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US approves sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine
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The US has approved the sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, a critically-needed munition for defence against escalating Russian aerial attacks, after Kyiv said deliveries had been delayed in recent months.

The US State Department said the advanced PAC-3 interceptor missiles would cost $2.1bn (£1.6bn) and would be "funded entirely" by Kyiv's allies in Europe and Canada.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly urged the US to speed up deliveries of its Patriots - the only effective weapon in downing Russia's deadly ballistic missiles.

The latest move comes just days after a row between Zelensky and Donald Trump, with the US president saying it was time for Ukraine to get a new leader to try to end the war with Russia.

In Friday's statement, the State Department said "this proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a partner country that is a force for political and economic stability in Europe".

It said "Ukraine will pay for this purchase with donations from Canada, Germany, and Norway via the JUMPSTART program and national funds, financed by the European Union's Ukraine Support Loan".

The statement said the "principal contractor" would be American company Lockheed Martin, adding that "no US funds are involved in this sale".

Zelensky said earlier this week that his country had been waiting almost a month for the US to sign off on critical missile supplies.

And in a Telegram post late on Friday, the Ukrainian president reported that earlier in the day Russian ballistic missiles had struck two of the country's regions.

"They continue to carry out terrorist strikes against our cities," he said.

Zelensky has recently admitted that Ukraine was running critically low on Patriots, as Russia was intensifying its attacks on key energy infrastructure ahead of winter.

Kyiv desperately needs the interceptors but there is a global shortage of the munitions due to their use by the US in its war against Iran.

It is not clear what the production schedule will be for the Patriots - but it is understood the order is for new builds rather than existing missiles, meaning there is unlikely to be any kind of rapid delivery to Ukraine.

Patriots also have lengthy production times, with only 600 missiles produced per year according to the US Department of Defence.

In July, Trump said Washington had "not agreed" to license Ukraine to produce Patriots - three weeks after offering the country such a right.

Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea
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Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, says it has frozen around half of the funds stolen in a "complex" hack, after $6.3bn (£4.7bn) was accessed in what is believed to be a record heist.

The firm said $3bn of its stolen digital assets had been secured - but many were still in the hands of unidentified hackers. It initially thought an engineer's laptop had been compromised, allowing unauthorised withdrawals, but later said the attack was wider.

Several analytics firms have linked the hack, which eclipses a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) heist on the Bybit exchange in 2025, to a North Korean hacking unit.

The US Secret Service said it was "working around the clock" "to identify, freeze, trace, and recover" stolen funds.

America's lead federal agency for investigating financial crimes added that it would "identify the cyber criminals responsible and bring them to justice", while Binance also said it was working with the FBI.

While Binance said its US-facing exchange was unaffected, the US would still have jurisdiction to investigate the hack and help track down stolen funds - an effort which generally involves a global law enforcement effort.

The hack also involved some US-linked assets, such as stablecoins Tether and Circle – cryptocurrencies pegged to the dollar.

Binance told its users "your money is safe, and we're covering every loss".

It had initially suspended all deposits and withdrawals - but then said in an update that "deposits remain unaffected".

Celebrity Traitors comes to a climax in nail-biting final
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Spoiler warning: This story reveals details of The Celebrity Traitors final

We've had four weeks of suspense, suspicion and very suspect tactics, as some of Britain's biggest stars engaged in a battle of wits to win the most popular show on TV.

The second series of The Celebrity Traitors reached its climax on Friday, with the 21 original contestants having been reduced to seven before the final.

They were then whittled down to two winners - with the faithful duo of comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Heartstopper actor Sebastian "Bash" Croft emerging victorious.

The players successfully banished the remaining traitors - Love Island host Maya Jama and YouTuber King Kenny - in dramatic fashion, and the winning pair shared the £83,000 prize for their charities.

Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court
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Riot police were deployed to prevent any demonstrators from entering the court building.

In a social media post, the Constitutional Court wrote that the two judges the government wants to prosecute were still the legally appointed senior justices of the court.

"All persons participating in these actions are committing the crime of a coup d'etat," it said.

In a social media post, Tusk wrote: "Restoring the rule of law is our duty. After years of Law and Justice's lawlessness, this is a difficult, sometimes painful process that requires decisive action. There is no other way."

President Karol Nawrocki, who is backed by PiS, ordered his plane be turned back to Warsaw on his way to Senegal to attend the Summer Youth Olympic Games.

The PiS-led government took office in 2015 and moved swiftly to appoint judges to the court to gain a majority there because the court has the power to decide on the legality of legislation.

Leading European courts - the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union - subsequently ruled the PiS majority had elected three of the judges improperly because they were duplicating positions that had been validly filled by the previous parliament.

The European courts ruled Poland's Constitutional Court was no longer an "independent and impartial tribunal", and Tusk's government has used those rulings as a basis to stop publishing the tribunal's rulings.

Tusk has failed to undo the PiS-era changes, partially because Nawrocki and his PiS-backed predecessor Andrzej Duda used their presidential vetoes to block his attempts.

Nawrocki has also refused to swear in five Constitutional Court judges elected by parliament since March on the grounds of alleged flaws in their selection procedure.

One of those judges, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, has now been placed in temporary charge of the court.

Oleshky ceasefire: Hundreds evacuated from Russian-occupied town in Ukraine
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Speaking to journalists on Friday evening, Lantratova put out a joint request with her Ukrainian counterpart "to the US First Lady... that humanitarian missions such as this one, delivering aid to residents in need, be conducted on a regular basis under the coordination of Mrs Melania Trump".

A ceasefire - the longest and most widespread since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - has been in force in the entire frontline region of Kherson since Tuesday, allowing for the road out of Oleshky to be demined.

Residents who wished to leave had a four-hour window to do so on Friday. A convoy of 25 buses was brought in to allow up to 750 people to leave the town until 14:00 (12:00 GMT), along with ambulances for people with limited mobility.

Several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay, despite the widespread devastation and the lack of gas, electricity and running water.

"Everyone who wishes to leave Oleshky will be given the opportunity to do so safely," Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Friday morning.

"At the same time, those who decide to remain will be able to stay and will receive all the necessary humanitarian assistance."

Ukrainian military positions lie 5km (3.1miles) from Oleshky, but the evacuees will first have to travel into Russian-occupied territory and then to the southern Russian city of Anapa.

They will board a Russian government plane to Gomel in Belarus, and then drive across the border into Ukraine's Chernihiv region.

Others are expected to choose to stay in Russian-occupied territory.

G20 'family photo' cancelled after protests over presence of Russian minister
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Ukraine is not a G20 member but has been invited to similar meetings in recent years. However, Ukraine was not invited to this meeting.

One British official told the BBC: "The UK has a longstanding policy not to have direct, bilateral engagement with Russian ministers since the invasion of Ukraine and we are not about to change that".

Relations between Ukraine and the US have been particularly tense this month, with a diplomatic standoff between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump over Kyiv's strikes on oil infrastructure within Russia.

A US official said the photo was cancelled "after it became clear some of the delegations were unwilling to participate in a joint photo".

"Rather than allow a ceremonial photo opportunity to become a diplomatic distraction, the US decided to forgo the photo and keep the focus on the substantive discussions," the official said.

In contrast to Ukraine, relations between the US and Russia appear to have partially thawed in recent weeks, as Trump waived some sanctions and agreed a deal to import Russian diesel for the American market.

The move comes as Trump attempts to lower fuel prices in the US ahead of midterm elections on Tuesday, after months spent grappling with the political consequences of the Iran war.

Ukraine and its European allies have heavily criticised Trump's deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Zelensky called it "a gift" to Putin that amounts to "an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged".

Trump said his decision to suspend several Russian sanctions is an effort to keep Moscow at the negotiating table in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Putin has said Russia, which introduced a ban on diesel exports earlier this year, is willing to supply both the US and global markets with oil and petroleum products.

Still, the US State Department this week said it had approved the sale of more than $2bn worth of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, a critically needed munition for the country's air defences to protect itself from Russian attacks.

Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and currently controls approximately a fifth of Ukrainian territory.

Moscow has in recent weeks intensified its deadly missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.

King visits Guyanese slave rebellion site on Caribbean tour
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The King has made a poignant visit to the site where a Guyanese slave rebellion was violently resisted by British authorities, making the stop during his tour of the Caribbean.

He visited Independence Park in Georgetown to remember the Demerera Slave Rebellion of 1823, which saw an uprising by thousands of enslaved people.

Accompanied by Guyana's Culture Minister, Steven Jacobs, he was told how hundreds of slaves were killed by colonial leaders during the rebellion and many of those who survived were executed close to where the King stood.

Above the King was a sign that he took time to read.

"This ground was used as a public execution site," it said, "where enslaved persons...were condemned to death and hung."

The moment of reflection was what Buckingham Palace had described as the King "not shying away from the UK's colonial legacy" and described today as a chance for the King to reflect on Guyana's history of slavery and resistance.

In 2022, Charles described how he was on a personal journey of discovery and was continuing to "deepen my own understanding of slavery's enduring impact", in a speech at the opening of a Commonwealth summit hosted by Rwanda.

Independence Park, which is now a sports ground, drew a crowd of dozens of schoolchildren. The King stopped to talk to many of them asking them about their homework, their holidays and if they'd had a day off school.

US tech stocks see sharp falls as AI spending nears $1tn
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Tech stocks tumbled for the second day in a row as concerns rise over the hundreds of billions of dollars firms are investing in artificial intelligence (AI).

Shares in Intel plummeted by 28% on Friday, while Google owner Alphabet saw its stock price continue to fall another 1.4% after a 12% plunge on Thursday.

Other tech stocks, including Reddit and Amazon also fell, while the Nasdaq index of the largest tech firms listed in the US, ended October with its worst monthly slide since March 2025.

While tech firms are spending big on AI, their earnings are not always meeting analysts' expectations, spooking investors and creating fears of an AI bubble.

Major tech companies have ramped up artificial intelligence spending, with Meta, Alphabet, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft committing to spending $800bn between them in 2026.

Alphabet's stock market value fell sharply on Thursday, taking more than $500bn (£374bn) off its market value after it revealed the AI summaries it now provides as the top answer to search queries were affecting its core search advertising revenue.

At the same time, Alphabet expects to spend up to $205bn this year on investments, almost entirely related to AI.

The bigger losses on Friday were elsewhere however, with Intel shedding more than $130bn in value.

The chip maker said it planned to increase spending on AI despite weaker demand for computers, a major source of demand for its micro-processors.

On Thursday, Intel's finance chief David Zinsner said the firm did not expect to bring in more cash than it spent this year and forecast lower-than-expected revenue for its fourth quarter.

"Looking ahead, we see the PC slowdown continuing at least through the first half of next year," he said in the chip maker's third quarter earnings report.

In the earnings call, he said the firm had significantly ramped up investment in equipment in the third quarter and expected that to be "even more significant" in the following three months.

Rugby League World Cup 2026: Set up to fail? Where England's World Cup campaign went wrong
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The northern hemisphere game has deep-rooted problems, and seems to be stuck in stasis when compared with the thriving NRL.

England had a record of being a major player at World Cups - having reached two finals and a further four semi-finals at the past six tournaments.

But when last autumn's 3-0 Ashes series defeat by Australia prompted the departure of head coach Shaun Wane, his successor was handed a near-impossible task.

Brian McDermott was appointed in April. Given just six months to prepare, the former Leeds Rhinos head coach had no mid-season international to work on a plan. Based in Australia because of his role as Gold Coast Titans assistant coach, he relied on virtual meetings to connect with his prospective squad and staff.

Four on-field sessions were planned in Australia before the World Cup. But only two were completed in full after his UK-based players were subjected to a 48-hour journey to Perth that left them exhausted - a situation McDermott compared to Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the 1987 road-trip comedy starring Steve Martin and John Candy.

It was a shambolic way to prepare for a pivotal opener against Tonga - one that always had the potential to consign the defeated team to an early elimination.

Following that 30-12 loss, McDermott said: "You give me another two or three weeks preparation or another couple of games of preparation leading into the tournament and I'd be really excited."

With the tournament organisers planning travel itineraries for the teams involved, any post-World Cup debrief ought to examine how that situation was allowed to occur.

It would have made more sense for England's opener to be against France - the only other team in the men's tournament made up largely of northern hemisphere-based players.

Wakefield Trinity's historic triumph may have delivered a wonderful sign-off story to the Super League season but it delivered another conundrum around England's squad selection.

Had McDermott known prior to 5 October that none of the Wakefield players in his thinking would be available, could arrangements have been made for his UK-based players to travel to Australia earlier?

