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她七歲時，星期日下午在鄉間偶爾說了一句話，這段故事就此開始。「我長大了，要有個農場。」我和她爸爸一笑置之，不以為意。 大約一年後，我們從佛羅里達回家途中，在喬治亞一家骯髒的路邊茶室歇息，她再次說出決心——聽來令人頗感不安。艾比的鼻子翹得高高的，對茶室的骯髒破爛露出鄙夷的神情，她伸出來的紅辮子與那張雀斑點點的臉成直角。 「你的雞不好吃嗎？」我問。 「我還沒嘗呢，」她漠然說，「我正在想我長大了，我的農場旁邊要設個乾乾淨淨的茶室。是一根根圓木頭搭的，有花格子布窗帘。侍女的帽花邊漿得筆挺，要是她們遲到，我就打她們耳光。」 我嚇得倒吸一口涼氣，得罪了那老闆，我匆匆瞥他一眼，便把艾比趕到汽車那邊去。 這時我心裡模模糊糊地感覺有點不安，為想沖淡我們這八歲女兒念念不忘要有個農場的不健全心理，便買了一匹純血母馬給她，寄養在康乃狄格州一家氣息甘香撲鼻，收拾得整整齊齊的馬房裡。 這個辦法真靈——不過只靈了大約一個星期。後來有一天，她帶着興師問罪的神情，把馬牽到我面前，大聲叫嚷：「您瞧這馬的蹄子！蹄鐵簡直要掉了！要是我們有個農場……」…

A half-dozen companies are potentially ready to spend $80 billion for C-Band, a new set of airwaves that promise to fix the perilous state of American 5G, at an FCC auction. That’s a vast amount of money, and it shows how important C-Band is. But what is C-Band, and what does it mean for 5G? Do you need a C-Band phone? Is C-Band a new frequency? Should you be scared of C-Band? I can explain. RECOVERING THE SATELLITES According to wireless testing firm Rohde and Schwarz, the C-band is all frequencies between 4GHz and 8GHz. When US wireless geeks talk about C-Band, though, they’re talking about 3.7GHz to 4.2GHz—and specifically, in this case, the range from 3.7GHz to 3.98GHz. This frequency had been used for satellite TV since the 1970s, but as C-Band…

落地窗內，多位身著綠色制服的華為門市人員，正忙著回應顧客對購置手機的需求；落地窗外，餐廳與手搖飲料店滿溢著排隊的人流。離開落地窗，沿著這條中國知名的步行街往東走，一路上，熙來攘往的當地行人與觀光客摩肩接踵，搭配歡鬧喧譁的交談聲，一切乍看明朗而美好……。過去三年，因為疫情導致的經濟陰影似乎已快速淡去，眼前，是一片欣欣向榮的消費復甦景象。 時間，四月中，地點，是上海的指標商圈南京路。 據上海復旦大學消費市場大數據實驗室統計顯示，今年二月，上海全市線下消費總額年增率○．八％，全市餐飲業和住宿業消費達到二○一九年一月統計以來的最高水準。 另一方面，衡量服務業表現的中國非製造業採購經理人指數（PMI），在三月分來到五十八．二，創下一一年五月以來新高；至於服務業PMI分項指標，則達到五十六．九，亦寫下一二年三月以來紀錄。 「大家，都被關太久了。」談及這股由「報復性消費」帶起的中國復甦動能，在上海擔任汽車業務銷售的雲芳（化名）向《今周刊》表示。…

摘自THE GLOBE AND MAIL 去年春天，第一次封城初期，每天探視年邁母親的責任落在我的肩上。我不需要進辦公室工作又是獨居， 社交接觸更有限，所以能確保她的安全。 哥哥嫂嫂則負責每週幫母親採買食物（他們會把東西放在側門旁邊），以及每月一次的剪髮（她端坐在後院正中央那張老舊發灰的白色草坪椅上）。 母親今年88歲，獨居在退休後與父親一起搬入的家裡。 父親大約在12年前過世。他們即將迎來結婚半世紀的日子，他卻病倒了。 當然，我母親還算幸運，兩個兒子和三個孫兒都住在附近，我和哥哥也幸好能看望她，但是看望她時情形會是怎樣，我心裡也沒底。我和母親很早就體認到「彼此個性不合」，即使我已近花甲之年，我們之間仍然會因歧異而產生矛盾。她看重紀律與秩序，我則喜歡隨興而為。能言善辯是我們的共通之處， 但是彼此以言相對時，卻也如刀光劍影。 剛開始，我故意將探訪安排在她每天下午在衛星電視上觀看希臘遊戲節目的時段。用這種方式破冰果然管用：很快地，我們就一起支持同一位參賽者，或是評比各位主持人的魅力。 母親很驚嘆地發現，…

The Wi-Fi Alliance, a group of Wi-Fi platform vendors that work with the FCC and electronics manufacturers to set standards for Wi-Fi technology, announced the Wi-Fi 6E designation in 2020 for any IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) products that support 6GHz wireless spectrum. Essentially, this means Wi-Fi 6E enables faster speeds and lower latencies than Wi-Fi 6 and earlier iterations. WI-FI 6 VS. WI-FI 6E When the IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard was first announced, it was limited by law to a wireless spectrum that only covered the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. Now, in a 2.4GHz band, you really have only three non-overlapping channels—and that bandwidth is shared by you, your family members, and your neighbors. If you’ve ever had problems staying connected to a Zoom call or had the latest episode of The…

Fifteen years ago, on January 9, 2007, I sat on the floor of a Las Vegas Convention Center entryway and pondered the iPhone. While I was running around the Consumer Electronics Show looking at the latest LG Chocolate, Steve Jobs was over at Macworld changing the world. I’d been covering smartphones for three years by then, and they were complex gadgets for road warriors. With the iPhone, Apple simplified the smartphone and made it a must-have for everyone. This wasn’t solely about Steve Jobs’ brilliance. He struck when several other technologies were becoming available—3G for the mobile web and capacitive touch screens for finger-friendly interfaces. And he worked without the legacy-software hangovers that Microsoft, Nokia, and Palm all struggled through from the first generation of proto-smartphones. The iPhone has made a huge number…

Darren Clark lives in Michigan, where he used to receive dismal internet speeds ranging from 2.5Mbps to 3.5Mbps. The DSL internet was so bad that he’d have to drive his family elsewhere to find faster broadband and finish software and game downloads. “Many times, we ended up going to McDonald’s or out to the local Meijer grocery store for internet access,” he told PCMag. But in recent days, Clark’s home internet is getting speeds between 10Mbps and 100Mbps. The reason? He’s among the first people to try out Starlink’s Best Effort tier, the latest offering from SpaceX’s satellite internet service. “I have to say, Starlink Best Effort is a lifesaver for me and my family,” he said. “My kids are amazed that a 1GB download can finish in a couple of minutes instead…

「這次，『它』真的變得不一樣了……。」時間往前推，今年三月，全球最大的上市避險基金集團英仕曼（ManGroup），在官網發布了一篇分析報告，報告核心，圍繞在一個已開發國家近年推行的資本市場改革。報告的結論是這麼下的：「它付出的努力，曾經收效甚微，但，這一切很可能即將改變。」 「轉型」、「不一樣」……，這些象徵著自我革新與重生的語彙，指向的，是一個經濟發展停滯逾三十年的國度——日本。 「過去十年，是這個國家的盤整期，」談到日本的未來展望時，元大金控策略長吳杰用篤定與樂觀的語氣提出定調：「現在，它即將全面邁入復興的階段。」 時間回到五月十七日，當天，代表日本大型股表現的日經二二五指數升破了三萬點關卡，不僅創下二○二一年九月以來新高，更逼近一九九○年八月以來的最高水平；同期間，反映日本整體企業表現的東證指數（Topix）也突破了二一二七點，來到三十三年高位。 帶動日股創新高的一大功臣，是外資。 根據日本財務省日前公布的統計資料顯示，今年四月，外資在日本股市總計買超四．九八兆日圓，這個單月買超金額，創下自○五年一月日本開始統計外資動向以來的歷史最高紀錄。 另一邊，…

