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沃尔玛停止销售电子烟
电子烟的问题看来是越来越严重了。
在连续多次爆出疑似引起死亡案例后,美国已经人心惶惶,CNN已经不再给电子烟做广告,不少人为了戒掉电子烟开始抽老式烟了。
现在,沃尔玛也加入了反电子烟阵营,停止销售。
外媒报道
Walmart says it will stop selling electronic cigarettes, at namesake stores and Sam’s Club locations. The nation’s largest retailer is responding to growing health concerns around vaping, especially among young people.
沃尔玛称其同名店铺和Sam's Club店铺将停止销售电子烟。这家全国最大的零售商此举为了响应越来越多人,尤其是年轻人对电子烟对健康影响的担忧。
Walmart cited “growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding e-cigarettes,” saying that its stores will stop selling e-cigarettes once the current inventory is sold.
沃尔玛提到“联邦、州和地方对电子烟监管的复杂性以及不确定性逐渐增加,”并且说所有商店清空库存以后将停售电子烟。
Between 2017 and 2019 vaping jumped dramatically among high school students, doubling from 11% to 25% of 12th-graders, according to a report out Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
新英格兰医学期刊周三发表的报告称,2017年至2019年间吸电子烟的高中生人数激增,12年级的学生中吸电子烟人数所占比例翻倍,从11%增长到25%。
The Trump administration has moved toward banning flavored vaping products, and similar bans are already in place in the states of New York and Michigan.
特朗普政府已开始禁止销售有香味的电子烟产品,纽约州和密歇根州也已出台类似禁令。
希尔顿酒店的老板巴伦逝世
著名的酒店经营者和慈善家巴伦·希尔顿(Barron Hilton)在洛杉矶的家中去世了。
康拉德·N·希尔顿基金会称其享年91岁,自然死亡。
其家人称他承诺要把财产的97%转移到基金会的人道主义工作中。
外媒报道
His son, Steven M. Hilton, who serves as chairman of the board at the Hilton Foundation, said the family is mourning the loss of a remarkable man.
他的儿子史蒂文·希尔顿是希尔顿基金会董事长,他说全家正在哀悼这位非凡男人的逝去。
“My father was a loving husband to our mother, Marilyn, a wonderful role model to his eight children, a loyal and generous friend, visionary businessman, respected leader and a passionate sportsman. He lived a life of great adventure and exceptional accomplishment.”
“我的父亲,是深爱着我们的母亲Marilyn的丈夫,是八个孩子的优秀楷模,是忠诚慷慨的朋友,是有远见的商人、备受尊重的领导者,还是充满激情的运动员。他的一生充满冒险和非凡成就。”
In 2007, CNN reported that Barron Hilton will pass on the $1.2 billion windfall from the sale of Hilton Hotels Corp. - not to his famous progeny, but to his family's philanthropic foundation. His family said he committed 97% of his wealth to the foundation's humanitarian work.
2007年CNN曾报道巴伦·希尔顿将不会把希尔顿酒店集团公司经营所得的12亿美元留给他出名的后代,而是留给家族的慈善基金会。其家人称他承诺要把财产的97%转移到基金会的人道主义工作中。
任天堂的Switch Lite正式发布
盼星星盼月亮,任天堂的平价款Switch终于出来了,这就是Switch Lite,没有可拆手柄的Switch。
外媒报道
Nintendo has launched Nintendo Switch Lite, which is cheaper and lighter than the original Switch, as well as a new Switch game, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.
任天堂已推出了任天堂Switch Lite,比之前的Switch价格更低、质量更轻,同时还推出了一款新的Switch游戏——塞尔达传说:林克的觉醒。
A lightweight device with integrated controls designed specifically to play Nintendo Switch games that support Handheld mode, Nintendo Switch Lite is available in three colors: yellow, grey and turquoise.
任天堂Switch Lite质量轻,集成控件专门为支持手持模式的任天堂Switch游戏设计,有三种颜色可选:黄色、灰色和蓝绿色。
Available at $199.99, the system has integrated controls and is smaller than the original version. The original Nintendo Switch, which offers TV mode and Tabletop mode, in addition to Handheld mode, retails at $299.99.
这一系统售价199.99美元,拥有集成控件,比原版本体积更小。原来的任天堂Switch除手持模式外,还有电视模式和桌面模式,售价299.99美元。
Google宣布自己已实现“量子霸权”
什么是量子霸权?
简单地讲,就是谷歌的计算机的运算速度又达到了一个神仙高度。
细致点讲,谷歌现在的量子处理器能在3分20秒内完成现在最先进的超级计算机Summit一万年才能完成的计算。
外媒报道
According to a report in the Financial Times, a team of researchers from Google led by John Martinis have demonstrated quantum supremacy for the first time.
《英国金融时报》的一篇报告称,John Martinis带领的一个Google研究团队首次证明了量子霸权。
This is the point at which a quantum computer is shown to be capable of performing a task that’s beyond the reach of even the most powerful conventional supercomputer.
当时发现一台量子计算机能完成最强大的传统超级计算机都不能完成的任务。
The claim appeared in a paper that was posted on a NASA website, but the publication was then taken down. Google did not respond to a request for comment from MIT Technology Review.
这一声明出现在NASA网站上发表的一篇论文中,但随后被删除了。《麻省理工科技评论》请求Google对此作出评论,但未得到回应。