In the end, only three of the 14 England-based players in the squad (George Williams, Matty Ashton and Ben Currie) participated in the Super League Grand Final on 3 October.

"If we come together next year as a group, we will be further down the track and we don't need to start from scratch," McDermott added.

"Bear in mind when we landed in Perth on the Friday [9 October], we are starting... like we didn't know each other.

"We were putting things in place about who we are as a group, what it means to us, how we are going to play, how we are going to attack and how we are going to defend. There's been a ton of work gone on."

How a passenger's confession helped convict her cousin of murder
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Warning: This article contains distressing content

One afternoon in April, a children's nursery worker approached her manager in what she described as an hysterical state.

Gabrielle Debotte said she had something serious to tell Nicola Goddard, adding: "You're going to hate me and I'm going to lose my job."

What the 27-year-old said next proved a turning point in the investigation into the death of popular head teacher Michael Mullins, who had been struck by a car the previous day and dragged under its wheels for more than a mile.

Debotte told the astonished Goddard she not only knew who was responsible for hitting the 56-year-old as he cycled home from work, but she witnessed what happened from the passenger seat.

That night, having initially been treated as a suspect, she sat in the interview suite at Stretford Police Station and named her cousin, 35-year-old former mechanic Simon Richardson, as the driver.

Thanks in part to the evidence provided by Debotte, Richardson was found guilty of murder after a two-week trial at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court.

Canada stops using 'avalanche dogs' for rescues in Rocky Mountains, stirring outrage
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Scott Ward can still recall the relief he saw on parents' faces when a search and rescue dog he was working with found their children safe in Canada's vast and heavily wooded Banff National Park.

Another time, his canine partner led him hiking up a steep mountainside for two hours until they reached a man with a broken leg who was close to dying from hypothermia.

Now 73 and retired, Ward spent 17 years as a dog handler in the wilderness of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, work he described as gratifying.

Over the years, the rescue programme was cut back to just one person in the role, and Ward was shocked when he heard recently that Parks Canada will end the programme entirely as of this month.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is making broad funding cuts to Canada's public service, and Parks Canada announced last week that hundreds of their employees will soon be laid off.

The agency confirmed the news to the BBC, calling it a "difficult decision" to axe its sole dog handler position out of Banff National Park, one of the most rugged parts of Canada that welcomes more than four million visitors each year from around the world.

It added it is part of its efforts to modernise its law enforcement branch, and that "search and rescue operations will continue to be delivered" through other means.

Cutting this one role has stirred public outrage, with more than 5,000 people signing a petition since Tuesday to restore it.

William Stevenson, the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Banff area who started the petition, says he welcomes tighter government spending, but that this cut could harm public safety.

"How could they possibly make such a bad choice in where to cut?" he told the BBC.

The BBC has asked Parks Canada about how much the canine search and rescue programme cost to administer.

Russell Brand accusers 'haunted' for years by alleged crimes, court hears
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Some of the women in Russell Brand's rape and sexual assault case have been "haunted" for years by what they allege he did to them, jurors have been told.

In her closing speech at London's Southwark Crown Court on Friday, prosecutor Reil Karmy-Jones KC said the women had "nothing to gain" from coming forward apart from "some closure".

Speaking for the defence, Polly Dyer told jurors Brand had pleaded guilty and been fined over possession of cannabis in 1995, but had no other "convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings".

Brand, 51, is on trial facing seven charges; three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one allegation of attempted indecent assault. He denies the charges.

Karmy-Jones KC told the court that this case brings together six different women, none of whom knows each other.

She said that while all the alleged victims have since moved on with their lives, due to this trial they have been forced to "relive what has happened to them".

None of the women involved has "sought the limelight" or "any kind of publicity", she said, adding there was "no benefit to them from perhaps some closure."

Referring to Brand's accusers' evidence the prosecutor said "how many said he was nice and then there was a like a personality change…

"His eyes changed, he snapped, from charming to frightening to nasty," Karmy-Jones KC said.

She added that the complainant's evidence had been that "he didn't listen when I said no, he didn't stop, he didn't care, pulling pushing… thrusting".

"In the rape cases, he kept on going until he achieved his ultimate aim."

The prosecutor also dismissed the idea that a documentary had caused the women to "re-invent" what actually happened.

"There is no magic force in this documentary", she added.

"What in fact happened was these women have realised they are not alone and have bravely come before you to tell the truth."

She added: "Truth they have lived with, which in some cases has haunted them for years."

She told the jury: "The experience of people raped may be something that looms a little bit larger in your mind rather than the intricacies of the outfit.

"The defendant couldn't really remember anything when he was interviewed, in stark contrast to now when he suddenly seems to remember all sorts of details about the week."

Police watchdog to investigate Met over letter about Meghan's father
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The UK police watchdog is to investigate the Metropolitan Police's handling of a letter containing allegations against Thomas Markle that was handed to his daughter, the Duchess of Sussex, in 2019.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had decided an investigation was required into the force's "failure to pass on allegations of serious offending... to relevant overseas authorities at the time".

The letter, written by Markle's first wife Roslyn Loveless, is believed to have contained claims about Meghan's father.

He has strongly denied recent allegations that he had possessed images of child abuse, describing them as "sick lies".

On Thursday the Met said it had voluntarily referred itself to the IOPC.

The letter at the heart of the IOPC investigation was sent to the Met's royal protection team by Loveless, who divorced Thomas Markle in 1975 and died in 2024.

The handwritten letter was then passed to Meghan in January 2019, with the duchess saying last week that it had "made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father".

Meghan did not provide any details but said it had given her sufficient reason to not visit Thomas Markle and not allow him to meet his grandchildren, Archie and Lilibet.

Scotland Yard said the letter contained claims about offending outside the UK and that it had been forwarded to "the office of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for their awareness".

The IOPC will consider why the Met did not share the contents of the letter with other law enforcement agencies, in the UK or overseas.

The policing watchdog also said it had decided a further matter, relating to an alleged data breach in which information was passed on to a third party, "should be returned to the force to be appropriately dealt with". No details were provided about the circumstances of the alleged breach.

The Met said on Thursday that it intended to make further referrals to "relevant overseas law enforcement agencies", a process which it expected to be completed "in the coming days".

The letter was forwarded by officers to the Sussexes' royal office rather than to Meghan personally, while there have been reports that the Met did not keep a copy of the letter and had to ask for one from the Sussexes.

The watchdog will have to consider how the contents of the letter were treated by the force at the time.

Noel Rasmussen, Thomas Markle's granddaughter and niece of the Duchess of Sussex, previously told the BBC she was "deeply troubled by the questions surrounding the Metropolitan Police's handling of the information it received".

"If allegations of this seriousness were brought to the attention of authorities, it is reasonable to ask what steps were taken [and] why the information was not shared with other law enforcement agencies."

Reports of the Met's handling of the letter emerged as Thomas Markle's son had told the police in the Philippines about material which was alleged to contain sexual images of children, which he had claimed to have found in possessions belonging to Meghan's father.

Thomas Markle had been in the Philippines in December 2025, undergoing hospital treatment, when Meghan wrote to him to end all contact.

Authorities in the Philippines have begun investigating the claims. Police there have obtained a warrant to examine devices seized from Markle's former home.

Four boxes of material, including computers, phones, hard drives and old videotapes were handed to police by Meghan's half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr, last week.

However, officers in Cebu needed a court warrant before they can examine the items.

Thomas Markle Sr has strongly denied all the allegations against him. He has been backed by his daughter Samantha, who has dismissed the claims against her father as "fake".

'No nation left behind' says Burnham after meeting first ministers in Glasgow
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Ministers and representatives at the summit discussed handing regions more powers to control employment support and funding for reindustrialisation.

"It's about creating those structures at a regional level and that is matter for Scotland and Wales to decide what that looks like in both countries," Burnham said.

He urged the Scottish and Welsh governments to "work jointly" with the UK government on "a model of deeper devolution".

In the context of reindustrialisation, Burnham added this could be more devolution of innovation funding.

Swinney, ap Iorwerth and Burnham also agreed during the meeting there are too many young people out of work in the nations.

The prime minister said the UK government would look at "arrangements for further devolution of employment support for young people in both Scotland and Wales".

Devolution has been at the heart of Burnham's policy agenda since he took his place in Downing Street this summer.

He claims "rewiring the state" and handing more control to regional mayors and authorities across England will boost economic growth.

The prime minister's devolution at the national level has so far been less clear but Burnham has said he will listen to the administrations' calls for further powers while advocating that they share more responsibilities with local authorities.

Ex-football chief admits offences linked to woman's drugging and rape by husband
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A former football club chief executive has pleaded guilty to offences relating to the drugging and raping of a woman by her husband and others.

Karl Lindsay, 56, who resigned from non-league Taunton Town Football Club in Somerset before he was charged, has admitted the offences, which happened between 2015 and 2025.

Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard Lindsay's offending related to the rape of the woman by her husband and others in the Stockport area of Greater Manchester, and the administration of substances to stupefy her for the purpose of sexual acts.

The woman's husband, who is in his 60s and cannot be named to protect his wife's anonymity, has already admitted 62 offences against his wife, including rape.

The woman at the centre of the case was in court with one of her relatives and watched Lindsay intently as he entered his guilty pleas.

Three other men, Keith Fotheringham, 59, from Dundee, Scotland, Sean Peers, 38, from Stockport, and Graham Brougham, 74, from Northwich, have already admitted sexually abusing her at previous hearings.

The trial of nine other defendants accused of sexual offences against the woman has been scheduled to start on Monday after a series of delays.

Eddie Howe to Man Utd? The fans, the finances, the football structure
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When Sir Jim Ratcliffe became a co-owner of Manchester United in 2024, much of the narrative centred on his desire to rebuild the club around a British core.

Given the expense of buying homegrown players, and the difficulties Michael Carrick - the first permanent British managerial appointment of the Ineos era - has faced this season, perhaps Ratcliffe is rethinking.

But if Carrick fails to stop the rot and loses his job, United are already considering the merits of appointing another British coach - albeit one who is more experienced.

That Eddie Howe is a contender for a job that remains one of the most high-profile in world football isn't hard to fathom.

Speak to those who have worked alongside Howe and they describe a man whose track record of improving players is a direct result of his relentless approach on the training field.

They will also tell you Howe is someone who places an unwavering importance on the methodology of setting a winning culture.

Howe may lack experience at one of the traditional top-six clubs, but his body of work at Bournemouth and Newcastle is impressive.

Having been appointed Bournemouth boss with the club facing relegation from League Two in January 2009, Howe led them to the Premier League in 2015. He went on to establish the Cherries as a top-flight club before leaving - for a second time - in 2020.

In 2021, Howe was appointed Newcastle manager. He led them from relegation trouble to qualification for the Champions League on two occasions and won the EFL Cup - the club's first trophy in 56 years - in 2025.

South Africa vs Australia: Hosts set up epic finale - what do stats and history suggest could happen?
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Australia's target is such that should they chase it on day five, it would be the second-highest fourth-innings chase in the 62 previous Tests on this famous ground.

The highest? That's a good omen for Australia.

They chased 331 for a four-wicket win in an epic Test against the Proteas in 2002, when Ricky Ponting hit a brilliant 100 not out.

There have been five other scores above 288 in the fourth innings at Newlands - all of which were made in defeats or when salvaging a draw.

For much of the afternoon and evening sessions, as Australia's bowlers tired, this surface appeared flat enough to score.

When Rickelton and Mulder applied themselves, few opportunities were created. They were able to progress to their third and fourth Test centuries respectively.

It took a run out to end Rickelton's knock, after which Marco Jansen pulled to deep square leg and Gerald Coetzee was also run out - three dismissals down to batter error in a collapse of 4-61, which left South Africa nine down and 251 runs ahead.

That Mulder and number 11 Kagiso Rabada flogged 36 before the close, suggested run-scoring is not impossible.

Ellie Kildunne: how Red Roses star ended up benched by England
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She's the poster girl. She's the former World Player of the Year. She came second at BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She lit up the 2025 Rugby World Cup. She's even got her own Barbie doll.

So why didn't Ellie Kildunne start for England against the USA on Friday night?

First of all she is human, let's not forget that.

We're all allowed ups and downs. It's just that Kildunne's dip comes with the large spotlight of her being the Red Roses' household name.

None of her team-mates come close to her popularity with fans both in and outside rugby union with her 239,000 Instagram followers. Her face and name are used for clicks by all the media, present company included.

However, if you follow the sport and watch her play, no-one is undroppable.