THE FIRST TIME biologist Heather Masonjones heard about the seahorses on Eleuthera Island, she had trouble believing in a place where seahorses were as common as other fish. After 29 years studying the animals, the University of Tampa seahorse expert had never seen more than a handful together underwater in her whole career. But once she was immersed in the emerald waters of the mile-long Sweetings Pond, which sits on a narrow crescent of an island in the Bahamas, she started to believe the hype. “It was an absolutely magical moment,” she says, adding that she saw 16 of the animals in several dives during the first weekend in the water there — an enormous amount, given she had only ever seen three or four in a single dive or snorkel…

THE LEGEND OF Steve Jobs is that he transformed our lives with the strength of his convictions. The key to his greatness, the story goes, was his ability to bend the world to his vision. The reality is that much of Apple’s success came from his team’s pushing him to rethink his positions. If Jobs hadn’t surrounded himself with people who knew how to change his mind, he might not have changed the world. For years Jobs insisted he would never make a phone. After his team finally persuaded him to reconsider, he banned outside apps; it took another year to get him to reverse that stance. Within nine months the App Store had a billion downloads, and a decade later the iPhone had generated more than $1 trillion in revenue. Almost…

摘自SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE 1940年6月的第二週，阿里斯蒂德．德．索沙門德斯（Aristides de Sousa Mendes）不願踏出房門一步。葡萄牙駐法國西南部波爾多（Bordeaux）總領事索沙門德斯與妻子育有14名子女，兩人與其中幾個孩子住在俯瞰加隆河（Garonne River）的大公寓裡─那天所有人都變得越來越憂心忡忡。 身為貴族的索沙門德斯講究美食和生活，並且深愛家人。他熱愛美酒和祖國，寫了本讚頌葡萄牙的書，稱葡國為「夢想與詩歌的國度」。他喜歡高唱流行的法國香頌，尤其是女歌星麗娜．凱蒂（Rina Ketty）的抒情名曲〈我將等待〉。在世事難料的戰爭環境下， 這首歌成了和平的象徵。索沙門德斯還愛他懷胎5個月的情婦，並即將迎來他的第15個孩子。 即使在最壞的時候，他都依然能找到值得開心的事物。然而，現在索沙門德斯面臨人生最重大的決定，他把自己關在房裡，連吃飯都不出來。這位54歲的外交官寫信給他的姻親說：「此處情況極糟，我因為精神嚴重崩潰而臥床不起。」…

NOTHING TURNS the public eye to science quite like a global health crisis. By the time the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March, people across the world were looking to experts for answers. Where did the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 come from? How can we stop the spread and save the lives of those infected? In many places, people listened — taking up 20-second handwashing, mask-wearing, 6-foot physical distancing and staying home whenever possible. Some of these communities “flattened the curve” of the virus’ spread so much that entire nations were flirting with normalcy by late summer. A resurgence hit numerous places in the fall, while many areas that resisted public health guidelines never saw a break in steady cases. Regardless of the politics and people around the world…

OnePlus used to be a bit like Apple. Regimented, focused, and broadly charismatic, the phone maker revealed its devices bit by bit and always controlled its message. But as we’ve been chronicling in recent months, the company’s communications are now all over the place. Some of OnePlus’ recent attempts to broaden its appeal have worked out well. The low-cost Nord line vastly boosted OnePlus sales in the US. (Our review of the Nord N200 5G determined that it’s pretty good.) With the new Nord 2, which won’t be sold here, OnePlus is experimenting with the Mediatek Dimensity 1200 chipset’s customization package, which may provide better performance than similarly priced Qualcomm processors. But you might not know that OnePlus is developing interesting products, because it’s lost control of its story. After merging some…

WHEN TALIBAN FIGHTERS ENCROACHED ON THE Afghan capital on Aug. 15, Zainab, a reporter in her mid-20s, made a decision to leave the country. She had never been abroad, but it did not deter her. If anything, it propelled her forward. She threw some clothes into a bag, along with her passport, two mobile phones and a wad of cash, before climbing into a taxi with her brother and father. They set off for the airport. Cars full of people gridlocked Kabul’s streets as thousands attempted to flee an Afghanistan soon to be under Taliban control. Afghans had watched in disbelief as major provincial capitals fell swiftly to the Taliban over a matter of days, and Kabul soon swelled with people seeking shelter. Zainab, who does not want her last name published…

不知為何，我有12位朋友為因應全球新冠疫情，認養了幼犬，而且他們都是50來歲。其實，我也不甘落後。去年被困家中，沒穿防護裝備都不敢出門時，我突然間被一股衝動左右，迫切想養一隻七週大的澳洲牧羊犬。將來，這種渴望無疑會成為探究疫情期間怪僻行為的課題：其一，澳洲牧羊犬是地球上精力最旺盛的犬種之一，而我是個書蠹蟲、人又懶，外加已屆中年﹔其二，我不是沒有前車之鑑─結果好中有壞。 對於養狗，我心存芥蒂：永遠搞不清楚牠們想要什麼，而我說的話，牠們似乎也摸不着頭緒。我們以前養過一條叫凱文的狗，我和牠之間的僵局變成家族中樂此不疲的談資。凱文是邊境牧羊犬和巴仙吉犬的混種，這意味着牠的血統有一半來自絕頂聰明的品種，而另一半無疑名落最愚笨之列。牠很機警， 但一點要領也抓不住。不管是肚子餓了、想出門跑跑、想獲准跳上沙發、想要玩具，或想聊聊電費的事（誰知道？），統統是悄悄走近， 瞪著眼看我，這是牠所有的溝通招數。牠每天這樣做大約50次， 光是睜着一雙晶亮的大眼，文風不動。我們在一起生活多年，我還是弄不清牠到底想要什麼。我們就這樣同住在一個屋簷下，卻深陷互不理解的困境。…

三月九日， 新北地檢兵分多路，搜索公司分別登記在板橋與新竹的智鈊、芯道互聯兩家公司，檢方經過三年追查，這兩家公司疑是中國「比特大陸」的孫公司，三年來在台灣至少挖角超過二百位台積電、聯發科的工程師，甚至可能竊取製程技術……。 其中，智鈊負責人顏進忠的臉書履歷上，就大剌剌寫著，「曾在晨星半導體工作」，而芯道互聯負責人黃志輝曾是日月光員工，兩人透過產業人脈，以高薪大肆挖角台灣人才。 當台灣還沉浸在護國神山的光環，對半導體產業的全球競爭力信心滿滿之際，其實，它早就被啃食於不知不覺中。 不只比特大陸，有多少中國IC設計公司早就在台灣埋伏多年？ 今年初，中國工信部發布「集成電路標準化技術委員會」籌建通知，同時公布涵蓋九十家機構的籌建委員名單，這則通知被視為中國「發展本土半導體產業」的重要宣示。 但你可能不知道，在這份名單中，如一般民眾或投資者耳熟能詳的騰訊、中芯、紫光，乃至於在不同領域位居中國產業要角的長江存儲、合肥長鑫、兆易創新、智芯微電子等，這些被工信部認證是「中國半導體國家隊」的業者，恐怕都已透過不同形式，「布局」台灣。…

THERE’S AN OLD JOKE AMONG TWITTER EMPLOYEES THAT being on the platform is like playing a huge online multiplayer game where every day there’s a different main character—meaning a person who’s critiqued, harassed, or otherwise shoved into the spotlight. According to the joke, you have just one goal: never become that main character yourself. One day in 2018, Twitter’s main character was Vernon Unsworth, a British diver who’d spent days assisting the rescue of Thai boys trapped in a flooded cave. After billionaire Elon Musk offered a minuscule submarine to the rescue divers, Unsworth told the media that Musk’s idea was just a useless PR stunt. Musk then took to Twitter, where (in tweets that he later deleted) he baselessly accused the man of being a “pedo guy,” or pedophile. The…

