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/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/
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/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/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/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/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..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/27/us-senate-passes-bill-to-shield-the-public-from-false-emergency/ https://http://www.engadget.com/ 