Google Assistant will warn you when it predicts flight delays
"Google has predicted flight delays for a while, but only if you've searched for a flight yourself. Wouldn't it be better if it warned you before you packed your bags? It will soon. In addition to bringing delay predictions to Assistant, Google is..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/17/google-assistant-proactive-flight-delay-warnings/2018: The Winners and Losers
" You'll see a lot of "best of" lists around this time of year. But "best" is a limited word. What if the ideas and people that dominated weren't, in fact, very good? Conversely, what happens when the products or concepts that showed the most promise didn't ult…"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/17/2018-year-in-review/Apple hires former Tesla and Microsoft senior designer
" Apple has hired Andrew Kim, formerly of Tesla and Microsoft, to bolster its design team. Kim captured the attention of many in 2011 with a custom iOS device stand and again in 2012 when, as a fan, he shared his vision for an overhaul of Microsoft's b..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/17/apple-tesla-microsoft-designer-hire-windows-10-hololens-model-3/The worst gadgets of 2018
" We've had the winners. Now that this dumpster fire of a year is finally coming to a close, it's time to look back on the disasters (real, political and humanitarian) we've survived and heave a sigh of relief. We made it, guys. But not everything came out unsc…"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/17/worst-gadgets-of-2018/The best gadgets of 2018
" It's difficult to think of 2018 as a year with anything worth celebrating. But despite all the bad news the year dealt us, there were successes -- if you know where to look. In all corners of tech, we saw wins big and small. There were advances in ob..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/17/best-gadgets-of-2018/Fitbit's updated smartwatch OS provides more fitness info at a glance
"You clearly buy a Fitbit smartwatch for its fitness tracking, and the company wants to be sure you wring the most out of that tentpole feature. It just released a Fitbit OS 3.0 update for the Ionic and Versa that provides both more fitness info and..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/17/fitbit-os-3/The Bloodhound supersonic car project is back in action
" Earlier this month, it looked like the writing was on the wall for the Bloodhound supersonic car project, as it had failed to acquire the roughly £25 million (approximately $32 million) it needed to keep going. The team was said to be working o..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/17/bloodhound-supersonic-car-project-back-in-action/Google puts $1 billion towards new NYC campus
" Google announced today that it's investing more than $1 billion in New York City in order to establish a new campus. The move would create a 1.7 million square-foot campus and, over the next decade, double the number of employees the company has in t..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/17/google-1-billion-new-nyc-campus/Huawei's Nova 4 suggests 2019 is the year of the hole-punch display
" In the wake of Samsung's A8s, Huawei is the latest smartphone maker to announce an all-screen handset with a circular cutout for the camera. Looking beyond the divisive notch, the design feature is all about maximizing display real estate. And Huawei's new "N…"
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/17/huawei-nova-4-hole-punch-display/法院已正式裁定金立破产
" 最近几年中国大陆手机品牌的影响力一直都在变得越来越大，但在崛起的厂商当中，却没有出现一个过去大家都非常熟悉的名字 — 金立。这家公司自 2017 年传出创始人刘立荣涉赌欠款的流言后，就始终被财务阴云所笼罩。直到今年五月，他们最终以无法清偿到期债务为由，向深圳市中级人民法院提出了破产清算。而就在不久前，财新网发文称法院已正式受理了金立的破产案，相关破产程序也将随之启动。根据新浪科技的报导，金立之前已经确认的供应商债务就达到了 202 亿人民币，但公司资产就只有 20 亿而已。不过即便如此，处在风暴中心的刘立荣之前还…"
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