01-22 With a running CV that covers road and trail, from 5K all the way to 24-hour races and multi-day adventures, together with a 1:09 half marathon, sub-2:30 marathon and World and European bronze medal-winning 261km 24-hr best, Robbie Britton has a wealth of running wisdom. And with a master’s degree in performance coaching and over a decade of experience helping runners from beginners to international elites, he has a talent and passion for sharing it. In his new book, 1001 Running Tips, he’s pulled together ‘the best bits of advice I’ve been given, or learned through blood, sweat and tears’. Over the following pages, Robbie shares some of the best of the best to help you get more from your miles today, tomorrow and with every step you take on…

If you’ve ever learned a new language — or tried to — you know how difficult it can be. Native languages seem almost built-in. We soak them up naturally when we’re very young. But learning a new language, especially after early childhood, can be a huge task, burdened by long vocabulary lists and genders to memorize, complex cases and troublesome tenses to master. Of course, it’s worth the effort. In today’s interconnected world, learning a new language can change your life. It will certainly change your brain. ALTERNATE ROUTES Learning anything changes your brain, at least a little bit. But learning a language does it in high gear. John Grundy, a neuroscientist at Iowa State University who specializes in bilingualism and the brain, explains that learning a new language causes extensive neuroplasticity in…

When malware strikes, your antivirus has many opportunities to fight back. It can divert your browser away from the malware-hosting page, recognize the file’s static signature, use heuristics to match it to a known malware family, even detect it by its behavior. But sometimes all these defenses fail, and nasty code winds up on your PC. It’s seldom long before an antivirus update clears out the infestation, but that’s not much help in a ransomware attack. That’s why some cautious souls like to add a layer of protection designed specifically for ransomware protection, something like Check Point ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware. This useful tool detects ransomware by analyzing its behavior and also reverses any damage done during that analysis. PROS • Successfully detects real-world ransomware attacks • Restores files affected by ransomware • Includes some antivirus…

ON A BREEZY AFTERNOON LAST SPRING, the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman took me on a tour of a public park near the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, along with a team of aides, architects, historians and artists. They had spent several years building a complex of memorials on the grounds, honoring the victims of a massacre that took place there during World War II. But the project had become so controversial in Ukraine, especially in the context of the country’s ongoing war with Russia, that the entourage had brought a team of bodyguards, who surrounded Fridman in a loose formation, tensing every time a stranger came too close. Fridman was used to this. For nearly a quarter-century, he has survived at the top of Moscow’s billionaire class despite the…

「老兵聽到炮彈飛過去的聲音，就知道事情不太對了……。」 台大急診室主治醫師石富元經歷過二○○三年SARS（嚴重急性呼吸道症候群）疫情的災難，十八年後，老兵竟然又遇到同樣嚴峻的狀況。五月十四日開始，台灣新冠肺炎（COVID-19）疫情猛爆惡化，從十五日的一八○個本土病例到十八日的二四○個本土病例，社區感染擴大，過去的太平好日子，忽然不見了。待過沙場的，嗅覺總是特別靈光，石富元苦笑，「兩、三周前，我就一直跟朋友說，能取消聚餐就盡量取消。」 疫情爆發後一年多的時間，「台灣馬照跑，舞照跳。」 但身處防疫第一線，石富元清楚知道病人不見得會一五一十交代自己的暴露史，再看到華航機師、諾富特飯店事件、宜蘭遊藝場病例，他已經嗅到，「風險明顯在堆高。」 風險積累著，而且現在它們凝結成巨大的壓力球，破空而來。 亞東醫院驚天96小時的啟示 台灣防疫進入新階段 亞東醫院五月十七日爆出九名院內感染個案，「院內感染」聽起來很不祥，也勾起人們對SARS疫情期間，和平醫院封院的恐怖回憶。人在火線上的亞東醫院副院長邱冠明，談起院內感染的始末，「疫情慢慢悶著，到了上週，所有狀況都變得有感……。」…

海運價格持續飛漲，全球貨櫃業進入國力競賽的關鍵時刻，台灣航運三雄的真正實力，在股票市場過度炒作的投機風下，卻被模糊了焦點。 長榮海運由張國華家族主導，睥睨台灣航空、海運界多年；陽明海運則有最大股東官股護體，唯有近洋海運龍頭萬海航運，資歷最久，外界最為陌生。 今年五十五歲的陳柏廷，超過一半人生都投入海運，面對航運業大爆發，這位低調神祕的海王子首度發出感言，砥礪員工，更在這波航運業史上最瘋狂的景氣中，安不忘危地擘畫萬海轉骨變身的下一步。 萬海航運去年整年賺了一一三億元，是前年的三倍多，是大前年的整整十倍。今年光是第一季就大賺了一四六億元，剛剛好等於過去二年的獲利加總。今年，法人預估一口氣要賺超過過去十年的獲利加總。 面對這突如其來的獲利大爆發，讓航運股一躍成為今年上半年台股最吸睛的男主角，外界當然更好奇，身處旋風核心的航運業老闆，是不是更喜不自勝、甚至得意忘形？…

什麼也沒有。昨夜剛下的新雪，白得像樺樹皮，只有我自己的足印在遍撒的雪上交織。樹林裡沒有拍翅的鳥影，空中也全無鳥聲。 到這種季節，有陽光也很微弱， 隔著白茫茫的雲層，有氣無力，不帶來一絲暖意。幾乎一個禮拜了， 在威斯康辛州我的木屋這一帶，氣溫始終不超過零度。水銀像是畫在寒暑表底部一般。我跺腳取暖，再細聽有什麼生命的消息，一面竟感到全身一陣寒顫。唯一的聲響來自空禿的枝頭，像牙齒在打哆嗦。 乎不怎麼照顧。森林簡直像一幅粗略的蝕刻板畫─荒涼、死寂、暗淡。雪片像降落傘一般降在屋前的草地，12月間這樣的景色曾令你感動，現在只意味著你得把汽車的擋風玻璃刮一下了。含蓄的美景還是有的─白雪點綴松樹枝梢，雪地反映淺藍的月色。但是冬深如此，你所尋找的與其說是美景，不如說是有什麼徵兆暗示春天未被遺忘。 但徵兆不易尋找。從前大家認為：每到冬天造化索性來個大掃除，像是為殘年送終。好待春天帶來新生的奇蹟。從前大家以為老鼠是從破布堆裡自然復活：青蛙和烏龜爬出池塘，是靠春雨的魔力生長：而禽類要變成其他動物才能挨過冰封的季節。…

八月八日下午，一座深綠龐然山頭緩緩駛入台北港。長四百公尺的長範輪（Ever Ace），容量近兩萬四千TEU（二十呎櫃），不僅是長榮有史以來自造最大、更是全世界最大貨櫃船之一。 當大家看到長榮招牌的沉穩綠色，依然會想起二○一六年過世的長榮集團創辦人張榮發。 「我一生最熱愛的就是海洋，船就像我的孩子，」長榮五十週年紀念冊，以這句張榮發的話做開場。 如今他的二○二艘孩子們，服務遍布一一八國，撐起全球五．六%運力，是全球第七大航商。 一九五六年，當美國企業家麥克連目送全球第一艘貨櫃船離開紐澤西港，容量僅有五十八個三三呎櫃。如今長範輪是它的二五○倍。 長榮：延續張榮發精神，進入大船時代 長範輪，宣示長榮進入大船時代。 二十一世紀的第一個十年，由於國際貿易高速成長，全球航商大整併、爭相造大船，但張榮發對此態度保留。過往長榮自造最大船只到七千TEU，「再大的，總裁認為用租的就好，」一位前員工說。 但長榮卻在一八、一九年，全球航運業低迷時，下單訂造二十六艘船，這兩年交船，正好賺到了疫後機會財。長榮去年交了十六艘新船，新增十五萬TEU運力。…