England suffered their first loss in four years to end their 41-Test unbeaten streak in Toronto against Canada. In that fixture and their previous match with the same opposition in Exeter, Kildunne, 27, was a target for the opposition. She was never given space, defenders stepped up, her arms were pulled and balls were spilt.

When England head coach John Mitchell benched her after England's loss in Toronto he was clear that "it isn't disputed that she adds huge value".

However, he went on to add: "She's just going through a difficult period at the moment, and it's important for us to help her through that.

"She wants to become consistent as well, and she'll get back. It's also important to create competition and to recognise that you have to become more consistent, especially when you're competing in the Red Roses.

"So it's really important to reinforce the behaviours that we think are necessary to our game, and that goes for everyone."

The key word we can take from that is "consistent" - mainly because Mitchell said it twice.

Kildunne remains one of the world's most phenomenal players when it comes to gainline success and metres gained.

Much of this is due to poor opposition defence, but her statistics show a decline over the past three seasons at international level.

It seems almost harsh to highlight as these are numbers other players could only dream of but she's also gone from beating an average of six defenders a game in 2024, to 4.2 in 2026.

Jamie Carragher sued: Aston Villa to take legal action against pundit over 'unacceptable insults'
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Aston Villa say they will initiate legal action against Jamie Carragher over what the club branded as "unacceptable insults".

Posting on their social media on Friday, Villa released a statement signed by their chairman Nassef Sawiris accusing Carragher of insulting the Premier League side and its fans.

It added the club would "not allow anyone to stop our ascension in English and European football".

Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, Carragher attracted criticism from Villa fans by suggesting their manager Unai Emery would be interested in becoming Manchester United's head coach.

Michael Carrick's position at United is hanging in the balance after a dismal start to the campaign and Carragher said "Aston Villa will never be Manchester United".

"Surely he would want that opportunity to manage a giant again," Carragher said.

"There is a chain in football, whether you like it or not.

"So Real Madrid will take Manchester United's best player, they did it with [Cristiano] Ronaldo.

"And there will be teams below Aston Villa, and they'll take their players or manager, so shut the [expletive] up Aston Villa fans. Aston Villa will never be Manchester United."

Carragher, a football pundit for works for Sky Sports and American broadcaster CBS, has already commented on the backlash he recieved after he told the fans to shut up.

"It was a joke after the stick Villa fans have given me over saying Emery may fancy joining Man Utd," Carragher said on social media.

"I hope these clown clips show me praising Emery/Villa like I have done for years & saying how pleased I was you won [the 2026 Europa League] in Istanbul."

Mexico City Grand Prix practice result: Charles Leclerc fastest in Ferrari
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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc headed McLaren's Lando Norris in Friday practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli, who is poised to clinch his first world title on Sunday, was fourth fastest behind team-mate George Russell.

Only a victory by Russell or Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton can theoretically stop Antonelli becoming champion on Sunday. Even then, Antonelli only needs ninth place if Russell wins and 10th if Hamilton does.

Leclerc, who topped both sessions on Friday, was 0.103 seconds quicker than Norris, with Russell just 0.003secs further adrift.

Antonelli was 0.217secs off the pace, and ahead of the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar.

Leclerc's team-mate Lewis Hamilton was 11th overall after stopping on track with a technical problem before completing his qualifying simulation runs on the soft tyre.

Behind Hadjar, Racing Bulls duo Arvid Lindblad and Liam Lawson sandwiched Pierre Gasly's Alpine, while McLaren's Oscar Piastri completed the top 10.

Verstappen and Lawson face a trip to the stewards after a collision in the stadium early in the session.

The first session was marked by 10 of the 11 teams running 'rookie' drivers in their cars.

One of them was Cadillac's Colton Herta, who the team are considering promoting to a race seat in place of Valtteri Bottas next season.

Initially, the team felt his running in Mexico had given him enough points under the F1 system to earn a 'superlicence', which is required to race in F1.

But further investigation by governing body the FIA revealed the American nine-time Indycar race winner is still one point short and will have to complete one further practice session this year to secure his licence.

The team plan to do that before the end of the season.

高雄市長選舉辯論 賴瑞隆、柯志恩都讓市民打分數
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(中央社記者林巧璉、洪學廣高雄30日電)高雄市長選舉電視辯論會今天登場,中國國民黨高雄市長參選人柯志恩與民主進步黨高雄市長參選人賴瑞隆會後被詢及替自己和對手打幾分時都說,交給市民打分數。

2026高雄市長選舉電視辯論會30日舉行,中國國民黨高雄市長參選人柯志恩(中左)與民主進步黨高雄市長參選人賴瑞隆(中右)會後被問及替自己和對手打幾分時都說,交給市民評斷。(主辦單位提供)中央社記者董俊志傳真 115年10月30日

遭柯志恩多次指為民進黨新潮流系接班人及詞彙少的賴瑞隆表示,他本來就樸實做事,辯論就是說清楚公共議題和政見願景,「尊重每個人在辯論時都有自己的做法」。

至於柯志恩稱揭弊「美濃大峽谷」等環境污染案,賴瑞隆說,當時高雄市政府已在處理,中央也修法遏止違法,但柯志恩會勘時身邊卻有違法的地主。

媒體提及結論階段時情緒較激動,柯志恩表示,她平常講話直又快,且賴瑞隆非常固執,明明已解釋很多遍財政收支劃分法修法爭議,對方仍依自己邏輯指控。

她說,競選對手始終未正面回應核心問題,政治獻金爭議非常閃躲,「不是問A答B,是問A答ㄅㄆㄇㄈ 」。

至於如果當選進高雄市政府會有哪些用人考量,賴瑞隆表示,用人唯才,一切以人才為最優先,沒任何其他考量。(編輯:李明宗)1151030

2026高雄市長選舉電視辯論會30日晚間順利落幕,中國國民黨高雄市長參選人柯志恩(圖)會後受訪說,辯論表現交由市民評斷。中央社記者董俊志攝 115年10月30日

強化烏克蘭防空能力 川普政府批准出售500枚愛國者飛彈
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(中央社華盛頓30日綜合外電報導)美國國務院表示,川普政府今天批准向烏克蘭出售500枚愛國者飛彈,軍售案將送交國會審查。烏克蘭近期多次示警飛彈庫存不足,這批武器將強化其防空能力,費用則由烏克蘭盟友捐款支付。

法新社報導,美國國務院聲明指出,「這項擬議的軍售案,將提升烏克蘭整合式防空與飛彈防禦能力,強化其因應當前及未來威脅的能力。」

愛國者飛彈是烏克蘭攔截俄羅斯無人機與飛彈最重要的武器之一。

這項聲明並未說明這批武器預計何時交付烏克蘭。

本月稍早,美國與俄羅斯達成柴油燃料協議後,美烏緊張關係一度升高。烏克蘭也表示,美國正減慢其使用衛星網路服務的進度,並已停止部分情報分享。

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烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)20日在奧斯陸(Oslo)與美國特使會談後,雙方緊張關係有所緩和。

美國國務院表示,這筆軍售費用將由烏克蘭盟友捐款支付,不會動用美國政府資金。(編譯:徐睿承)1151031

美期中選舉倒數 川普週末電話、實體造勢衝刺共和黨選情
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(中央社記者侯姿瑩華盛頓30日專電)美國關鍵的期中選舉進入倒數階段,美國總統川普稍早取消原定週末在堪薩斯州與愛荷華州的造勢行程,改以電話連線進行,但隨後計畫又出現變化。川普今天證實,週末仍將前往這2州參加實體造勢活動,為其所屬的共和黨衝刺選情。

期中選舉將於11月3日登場,在選前的最後一個週末,川普(Donald Trump)原先預計出席10月31日在堪薩斯州及11月1日在愛荷華州的實體造勢集會。不過,昨天傳出川普取消這2場行程,將改以電話連線的方式在全美各地集會中為共和黨候選人拉票。

川普今天下午在白宮橢圓形辦公室向媒體表示,「我們週日要前往堪薩斯州和愛荷華州」,明天則要舉行多場電話連線造勢活動。

他說:「我們想要確保能拿下堪薩斯州,也想要確保能贏得愛荷華州。」

川普還說,11月2日也會為共和黨國會議員舉辦相當多場電話連線造勢活動。

美媒「國會山莊報」(The Hill)今早報導,先前堪薩斯州與愛荷華州實體造勢活動改為電話連線的消息引發外界對川普縮減實體選舉行程原因的各種揣測。

報導引述知情人士表示,川普將恢復這2州的實體造勢活動。這名人士指出,造勢活動是為了行程調配而重新安排,以配合川普最近新增的數十場電話連線造勢活動。

堪薩斯州及愛荷華州的實體造勢集會將於11月1日舉行。

即將到來的期中選舉被視為川普2.0執政期中考,選舉結果將決定國會由哪個政黨主導。近來幾週,川普跑遍全美多場造勢集會,全力為黨籍候選人站台。

共和黨目前正力拚保住聯邦參、眾兩院多數席次,對共和黨而言,若失去其中一院的控制權,恐使川普在任期後兩年的施政難度大幅增加。

「國會山莊報」指出,堪薩斯州及愛荷華州被視為這次期中選舉的關鍵戰場之一,由於選民對川普及其經濟政策感到不滿,共和黨在這2州的選情似乎處於劣勢。

美國無黨派網站「庫克政治報告」(The Cook Political Report)將這2州的選戰預估為「勢均力敵」(toss-ups)。

昨天公布的美國有線電視新聞網(CNN)民調顯示,現任堪薩斯州聯邦參議員、共和黨籍的馬歇爾(Roger Marshall)落後民主黨挑戰者韓密爾頓(Adam Hamilton)4個百分點。

另外,本月稍早公布的美國愛默生學院(Emerson College)及「國會山莊報」聯合民調顯示,愛荷華州現任的共和黨籍聯邦眾議員辛森(Ashley Hinson)僅領先民主黨候選人圖瑞克(Josh Turek)2個百分點。(編輯:徐睿承)1151031

中東局勢不確定引發供應疑慮 推升油價
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財報欠佳加深AI投資疑慮 科技股承壓拖累美股收黑
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沙烏地聯軍稱攔截無人機及飛彈 美下令撤離非緊急人員
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(中央社杜拜30日綜合外電報導)葉門叛軍「青年運動」與沙烏地阿拉伯領導的聯軍衝突持續升高。聯軍今天表示,在利雅德附近攔截並摧毀一架無人機,同時攔截一枚朝南部發射的彈道飛彈。美國駐沙烏地大使館因安全風險升高,下令非緊急政府人員及家屬撤離。

綜合法新社和路透社報導,聯軍發言人馬里奇(Turki al-Maliki)在社群平台X發文表示,聯軍部隊已在利雅德省(Riyadh)摧毀一架無人機,並攔截「恐怖組織青年運動(Houthis)民兵朝沙烏地南部發射的一枚彈道飛彈」。

聯軍稍早表示,在麥加(Mecca)地區攔截並摧毀一架「青年運動」發射的無人機,但這個武裝組織否認以伊斯蘭教最神聖的城市麥加為攻擊目標。

馬里奇在X平台發文指出:「青年運動發射的一架無人機,已在麥加地區遭攔截摧毀。」

「青年運動」軍事發言人薩里(Yahya Saree)則將沙烏地的說法斥為捏造。

美國駐沙烏地大使館今天表示,鑑於當地安全風險升高,美國政府已下令非緊急職務的政府人員及家屬自10月23日起撤離沙烏地。

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美國大使館表示,近期發生飛彈及無人機攻擊事件後,美國政府人員若要使用沙烏地機場,必須事先取得特別許可。

近幾週來,有伊朗支持的「青年運動」與力挺葉門政府、由沙烏地領導的聯軍間的戰事持續升高,衝突進一步擴大。(編譯:徐睿承)1151031

美期中選舉提前投票人數創新高 民主黨選民占比領先
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(中央社華盛頓30日綜合外電報導)根據今天公布的統計數據,美國下週舉行期中選舉的提前投票人數已創下歷史新高,達到約4790萬人。多個關鍵搖擺州的投票參與率大幅攀升,而登記為民主黨的選民人數明顯超過共和黨。

法新社報導,佛羅里達大學(University of Florida)「選舉實驗室」(Election Lab)的數據顯示,截至今天中午,全美提前投票人數已達4792萬2669人,超越2022年期中選舉創下的紀錄,當時在正式投票日前共有4590萬人提前投票。

