本期内容: Video streaming service Netflix is the world's most data-hungry application, consuming 15% of global net traffic, according to research from bandwidth management company Sandvine. Video in general accounts for more than half of net tr

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本期内容: AccordingtoBusinessInsider,KFCisthemostpopularfast-foodchaininChina, makingnearly$5billionin2017. ReportssayithasappealedtoChineseconsumersbyadaptingthemainmenutolocaltastes suchasriceporridgeandeggtarts. InChinatheKFCbrandisalsoperce

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本期内容: Questions about vampires in Poland and vegetarian sausages are among the most bizarre phone calls made to consular staff, the Foreign Office has said. It has compiled the strangest calls from Britons abroad in 2018 in a bid to remind

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本期内容: Jeff Bezos knows when you've been sleeping, when you're awake, and when you've been bad or good, because you didn't change the default privacy settings on the Amazon smart speaker you set up in your bedroom. This Christmas, families w

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本期内容: Marcus Rashford's low finish from Paul Pogba's superb pass on the stroke of half-time stretched Manchester United's flawless start, but the coach had De Gea to thank for a magnificent display as Spurs laid siege to United's goal after

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本期内容: UTubeclipsthatdepictdangerousoremotionallydistressingprankshavebeenbannedfromtheplatform.Themovecomesinresponsetoso-calledchallengesthathavesometimesresultedindeathorinjury.TheGoogle-ownedvideosharingsitesaidsuchmaterialhadnoplaceonUT

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本期内容: Britons are increasingly shunning traditional funerals in favour of more unusual send-offs, which last year included a McDonald's-themed drivethrough event and a service for a magician where the undertakers wore red noses. Two-fifths

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本期内容: US President Donald Trump has said he recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president. The announcement came minutes after the 35-year-old declared himself acting leader in Caracas on Wednesday. A number of So

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本期内容: Continuing a crackdown following last months failed coup, Turkeys president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, decreed that the government could issue direct orders to military commanders, bypassing the chief of the general staff. Separately, Ger

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本期内容: SharesinNintendorosebynearlyaquarterfollowingthesuccessoftheJapanesecompanysnewPokmonGogame,inwhichusershuntcharactersinreal-worldlocationsusingsmartphones,helpedbyin-gamepurchases.ItimmediatelyheadedtheAmericangamingcharts.Nintendosp

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本期内容: After a months-long bidding process, Yahoo, a struggling internet company, announced Verizon would buy its core business, for $4.8 billion. Last year the telecoms giant paid $4.4 billion for AOL, another former internet darling. The m

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本期内容: ThousandsofSouthKoreanstooktothestreetsdemandingtheresignationofthecountry'spresident,ParkGeun-hye.Theyaccuseherofallowingalongtimefriendandadviser,ChoiSoon-sil,tousetheircloserelationshiptoexertimproperinfluenceoverstateaffairsandtob

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本期内容: SamsungElectronicsagreedtobuyHarmanInternationalIndustries,anAmericanautomotive-technologycompany,for$8bn.Thedealisthelatestinastringofmovesbybigtechnologyfirmstobenefitfromtheriseoftheconnectedcar.Samsungisparticularlykeentogainastro

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本期内容: SamsungElectronicsagreedtobuyHarmanInternationalIndustries,anAmericanautomotive-technologycompany,for$8bn.Thedealisthelatestinastringofmovesbybigtechnologyfirmstobenefitfromtheriseoftheconnectedcar.Samsungisparticularlykeentogainastro

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本期内容: Authorities in Beijing issued the Chinese capitals first red smog alertthe highest level. During the alert, between 7am today and noon on Thursday, schools are advised to shut, building sites and some factories will be closed and cars

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本期内容: Researchers in the US have been investigating the final journeys taken by disposable contact lenses. They found 15-20% of US users simply flick these fiddly lenses down the drain via the bathroom sink or toilet. The study suggests tha

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本期内容: Tennis legend Roger Federer has signed a deal with Japanese clothing company Uniqlo after ending his decades-long partnership with Nike. The new contract is reportedly worth $300m over the next 10 years and was signed after Federer's

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本期内容: One of the world's biggest tobacco firms, Philip Morris, has been accused of staggering hypocrisy over its new ad campaign that urges smokers to quit. The Marlboro maker said the move was an important next step in its aim to ultimatel

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本期内容: Three out of four children under-five now has access to a tablet, smartphone or computer, according to a study. Voice-recognition gadgets such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa were also said to be increasingly popular with the age g

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本期内容: Nasa has named the astronauts who will fly the first missions into space on commercially provided rockets and capsules, starting next year. The nine individuals will go up on systems developed by - and contracted from - the Boeing and

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