「在這兩場『 會議』過後， 將正式開啟『他』使用權力的元年……。」在視訊畫面的另一端，於英國倫敦的居所內，一名留著俐落平頭、眼神靈動，講話帶點中國北方口音的男子，在面對《今周刊》詢問時，略微沉思了一下。 隨後，他吐出的話語，字句堅決而篤定。 這位男子，名叫沈棟，是出生於上海、在香港長大的中國連續創業家。事實上，沈棟的身分不僅是位「單純」的中國企業家，曾任北京政協委員與北京清華大學名譽受託人的他，另一個近年更廣為人知的身分，是中共前總理溫家寶夫人張培莉多年的商業夥伴。換言之，他曾是中共高層的「圈內人」。 至於沈棟口中的「兩場會議」，是目前正於北京舉行、分別在三月四日和五日開幕的第十四屆「中國人民政治協商會議」以及「全國人民代表大會」。而沈棟口中的「他」，是中國國家主席暨中共中央總書記習近平。 俗稱「兩會」的中國人民政治協商會議以及全國人民代表大會，普遍被認為是中國政府每年最重要的兩場會議。尤其適逢領導換屆，在兩會中，除了將確認一系列部會首長、政協委員等領導職位的任命外，也將公布攸關未來五年中國整體發展的政治與經濟政策訊息。…

摘自 LE FIGARO 清晨5點在冰島西南部的凱夫拉維克機場（Keflavík Airport），天色尚暗，空氣潮濕。一股強烈陣風，讓我們這架來自波士頓的航班，在降落時驚險萬狀。連我這種不信神的人，都開始祈求上蒼保佑。 不過完全沒有必要。冰島航空的機師泰然自若地應付著這個生死瞬間。在他們眼裡，這種強勁、狂暴的側風充其量只是返鄉時司空見慣的歡迎場面。 一個小時後，天還是沒亮，我慶幸自己抵抗誘惑，在機上的最後3小時滴酒未沾。冰島當地對酒駕的規定非常嚴格，而我正開著一輛租來的車，要到50公里外的雷克雅維克（Reykjavík）。我不免心想，在破曉前的一片漆黑中落地，又有「北歐黑色」風格電影一般的雨瀑相伴，這對2021年8月這趟遺世之旅，是再完美不過的開場了。 人在旅途往往充滿期待。冰島曾是丹麥的屬地，離冰島最近的陸塊是地圖上一片白色的格陵蘭。這個亞北極圈內的島國地廣人疏（居民數376,000人），堪稱人類最偏遠的居住地。因其地理位置，加上與歐盟的緊密關係，冰島有如歐洲的露台。我不知道自己會在這裡有什麼樣的發現。…

四月底，全台灣商用不動產最聚焦的話題，就是高鐵台中站正對面的超級大案──總開發面積十五．八三公頃，未來將規畫打造的「超級娛樂購物城」，於四月二十八日開標。這塊地上權七十年的商業用地，預計投資金額超過一五○億元，市場傳出包括國泰人壽、富邦人壽、南山人壽、新光三越、微風廣場等全台A咖聚集，都已磨刀霍霍準備投標。 「台中消費力太旺盛了，商用不動產熱到燙手，我上周曾在一天內，接到五個台中案子的委託，其中有商場評估、設計、市場調查等。過去一個月，我們有超過一半的時間都待在台中，這是從業以來沒有見過的情景。」房市專家瑞普萊坊市場研究暨顧問部總監黃舒衛表示。 商用不動產交易火熱 娛樂商場拔地而起A咖搶標高鐵購物城…

鐵鏽之城（Rust Belt city），是曾有輝煌重工業，如今卻失去活力的城市。在台灣，指的是高雄。曾經的世界第三大港，現在迎來歷史契機。《天下》獨家取得規劃報告，已荒廢多年、嚴重土壤污染的兩百公頃煉油廠，預計在兩年後，蓋出兩座十二吋晶圓廠。 台積進駐，可望成為港都轉型升級、擺脫低薪的最後一片拼圖。董事長劉德音原本斷言，近期不會投資高雄，為什麼不到一年就急轉彎？晶片大缺貨、百年大旱、加上政治人物的野心與效率，讓高雄人的夢想成真。 就像美國的「鐵鏽之城」匹茲堡，成功翻身為AI、機器人新聚落；北高雄也即將脫胎換骨，二十公里廊道，將有數萬名科技新貴，乘著捷運在四座高科技園區穿梭。新竹、台中、台南之後，終於，輪到高雄了。 二○二○年九月二十三日，國際半導體展論壇開始前，主講者台積董事長劉德音一臉嚴肅地現身，並罕見地主動在入口附近站定位。 「董事長有些話想跟大家說清楚，」現場人員小聲地說。 媒體立刻蜂擁而上，在他身邊圍得水洩不通。 「最近報紙上在講，台積未來在哪邊建廠、要不要去高雄？」劉德音開門見山，「報紙寫成我們要去，所以我們會跟政府，及各個管理局解釋清楚。」…

An imposing front door on a leafy red-brick Chelsea square slowly opens. “Please come in,” says a young woman, leading me up antique stone stairs framed by heavy velvet curtains to a landing where a tall, astral beauty, all limbs and silver hair braids, stretches out a bejewelled hand to elegantly shake mine. Kristen McMenamy, 56, iconic 1990s model, adored by the kings of photography from Avedon and Lindbergh to Teller and Meisel, ushers one of the two dogs at her feet into an adjacent room and shuts the door. “Come,” she says, as we all – Larry, the other dog, a sleek blonde German Shepherd, the girl and I – follow her down the corridor. She suddenly stops. “Oh, I nearly forgot,” she says, gesturing towards the other woman in…

一隻看不見、摸不到的病毒，顛覆全球七十八億人口的生活。 空蕩蕩的街道、渺無人煙的海灘，猶如電影《二十八週毀滅倒數：全球封閉》。對台灣而言，這些曾經虛幻的場景，如今卻全部都化為真實的日常。 二○○八年的金融海嘯，世界各國體認到過去追求經濟發展，忽視分配而出現反省聲浪；二○二○年的新冠病毒，卻讓狂飆下的高風險社會現了形。 「後疫情時代，中產階級充分感受到生活一夕之間逆轉，」台大社工系教授古允文說，當政府或社會沒有妥善的安全制度，人民只好透過搶保單來抵禦風險。 然而，世上沒有任何一張保單，可以保障我們所有幸福安康。病毒再強大，台灣終需從眼前的挫敗中再起，此時需要的是趁機重新省思過去經濟發展模式，以及在新生疫病和氣候變遷的催化下，打造給予人民美好生活、創造永續幸福的新模式。 為檢視台灣在各面向的發展狀況，《天下雜誌》依據OECD（經濟合作暨發展組織）從二○一一年起公布的「美好生活指數」（Better Life Index），進行二○二一「天下幸福生活指數」調查，以攸關人們生活和福祉的十一項領域，涵括二十四個主、客觀指標，全方位評比，並比照OECD四十個主要會員國和伙伴國家排名。（表1）…

THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO GET TO THE TRENCHES. He’d already walked for half an hour in his helmet through the mud, surrounded by generals and guards, and he insisted they continue. On the far side of some sagging power lines, the group could see the start of the Russian positions, well within reach of the snipers who had killed three Ukrainian soldiers two weeks before. But Volodymyr Zelensky refused to stop. “Our guys are over there, right?” the commander in chief asked one of his generals, who was advising the group to turn back. “They’ll hear I came all this way and didn’t come to see them. They’ll be upset.” Then Zelensky tossed a glance in my direction, spun around, and continued hiking through the brush. The gesture made me wonder: Was this…