這波提前投票人潮在參議員選情激烈的州尤其明顯,而這些州的選舉結果可能決定總統川普任期最後兩年的參議院控制權歸屬。

在德州,根據官方統計,截至28日的提前投票人數已超過600萬人,與2022年同期相比,親自前往投票所投票的人數增加50%左右。

北卡羅來納州選舉委員會表示,當地提前投票人數較4年前同期增加近37%;南卡羅來納州則在26日就已超越2022年整個提前投票期間的總人數。

在堪薩斯州,共和黨籍參議員馬歇爾(Roger Marshall)正面臨艱困的連任選戰。根據州務卿辦公室上週公布的資料,當地提前寄回的選票數量較2022年同期增加約2/3。

在有記錄選民政黨歸屬的州,登記為民主黨的選民在提前投票人數中,所占比例明顯高於共和黨。

「選舉實驗室」數據顯示,在這些州,民主黨選民約占提前投票者44%,共和黨選民占31%,其餘25%為未加入政黨或登記為小黨派的選民。

負責監督「選舉實驗室」運作的佛羅里達大學政治學家麥唐納(Michael McDonald)指出,在有公布種族與族裔資料的州,非裔與西班牙裔選民的投票參與率正在上升。其中,德州與墨西哥邊境沿線、西班牙裔人口高度集中的社區,投票率尤其突出。

在喬治亞州,當地親自提前投票人數在昨天打破當地期中選舉的歷史紀錄。截至當天,女性選民占投票總人數的56%,男性占44%。

喬治亞州最高選舉官員拉芬斯伯格(Brad Raffensperger)表示:「喬治亞州民眾持續以創紀錄的人數前往投票所,因為他們信任這套選舉制度。」

然而,專家警告,不應將這些提前投票數據直接解讀為選舉結果的預測。

選民登記的政黨歸屬,並不能反映他們實際支持哪位候選人,而且預計在11月3日正式投票當天,還會有數千萬名美國選民前往投票。

近幾次選舉中,共和黨選民往往在正式投票日當天展現較高的投票參與率,因此有可能縮小,甚至逆轉民主黨目前在提前投票的領先優勢。

此外,提前投票人數增加也不一定代表整體投票率會隨之提高,因為部分選民可能只是比過去提早投票,並非真正增加了投票意願或投票人數。(編譯:徐睿承)1151031

Ollie, a privacy-focused AI assistant, is shutting down
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Ollie, a startup whose mission was to deliver an AI assistant that respected its users’ privacy, says that it will be shutting down in a week. Bill Lennon, the company’s co-founder and CEO, took to X on Friday to deliver the news, noting that the app will officially shut down on November 6.

“I’m really proud of what we accomplished,” Lennon said. “We built an incredible personal assistant with a small team, and learned a ton. I’m grateful to our amazing team, our users, our investors, and everyone who supported us on this journey.”

The text-based AI assistant market has exploded over the past year, as the increasingly powerful models that undergird such applications have made them significantly more useful for daily tasks.

Ollie, which discussed its $7.5 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures with TechCrunch in September, offered a subscription-based model. The assistant was focused on helping families stay connected and organized. The app connected to a user’s email and calendar, while also providing integrated functions to help with appointment bookings, meal planning, and bill payments. The company had also planned to eventually move into household budgeting.

Crucially, Ollie was one of the first mainstream apps that managed to achieve SOC 2, a privacy compliance standard that companies can attain via an independent audit. Unfortunately, user privacy has never been a hugely profitable aspect of the tech industry. If anything, many new digital assistants present unique privacy challenges for their users — as companies like Instinct have shown.

Ultimately, the pressures of the burgeoning AI industry took a toll on the company, Lennon said. “We got close, but ultimately couldn’t keep up,” he added. “With Muse, Instinct, and others entering the space, it became harder to stand out, grow, and raise the capital we needed to succeed.”

Ollie’s customers will receive instructions on how to export data and receive refunds in the coming days, Lennon added.

Applebee’s exposed customers’ personal data after leaving database password in app
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Applebee’s has fixed a security flaw that allowed anyone to access the personal information of its registered customers, after a researcher found a password for an internal database inside Applebee’s mobile app, TechCrunch has learned.

The popular restaurant chain confirmed on Thursday that it had taken action to address the security issue to prevent any unauthorized access to its customer database.

TechCrunch withheld publication of this story until the bug was confirmed to be fixed.

Robert Wiggins, a U.K.-based cybersecurity researcher at What Security, discovered the security lapse earlier this month. Wiggins is no stranger to discovering security issues, including exposed or sensitive information that should not be publicly accessible.

For this latest discovery, Wiggins used AI to help find the credential buried inside thousands of lines of source code in Applebee’s Android app, which has more than a million downloads on Google Play. The credential allowed access to the company’s customer database.

Storing a password or private key in software, known as hardcoding credentials, is one of the most severe types of security vulnerabilities because anyone with the app can extract the key and use it to log in to a remote system as if they were an authorized user.

Wiggins said that the hardcoded credential could have also allowed a malicious attacker to modify customer data in the database.

TechCrunch verified Wiggins’ findings by downloading and decompiling Applebee’s Android app to examine its source code and confirm that it contained the exposed credential. We also created an Applebee’s account with dummy account data, which allowed Wiggins to retrieve our information from the company’s database.

The exposed database contained customer names, email addresses (including whether or not the customer verified their email), dates of birth, phone numbers, and ZIP codes. The data also included veteran status, the number of times customers had logged in, when their accounts were created, and the IP addresses of their most recent log-ins, which can be used to reveal the person’s approximate location.

Wiggins was unable to alert Applebee’s or its parent company, Dine Brands, as neither have ways to report security issues. Wiggins asked TechCrunch for help in disclosing the security issue to the company.

A spokesperson for Dine Brands, who did not provide their name, said in an emailed statement on Friday: “We appreciate TechCrunch and the security researcher for bringing this matter to our attention. Our security team promptly launched an investigation and has not currently found any evidence of unauthorized access.”

When asked by TechCrunch, the spokesperson would not say if the company has server logs that it can review to determine whether anyone accessed the database, or if it has any logs at all.

“Our investigation is ongoing, and we will take appropriate steps based on our findings,” the company added.

It’s unclear how many customers were affected by the data exposure. Wiggins said that figuring out the number of customers in the database would have required the AI model to unnecessarily access potentially every customer record.

Applebee’s had at least 8.5 million customers enrolled in its rewards program as of last year, though the company would not provide a number of how many customers had their personal information exposed by this security flaw.

TechCrunch asked the company if it would alert customers or U.S. regulators about the incident, including whether it would file a disclosure with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as publicly traded companies are required to do for material cybersecurity incidents. We also asked the company how long the exposed credential had been in the Applebee’s app, but we did not get a response.

We’ll update this article if the company responds.

Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds
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It happens to the best of us — you’ve completely dropped the ball on figuring out a Halloween costume. Naturally, you’ve decided to solve this problem by turning to… TechCrunch? Yeah, sure, why not. I’ve got some ideas.

Here are some last-minute techy Halloween costumes. Effort levels vary.

Recursive self-improvement

AI leaders like Dario Amodei and Sam Altman have expressed their fears that AI is developing too quickly, but if AI models become capable of “recursive self-improvement,” they’ll be able to advance on their own without human intervention, rendering any efforts to “pace the frontier” futile.

I’m not sure how to visually represent the idea of an AI building itself, but you could really lean into the “self-improvement” part and forget the “recursive” aspect — it’s a last-minute Halloween costume. You don’t need to try that hard.

Dress as the version of yourself you imagine becoming every year when you make New Year’s resolutions. Carry around a self-help or productivity book like “Atomic Habits” or anything by Malcolm Gladwell, a yoga mat, and a huge bottle of water. Leave in the middle of the party to “go to therapy” when you actually just want to go home. Brag to people about how good your Oura Ring’s sleep score is.

You are the embodiment of someone trying to better themselves. You are recursive self-improvement.

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A deceptively cute AI agent

Meta and OpenAI both recently launched AI assistants with creepily cute avatars. It’s almost Elizabeth Holmes-esque — they look innocent, so you underestimate their potential to cause disaster. (While we’re talking about her, you’re only allowed to do the black turtleneck Holmes costume if you’re a natural blonde, or if you have a blonde wig.)

What you’re going to do is make yourself look big and fluffy. Maybe you have a poofy puffer jacket, or maybe you can find some colorful feather boas to wrap yourself in. Add a distinctive hat, glasses, or other accessory to make yourself look more like a ChatGPT dot. If you have a colorful shirt and matching bottoms, that also works.

Throughout the night, ask people if you can obtain read/write access to their Gmail.

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A guy who is actively recording you with Meta glasses

Whether you call them “pervert glasses” or not, we should all be able to agree that it would be really spooky if someone just started recording you without your consent — perfectly in keeping with the Halloween spirit.

Just grab a pair of glasses — or buy a cheap pair somewhere convenient — and attach a big red or white circle to one lens, mimicking the red recording light. If you want to make the costume extra creepy (or, if you can’t make a big circle sticker), you can just wear normal glasses and say that you’re “guy recording with the light covered up.” Please, just don’t actually record people without their consent while you wear this costume.

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Mark Zuckerberg wearing a vaguely unsettling T-shirt

While we’re at it, Mark Zuckerberg’s fashion has been pretty recognizable lately. He’s been wearing a lot of slightly oversized, boxy black T-shirts.

It may be hard to replicate the black-text-on-black-shirt style he gravitates toward, but you could attach a piece of paper to yourself that says “Building is my love language.”

If you feel confident in your Latin pronunciation, you could go for something actually scary, like the time he wore a shirt that said “Aut Zuck aut nihil,” which means “Either Zuck or nothing.” It’s a little ominous.

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An AI usage limit notification

For some people, there’s nothing scarier than running out of Claude tokens.

Grab a piece of cardboard, print out screenshots of notifications telling you that you’ve reached your usage limit, and go spook some vibe-coders. I’ve illustrated this idea using an edited stock photo. You don’t have to dress like you work at Hot Topic — that’s just the model in the image.

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A PHP vulnerability

The scary PHP-ocalypse is fresh in our memory — it was only last week that AI unearthed critical PHP flaws that could’ve been catastrophic for the internet. The fear that web developers felt is still palpable, making it a good Halloween costume: You are a PHP vulnerability.

Here’s what you’re going to do. Buy a T-shirt and a sharpie, and write PHP on it. Keep it simple.

What about the vulnerability part? You’re going to have to commit to the bit. All night, you’re going to talk to your friends about your feelings. Actually bare your emotions. Talk about how your recent loss of a loved one made you remember how fragile life can be. If making yourself vulnerable kills the vibe, just pretend it was part of the Halloween costume and that you’re really cool and fun and never feel sad ever.

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Bryan Johnson

The costume explains itself.

Bryan Johnson, a second time

Couples costume alert!

Maybe you have more than one Halloween party to go to this weekend, but you want your various costumes to stick to a specific theme. Once you’ve got your sleepy time getup sorted, it’s time to prep your second costume portraying the controversial biohacker: GLP-Bryan.

Johnson wrote on X earlier this year: “I frequently lay on top of Kate with all of my bodyweight. The deep pressure calms her nervous system, quiets racing thoughts, and releases oxytocin which lowers cortisol. We call it GLP-Bryan.”

Naturally, people were confused, so he shared an image to demonstrate.

Yes, this will be hard to reproduce as a Halloween costume, but if you’ve run out of time to buy anything, this one will do. Just wear a T-shirt and jeans, which you probably already own. It will be weird to lie on top of your partner in the middle of a party. Really weird. But that’s what you get for waiting until now to figure out a costume.

Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom
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Investors are getting nervous about AI infrastructure spending just as the Big Tech companies double down.

Over the past two weeks, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft have outlined plans to spend more than $740 billion on capital expenditures this year, which Wall Street is reading as AI infrastructure spending, including data centers and chips.

Earlier in the AI boom, investors largely rewarded such big outlays, viewing them as a sign of confidence in the technology’s growth potential. But as we enter the fourth quarter, that enthusiasm seems to be giving way to concerns about negative free cash flow (spending more cash than a company brings in), mounting debt, and whether these enormous investments will ever generate enough returns.

The anxiety spilled across the market on Friday. The Nasdaq fell 2.9%, and chip stocks took a drubbing, too: Nvidia dropped 4%, Broadcom more than 5%, and Qualcomm 11%. Alphabet, which plummeted 12% on Thursday, its worst day on record, wiping out $500 billion in market value, fell again.

A big part of the concern is that companies that used to have overflowing free cash flow from their core businesses are getting hit as AI threatens the economics of those businesses. Alphabet provided the clearest example of that this week. Google’s parent company reported negative free cash flow of $9.1 billion in the third quarter, its second consecutive quarter in the red, even as quarterly capex grew to $51.4 billion. Alphabet expects to spend up to $205 billion this year, and expects that spending to keep rising in 2027.

