>Machine connects human brain
電腦或能連接人類大腦

Elon Musk has revealed his Neuralink startup is close to announcing the first brain-machine interface to connect humans and computers.
企業(yè)家埃隆?馬斯克近日表示，其創(chuàng)業(yè)公司"神經(jīng)連接"即將公布首個(gè)腦機(jī)交互界面，該界面可將人腦和計(jì)算機(jī)連接起來(lái)。

The entrepreneur took to Twitter to tell followers the technology would be "coming soon" – though he failed to provide details.
馬斯克在推特上告訴粉絲說(shuō)，這項(xiàng)技術(shù)"即將實(shí)現(xiàn)"，但他沒(méi)有透露細(xì)節(jié)。

Neuralink was set up in 2016 with the ambitious goal of developing hardware to enhance the human brain, however, little about how this will work has been made public.
神經(jīng)連接公司成立于2016年，其龐大的目標(biāo)是開發(fā)能增強(qiáng)人腦功能的計(jì)算機(jī)硬件，但具體實(shí)現(xiàn)方式鮮少對(duì)公眾透露。

Musk has frequently claimed the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) poses an existential risk to humanity.
馬斯克已屢次重申，人工智能的飛速發(fā)展可能威脅到人類的生存。

Such an interface, he says, is essential if humans are to compete with such technology in the future.
他說(shuō)，如果人類將來(lái)注定要和智能科技展開競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，腦機(jī)交互就非常重要了。

At a technology conference in 2016, Musk said humans risked being treated like house pets by AI machines if a brain-computer interface was not built.
馬斯克曾在2016年的一次科技會(huì)議上說(shuō)，如果不建立腦機(jī)交互系統(tǒng)，將來(lái)人工智能機(jī)器就會(huì)像對(duì)待家養(yǎng)寵物一樣對(duì)待人類。

"I don't love the idea of being a house cat, but what's the solution? I think one of the solutions that seems maybe the best is to add an AI layer."
他說(shuō)："我不想成為家貓，那該怎么解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題呢？我覺(jué)得似乎最好的辦法就是在人腦中增加一個(gè)人工智能分層。"

>Shanghai tops in big earners
滬月薪過(guò)萬(wàn)者比例最高

Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen are the three Chinese mainland cities with the highest proportion of high-income earners, according to a newly released survey.
一份新發(fā)布的調(diào)查顯示，上海、北京和深圳是內(nèi)地月薪過(guò)萬(wàn)人數(shù)占比最高的三個(gè)城市。

In Shanghai, 35.09% of respondents earn a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan, followed by Beijing and Shenzhen, where 35.07% and 26.91%, respectively, earn the same amount, the survey said. The survey was published jointly by Tencent's wealth management platform Licaitong, Tencent Financial Technology Think Tank and Penguin Intelligence on Tuesday.
這份由騰訊理財(cái)通、騰訊金融科技智庫(kù)與騰訊網(wǎng)企鵝智庫(kù)23日聯(lián)合發(fā)布的調(diào)查報(bào)告稱，在上海，35.09%的受訪者月薪過(guò)萬(wàn)，北京和深圳月薪過(guò)萬(wàn)的受訪者占比緊隨其后，分別為35.07%和26.91%。

Nanjing and Hangzhou rank fourth and fifth, with 19.37% and 18.6%, respectively, of respondents earning 10,000 yuan per month, while Guangzhou comes sixth with 14.74%.
南京、杭州、廣州的月薪過(guò)萬(wàn)人數(shù)占比分別為19.37%、18.6%、14.74%，排在第四、五、六位。

Internet, real estate and finance are the three industries that offer the highest wages, the survey said.
調(diào)查報(bào)告稱，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、房地產(chǎn)和金融是薪資最高的三個(gè)行業(yè)。

The survey also shows that work experience does not play a vital role in determining one's wage level. Of the respondents with more than 10 years' experience, only 22.44% earn more than 10,000 yuan per month.
調(diào)查還顯示，工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)對(duì)薪資水平的影響不大，工作10年以上的受訪者中月薪過(guò)萬(wàn)人數(shù)比例僅為22.44%。

>Adobe to kill off Flash
2020年Flash將被淘汰

Adobe Systems has said that it plans to phase out its Flash Player plug-in by the end of 2020.
Adobe Systems公司表示，計(jì)劃在2020年底前逐步淘汰Flash播放器插件。

The technology was once one of the most widely used ways for people to watch video clips and play games online.
該技術(shù)曾經(jīng)是人們觀看視頻片段和玩在線游戲最為常用的途徑之一。

But it also attracted much criticism, particularly as flaws in its code meant it became a popular way for hackers to infect computers.
但此項(xiàng)技術(shù)也招致諸多批評(píng)，特別是代碼缺陷使其成為黑客常用的感染計(jì)算機(jī)的方式。

In recent years, much of its functionality has been offered by the rival HTML5 technology.
近年來(lái)，F(xiàn)lash的許多功能都已經(jīng)被競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手HTML5技術(shù)所取代。

"Flash fulfilled its promise for a while but it never saw the mobile device revolution coming and ultimately that's what killed it," said apps developer Malcolm Barclay.
應(yīng)用開發(fā)者馬爾科姆?巴克利稱："Flash滿足了人們的短期需求，但它從未預(yù)見(jiàn)移動(dòng)設(shè)備革命的到來(lái)，最終因此被淘汰。"

>'6th extinction' quickens
第六次大滅絕速度加快

The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned.
科學(xué)家們警告稱，地球生物"第六次大滅絕"的速度比人們擔(dān)心的還要快。

More than 30% of animals with a backbone - fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals - are declining in both range and population, according to the first comprehensive analysis of these trends.
對(duì)動(dòng)物滅絕趨勢(shì)的首項(xiàng)全面分析顯示，超過(guò)30%的脊椎動(dòng)物(魚類、鳥類、兩棲動(dòng)物、爬行動(dòng)物和哺乳動(dòng)物)的種類和數(shù)量都在減少。

Around a decade ago, experts feared that a new planetary wipeout of species was looming.
專家們?cè)诖蠹s十年前就擔(dān)心新一輪全球性物種滅絕即將到來(lái)。

Today, most agree that it is underway, but the new study suggests that it is already ratcheting up a gear.
現(xiàn)在多數(shù)專家都一致認(rèn)為新一輪物種滅絕已經(jīng)開始，但新研究表明，物種滅絕的速度已經(jīng)加快。

The 177 mammal species that were monitored have lost at least a third of their original habitat between 1900 and 2015, researchers found.
研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，1900-2015年間，他們所觀測(cè)的177種哺乳動(dòng)物已經(jīng)失去了至少1/3的原始棲息地。

The loss of biodiversity has recently accelerated. Several species of mammals that were relatively safe one or two decades ago are now endangered, including cheetahs, lions and giraffes, the study showed.
生物多樣性的減少最近加速了。該研究顯示，包括獵豹、獅子和長(zhǎng)頸鹿在內(nèi)的數(shù)種哺乳動(dòng)物在一二十年前還相對(duì)安全，而現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)處于瀕危狀態(tài)。

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