Last month, a Chinese startup opened its first outlet in Shanghai after a few months of testing in its home city, Zhongshan, in southern China. 上个月，一家中国初创公司在上海开了第一家无人收银便利店，在此之前，已在中山市测试了几个月。 A sh... [ 阅读全文 ]
A giant spaceship has landed in Cupertino. This summer, 12,000 Apple employees will start to move into this great disc of a building, which has been eight years coming and is said to have cost $5bn — making it the world’s most expensive... [ 阅读全文 ]
Simone Veil, former French health minister, women’s champion, social reformer and president of the European Parliament, passed away last week. Her death came shortly before the funeral of Helmut Kohl, the German chancellor who presided ov... [ 阅读全文 ]
One airline in China has just elevated their dress code to new heights by providing their crew members with stylish haute couture uniforms that seem to be taken straight out of a fashion magazine cover. 中国一家航空公司刚刚为其机组人员配备... [ 阅读全文 ]
Google is giving the Press Association news agency a grant of 706,000 ($806,000) to start writing stories with the help of artificial intelligence. 谷歌将向英国国家通讯社提供70.6万欧元（80.6万美元）资金，帮助其借助人工智能进行新闻写作。 Th... [ 阅读全文 ]
Dear NBA free agents, I hope this letter finds you well — all of you, from Gordon Hayward and Kyle Lowry, to Ramon Sessions and K.J. McDaniels. And considering we live in a world where Jrue Holiday just signed a $126 million contract, Im... [ 阅读全文 ]
Construction crews in New York shut down a street in the Flatiron district on July 5th after accidentally digging up a bomb. But they soon discovered that this bomb wasn’t filled with explosives. Surprisingly, the strange, metal artifact... [ 阅读全文 ]
Gene research is an effective way to prevent birth defects and discover genetic diseases in their early stages. It’s also what enables you to open your iPhone with the touch of a thumb. 基因研究是早期预防出生缺陷和发现遗传疾病的有效途径。... [ 阅读全文 ]
Microsoft announced plans to lay off up to 3,000 employees, mostly in its sales department. The move is part of a larger reorganization effort that will shift focus to sales of Azure, its cloud-services product. 微软声称计划裁员近3000人，... [ 阅读全文 ]