Meanwhile, the wild success of AI Mode — Google’s AI-powered chatbot feature built directly into Search — is eating into the company’s money-maker. Google’s Search advertising business, which makes up roughly half of its revenue, saw growth slow to 12%, its weakest pace in five quarters. That leaves Google walking a tightrope. It’s spending billions on the AI technology that could undermine the search business that pays it.

Amazon is in a similar boat after reporting negative free cash flow of $42.4 billion over the past 12 months, compared with $14.8 billion in positive free cash flow the year before. The company says it expects to spend $220 billion in capex this year. Even though revenue at its cloud business, AWS, grew 39%, Amazon’s stock tumbled 7% after it reported earnings Thursday.

Meta is also burning cash, reporting negative free cash flow of $2.1 billion in the third quarter as capex outpaced its operating cash. It’s guiding to as much as $145 billion in capex this year. The company noted that Muse, its new free personal AI agent, is a bit of a money pit (it’s “very compute-intensive to run,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said). But ad revenue grew 26%. Still, no amount of good news saved Meta from taking a 10% hit on its stock last week.

Microsoft was the only exception when it came to free cash flow — it recorded $18.6 billion in positive free cash flow in its latest quarter, with spending on capex at $45.2 billion, less than the $50 billion it projected. Microsoft said that wasn’t an intentional pullback from AI spending, blaming delays in capacity from third-party providers. As a result, shares of smaller companies that rent out AI computing power sank.

It’s worth noting that the money to pay for all of this AI infrastructure isn’t just coming from the Big Tech companies’ profits. It’s also showing up in stock and bond sales. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle raised a combined $326 billion in debt in 2026, triple the amount raised last year.

Demand for AI compute remains strong. Google, Amazon, and Microsoft all saw gains in their cloud businesses. But investors are getting spooked by the costs of meeting that demand.

These muddied waters could complicate Anthropic’s highly anticipated IPO. The AI company filed to go public earlier this week, and its future growth depends on securing enormous amounts of compute. Financial Times reported Friday that Blackstone has warned investors the company might not qualify for an investment-grade rating after its IPO, meaning it might end up being more reliant on the hyperscalers and third-parties to fund its infrastructure ambitions.

AI law firm Crosby bids on disintegrating, famed firm Weil Gotshal
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Like a real-life episode of “Suits,” the demise of famed white-shoe Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has been the talk of the legal industry this week. And now Silicon Valley has entered the picture.

Two-year-old AI-first law firm Crosby has put in a bid to buy some of the assets of Weil Gotshal, including its trademark, its brand, and some unspecified internal data, TechCrunch has confirmed. Separately, it is also working to hire some of the firm’s 1,200 lawyers. The Information was first to report this offer.

The once-prestigious Weil Gotshal confirmed to the New York Times this week that it was preparing to vote on dissolution in the coming days. The wind-down is happening after the firm’s presumed leadership heir apparent turned down the role, a number of its top-producing lawyers left, and a hoped-for merger with its rival, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, was shelved, the Times reported.

Meanwhile, Crosby’s founders believe they are the future of law firms. Rather than selling their internally developed AI tech to existing firms like Harvey or Legora, Crosby is an actual law firm. It uses its AI to provide legal services at, the startup promises, a speed never before possible.

The startup has raised about $85 million, including a $60 million Series B round in March led by Lux and Index, with participation from its seed-lead Sequoia, Elad Gil, 01 Advisors, and Bain Capital Ventures. Crosby came out of stealth mode in 2025 armed with $5.8 million in seed money.

While no one has pointed to the rise of legal AI as a contributing factor to Weil Gotshal’s downfall, AI may be key to the legal industry’s future. Terms of the bid weren’t disclosed and there’s no guarantee that Crosby will prevail. But if it does, Weil Gotshal’s legacy could somehow rise from the ashes, transformed by an AI-first firm.

Anthropic expected to receive high ‘junk’ rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says
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Anthropic is expected to receive a high “junk” rating from credit rating agencies following its initial public offering, according to a report from the Financial Times.

The FT says the investment giant Blackstone, the anchor investor in a recent $63 billion deal to finance Anthropic’s chips, told investors in the deal that it expects the AI lab to receive a “high” junk rating after its IPO. Previously, the FT notes, Blackstone had said the opposite: that the Claude maker would receive an investment-grade rating (indicating low risk for lenders) before 2027 rolls around.

Now Blackstone expects double B range rating, the top tier of speculative “junk” grade, according to the reporting.

TechCrunch reached out to Anthropic and Blackstone but both declined to comment.

Blackstone’s forecast is just a prediction, but naturally, a high junk rating would make it more difficult and costlier for Anthropic to raise the money to keep funding its massive spending that has undergirded its business. The lab has been on a spending spree, racking up large compute power deals throughout the past 12 months, which has worried investors.

Anthropic officially filed to go public earlier this week, kicking off a wave of speculation about how the massive IPO would impact the broader AI industry.

Zest’s new AI agent finds restaurants and books reservations over text
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Zest, the restaurant discovery app that launched earlier this year, is already thinking about a future where mobile apps are no longer the primary interface. On Thursday, the startup introduced a new feature: a personal AI-powered “restaurant concierge” that lives in your text messages, similar to other popular AI agents like Instinct or Poke.

The launch reflects a broader shift in how startups are thinking about AI, as conversational AI agents take on tasks that had previously required users to launch stand-alone mobile apps. For Zest, that means bringing its restaurant recommendations into texts, then allowing users to immediately take the next step of booking a table.

“The agent is the product now,” explains Zest founder and CEO Mario Gomez-Hall. “You text it, and it answers from your own history and your friends’. It doesn’t need weeks of conversation to learn you because it starts from where you’ve actually been,” he said.

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Originally founded in November 2024, with $1.8 million in pre-seed backing from Alexis Ohanian at 776 and Steve Jang at Kindred Ventures, the app’s unique feature is that it links up with users’ credit cards to track where they’re actually eating out to get a sense of their tastes and interests. With this data on hand, Zest can make tailored suggestions of what places you might like to try next, whether that’s in your own city or suggestions of places to try when you’re traveling.

The credit card data used by Zest’s app is imported via the financial services company Plaid, which is used by banks and other fintech and budgeting apps. Zest says it focuses only on those transactions in the food and drink categories when making its personalized map and lists.

The startup’s latest idea is to tackle the same problem — where should I go to eat? — from a new angle. It will now make its suggestions from inside a text message thread and can turn to AI to do things like check availability and make the reservation for you through connected services like OpenTable, Resy, and SevenRooms.

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To work, users will text the Zest concierge at (212) 470-6067. What’s even better is that Zest can be dropped into a group chat, where it can blend everyone’s tastes to find places the whole group will love. Here, it can also settle indecision with an in-thread voting feature and then can book a table for the group without leaving the conversation.

Users can ask Zest for recommendations based on a number of factors, like cuisine, craving, occasion, dietary restrictions, or neighborhood, and can ask questions about the restaurants, like how busy the place may be, or whether it offers Wi-Fi, and more. Plus, you can ask Zest to send you the menu to help you make a decision.

In TechCrunch’s tests, the AI worked fairly well, offering a list of suggestions for new places matched to our tastes that also fit particular conditions, like time of day, party size, location, and other factors. While finding an open table is something other apps have offered for years, there’s a convenience factor in being able to just text back and forth about the various options and have it tell you the available booking times.

The company began testing the concierge last month, but decided to hold the launch until it could add the booking capabilities; over time, the startup is considering moving Zest beyond restaurants to offer recommendations for businesses, shopping, and more.

By shifting to texts, Zest hopes the company can scale beyond its initial thousands of users and generate revenue.

“Booking and ordering are the first revenue lines. Zest books your table through OpenTable or Resy today, with food ordering coming, and there are transactions there to participate in,” said Gomez-Hall. “The reason that gets interesting is that Zest learns your taste faster than a general assistant does, because it starts from where you’ve actually been instead of asking you questions. That’s worth something well beyond dinner,” he added.

Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry
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Google Suncatcher’s prototype space data center is online and communicating with the ground after launching earlier this month alongside more than 100 other spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The satellite, which carries four Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and generates up to 1 kW of electricity, is intended to pave the way for future networks of close-flying satellites performing large inference workloads in orbit. However, the power demands of the TPU mean it can only turn one on for about 20 minutes at a time, complicating the already tricky business of space-to-ground communications.

After a commissioning process that tested out the satellite’s subsystems over about three weeks, the spacecraft was ready to work. When engineers on the ground sent their first prompt this week, they asked the model pre-loaded onto the satellite, Google DeepMind’s Gemma 4, to write a haiku about being in space. And thus:

Blue marble below

Data streams in silent grace

Starlight feeds my core. ✨

Google said it tested the model with these space-themed limericks (they should have sent a poet?) and, perhaps more importantly, the company asked the spacecraft to report on the orbital conditions around the satellite.

A spokesperson told TechCrunch that the satellite was operating nominally.

The ongoing test campaign will examine how the chips perform under thermal stress and in the space radiation environment. Google has extensively tested its TPUs in particle accelerators on Earth, but now needs to see how radiation’s real effects on their hardware in space affect their processor. Radiation can cause “bit flips” — causing a stored value in computer memory — and that in turn can corrupt data without triggering typical monitoring tools.

Testing on the ground suggested the impact of radiation would be minimal for inference workloads and more of a problem for training a model, but now the Google team will get to assess those dynamics in reality, not a simulation.

If the TPUs onboard this spacecraft prove capable, the next step will be launching two more satellites equipped with the advanced chips in 2027. Those spacecraft will support higher power generation and demonstrate inter-satellite optical links.

Google’s Suncatcher project is largely alone among visions for space-based data centers in planning on high-speed links between the satellites to support coherent distributed workloads; SpaceX’s data centers are also expected to use laser links but also to orbit too far apart to share processing effectively. Companies like Starcloud and Cowboy Space expect to perform inference loads on individual satellites.

Google and SpaceX’s visions are closely linked. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, holds a significant investment stake in SpaceX. And to launch their orbital data centers, both companies will require Starship, the still-in-development heavy-lift rocket at the center of Elon Musk’s space vision, to be fully and rapidly reusable.

In a peer-reviewed analysis published earlier this month, Suncatcher researchers estimated that SpaceX would need to fly Starship 1,800 times to achieve the same learning-driven cost reductions it saw with its earlier vehicles.



Suncatcher is a classic Google moonshot — the company’s focus is on designing infrastructure that will be economical in the 2030s. Getting there, however, may depend on how the rest of the company responds to the pressures and opportunities of AI in the near term. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, saw its stock plunge this week after reporting that efforts to insert AI into its search businesses are hurting ad revenue growth.

Correction: The Suncatcher prototype satellite has four TPUs onboard, but can only operate one at a time.

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’
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“You Can See Everything,” the documentary capturing disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ final weeks before prison, is sparking national conversation as it becomes one of the highest-grossing documentaries of all time. The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, intentionally refuses to characterize Holmes as a master manipulator or victim, instead highlighting her uncanny, almost hypnotic knack for making people pity her, even when they’re well aware of her crimes.

Tyler Shultz didn’t need to see “You Can See Everything” to make up his mind about Holmes. Shultz, whose first job out of college was at Theranos, was a key whistleblower who exposed the company’s dangerously inaccurate blood testing devices, which made their way into Walgreens stores and delivered faulty results to real patients. (Theranos reached a peak valuation of around $10 billion despite its technology never actually working — the company only used its own machines for a fraction of tests, instead outsourcing others to third-party equipment.)

There is little reason to keep talking about Holmes — her case is closed, and she’s in federal prison — but her con-artistry has fascinated the media (myself included) for the last decade.

In fact, as Shultz says in an interview with The San Francisco Standard, “the only reason we’re talking about Elizabeth Holmes right now is because she wants us to be talking about Elizabeth Holmes right now.”

But the cautionary tale of Theranos takes on a new significance as we enter the peak of the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.

“I think the days of having a thirty-minute coffee with someone and sending them $100,000 should be over. Elizabeth took that model and scaled it to $100 million,” Shultz told SF Standard.

His grandfather, former U.S. Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz, was a notable investor and board member himself.

“I believe that what [Holmes] did was raise the biggest angel round of funding of all time, but even at the smaller levels, I think investors need to recognize that when they put that type of money in someone’s hands, they are giving them tremendous power,” he added.

