Qualcomm launches a new chip for kid-friendly wearables
"Qualcomm has finally launched a new smartwatch chip over two years after its last one, but it was created with a specific market in mind: kids. The chipmaker's new SoC, called the Snapdragon Wear 2500, has a 4G LTE modem, as well as an integrated sen..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/qualcomm-smartwatch-chip-kids/I took a phone call from the Google Assistant
" When Google unveiled the Duplex phone-calling reservation AI at I/O last month, the world was shook. Despite the potential convenience it presented, the system's ability to mimic human inflections in conversation was uncanny and borderline-creepy. Ba..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/google-duplex-ai-phone-call/Sonos Beam review: Smart features trump minor audio compromises
" Sonos has earned itself a dedicated army of enthusiasts. And with good reason, too: The company pretty much defined the multiroom/connected speaker space, bringing home audio into the internet era. So, it's no surprise, then, that when rumors of..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/sonos-beam-review/Twitter 提高创建新帐号的难度来对抗恶意帐号
" 作为现代重要的信息传播媒介，推特经常被人诟病的是它太容易被有心人士利用，散布不实消息。对此，推特在一篇官方博客文章中，详述了在这方面的努力，以及近期达成的成果。首先，推特靠着机器学习大幅增进了自动回报系统的可靠度：上个月该系统每周都自动标记了多达 990 万个潜在的自动化恶意帐号，远超去年 12 月的 640 万，或是去年 9 月的 320 万个。与此同时，人工的垃圾帐户回报由 3 月的每日 25,000 个，降到了 5 月的每日 17,000 个，显见自动回报系统是有抓到这些帐户的。
一旦机器自动标记系统的可…" https://cn.engadget.com/2018/06/27/new-twitter-users-verify-phone-number-email-address/
Google's reservation-making AI will be making calls soon
" Google talked about a lot at this year's I/O developer conference, but one demo quickly stole the show: a male voice on a phone, making a restaurant reservation. The restaurant was real, but the person making the call wasn't — it was Google Ass..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/google-duplex-assistant-public-testing/Acclaimed indie game 'The Lion's Song' is heading to Nintendo Switch
"Very few people would add The Lion's Song in their Nintendo Switch wish list, but those who would now only have to wait a few more days. The critically acclaimed point-and-click adventure title by Austrian indie developer Mipumi Games is set in a sep..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/indie-game-the-lions-song-nintendo-switch/BlackBerry KEY2 review: The undisputed keyboard king
" Last year's BlackBerry KEYone was a something of a surprise: It brought Android to the classic BlackBerry form factor in a way that felt valuable. Sure, it was mostly a love letter to the brand's die-hards -- it also proved that physical keyboard..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/blackberry-key2-review/Investigators say China is behind illegal CFC emissions
" A global environmental "whodunit" emerged last month, when researchers revealed that someone, somewhere, was pumping tonnes of banned chemical CFC-11 into the atmosphere. Now, investigators think they've found the culprits. According to The New York..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/investigators-china-illegal-cfc-emissions/SD 7.0 规范发布，带来 PCIe、NVMe 等接口的支持
" SD Association（SDA）今天在 MWC 上海发布了新的 SD7.0 规格，主要带来两种新的功能：一个是让 SD 卡能通过 PCIe 和 NVMe 传输资料的「SD Express」、另一个则是让容量增加到 128TB 的「SDUC」。
支持 SD Express 的卡片会标上「EX」的字样，旧的 SDHC、SDXC 卡都有可能支持，不一定要今天同时发布的 SDUC。在本质上，SD Express 的卡片和原有的 SD 卡大小相同，但和 UHS-II/III 一样，在原有的金属接点的下方多了 10 …" https://cn.engadget.com/2018/06/27/sd-7-0-pcie-nvme/
US senate passes bill to shield the public from false emergency alerts
" The US Senate has just passed the Authenticating Local Emergencies and Real Threats (ALERT) bill with unanimous approval. Senator Brian Schatz first introduced the ALERT Act in the wake of a false emergency warning, which in January incorrectly warne..."
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