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. # 單字 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. # 單字 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. # 單字 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. # 單字 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. # 單字 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. # 單字 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。

As more companies, especially in the tech sector, lay off thousands in New Year, Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has become a go-to platform for those who have been sacked, with some affected users forming groups to provide assistance to others. Some LinkedIn groups are providing assistance around signing exit paperwork and aiding with connections for new jobs. # 單字 surge 急遽上升 There has been a surge in* housepricesrecently.* 最近房價飛漲。 desperate 非常糟糕的 *The *situation* is desperate - we have no food, very little water and no medicalsupplies.* 形勢非常嚴峻——我們沒有食物和藥物，只有很少的水。 sector 領域 *In the *financial* sector, banks and insurancecompanies have both lost a lot of money.* 在金融領域，銀行和保險公司都損失嚴重。 sack 開除 They sacked her for* being late.* 因爲遲到，他們把她開除了。 aid 幫助 She went to the* aid of a man trapped in his car.* 她去幫助一個困在車中的男子。

After being forced to sell back Giphy by UK regulators, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has been hit by a $414 million fine by Irish regulators for violating privacy norms. It has also been banned from forcing personalised ads on European users. Meta's business relies largely on ads which target users based on their online activity, but the two fines and a ban on doing so in the EU, will deal a major blow to its revenue model. # 單字 regulators 監管機構 I don't think our regulators are fully keeping up with technology, and there's some improvement to be done there. 我不認為我們的監管機構有跟上科技潮流，他們仍然有改進空間。 violating 違反 They were charged with violating federal law. 他們被控違犯了聯邦法律。 major blow 重大打擊 When we lost that, I think it was a major blow. 當我們失去它時，我認為這是一個重大打擊。

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's parents have been getting physical threats since the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, his lawyers said. In a court filing, the lawyers added that his parents "received a steady stream of threatening correspondence, including communications expressing a desire that they suffer physical harm". His parents are professors at Stanford Law School. # 單字 bankrupt 破產 He went bankrupt after only a year in business. 他僅僅做了一年的生意就破產了。 threatened 受威脅的 The panda is the best known of our threatened species. 熊貓是世界上最著名的瀕危物種。 steady stream 源源不絕 Clean energy that's created a steady stream of good jobs. 潔淨能源將能創造源源不絕的好工作。

According to the new "Twitter Files", the US government pressured Twitter to elevate certain COVID-19 information while suppressing other content, while the platform suspended reputable medical professionals who disagreed with establishment views during the peak of the pandemic. The latest instalment of the "Twitter Files" by independent journalist David Zweig details how the microblogging service "rigged the Covid debate." # 單字 suppress 鎮壓 The Hungarian uprising in 1956 was suppressed by the Soviet Union. 1956年匈牙利起義受到蘇聯武力鎮壓。 suspended 停止 The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather. 因為天氣惡劣，渡船已經停開。 instalment （小說分期連載的）一節； The novel has been serialized for radio in* five instalments.* 這部小說已在電台進行了五次分期播送。 （分期付款的）一期 We agreed to pay for* the car* in* instalments.* 我們同意分期付款購買汽車。

Elon Musk has become the first person ever to lose $200 billion from his net worth, Bloomberg reported. The 51-year-old's fortune peaked at $340 billion in November 2021 and he remained the world's richest person until Bernard Arnault overtook him earlier this month. His net worth now stands at $137 billion. His fortune declined as Tesla shares plummeted this year. fortune She inherited a fortune from her grandmother. 她從祖母那裡繼承了一大筆財産。 plummeted House prices have plummeted in recent months. 房價近幾個月來暴跌。