工程師學英‪文‬ nailo2c

As every Big Tech company has announced job cuts running into thousands, Apple is yet to do so and may not plan to terminate employees as it never hired at the pace at which other tech giants did, according to analysts.

Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives said that Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has taken a hefty salary cut by more than 40 percent in 2023, didn't overhire during the pandemic, reports Yahoo Finance.

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amid 在…中間
*On the *floor*, amid *mounds* of books, were two small envelopes.*
地板上的書堆裡有兩個小信封。

hefty 可觀的
*Her *salary* will go up by a hefty 13 percent.*
她的薪水將會猛增13%。

Google has introduced a new AI system called - "MusicLM" that can generate high-fidelity music in any genre given a text description. However, the company is fearing the risks, and has no immediate plans to release it, reports TechCrunch.

Google isn't the first to try generative AI for songs, as there have been other attempts, including Riffusion, an AI that composes music by visualizing it, as well as Dance Diffusion, Google's own AudioML and OpenAI's Jukebox.

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high fidelity 高度傳真
iPad Pro's four speaker audio system produces high fidelity sound.
iPad Pro 的四揚聲器音頻系統可產生高保真音質。

genre 風格
*What genre does the *book* fall into - comedy or tragedy?*
這本書屬於甚麽體裁——喜劇還是悲劇？

FTX's ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tried to influence a potential witness in US government's criminal fraud case against him, prosecutors said on Friday.

He allegedly used Signal app to contact "current General Counsel of FTX US" and asked whether they could "reconnect" to explore "constructive relationship". Prosecutors have asked a judge to bar Bankman-Fried from using any encrypted messaging app.

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prosecutor 檢察官
A special prosecutor was called in to handle the murder trial of the governor's son.
一名特別檢察官被召來處理州長之子的謀殺案。

allegedly 據稱地
*That's where he allegedly *killed* his wife.*
據說他就是在那裡殺了他的妻子。

counsel （參與案件的）律師
*The *judge* addressed counsel.*
法官向律師問了話。

bar 禁止
*The *centre* of the town was barred tofootballsupporters.*
球迷不得進入城鎮中心。

Wipro Chief Human Resources Officer Saurabh Govil said the pandemic taught that the future of work is hybrid. He, however, said people are not keen to come to work when "you are saving three hours of commute". "So our biggest challenge is how we provide flexibility as well as connectedness…we are encouraging people to come to work," he told Moneycontrol.

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keen to 熱衷於
They were very keen to* startwork as soon as possible.*
他們渴望盡早開始工作。

commute 通勤
*It's *exhausting* commuting from Brighton* to* London every day.*
每天上下班要往返於布萊頓與倫敦之間，令人疲憊不堪。

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is planning an all-women crew launch to the edge of space likely by early next year, with his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez leading the crew. "As much as he wants to go on this flight, I'm going to have to hold him back. He'll be cheering us all on from the sidelines," she said.

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crew 全體船員
*The *aircraft* has a crew of seven.*
這架飛機上有七名機組人員。


sideline 副業
*Jim *works* in a bank, but teaches French in the evenings as a sideline.*
吉姆在銀行工作，但他在晚上兼職教法語。

Microsoft employees in the US can take unlimited time off from next week under a new "Discretionary Time Off" policy, The Verge reported, citing an internal memo.

The new rules, that come into effect from January 16, also include 10 corporate holidays, leaves for sickness and bereavement. Employees that have unused vacation balance will get a one-time payout in April.

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discretionary 自行決定的
*Judges have *great* discretionary powers.*
法官有很大的自主權。

bereavement 喪失親友
*She has *recently* suffered a bereavement.*
她最近剛失去一位親人。