Theranos’ funding often came from individual investors like the DeVos and Walton families, rather than venture firms. Theranos did not share scientific information or evidence that its machines worked with potential investors, citing concerns about revealing trade secrets, which warded off many top venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.

At the time Theranos’ fraud was uncovered, it was seen as a shrill wake-up call for investors that they need to prioritize due diligence. But in the AI era, Shultz worries that investors may forget these lessons.

“A huge danger with AI is that I think it is really hard to do due diligence on it,” he said. “It’s really hard to tell the difference between what is something truly unique and new versus like, a ChatGPT wrapper… If you want to deceive people, I think this is a great opportunity to go deceive people.”

The first question posed by “You Can See Everything” lies in the premise of the movie itself. Why would a mother of two young children choose to invite a film crew to follow her final days with her family before surrendering to serve a prison sentence of over 11 years? The film poses questions that seem inscrutable, but this one seems pretty clear. She wants people to pity her, because this pity could be more useful for her future endeavors than hate or mockery.

In the film, we see Holmes and her partner, hotel heir Billy Evans, working on Haemanthus, a diagnostics company that they call “Theranos 2.0,” which has reportedly raised about $20 million in funding.

“You Can See Everything” doesn’t make Holmes look good, but it also glosses over the more heinous crimes of Theranos, like giving dangerously faulty medical information to real patients, or even its targeted harassment of Shultz himself when he was attempting to sound the alarm about his former employer. In the cultural zeitgeist, Holmes remains more of a joke than a persona non grata.

“I have this feeling of unease about what might come next,” Shultz said. “She’s certainly preparing and beginning her second act, and I don’t know exactly where it’s going to go.”

Satlyt takes another step toward turning satellites into space data centers
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Naturally, Rama Afullo’s first reaction was, “Let’s GOOOO,” he said. His company, Satlyt, is building software to turn existing satellites into data processing networks, similar to the orbital data center concept. And he just took another step closer to that.

After 13 months of work, the company had a successful test earlier this month. Working with the University of Houston on a NASA-funded research project, the test showed how the startup’s software can spread out tasks among computers while in orbit based on communication and available compute.

He said the goal is to create software that connects to multiple satellites to share computing assignments. Users of the system “will only need to define permissions, priorities, and operating limits,” while the software will make decisions within those limits, Afullo told TechCrunch. Its software is already on three satellites in orbit and the first step to that vision was this test. While the test used NASA-funded research, the agency has not yet selected it for any particular mission or chosen it to deploy its technology.

Afullo said NASA missions face the same constraints that Satlyt hopes to address — “limited computing resources, intermittent communication, and the need to get useful information back to people.”

In this test, the company created a simulated network with four computers, four users, and eight services. The software then assessed how to assign and run tasks on those computers, accounting for compute and communication availability. One physical computer aboard a spacecraft ran the experiment, evaluating a simulated network of four computing hosts, then returned the results to Earth. The test proved that Satlyt’s software can generate plans on hardware in orbit, but more testing will be done to see how those computers transfer information amongst each other in practice when multiple physical computers are used.

“The finding is a trade-off,” he said. One approach worked best, though it required more computing power than the others.

Still, Satlyt which was in the top five of TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield this year, calls this a win. “It’s a building block toward satellites sharing computing work,” he said.

The Satlyt team, from left to right, engineer Leina Moli, founder and CEO Rama Afullo, engineer Junn Wangari, and CTO Nelson Psenjen Image Credits:Satlyt under a Satlyt license.

NASA already has a technology network designed to move data through space even when communication links face delays. It started using this tech earlier this year and has already tested it on aircraft.

Afullo, who previously worked at Google and SpaceX, founded Satlyt in 2024 to turn spacecraft into virtual data centers. Its software helps operators run AI and other applications onboard, processing data closer to where it is collected and reducing dependence on downlinks, where satellites send data back to Earth, and ground-based analysis.

For example, if a spacecraft sees a wildfire on Earth, such software can help it transmit relevant information much faster. “The goal is to get useful answers to people sooner and make better use of limited communication windows,” he said. “This experiment tested one planning component of that broader capability.”

Satlyt said it still needs to test its own software under various workloads, hardware, and connectivity conditions. They also found an issue in how their software was time-referencing delays, Afullo said — it was stamping it as arrival time (the time it arrived) rather than elapsed delay (how long it took to arrive), which is a different metric.

It doesn’t mean the experiment failed, however. “The software development, onboard execution, and return of outputs succeeded,” he said.

But Afullo said much work remains. “We also need usable communication links, permission from participating operators, secure transfers, resource scheduling, and recovery when a connection of computers becomes unavailable.” Satlyt is also researching applications beyond low Earth orbit, including supporting 4K video streaming from the Moon through its NASA-funded work.

“Our next technical steps are broader validation and integration, followed by demonstrations of computing work shared across separate spacecraft,” he said. “Longer term, we want developers to build applications for space without having to rebuild the infrastructure for every mission. That’s what virtual AI data centers in space mean to us.”

This piece was updated.

Intel’s stock crashes, knocking $12B from government’s stake
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Intel’s stock suffered one of its worst days ever on Friday, crashing around 28% after the chip giant reported a weaker-than-expected outlook for the fourth quarter.

This rout reduced the value of Intel’s holdings by the government by $12 billion, CNBC reports. The Trump administration had the government buy 10% stake over a year ago. Nvidia, which also took a big stake in Intel in 2025, saw its stock drop a bit on Friday as well. Much of the tech industry — especially chipmakers — were caught in the sell-off.

Intel’s stock is still a profitable investment for the government so far (and for Nvidia), as it’s up more than 70% for the year, even if it’s dropped significantly from the sky-high prices it commanded over the summer.

The scare-off was caused when Intel warned to expect revenue of $15 billion to $16 billion in the fourth quarter when analysts were looking for around $17 billion. It also warned that its gross profit margin would decline to 37% from 43%, and it was investing so heavily, it expected no positive cash flow.

The main problem for Intel is that PC sales are being hurt by the AI industry gobbling memory and other components, and causing PC prices to rise.

“Our customers began signaling a PC slowdown based on the memory prices and availability. Year-to-date system endpoint prices have increased significantly, placing additional pressure on already limited IT budgets,” Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan warned on the call.

The bright side is that revenue from Intel’s data center business grew 78% over the year-ago quarter. But it is hamstrung on that front until it can bring more capacity to its fabs and book more external customers for them, competing with powerhouse Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. One of Intel’s new fabs in Arizona is operational but the next one isn’t expected to be online until 2028.

新竹清晨低溫15.3度!未來一週東北季風接力影響
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中央氣象署指出,今天(31日)東北季風影響,迎風面水氣增多,基隆北海岸、大台北、東半部地區及恆春半島有局部短暫雨,其他地區仍為多雲到晴,入夜後東北季風減弱,基隆北海岸、大台北地區降雨趨緩。(資料照)

中央氣象署指出,今天(31日)東北季風影響,迎風面水氣增多,基隆北海岸、大台北、東半部地區及恆春半島有局部短暫雨,其他地區仍為多雲到晴,入夜後東北季風減弱,基隆北海岸、大台北地區降雨趨緩,未來一週將有東北季風接力影響。

今晨平地低溫新竹縣關西鎮下探至15.3度,花蓮縣鳳林鎮也下探至17度,其他如台東縣東河鄉、苗栗縣西湖鄉、新北市石碇區、宜蘭縣南澳鄉、雲林縣古坑鄉也都出現18度以下低溫。

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氣象署提醒,東北風影響,桃園至台中、台南、恆春半島及澎湖、馬祖、蘭嶼、綠島局部地區有平均風6級以上或陣風8級以上發生的機率,請注意。

第30號強烈颱風煙花持續向西北轉北再轉東北移動,距離台灣遙遠,對天氣無直接影響,但週日開始基隆北海岸、東半部沿海(含蘭嶼、綠島)及恆春半島有長浪發生的機率,海邊活動請注意安全。

空氣品質方面,根據環境部空氣品質預報資訊顯示:今日環境風場為東北風至偏東風,東北風可能挾帶微量境外污染物移入,中南部污染物稍易累積,午後臭氧濃度易上升;宜蘭、花東空品區為「良好」等級;北部、竹苗空品區為「普通」等級;中部、雲嘉南、高屏空品區及馬祖、金門、澎湖為「橘色提醒」等級。

未來天氣方面,週日各地大多為多雲到晴,僅東半部地區及恆春半島有零星短暫雨。

下週一東北季風再增強,下週二東北季風影響,北部及東北部天氣轉涼;基隆北海岸、大台北及東半部地區有局部短暫雨,桃園地區有零星短暫雨,其他地區為多雲到晴。

下週三東北季風減弱,北部及東北部氣溫回升;基隆北海岸及東半部地區有局部短暫雨,其他地區為多雲到晴。

下週四東北季風又增強,下週五東北季風影響,北部及東北部天氣稍轉涼;桃園以北及東半部地區有局部短暫雨,其他地區為多雲到晴。

下週六東北季風影響,北部及東北部天氣稍涼;桃園以北及東半部地區有局部短暫雨,其他地區為多雲到晴。下下週日東北季風減弱,北部及東北部氣溫回升;基隆北海岸及東半部地區有局部短暫雨,其他地區為多雲到晴。下下週一東北季風又增強,桃園以北及東半部地區有局部短暫雨,其他地區為多雲到晴。

國際都市氣象:

亞洲、大洋洲

美洲

歐洲、非洲

中國

各地體感溫度預報 (°C) 北部 中部 南部 東部 22 ~ 26 23 ~ 32 27 ~ 32 22 ~ 28

今日各地天氣預報概況。(圖擷取自中央氣象署)

第30號強烈颱風煙花持續向西北轉北再轉東北移動,距離台灣遙遠,對天氣無直接影響,但週日開始基隆北海岸、東半部沿海(含蘭嶼、綠島)及恆春半島有長浪發生的機率,海邊活動請注意安全。(圖擷取自中央氣象署)

今日各地空氣品質概況。(圖擷取自環保署空氣品質監測網)

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萬聖節防引鬼上身!命理師叮嚀「3禁忌」千萬別碰
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萬聖節狂歡,小心惹「煞」氣,3禁忌千萬別碰。(歐新社)

〔娛樂頻道/綜合報導〕今(31日)是西洋萬聖節,適逢週末,命理專家小孟老師提醒,萬聖節扮鬼雖然有趣,但有「3大禁忌」千萬不可觸碰,以免招惹煞氣「引鬼上身」;但若能懂得避開禁忌和煞氣,萬聖節前後3天其實也是試手氣的最佳時刻,尤其威力彩頭獎金額飆破2.3億,「偏財最強3星座」有機會成為大贏家。

【萬聖節3禁忌】

1.扮鬼可以,但不要扮鬼又燒香或唸經,以免引鬼上身。

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2.禁拿往生者照片惡作劇,應對逝者抱持敬意,拿往生者照片嬉戲大不敬。

3.設妖魔鬼怪造型物品時,切勿在前方點蠟燭,小心引鬼進家門。

【偏財運最強3星座】

◎第3名:獅子座

萬聖節偏財旺旺盛,獅子座最適合投資了。在股市方面,有精準的眼光,懂得適時進場,安穩退場,讓荷包滿滿。中獎機率比其他星座還要高很多,尤其是萬聖節前後的那幾天,偏財運特別旺。當然如果有興趣的,可在牌桌上試手氣,相信你們會是桌上財運最旺的一群人了。

◎第2名:雙子座

萬聖節雙子座貴人運與意外財非常好,有機會獲得意外之財及賺錢機會。貴人有可能就是你們的另一半,旺夫旺妻的絕佳助手,讓你們事半功倍。

◎第1名:牡羊座

迎來「木星入偏財宮」強大吉兆,手氣旺到擋不住,買刮刮樂或參加各類抽獎極易中大獎,發財指數第一名。

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習近平為4連任動作頻頻 明居正:獨裁者的疑心病
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中共中央總書記習近平。(美聯社檔案照)

中共20屆五中全會29日落幕,國策研究院昨(30)日舉辦「中共20屆五中全會」座談會,台灣大學政治學系名譽教授明居正表示,中共總書記習近平明年將在21大順利4連任,「我們都這樣想,他可能不這樣想」,因為不這樣想才會有這麼多動作,為什麼他覺得連任有問題?這就是「獨裁者的疑心病」。

明居正說,中共五中全會是為明年21大的預備會議,習近平核心的問題,就是到底能不能連任。對他而言,這不是一個百分之百、這個板上釘釘的事情,需要籌劃與安排,做很多準備工作,至少會在人事與路線兩方面作準備。

