couple used AI to write for a public account, earning traffic fees with an annual income of 2 million. However, based on public information, the so-called annual income of 2 million primarily comes from a 299 yuan security deposit fee charged to 'content creators' or students, rather than advertising from the public account's traffic.
On April 9, the WeChat team responded to The Paper, stating that the WeChat public platform has always encouraged real person creation. Recently, the platform has noticed behaviors that replace real person creation with automated tools. The 'WeChat Public Platform Operation Specifications' clearly states again: public accounts and service accounts must not use AI, scripts, interfaces, or other automated methods to replace real people in content creation, publishing, and other processes, nor may they disseminate or promote tutorials or services for such automated creation. Once discovered, the platform will take corresponding measures against the relevant accounts based on the degree of violation. (The Paper)
Big Companies/Big Events
Tencent Cloud announces price increase
On April 9, Tencent Cloud released a price adjustment announcement for AI computing power, container services, and EMR-related products. Due to the continued surge in global demand for AI computing power and the significant increase in core hardware supply chain costs, Tencent Cloud will adjust the list prices of AI computing power, container services, and Elastic MapReduce (EMR) related products starting May 9, 2026. AI computing power related product services: increase by 5%; container service TKE-native node related product services: increase by 5%; Elastic MapReduce (EMR) related product services: increase by 5%. (Jiemian News)
France empties 129 tons of gold from the United States, earning 12.8 billion euros
According to Reuters, the Banque de France (French central bank) will replace 129 tons of gold stored in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by selling old gold and purchasing new bars, rather than refining, during the period from July 2025 to January 2026. This portion of gold accounts for about 5% of France's total gold reserves. Reports indicate that due to high gold prices during the transaction period, this operation brought a total of 12.8 billion euros in non-recurring capital gains to France. Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau stated that the new gold bars are stored in Paris because higher standard gold bars are traded in the European market, and he denied that this move was politically motivated. (Daily Economic News)
Li Jiaqi denies retirement in a late-night post
On April 8, during the 2026 Taobao Live Awards ceremony, Li Jiaqi teared up while thanking the previous generation of streamers for the last decade. He admitted that he used to be afraid to leave the live streaming room, but this year he feels confident and may miss two quarters of live streaming because 'all the girls know I am trying something new.' Subsequently, the topic 'Li Jiaqi may miss two quarters of live streaming' surged to hot search. That night and the next morning, Li Jiaqi posted on Xiaohongshu and Weibo, stating that he has not retired and that his absence from live streaming is to film a variety show, correcting his earlier mistake in the comments: it is two months, not two quarters, and the first month has already been filmed. (Jiemian News)
Trump: 10 ceasefire terms are 'fake news'
On April 8, U.S. President Trump posted on social media that The New York Times and CNN reported a 'completely false 10-point list' regarding ceasefire negotiations with Iran, 'the purpose of which is to discredit those involved in the peace process. These 10 points are purely fabricated hoaxes'.
According to a report by The New York Times on April 8, the 10 terms proposed by Iran are: 1. The U.S. guarantees not to infringe on Iran; 2. Iran controls...
Liu Qiangdong and Zhang Zetian establish a new company called 'Tianqiang'
NASA releases the clearest moon photo in history
France empties 129 tons of gold from the United States
Li Jiaqi denies retirement in a late-night post
Amazon will stop supporting older Kindle devices
Meiyijia: has terminated cooperation with 606 franchisees
TOP 3 News
'Zhang Xuefeng.skill' launched on GitHub sparks controversy, lawyer: may infringe on personality rights and multiple other rights
Recently, an open-source project named 'Zhang Xuefeng.skill' has attracted widespread attention on GitHub. This project extracts the unique consulting style, decision-making logic, and expression methods of the late well-known educational consultant Zhang Xuefeng by collecting his five published works, over ten in-depth interviews, more than thirty quotes, and several key decision records, packaging it into an AI agent skill file. Users can obtain highly mimicked consulting advice that reflects Zhang Xuefeng's thinking and tone through an AI tool in a conversational format. This technical attempt has been referred to as 'cyber resurrection' by some netizens.