Employees are starting to demand workspaces that don’t just hinder their health but actively contribute to it. Some companies may see biophilia as a bonus that can entice their teams back to the office and attract (and retain) talent – as Francesca Brady, CEO and cofounder of AirRated, which provides a certification for indoor air quality, says: ‘Feel-good and high-convenience amenities are key, while the ability to prove the health of an environment is the jewel in the crown.’ But biophilia is also an antidote to one of the downsides of the WFH phenomenon: isolation. ‘Working in home offices over the last few years has had a tremendous impact on our mental health, with many business leaders admitting that it has affected their employees’ ability to function as well as they…

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二○二三年，全球最褒貶兩極、擁護者與唱衰者最壁壘分明的企業，必然就是電動車龍頭廠特斯拉（Tesla）。 一月上旬，特斯拉旗下最熱銷兩大車款： Model 3與Model Y， 先後在中國、歐美、日韓等市場啟動大降價。以長程版的Model Y為例，美國消費者只要晚一天買車，就可以拿到便宜近兩成的價格，省下新台幣三十多萬元，而台灣市場也在一個月後，加入這波降價潮。 產品大降價 公司市值逆勢暴增 失去顧客信任 馬斯克無所謂 「之前買的虧大了！」「老車主被當盤子（台語「盼仔」的諧音，意指「凱子」）！」「韭菜割起來！」這些聲音，在台灣的車主間此起彼落；在中國，甚至有車主相約「維權」，跑到門市高喊退錢；在美國，則有消費者發起連署，企圖向該車廠追討折扣。 然而，一片罵聲中，特斯拉在去年重摔的資本市場，竟出現驚人翻轉。 總計今年初至二月中旬，該公司在短短一個半月內，股價從最低點的一○八美元，一路翻漲到二○八美元，帶動市值暴增逾三千億美元（約近九兆元新台幣）；反觀去年一整年，它股價、市 值雙雙蒸發近七成，該公司執行長馬斯克（Elon Musk），也因此交出坐了兩年的世界首富寶座。…

WHEN MONICA LEWINSKY EMERGED IN 2014 AFTER A DECADE OF QUIET EXISTENCE, SHE HAD A MESSAGE TO SHARE. SHE ALSO HAD A MASTER’S DEGREE IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, EARNED IN LONDON WHERE SHE HUNKERED DOWN FOR GRAD SCHOOL. VANITY FAIR PRINTED HER EXCLUSIVE FIRST-PERSON COMEBACK STORY IN 2014. THEN SHE TOOK the stage to tell of life after becoming “that woman” in one of history’s most widely broadcast sex scandals: “I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one, worldwide,” Lewinsky says in her 2015 TED Talk, which now has more than 18 million views. “I was patient zero of losing a personal reputation on the global scale, almost instantaneously.” The infamous 1998 incident with President Bill Clinton occurred at the dawn of the internet age — a…

FROM ITS INCEPTION, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE Station (ISS) was an improbable machine. As big as a football field and made of 17 pressurized modules and a pair of massive solar wings, the $150 billion spacecraft has been an instrument of research, exploration, and politics, built and maintained by 15 nations, led by the U.S. and Russia. Even as the war in Ukraine rages, NASA and Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, continue to cooperate in space. But what politics cannot break, time and age can. The ISS is getting old. Its first component was launched nearly 24 years ago, and orbital hardware can last only so long before equipment breaks down, small air leaks appear, and the constant punishment both by micrometeorites and the continual thermal cycling the station goes through on…

這一切要從我跟丈夫去看望隆尼弟弟說起。隆尼住在加拿大亞伯達省靠近洛磯山脈山麓的地區，而我家在安大略省，從他那兒往東跨兩個時區之遙。那裡地域遼闊，對我來說新奇的很。弟弟有一天說：「我有時會在附近看到野馬。」這引起了我的注意。我曾聽說加拿大西部有野馬，但就是這裡嗎？於是我決心一定要親眼看到牠們才肯罷休。 我一直是個愛馬的人，從小就騎馬了，12歲時已擁有自己的第一匹馬。所以我跟弟弟做了一些調查，然後在某天下午，一起去拜訪由「亞伯達省野馬協會」營運的一個非營利收容所。該收容所位於有許多野馬棲身其中、遼闊的公共野地之中，所裡的志工會照顧在野外受重傷或被馬群遺棄的野馬。對那些無法放歸自然的馬匹，他們會進行「馴化」，以便送養牠們，讓其安身在歡迎牠們的新家。 我們在參訪的過程中，近距離看到當地一群馬，由一匹深棕色公馬帶領來喝水。牠們實在太漂亮了，那天怎麼看都看不夠。於是，我拍攝亞伯達省野馬的追尋之旅就此啟程。…

Profile 全聯 成 立：1998年 董事長：林敏雄 資本額：30億元 營 收：2020年1450億元 主要業務：超市、量販、零售 Profile 林敏雄 出生：1950年 主要事業： 元利建設（董事長）、全聯實業（董事長）、華泰商銀（常務董事） 經歷：台北企銀辦事員 學歷： 台北商專（現為台北商業大學）夜間部 十月二十二日晚上八點多，超市之王全聯宣布收購法國歐尚集團（Auchan）及潤泰集團所持有的大潤發股權；簡單一紙新聞稿，竟牽動台灣零售市場四兆元產值的霸主爭奪戰。 超市之王把量販二哥納入麾下後，未來，全聯加總大潤發的年營收，有望突破一七○○億元，比超商霸主統一超的一六八一億元還要高。 這樁併購案，是全聯董事長林敏雄在台灣零售業的登頂之戰！ 「全聯與大潤發，將成為台灣零售業的全通路無敵玩家（unbeatable omnichannel player）！」大潤發賣家歐尚集團董事長Edgard Bonte這樣說。…

Maintaining smooth Wi-Fi performance and throughput for gaming, video streaming, and smart home devices is important, but now that so many folks are working from home with no end in sight, you’ve also got to consider important work applications and different modes of work communication, especially video conferencing. This is where whole-house coverage becomes more than a nice-to-have. Many of the latest wireless routers can provide strong coverage to most rooms of a typical medium-size house, but larger homes and dwellings with dense walls, multiple floors, metal and concrete substructures, and other structural impediments may require additional components to bring Wi-Fi to areas that the router can’t reach. Range extenders do a good job of filling in dead zones but typically provide only half the bandwidth that you get from your…

The first time I heard an MP3 file was back in 1995. It was some protodrum-and-bass track that I had downloaded to my PC from an FTP site, back when the web was just beginning to go mainstream. I don’t remember the name of the song or the artist. But I do remember I was stunned at how clear it sounded. It was a full four-minute digital audio track that, at just a couple of megabytes, was also small enough to download in a few minutes over a dial-up connection. Today, with the exception of a growing band of vinyl enthusiasts, everyone listens to digital music. The single biggest reason for that is the iconic Apple iPod. Almost overnight, the iPod was everywhere in the aughts, with giant billboard ads, TV…

Heard the one about how charging your phone overnight destroys its battery? How about this whopper: Macs can’t get viruses? There’s plenty of fake tech news floating around; each new generation of technology products and services begets even more false beliefs. A lot of those are pretty easy to discredit, but we found a few for this story that might make even our readers do a double-take! It’s possible you’re worried about something that isn’t true—or maybe something that used to be true but isn’t now, as new discoveries and updates cleared up the problem. Go through our list below and see if there’s something you thought was true but, well, isn’t. Then pass on the real deal to your friends, family, and social following, so they won’t fall prey to tech…