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明居正表示,路線的部分,是全面從嚴治黨。五中全會缺席97人,差不多四分之一,從所未見,這種會議,他們絕對不敢不來,不來的就兩種情況,一是生病,第二種就是已經被整肅或是等著被整肅;20大以來,習近平整肅57名上將,其中32人有官宣、25人失蹤。

雖然習近平將4連任,沒有接班問題,但明居正指出,習一定有接班計劃,為什麼要安排接班人?是要保護自己。像毛澤東接班,安排兩組人,一是華國鋒、另一是四人幫;鄧小平上來之後也擺了兩組安排,第一組是江澤民,第二組是胡錦濤。他認為,習近平至少安排兩組接班人,第一組應該在中央,第二組現在擺在地方。

明居正分析,習近平當初以解決台灣問題為由拿下第三任期,但台灣部分沒有太多進展、也沒有太多政績,反而整肅許多文官與武官。而為21大連任,習近平可能提出兩種政績,一是改善中美關係,另一是在兩岸問題得分。

明居正認為,對中共高層而言,只要能在1年之內將兩岸關係拉近,就算得分,台灣如果願意坐下來跟他和平談判,就拉近了。而讓台灣願意談判方法,除了威逼、利誘外,還有透過美方要求台灣與中共談判,「解決兩岸問題最快的辦法就是透過華盛頓,這也是他最想做的事情」。

明居正說,「兩制台灣方案」的12點共識即是為和平談判鋪路,所以這1年當中,最需要擔心的,其實不是打台灣,最需要擔心的,就是台灣內部有多少「內奸」在配合他講和平談判。

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黃仁勳與中籍女高層關係密切 美媒:美星台官員憂向中國提供情報
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輝達執行長黃仁勳。(美聯社)

華爾街日報報導,美國、新加坡和台灣官員日益憂心,與輝達執行長黃仁勳關係密切的中國籍業界高層黃樂,可能向中國提供情報,使北京得以掌握全球最有價值的人工智慧(AI)晶片資訊。

根據華爾街日報(The Wall Street Journal),知情人士透露,美國官員去年認定,新加坡公司Megaspeed International時任中國籍高階主管黃樂(Huang Le,音譯)在與輝達(Nvidia)合作於亞洲興建數據中心時,向中國政府提供資訊。黃樂又名Alice Huang,與黃仁勳並無親屬關係。

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部分知情人士表示,Megaspeed總部所在的新加坡政府及台灣當局,曾分別調查黃樂與中國的關係,甚至一度派員實地監控她。

這些知情人士指出,參與調查的官員得知黃樂與黃仁勳關係密切後,懷疑她已被中國情報機構吸收。

根據上述知情人士,2024年底,當局開始監視黃樂後,她曾一度前往中國,行蹤不明。目前無法確認她身在何處,也不清楚她是否仍在Megaspeed擔任高階職務。

華爾街日報未能聯繫上她取得回應。Megaspeed未回應置評要求。

中國駐華府大使館則否認相關指控,稱中方反對炒作所謂的「中國間諜論」,並稱中國的科技發展仰賴「自主創新」。

輝達發言人表示,該公司相信美國政府若認定有人對美國產業構成威脅,就會告知該公司。該名發言人還說,黃仁勳與黃樂基於雙方商業關係有所互動,並不異常,也不令人意外。

新加坡警察部隊代表指出,針對Megaspeed的調查仍在進行中,但不便透露具體細節。這名代表說:「我們不執行其他國家單方面實施的出口管制,但對於違反我國法律,並從事詐欺及不誠實行為的企業和個人,我們會採取堅定行動。」

台灣駐美代表處表示,不評論特定情報或安全事務。

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健康網》防心梗不只少吃油! 專家推護心5吃法 鮭魚、燕麥都加分
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營養師楊斯涵表示,日常飲食掌握5原則,如每週吃2次魚類,增加攝取燕麥、大麥、豆類、蔬菜、水果等膳食纖維,均有助護心;情境照。(圖取自freepik)



〔健康頻道/綜合報導〕心肌梗塞看似突然發生,其實血管可能早已出現動脈粥狀硬化,只是平時沒有明顯症狀。營養師楊斯涵提醒,高血壓、高血脂、糖尿病、有抽菸習慣,或是有心血管疾病家族史的人,更應留意心臟健康。此外,想預防心血管疾病,不能只靠特定保健品,日常飲食建議掌握好油取代壞油、增加膳食纖維、每週吃2次魚、減鹽、少糖少加工5原則,有助維護心血管健康。

楊斯涵於臉書粉專發文說明,心臟需要冠狀動脈持續供應氧氣與養分,當血管內累積膽固醇、形成動脈粥狀硬化斑塊,若斑塊破裂或表面糜爛,可能引發血栓,導致血管突然阻塞,造成心肌缺血、缺氧,嚴重時甚至壞死。因此,心肌梗塞不只是膽固醇太高,也與血管發炎、血壓、血糖及生活型態密切相關。

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護心飲食掌握5大原則

楊斯涵表示,保護心血管不是完全不吃油,也不是只靠某種保健食品,而是應該建立長期且均衡的飲食型態,並建議掌握以下5大原則:

●好油取代壞油:減少肥肉、加工肉品、奶油、豬油及油炸食物,優先選擇橄欖油、芥花油、堅果、種子等富含不飽和脂肪酸的食物。重點不是完全不吃脂肪,而是減少飽和脂肪,並以不飽和脂肪取代,有助於降低LDL壞膽固醇。

●增加膳食纖維攝取:燕麥、大麥、豆類、蔬菜及水果,都是護心飲食的重要食物。尤其燕麥中的β-葡聚醣等水溶性纖維,有助於降低LDL膽固醇。建議多以全穀雜糧取代精製澱粉,每餐搭配足量蔬菜,水果則以完整水果取代果汁。

●每週吃2次魚類:鯖魚、鮭魚、沙丁魚等魚類,均含有Omega-3脂肪酸,建議每週至少攝取2次魚類,搭配清蒸、烘烤、少油煎等方式,取代部分紅肉及加工肉品。此外,是否需要補充高劑量魚油,應依個人健康狀況評估。

●減鹽飲食穩血壓:高血壓是心肌梗塞重要危險因子之一,成人每日鈉攝取量建議低於2300毫克,約相當於6公克食鹽。提醒應特別注意少喝湯麵及火鍋湯底、減少醬油等調味料、少吃香腸等加工食品、多利用蔥薑蒜等辛香料增加風味。

●少糖、少加工顧血糖:長期高血糖會增加血管病變風險,建議減少含糖飲料、甜點、精製糕餅及高度加工食品,多選擇蔬菜、全穀、豆類、適量水果及優質蛋白質,同時兼顧血糖、血脂與體重管理。

楊斯涵提醒,曾發生心肌梗塞的人,屬於再次發生心血管事件的高風險族群。除了飲食調整,也需要遵照醫囑規律服藥,不自行停藥;積極管理LDL膽固醇、血壓及血糖;戒菸,減少二手菸暴露;也要依醫師建議參與心臟復健與規律運動、定期回診,追蹤心血管健康。

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黃仁勳身邊藏「女共諜」 中國女主管驚人履歷美媒起底
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美國情報機構認定Megaspeed中國籍高層黃樂為北京情報資產,涉嫌協助中國規避管制獲取輝達先進AI晶片,並與黃仁勳建立密切關係。(擷取自NetThunder領英貼文)

一名與輝達執行長黃仁勳「密切往來」的中國籍女高階主管被控是北京間諜。美媒進一步追查發現,她的履歷相當驚人,據稱曾任職於中國知名電視台及國際銀行,但她部分工作經歷尚未獲得證實。

「紐約時報」(The New York Times)報導,美國情報官員指稱,這位名為黃樂(Huang Le,又名Alice Huang)的女子一邊與黃仁勳建立密切關係,一邊向中國共產黨傳遞資訊。

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一份網路簡歷列出她不凡的職涯經歷:從湖南衛視、中央電視台、匯豐銀行(HSBC)、中信證券(CITIC Securities)一路爬到獲利豐厚的上海和熙投資管理公司。

從各方說法來看,黃樂似乎是成功的女企業家,目前尚未因任何不法行為而遭正式指控。她與黃仁勳並無親屬關係。儘管紐時形容2人「密切往來」,但也坦承無法確認他們的關係到底有多親近。

輝達(NVIDIA)發言人向紐郵表示:「黃仁勳與黃女士的互動並無不尋常或出人意料之處。與客戶會面是執行長工作的一環;黃仁勳每年都和數千名客戶高層會談。」

根據紐時,黃樂曾協助經營一家鮮為人知的新加坡晶片公司Megaspeed,其馬來西亞姐妹公司於2024年6月至今年2月間,至少購入48億美元的輝達設備。

她在此之前的履歷,讓人得以一窺她驚人的商界經歷。

在中國私募基金資料庫「私募排排網」,一名身穿紅色洋裝、面帶微笑的女子照片被標示為「上海和熙投資黃樂-基金經理」,簡歷指她也是執行董事。她與黃仁勳合照中的女子相符。

她的簡歷列出4年媒體及8年證券從業經歷,曾任湖南衛視與央視新聞記者、匯豐私人銀行部總裁助理,以及中信證券證券業務副總裁。

然而,一名不願具名的湖南衛視主管告訴「紐約郵報」(New York Post):「我從沒聽過她。」紐郵在湖南衛視與央視的網站上也都找不到以黃樂為名的記者資料。

Megaspeed最初是中國網路遊戲公司「第七大道」(7Road)的新加坡分支機構,第七大道部分股權由中國中央及地方政府持有。根據去年的報導,黃樂任職的上海和熙曾投資第七大道。

匯豐銀行、中信證券均未回覆紐郵的置評請求;上海和熙也未回覆紐郵的採訪邀約。

Megaspeed因並非中國公司,得以取得價值數百萬美元的輝達最先進晶片。然而多篇報導指出,Megaspeed將運算能力出租給阿里巴巴及其他中國企業,引發爭議。

彭博(Bloomberg News)報導,截至去年11月,Megaspeed已進口約13萬6000個輝達圖形處理器(GPU),但輝達查核人員在其資料中心只找到數千個最新款晶片,令外界起疑其餘晶片流向何處。

美國商務部曾調查Megaspeed是否協助走私晶片至中國,並於今年將調查結果交給司法部。新加坡當局去年曾約談黃樂,之後未予起訴便讓她離開。

Megaspeed告訴紐時,已委任外部律師進行調查;該公司未回覆紐郵的置評請求,紐郵也無法聯繫到黃樂。

與此同時,中國的審查機制已經啟動。

中國頂尖人工智慧(AI)聊天機器人DeepSeek拒絕回答有關黃樂的問題。當紐郵詢問上海和熙的基金經理是否就是Megaspeed高層,它回答:「抱歉,這超出我目前的回答範圍。我們換個話題聊聊吧。」

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10/31 各報重點新聞一覽
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民間司改會與相聲演員黃逸豪(右四)昨開記者會,強調中國跨國鎮壓不僅是國安議題,更是嚴重侵害人權,呼籲修法保障人民安全。(記者王藝菘攝)

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受害演員黃逸豪到立院疾呼:修法護國人 阻中國跨國鎮壓

相聲演員黃逸豪遭中國人士涉嫌出資策劃假車禍撞傷,民間司法改革基金會昨在立法院召開記者會,盼政府與立委正視中國跨國鎮壓問題。黃逸豪除還原案發經過,並指出現行法律對警方主動介入跨國鎮壓案件、追查金流等仍有不足,呼籲朝野立委推動修法。過去曾公開呼籲花蓮立委傅崐萁推動修法的黃逸豪也說,「尤其某些人,可以幫助花蓮人受欺負時勇敢站出來,保護台灣每一個公民。」

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詳見受害演員黃逸豪到立院疾呼:修法護國人 阻中國跨國鎮壓。

陸軍無人機 竟有中國製晶片 軍方自檢告發 亞拓科技創辦人收押

有「遙控直升機之王」稱號的亞拓科技創辦人杜大森,得標軍方無人機採購案後,爆出涉嫌用中國製零件混充,特別是極為關鍵的晶片竟印有「CN」字樣,案經軍方自檢發現後主動告發,台中地檢署追查發現,至少有兩筆總額八百多萬元的標案使用中製晶片,將杜男夫妻聲請羈押禁見獲准。

