Consumer privacy made losers of us all this year
"It was a rough year to be a customer of Marriott, Facebook, Reddit, Google+, Quora, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Orbitz, Ticketfly, Under Armour, OnePlus or any of the other numerous companies which were revealed this year to have cumulatively lo..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/19/consumer-privacy-year-in-review-loser/2018 brought the electric car to everyone
" It's easy to look at a luxury automaker like Jaguar and declare 2018 the year the automotive industry caught up with Tesla. But like the Model X and Model S, the I-Pace is out of reach for most folks. It's great that people with large bank accounts c..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/19/electric-cars-2018-year-in-review-winner/US regulators approve BMW-Daimler services merger
" BMW and Daimler's plan to combine their transportation services, including car sharing, ride hailing and electric vehicle charging, is a step closer to reality after US antitrust officials approved the partnership. The companies hope to close the dea..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/19/bmw-daimler-transportation-services-joint-venture-antitrust-approval/Japan’s latest companion robot is the fuzzy, expressive Lovot
" Japanese company Groove X has just unveiled its Lovot robot, but while many robots you hear about are developed to perform some sort of task, Lovot is only here to warm your heart. Built around the concept of "a little love can change the world," Lov..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/19/japan-companion-robot-fuzzy-expressive-lovot/Lamborghini's Urus SUV still packs supercar power
" To some, the idea of a Lamborghini SUV is tantamount to high treason. Over the past six decades the automaker has introduced the iconic Countach, Diablo, and P400 Miura. Those cars inspired lust in our hearts and dug holes out of the bank accou..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/19/lamborghini-urus-first-drive/Nintendo is going to court over its refund policy
"Germany agrees with Norway: Nintendo's no-refund pre-order policy isn't only harsh, it's also illegal under European law. According to Eurogamer, the German Consumer Protection Authority is taking Nintendo to court over a policy that doesn't allow pr..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/19/nintendo-german-court-no-refund-pre-order/有位 NASA 前工程师还真的做了机关来报复那些包裹窃贼
" 之前我们就报道过，美国现在门前快递被盗的情况相当多见。但并非每个地方的警察，都会像泽西城警方那样花额外的精力去解决问题。比如说前 NASA 工程师 Mark Rober 所在的城市，对于此类案件就完全「无能为力」（你有影像证据报警也没用）。那既然如此动手能力极强的 Rober 就只好自己出手，没错，他正如许多人期待的那样，和朋友一起做了个酷炫的机关来好好报复了一下那些逍遥法外的窃贼。具体来说，他们在一个伪装的苹果 HomePod 包装盒内，装入了大量一开盖便会自动旋转喷出的彩色闪粉。不光如此，设备内还藏有一罐臭气…"
https://cn.engadget.com/2018/12/19/nasa-engineer-glitter-bomb-parcel-pirates/有位 NASA 前工程師還真的做了機關來報復那些包裹竊賊
" 之前我們就報導過，美國現在門前快遞被盜的情況相當多見。但並非每個地方的警察，都會像澤西城警方那樣花額外的精力去解決問題。比如說前 NASA 工程師 Mark Rober 所在的城市，對於此類案件就完全「無能為力」（你有影像證據報警也沒用）。那既然如此動手能力極強的 Rober 就只好自己出手，沒錯，他正如許多人期待的那樣，和朋友一起做了個酷炫的機關來好好報復了一下那些逍遙法外的竊賊。Someone stole a package from me. Police wouldn't do anything about…"
https://chinese.engadget.com/2018/12/19/nasa-engineer-glitter-bomb-parcel-pirates/Consoles hit November milestone with over 1 million in sales each
" The Switch may be the fastest-selling console of this generation, but its rivals aren't doing too bad either. Buoyed by the Thanksgiving holidays, both the PS4 and Xbox One marked their fifth birthday last month by selling over 1.3 million units each..."
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/19/consoles-hit-november-milestone-with-over-1-million-in-sales-eac/前 Uber 工程师宣称以自驾车行驶了将近 5,000 公里
" 还记得那位离开 Uber，默默创立了一间自驾卡车新创公司的 Anthony Levandowski 吗？伴随这回久违的现身，这位颇具争议的工程师似乎带来了这段期间的成果。首先，他宣布自驾卡车新创公司 Pronto.AI 已正式成立，同时也发表了一支影片，纪录下他乘坐于搭载自家技术的自驾车中，自旧金山行经近 5,000 公里到达纽约的过程。根据他对卫报的说法，在完成这趟旅途前，这辆搭载 AI 技术的丰田 Prius 仅仅受过少量的训练，并且没有预先规划路径或在途中进行任何人为操作。如果真的如其所示，这无疑已打破了自…"
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