我們是美國，沒有什麼事情是我們無法一起做到的！」美國時間七月四日晚間，美國總統拜登在白宮南草坪舉辦的國慶日園遊會上，用這段話，為將近十五分鐘的致詞作結。 這場約千人出席的「派對」，相較於七月一日在北京天安門廣場舉行的中共建黨百年慶祝大典，規格顯得迷你；拜登著重美國如何逐漸擺脫疫情陰霾的談話，也明顯少了中共總書記習近平一番警告外來勢力恐將「頭破血流」的霸氣。 兩大強權，一周內的兩場慶典，東方巨龍的聲勢更為浩大，但華裔美籍的中國研究專家裴敏欣在中共建黨百年大典隔天撰文評論，對中國而言，「拜登，可能是更可怕的敵人。」理由是：「不同於川普以侮辱、威脅和關稅疏遠盟友，拜登修復了美國的聯盟，成功形塑一條相對團結的抗中戰線。」 六月，當台灣社會聚焦於新冠疫情，太平洋另一端的拜登政府則是連續出手，從最外顯的地緣政治，到5G戰、科技戰、金融戰，都像是在這一個月內完成了關鍵布陣，上任至今許多曖昧或決斷的背後意義，也似乎在此一個月間豁然開朗，攸關全球政經格局的「拜登規則」瞬間清晰──如同裴敏欣的解讀，這是一套「比川普更兇狠」的對中戰略。…

昨晚，我跟供應商談價錢，談到半夜兩點！」一位國際筆電大廠台灣分公司的採購人員一臉苦惱：「談到半夜，對方開的價錢還是很硬。」 他負責筆電各類線材的採購，近來銅價大漲，上游供應商給他的線材報價已經跟著調高，「以前，拗一下，上游會願意砍價，這一次，對方毫不鬆口。」他坦言，隨著各種零配件價格攀高，公司內部也開始有調漲產品售價的討論 早自今年一月，美國十年期公債殖利率就開始反映通膨預期一路向上，現在看來，這片烏雲的黑影不但沒有散去，反倒像是從金融市場一路擴散，慢慢地，迫近一般民生消費。 這一片黑壓壓的通膨烏雲有多沉重？場景回到美國，五月十二日，美國勞工部公布了四月分的消費者物價指數（CPI），年增率達四．二％，遠高於三月分的二．六％與市場預估的三．六％，寫下二○○八年九月以來新高。 若考慮去年同期因為封城導致的「低基期」效應，改以月增幅來看，四月CPI月增○．八％，不僅高於三月的○．六％，亦遠超出市場預估的○．二％，創下近十三年最大增幅；若扣除波動較大的「食品」與「能源」品項，月增率更是創一九八一年以來紀錄。一連串的「意料之外」，讓隔日美股開盤各類指數同步重挫。…

2012年7月，我和伴侶凱文、兩名朋友戴蒙和莉安娜在育空河上划獨木舟漂流結束，毫髮無損地上岸後，準備慶祝我們從北方荒野安全歸來。然而經歷了反常的雷暴並與熊不期而遇之後，我們萬萬沒有想到這次旅途最讓人焦慮不安的，反而是回家的這段車程。 我們把撞變形的獨木舟划進道森市，準備買下一班開往白馬市的巴士車票，因為要搭乘黎明時分飛往多倫多的航班，而從道森市到白馬市的車程是6小時，所以時間很緊湊，不能出任何差池。 但我們並未意識到這個星期巴士停駛了，所以當下只有兩個選擇擺在我們面前：（1）在道森市天長地久地住下去，或者（2）找一個有一輛大車的人，裝得下我們4個人和所有的裝備，而且這個人馬上就可前往白馬市。遊客服務中心的櫃檯人員察覺到我們不斷上升的焦灼感，前前後後打了不下⋯ ⋯ 欸唷，2,000通電話，最後大聲宣布： 「我大概找到人了！」 一輛老掉牙、已經褪色的米白廂型車，嘎嚓嘎嚓爬過來，從駕駛座上下來、咧著嘴笑的是史丹。他的年紀在60開外，身材瘦高，繫著螢光黃吊褲帶，頂著一頭卷曲的銀髮。他自我介紹是專業生日小丑， 並笑說他的車子最近不太靈光，還驚詫克朗代克公路竟然如此偏僻，…

九月中，一張標著「Foxtron」黑色電動車的偷拍照片，突然出現在PTT論壇上，讓原本排在一個月後「鴻海科技日」亮相的祕密武器，提早曝光。Foxtron是鴻華先進的英文名，是鴻海與裕隆的合資公司。 「Foxtron的牌子都拍出來了，我們想否認也否認不了，」坐在土城總部接受《天下》專訪，鴻海集團董事長劉揚偉語氣雖然懊惱，「但車長得還不錯吧!」話鋒一轉，他嘴角藏不住笑意反問。 一改之前代工廠隱姓埋名的遊戲規則，在矽谷創業，二○一九年接任鴻海董事長的劉揚偉，二○年起，仿效蘋果等科技大廠舉辦科技日。以鴻海之名，一方面展現技術軍火，一方面設定時間死線，加速鴻海內部與關係企業的轉型速度。 今年，他將在鴻海科技日展示兩台轎車、一台電動巴士。「去年科技日，我承諾組聯盟造車，今年就要讓外界看到成果。」他設定節奏，未來每年科技日，都將是前一年承諾的驗收日。 破除「守成」董事長印象變身總司令，從代工霸主變未來車共主 電動車是劉揚偉一生懸命的戰場。從創辦人郭台銘手上接下董事長的棒子，外界認為小郭台銘五歲、現年六十五歲卻看起來比實際年齡年輕的劉揚偉，只會扮演一名強人羽翼下，「守成」的董事長。…

The public beta of macOS Monterey, released by Apple in early July, doesn’t look surprisingly new. Exceptions include Safari, which gets a dynamically resizing tab bar and other conveniences, and FaceTime, which gets a background-blurring portrait mode and screen-sharing features. As you get more familiar with Monterey, however, you’ll find improvements and conveniences everywhere and may wonder how you managed without them. This is because Apple’s annual updates to the Mac operating system tend to have a regular rhythm. Massive updates arrive on even-numbered years: Big Sur, for example, the 2020 update to macOS that was also the first version that ran on Apple Silicon hardware. Updates in odd-numbered years, such as Monterey, look more or less like the previous version but come with under-the-hood improvements that may do more for…

In the late 18th century, theorist Jeremy Bentham created the perfect prison. With cells laid out in a circle around a central guard tower, all the prisoners could be observed by a single guard—or, importantly, would assume they were being observed. He called it the “Panopticon,” but it’s best known (thanks largely to Michel Foucault) as a metaphor for the power of the surveillance state. In 2013, roughly 230 years after Bentham’s conceptual prison, a series of leaks eventually attributed to Edward Snowden blew the lid off the National Security Agency’s mass wiretap and intercept program. Shock, confusion, and anger followed. The furor led to the bizarre sight of the NSA head as a keynote speaker at the Black Hat security conference and the shuttering of the program. We all slept…

IN THEORY WHY ROOKIE CEOs OUTPERFORM Experienced executives rely too much on old playbooks. WHEN SEEKING THE best CEO candidate, boards might begin with lofty goals. But directors recognize that a botched succession could hurt their reputations (not to mention their shareholders), so in many cases they end up focusing not only on the upside potential of a candidate but also on the downside risk, asking: Who is the safest choice? Who is least likely to fail? And their answer is often the candidate with prior experience in the top job. In fact, the share of newly hired CEOs who previously held the role has quadrupled since 1997 and now stands at 16%. In most endeavors, experience is a good thing. But new research from the executive recruiting and leadership advisory firm Spencer Stuart…