In response, lawyers believe that the personality and economic interests carried by the deceased's name are protected by law, and the generated economic benefits can be inherited and enjoyed by close relatives. Using the deceased's name for AI agent product naming and commercial promotion without the consent of close relatives may lead to public misunderstanding that the product has a specific connection with Zhang Xuefeng or his family, and directly infringes on the personality and economic interests carried by the deceased's name. Therefore, Zhang Xuefeng's close relatives have the full right to request the infringer to cease infringement, apologize, and compensate for damages according to Article 994 of the Civil Code. (Hongxing News)
Kang Shifu's 'One More Bottle' promotion not redeemable at multiple stores, consumers fail at several locations
Recently, media reports indicated that Kang Shifu's green tea 'One More Bottle' promotion has triggered a large number of complaints, with many consumers in various locations reporting issues with redeeming their prizes after winning, and businesses shirking responsibility. What was originally intended as a customer appreciation marketing campaign has instead led to a crisis of trust. This is a classic promotional strategy that the brand has returned to after 17 years. Among them, many consumers who won prizes traveled to multiple stores, and even returned to their original purchase locations without being able to redeem their prizes; calls to customer service also yielded no response. On social media, many netizens also expressed, 'The stores here won't redeem.' Some consumers angrily criticized, 'If you can't redeem, don't run promotions.' (Sina Finance)
WeChat responds to 'Couples using AI to earn 2 million a year from public accounts'
Recently, a trend of starting a 'one-person company' using AI has exploded on social media. According to a commercial interview account, a couple used AI to write for a public account, earning traffic fees with an annual income of 2 million. However, based on public information, the so-called annual income of 2 million primarily comes from a 299 yuan security deposit fee charged to 'content creators' or students, rather than advertising from the public account's traffic.
On April 9, the WeChat team responded to The Paper, stating that the WeChat public platform has always encouraged real person creation. Recently, the platform has noticed behaviors that replace real person creation with automated tools. The 'WeChat Public Platform Operation Specifications' clearly states again: public accounts and service accounts must not use AI, scripts, interfaces, or other automated methods to replace real people in content creation, publishing, and other processes, nor may they disseminate or promote tutorials or services for such automated creation. Once discovered, the platform will take corresponding measures against the relevant accounts based on the degree of violation. (The Paper)
Big Companies/Big Events
Tencent Cloud announces price increase
On April 9, Tencent Cloud released a price adjustment announcement for AI computing power, container services, and EMR-related products. Due to the continued surge in global demand for AI computing power and the significant increase in core hardware supply chain costs, Tencent Cloud will adjust the list prices of AI computing power, container services, and Elastic MapReduce (EMR) related products starting May 9, 2026. AI computing power related product services: increase by 5%; container service TKE-native node related product services: increase by 5%; Elastic MapReduce (EMR) related product services: increase by 5%. (Jiemian News)
France empties 129 tons of gold from the United States, earning 12.8 billion euros
According to Reuters, the Banque de France (French central bank) will replace 129 tons of gold stored in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by selling old gold and purchasing new bars, rather than refining, during the period from July 2025 to January 2026. This portion of gold accounts for about 5% of France's total gold reserves. Reports indicate that due to high gold prices during the transaction period, this operation brought a total of 12.8 billion euros in non-recurring capital gains to France. Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau stated that the new gold bars are stored in Paris because higher standard gold bars are traded in the European market, and he denied that this move was politically motivated. (Daily Economic News)
Li Jiaqi denies retirement in a late-night post
On April 8, during the 2026 Taobao Live Awards ceremony, Li Jiaqi teared up while thanking the previous generation of streamers for the last decade. He admitted that he used to be afraid to leave the live streaming room, but this year he feels confident and may miss two quarters of live streaming because 'all the girls know I am trying something new.' Subsequently, the topic 'Li Jiaqi may miss two quarters of live streaming' surged to hot search. That night and the next morning, Li Jiaqi posted on Xiaohongshu and Weibo, stating that he has not retired and that his absence from live streaming is to film a variety show, correcting his earlier mistake in the comments: it is two months, not two quarters, and the first month has already been filmed. (Jiemian News)
Trump: 10 ceasefire terms are 'fake news'
On April 8, U.S. President Trump posted on social media that The New York Times and CNN reported a 'completely false 10-point list' regarding ceasefire negotiations with Iran, 'the purpose of which is to discredit those involved in the peace process. These 10 points are purely fabricated hoaxes'.
According to a report by The New York Times on April 8, the 10 terms proposed by Iran are: 1. The U.S. guarantees not to infringe on Iran; 2. Iran controls...