決戰十二月十八日，「四大公投」投票日剩下不到一個月，正、反方展開大辯論，互不相讓。 四大提案中，包括是否同意重啟核四（位於新北貢寮的龍門核能發電廠）、中油第三天然氣接收站（桃園觀塘液化天然氣接收站，以下簡稱三接）遷離桃園大潭藻礁海岸這兩案，牽動台灣「減煤增氣」、「非核家園」的能源轉型路線是否還能持續走下去。 涉及供電、減空汙、生態保護等層面的三接，從連署、成案，不同主張持續交鋒、爭吵不斷，公投若過，目前已施工近三年的三接要停工遷更是一場影響台灣能源轉型成敗的關鍵戰役。 想像一下，當台灣不要核電、不要燃煤造成空汙、要持續減碳，要綠電、天然氣等能源轉型，也要台積電、台商回流等經濟發展，又期待供電穩定、不缺電，同時還能顧及環境生態……，怎麼可能做到？這是正反雙方交鋒的火線時刻，也是全民價值選擇的關鍵時刻，這時，沒有人是局外人，取捨絕對是必要的。 三接爭議，到底吵什麼？釐清四大關鍵提問，答案或許跟你想的不一樣。 關鍵提問１》遷三接影響供電？ 全台調度更吃緊 關鍵提問一：三接遷離現址，不會影響電力供應？答案是，不只電力調度更吃緊，減煤成果也可能倒退。 打開經濟部能源局二○ 一九、二○…

四月二十六日，星宇航空創辦人張國煒親自執飛，台北洛杉磯的首航。 這是重要性不亞於三年前開航的飛行任務。 飛向北美天空，意味著星宇從區域走向國際。猶如四十年前，張國煒的父親張榮發獨排眾議，大膽開出橫跨太平洋與大西洋的雙向環球航線，讓長榮海運由亞洲船公司變成世界第一。 「他們（父子）DNA是一樣的，都很有魄力、很有魅力，」長榮集團出身、前中菲行執行長林天送評論。 北美首航，轉動了星宇最關鍵的中轉客商模。這位台灣唯一、世界少數同時擁有機師和維修證照的航空公司董事長，要驗證自己「從王子變成King（國王）」，只能贏不能輸的不可能任務。 首航倒數前兩天，星宇航空的營運大腦，張國煒與執行長翟健華所在的內湖總部十六樓，透明辦公室一目了然，從主管房內到開放空間的討論區，沒有一張會議桌是空的，都處於作戰模式。就連秘書遞送文件也都急如風、甚至小跑步。 競爭對手不是兩位老大哥 當年， 看好亞洲成為世界工廠，張榮發大膽擴張海運版圖，捉住趨勢破浪。而張國煒眼中的航空市場，「台灣的地理位置這麼好，如果你善用它，台灣市場無限大，真的太大了，」張國煒左右手，翟健華提高音調分析。…

那一天珍‧葛雷斯打開彼得‧理察斯的店門時， 他是全鎮最孤獨的人。彼得的店鋪是祖父傳下來的。小小的櫥窗裡凌亂擺著各種老古董：百年前戴的手鐲和盒式項鏈墜、金戒指和銀匣子、玉石象牙藝品、陶瓷小人偶等等。 在那個冬天的下午，一個小孩站在櫥窗前，額頭抵著玻璃，睜大眼睛認真研究每一樣被捨棄的寶物， 彷彿在尋找某種特別的東西。最後她滿意地挺直身體，走進店裡。 店裡有些陰暗， 甚至比櫥窗還凌亂。貨架上塞滿珠寶盒、決鬥手槍、時鐘和燈，地板堆著柴架、曼陀林琴和各種叫不出知名的東西。櫃檯後站著彼得本人， 不到30 歲， 但頭髮已經有些灰白。彼得的神情透著淒涼，看著小顧客將未戴手套的雙手平放在櫃檯上。 她說：「先生，可以請你讓我看看櫥窗裡的那串藍珠嗎？」彼得分開布簾，拎出一條項鍊，攤開給她看。蒼白的手掌襯托得綠松石熠熠生輝。 「太完美了，」那孩子說，完全是自言自語。「可以麻煩您把它漂漂亮亮地包好嗎？」 彼得冷冷地端詳她：「你要買這條項鍊送人？」 「送我姊姊，她很照顧我。你知道嗎，這是媽媽過世後的第一個聖誕節，我一直在找最棒的禮物送給姊姊。」 彼得小心翼翼地問：「你有多少錢？」…

金石建設老闆、「桌球狂人」柯建利 深耕嘉義基層、組建校隊 要發掘更多「小林同學」 小白球在要價不菲的Donic藍色桌球桌上快速跳躍，一個不帶旋轉的短球過網，彈跳，柯建利左腳蹬地，快速起板，在網前迅速正手搏殺，兔起鶻落，白球飛快地轉了起來，在空中畫出狠辣的弧圈，迅雷不及掩耳，「啪嗒！」碰桌閃到被釘住的對手身後。 「就！就勒！」柯建利握拳大吼，眼神非常凌厲。不過只來回幾球，他對桌球的痴迷和「熱血笨蛋」風格的狂人氣質，就已經展露無遺。至於「就勒！」到底是什麼意思？他笑笑說，他也不清楚，不過聽聲辨義，他應該是把「加油」兩字連在一起速念。 最近，柯建利光喊「就！就勒！」就喊到聲嘶力竭，東京奧運期間，他日夜守著台灣選手的每場比賽、每顆球，他們表現好不好，這個「就勒！」都要喊出聲的。隔著一片海，就如同外界封給他的諢號：「桌球狂人」，柯建利在嘉義，丹田使勁，耗盡心神，和在海外征戰的台灣精英一起使盡全力。 三十六歲的柯建利有好幾個身分，首先，他是家族企業「金石建設」董事長，接班六年，公司經營得有聲有色。金石在嘉義是老字號建設公司，去年更創佳績，推出他上任後第七、第八、第九個案子，營業額突破二十億元。…

為什麼一家市值原本高居世界第六、亞洲第一的巨獸級企業，會在半年內蒸發十兆新台幣、相當於七個鴻海的市值？為什麼這家公司跌落神壇的背後，是宣告一個中國最「夯」產業正在告別十年榮景，以及一場大規模的產業重整？又是為何，台灣將無法置身事外？ 這家在資本市場締造悲情紀錄的主角，是騰訊。台灣電競玩家對它肯定不陌生，諸如《英雄聯盟》、《部落衝突》等熱門遊戲的開發商，都是由它實質掌控；台灣消費者經常網購的「蝦皮購物」，其新加坡母公司的最大股東，也是總部位於中國深圳的騰訊。 它是目前全球最大的遊戲公司。十年來，透過不斷投資併購，騰訊直接、間接擁有的遊戲公司超過一五○家，每年來自遊戲的營收比任天堂、索尼還龐大；它也是全球第二大社群媒體商，僅次於霸主臉書（Facebook），它的「微信」（WeChat）每月活躍用戶數逾十二億，幾乎是中國上網人口，這個基礎，也讓它的「微信支付」穩居中國第二大支付工具。…

The most recent round of 6G speculation was kicked off by China launching what it had billed as “the first 6G satellite” in early November. That billing is wrong. The satellite is not 6G. The 6G standard doesn’t even exist yet, and it’s still years away from being set. The “6G satellite” label is a marketing blurb connected to the increasingly tense geopolitical battle between the US and China over setting wireless standards. The tiny grain of truth in this soufflé of silliness is that the satellite’s purpose is to test terahertz-frequency radio technology, which in theory will be some part of the 6G standard. This is just one example of the many confusing and contradictory things being said about 6G networks and technology by telecom companies, phone manufacturers, and governments.…

If New York is a city of reinvention, it’s also a place of perpetual wistfulness, of missing people and things that are gone. Every day, even in the best of times, something you love about New York disappears: your favorite restaurant can’t hack it; the awesome little card store had to close because people stopped sending cards. With life comes attrition. The guy who used to fix your shoes just got old and, one day, he died—there was no one to take over his business. Those of us who live here now, as the city tries to shimmer back to life amid the seemingly endless COVID crisis, feel that toothache of the heart every time we pass one of our many shuttered storefronts. Yet those of us who lived here on…

THE BEST STEPPING-STONE to the corner office is changing. The vast majority of new CEOs still come from within: For example, in 2020, 77% of new S&P 500 CEOs were internal promotions. But whereas 20 years ago chief operating officers were the overwhelming favorites, accounting for 76% of such appointments, they have lost significant ground and look to be overtaken soon by another group of aspirants: division heads. According to a new study, however, neither cohort is the most likely to deliver outstanding results. “Leapfrog CEOs”—leaders appointed from one level below C-suite officers or division heads, with titles such as senior vice president and general manager—have the best odds of steering their firms into the top quartile of performers. A NEW FOCUS ON COMPLEXITY AND OPPORTUNITY As part of a large ongoing…

摘自 THE ATAVIST 麗塔．海恩斯大腹便便地踏上這間偏鄉醫院的木階梯。那天是1962年12月7日，她圓滾滾的肚子正隨著每一次的宮縮收緊。在醫院裡的她，感覺下腹的疼痛越來越劇烈，起初還能忍受，但到了夜裡就開始劇痛難耐。午夜時分剛過，新生兒來報到，哭聲響徹雲霄。是個男孩，她將孩子取名叫克萊倫斯．彼得．海恩斯。小克萊倫斯隨後就被安置在育嬰室的搖床中，而麗塔則是在女病房休息。 克萊倫斯小名是「克萊」，在加拿大一個叫聖伯納（St. Bernard’s ）的漁村長大。這個像靴子一般的半島，位於紐芬蘭島（New found land）南部，臨北大西洋側的財富灣（Fortune Bay）。克萊的父親切斯是漁夫，海恩斯一家在克萊之後，又陸續生了好幾個孩子。男孩子同睡一個房間，克萊睡在雙層床的上舖。弟弟們的皮膚都比克萊要白，克萊的皮膚則為淺棕色，頂著一頭濃密的深色頭髮。隨著年齡漸長，他那輪廓分明的面貌和肌肉結實的身材，讓他成了當地的萬人迷。他開著海軍藍雪佛蘭出現在鎮上時，聖伯納的妙齡少女無一不為之心動。…

所謂「跨界」，必須先在既有範疇踩下沉著有力的腳印，再穩健跨步到全新領域，並且又領風騷。不容易，但是富邦集團做到了！ 今年以來，集團核心事業富邦金控市值成長8成，背後動能是改寫金控業歷史紀錄的獲利表現。 另一事業富邦媒體科技同樣精采，市值狂升逾2倍，穩坐電商龍頭寶座，甚至撼動國內零售版圖。 然而他們的腳步沒有停下，還在持續不斷嘗試新的事物。對於這個站在浪尖上的老集團，你必須重新認識。 Profile 富邦集團 成立：60年 創辦人：蔡萬才 董事長：蔡明忠 上市公司： 富邦金控、台灣大哥大、富邦媒體科技 集團總市值： 1.54兆元（至10月底止） 主要非上市公司： 凱擘股份有限公司、富邦建設 跨足領域： 金融、電信、電商、有線電視、營建、體育 Profile 蔡明忠（左） 出生：1956年 現職：台灣大哥大董事長 經歷： 富邦金控董事長 學歷： 台大法律系美國喬治城大學法學碩士 家庭： 育有2子2女，蔡承穎、蔡承道、蔡承融、蔡承翰 Profile 蔡明興（右） 出生：1957年 現職：富邦金控董事長 經歷： 富邦綜合證券董事長 學歷： 台大商學系美國紐約大學史登商學碩士 家庭：…

艾德溫．芮斯特是美國青年長笛手，對手工製的假蠅餌十分着迷，而阿佛列．羅素．華萊士則是19世紀英國首屈一指的博物學家和探險家。這兩人之間能有什麼共通之處？ 在2009年6月24日，自然史博物館的保全人員巡邏時注意到建築物附近的地上有碎玻璃。他掃視四周，眼睛最後停在頭上破碎的窗戶上。 他急忙進去館內，通知館員可能有人闖入了。 警方抵達後開始收集線索，檢查了破窗附近收藏鳥皮的櫃子，並在館外進行地毯式搜索。博物館的鳥皮收藏由資深館員馬克．亞當斯負責，他立刻衝去檢查那些最珍貴的標本。 他一邊擔心會不會發生了最糟的情況，一邊提心吊膽打開櫃子查看鎮館之寶：達爾文乘小獵犬號出航，在加拉巴哥島採集到的雀鳥，還有度度鳥、大海雀等絕種鳥類的皮羽和骨架，以及美國愛鳥者約翰．奧杜邦的鳥類畫作。 艾德溫．芮斯特當時在倫敦皇家音樂學院學習長笛。 幸好，看起來什麼都不少。 大家不約而同鬆了一口氣。歹徒似乎把頭探進來看了一看，發現沒有什麼值錢的東西，便兩手空空離開了。 於是館方並未下令把館藏清查一遍。但就算想這麼做，以博物館精簡的人力，要清點完超過1,500個櫥櫃裡的75萬件標本，至少要花上好幾星期。…

看全球經濟，各家外資機構對二○二二年的普遍定調是「回歸正常化」。經濟成長從過去一年的「強復甦」格局，至二二年下半年可能走回疫情前的「溫和成長」，過程中，資金環境也在美國聯準會轉趨收縮資金的態度下，疫情後的瘋狂資金派對料將逐漸降溫。 在這樣的總體經濟環境中，二二年的台股又將展現何種風貌？根據《今周刊》針對三十八位投資機構主管與台股大戶、投資名家進行的「二○二二年台股投資展望」調查，若綜合整體看法，某種程度倒也符合「溫和成長」的全球局勢判斷。這部分，可先從指數預測開始看起。 台股轉趨震盪 Q1萬九呼聲高、Q4觀樂迎二萬一 固然，本次調查中有七一％受訪者認為台股「有機會」攻上二萬點，但若細問「最有可能」出現的加權指數高點與低點，市場普遍對「攻萬九，守萬六」較有信心。 其中，看好二二年台股大盤指數的高點落在「萬八之上、萬九以下」的占比高達五成，認為在「萬九之上，不滿二萬」的占比達三二％。至於低檔區間， 以「 萬六之上」占比最高達五三％，一五％則認為「萬七」有撐。 以這樣的結果來看，加權指數一萬六千點至一萬九千點的大箱型區間，…

For years, security researchers have complained about the problems with passwords and dreamed of a better, password-free future. But that glorious dream remains elusive—this clunky, outdated technology is still the best solution we have. PROBLEMATIC PASSWORDS What has made passwords so compelling is that they solve multiple problems simultaneously. A password verifies the identity of an individual, since only the correct person would know the correct password. Requiring a password limits access to files and infrastructure, allowing multiple people with different levels of access to use the same systems. Most important, a password lives outside the computer, safely stored in someone’s head. Unfortunately, passwords have not kept pace with the number of sites and services that require them. In 2018, password manager Dashlane reported that the average person had 150 accounts that required…

On Sept. 1, Texas enacted an extreme law that effectively ended abortion care in the state. Since then, clinics in states on the western and northern borders have seen a dramatic increase in patient visits and calls from abortion funds. But here in the Gulf region, not much has changed. And that might be the most alarming news of all. There is no region more crippled by abortion restrictions than the Deep South. Across the more than 800 miles along the Gulf Coast between the eastern edge of Texas and the end of the Florida panhandle, there are fewer than a dozen abortion clinics, and Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama require a waiting period of 24 or 48 hours between in-person visits to the clinic. That means a traveling patient must either…

On an April day in Manhattan, Erin Fox emerged from the giant glass building where she had gotten her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The Javits Center, home to comic-book confabs and one highly dramatic presidential nonvictory, had become a key hub of a New York City vaccination effort inoculating close to 100,000 people a day. It was now “operational nirvana,” said Fox, a vice president of operations for Kaplan North America, who was in and out with her shot in under half an hour. Walking into the afternoon sun, Fox felt “surprisingly emotional,” almost like “back-to-school jitters.” It was finally warm enough to loosen her jacket. “It’s like the COVID spring,” she says. “It’s poetic that people are getting vaccinated just as spring is coming, and spring is a symbol…