詳見陸軍無人機 竟有中國製晶片 軍方自檢告發 亞拓科技創辦人收押。

由經營群組 轉向大量散布、快速接觸 釣魚連結詐騙 受害暴增202%

刑事警察局昨天公布最新打詐統計,發現詐騙集團犯罪型態,除了傳統「經營群組、長期誘導」假投資手法,轉為更著力於「大量散布、快速接觸」詐騙方式,其中「假網拍」發生件數高居第一,而許多不同的引誘花招,往往接下來會以「釣魚連結」詐騙民眾,此類受害件數也愈來愈多,與前年八月相比,至今增幅達百分之二百零二。

詳見由經營群組 轉向大量散布、快速接觸 釣魚連結詐騙 受害暴增202%。

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陸軍206旅女中尉之死 旅長、政戰主任遭拔官

國軍近期意外頻傳,近半個月有陸軍第六軍團步兵二○六旅王姓女中尉墜樓案、吳姓少校心肌梗塞猝死案,以及陸軍第十軍團步兵一○一旅劉姓上兵休假自傷案等,釀成三條人命。國防部長顧立雄前天在立法院備詢時與立委激烈交鋒,昨態度放軟,證實將二○六旅旅長江仕文及政戰主任張致瑜調職,也會做適切處分。國民黨立委徐巧芯說,亡羊補牢是最基本的,從環節失靈到責任歸屬,國防部要給家屬交代。

詳見陸軍206旅女中尉之死 旅長、政戰主任遭拔官。

供需失衡…未來3年社工 進入大缺工時代

衛福部社工司委託國衛院首度針對社工人力供需進行研究,結果發現,未來三年社工將進入大缺工時代,二○二八年人力供需將跌至谷底,且隨著人口結構、社會形態變遷,八年後、二○三四年,老人社工缺口達三成為最多,其次為心理衛生社工的缺口,約達二成。社工界指出,衛福部應盤點因應對策,與地方政府合作設法留人。

詳見供需失衡…未來3年社工 進入大缺工時代。

中國時報

毒駕10年內再犯害命 可判死

毒駕撞死人事件頻傳!立法院會30日三讀通過藍白共提的《刑法》修正案,明定10年內再犯毒駕因而致人於死者,最重可處死刑並得併科1000萬元罰金。表決時,民進黨僅1票反對、1票棄權,其餘綠委包括沈伯洋在內均未投票。國民黨團副書記長洪孟楷強調,這是為回應民意期待,告訴國人在台灣毒駕撞死人必須面臨最嚴厲刑責;民眾黨團則質疑行政院是否還要透過不副署阻擋,呼籲政府不能再讓毒駕威脅人民生命安全。

詳見毒駕10年內再犯害命 可判死。

賴瑞隆、柯志恩 市政議題激烈交鋒

民國115年九合一大選全國首場六都市長電視辯論會,30日晚間在高雄登場,藍綠候選人柯志恩、賴瑞隆首度同台正面交鋒,雙方除了各自提出未來城市願景,博取選民支持,並針對《財劃法》、派系爭議、市政議題激烈攻防,也互相批評對手閃躲問題,充滿濃濃火藥味。

詳見賴瑞隆、柯志恩 市政議題激烈交鋒。

亞拓科技長年承接軍方、警、消等政府單位無人機採購標案,彰化縣警局今年六月成立無人機隊,就是採購亞拓無人機。(資料照)

刑事局統計9月份高發詐欺案類前五名。(記者鄭景議翻攝)

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圖輯》國際火舞點亮天母夜空!沈伯洋謝幕向「小麻糬」Say Hi
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沈伯洋演出結束後受邀上台謝幕,看見台下的妻子曾心慧與女兒「小麻糬」,立即揮手打招呼,溫馨互動畫面吸引現場民眾目光。(本報合成,記者陳逸寬攝)

民進黨台北市長候選人沈伯洋邀請國際知名「即將成真火舞團」,昨(30日)晚間在天母運動公園帶來親子火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,吸引數千名民眾到場觀賞。演出融合劇場藝術、火舞與各式高難度特技,讓大小朋友看得目不轉睛。

壓軸登場的「台灣火龍」在夜空中盤旋飛舞,場面壯觀,贏得滿場掌聲。沈伯洋則在演出落幕後登台,與舞團成員一同謝幕,並笑稱現場人潮多到宛如一場火舞演唱會,看見台下的妻子曾心慧與女兒「小麻糬」,立即揮手打招呼,溫馨互動畫面吸引現場民眾目光。

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

國際知名「即將成真火舞團」昨晚在天母帶來火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》,結合火舞與特技,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

「台灣火龍」壓軸登場,氣勢磅礡的演出震撼全場,贏得觀眾熱烈掌聲。(記者陳逸寬攝)

火舞劇《FIREMOSA 火爾摩莎》由世界火舞冠軍蔡宏毅(圖中)領軍,結合火舞、特技與劇場藝術,呈現精彩演出。(記者陳逸寬攝)

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沈伯洋講話有料?他稱沒工程師會認同 釣出一票大老狠打臉
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民進黨台北市長候選人沈伯洋。(記者陳逸寬攝)

首次上稿 10-30 22:07

更新時間 10-31 06:02

民進黨台北市長候選人沈伯洋近期聲勢飆漲,這讓不少藍白支持者相當不以為然。近日就有一名網友發文宣稱,只要是有邏輯、會用數據和實證思考的人,例如工程師,就不會覺得沈伯洋講話有料,結果貼文曝光釣出一大票工程師打臉。

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30日有名網友在Threads上發文,表示會覺得沈伯洋講話很有道理的人,身邊應該沒有幾個工程師,或是習慣用數據、邏輯和實證思考的二、三類組朋友,只會空談理想,追問一句「具體怎麼做?數據在哪裡?」大概話題就被句點了。

沒想到貼文曝光,釣出一票工程師回應,「不才台大物理學士碩士博士,半導體業資深工程師,我覺得噗馬的政策都有論據支持和提出實際執行的細節」、「近二十年經驗矽谷主任工程師加架構師加專案主管,我的人生就是跟數據還有邏輯打交道。我上次跟沈伯洋聊天時,我連問他一個問題,他都可以講到我覺得我怎麼會這麼蠢,問這種鳥問題」、「我是資訊工程師,清大資應所畢業,本身就是學資料跟數據的。撲馬拿出來的方案,很多都是以數據為基礎去做的,也有給到具體方案,你如果是真的認真想討論,建議你先跳出你在看的那些垃圾媒體,那些媒體當然不可能跟你說撲馬有多認真在整理這些數據」、「本人不才,忝為台大化工學士及明大化工博士(錄取時該所排名全美第4 )、現職蛋白質工程科學家,覺得沈伯洋講話有道理、有理想、並有堅持」。

還有就讀二、三類組的網友也跳出來,「我台北市民,雙敦學區的,國立工學院背景念過MBA,自己創業公司存在超過十年了,蔣寶那種次元切割跟問A答B,我真的投不下去」、「我也是二三類,唸過電腦科系,身邊也都是工程師跟醫生……就我所知台灣的醫師公會、律師公會基本上都是支持沈伯洋,聰明的人都很厭蠢」、「我醫學系 我覺得沈伯洋講話很有道理喔」、「清大材料畢業參上,我有超過七成的同學都在竹科。我認為沈伯洋所提出的政策都是來自於嚴謹的智庫研究,且包含許多國家的成功經驗,極少看到有任何候選人可以如此基於數據與科學」。

其他鄉民則紛紛表示,「先不談論沈伯洋講的東西你聽不聽得懂,所以你覺得蔣萬安講的東西言之有物、句句深得你心囉?」、「如果工程師受不了沈,會更受不了蔣吧」、「你要確定這個形容不是在講另一位欸?」、「但凡有一點邏輯,都會知道『對方候選人支持在社區發放毒品』這種論述完全不存在實證思考」、「倒是比較想聽聽你覺得蔣萬安可以說服你的議題是什麼?還是你覺得蔣萬安講的話你比較可以認同舉例」、「那你們理組的聽到蔣萬安講話不就直接暴斃?」

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沈伯洋遭造謠軍購收回扣 調查局鑑識證實「AI合成假音檔」
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鄭男涉嫌在Threads社群軟體散布「深偽」不實內容。(記者王定傳翻攝)

首次上稿 00:04

更新時間 05:55

調查局新北市調查處板橋站調查官前日一早執行網路巡查時,發現有網友在臉書及Threads等社群平台,散布疑似民進黨台北市長候選人沈伯洋「利用美國軍購案收受回扣」的影音短片,經調查局進行鑑識,確認該聲音是透過深度偽造(Deepfake)技術合成的不實內容,隨即報請桃園地檢署指揮,火速拘提逮捕涉案的桃園市鄭姓男子,檢察官訊後已向法院聲請羈押禁見;至於這則假影音是否可能是境外人士製作、透過鄭男或網路散布,抑或者是鄭男獨力所為,企圖影響台北市長選舉結果,仍待檢調釐清。

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調查局呼籲,隨著生成式AI技術日益普及,民眾切勿擅自製造或散布不實影音檔案;若在網路上發現刻意影響候選人形象的疑慮影音,應恪遵「不輕信、不轉傳」原則,以免觸法受罰。

據了解,調查官發現此事後,立即啟動調查進行溯源,發現是鄭男所張貼,並同步利用一家專精於Deepfake檢測與防範的國際資安與鑑識研究公司,所產製的軟體進行鑑識,確認影片內音是深偽內容,隨即提報桃園地檢署偵辦。

桃檢檢察長張春暉極為重視,親自主持專案會議指示全力偵辦,專案小組隨即持檢察官核發拘票執行拘提,並依法查扣相關證物。鄭男於調查局製作筆錄後隨即解送桃檢複訊。

​檢察官訊問後,認定鄭男涉犯公職人員選舉罷免法「意圖使候選人不當選,以深度偽造聲音之方法散布不實之事」罪嫌,犯罪嫌疑重大,且有羈押原因及必要,向桃園地院聲請羈押禁見。

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11月五星逆行股市大逃殺? 5星座「不靠運氣靠手段」愈亂愈賺
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股市該撤守了嗎?命理專家揭「11月財運王TOP5星座」靠技術愈賺愈富。(本報製圖)

〔娛樂頻道/綜合報導〕明起正式邁入11月,全球金融市場迎來高度動盪的轉折期。塔羅占星專家艾菲爾分析,本月重頭戲莫過於美政壇的期中選舉,兩黨權力結構重組將直接牽動全球AI科技產業的政策走向與股市敘事;同時,國內九合一縣市長選舉亦如火如荼進行,政治變數疊加5顆行星逆行(水、金、土、天王、海王),市場波動劇烈。

在如此錯綜複雜的局勢中,哪些星座能在動盪中看準趨勢、保住財富,甚至逆勢獲利?以下為本月財運最穩健的5大星座:

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◎第5名:金牛座資產配置的重新檢視。

.財運策略:金牛座對於風險極度敏感,本月在面對國際與國內雙重選舉變數時,會主動調整財務結構,減碼高波動個股,增加不動產或債券配置,在亂局中築起牢固的財務防火牆。

.理財提醒:危機就是轉機,保守觀望之餘,可伺機撿便宜優質標的。

◎第4名:雙魚座

.星象優勢:月亮與海王星在本宮提供靈性與彈性。

.財運策略:雙魚座本月展現極佳的靈活應變能力。當市場因政治議題大幅上下震盪時,雙魚不會死守單一板塊,能隨波逐流、適時鎖定利潤,甚至在消費或內需市場中發現意想不到的財源。

.理財提醒:保持資金彈性,切勿將所有雞蛋放在同一個籃子裡。

◎第3名:魔羯座

.星象優勢:土星穩健發揮能量,冥王結構轉型。

.財運策略:面對局勢動盪,魔羯座憑藉紀律與冷靜脫穎而出。不論政局如何變化,魔羯始終堅守價值投資原則,偏好實體產業、基礎建設與低估值股票,展現出極強的抗跌能力,財富穩定成長。

.理財提醒:以現金流與定期定額為主力,不參與短期高槓桿投機。

◎第2名:天蠍座

.星象優勢:太陽落入天蠍本宮,水星發揮深層洞察力。

.財運策略:天蠍座本月擁有超乎常人的直覺與危機意識。在選舉與政策變動引發市場震盪時,能敏銳察覺資金流向,提前出清高風險標的,將資金轉入黃金、高股息或避險板塊,成功保住財富成果。

.理財提醒:多信任自己的直覺,切忌聽信未經證實的小道消息。

◎第1名:獅子座

.星象優勢:火星與木星於獅子座高位合相。

.財運策略:受火木合相賦能,獅子座本月擁有極佳的決策眼光與突破勇氣。面對全球政策變局,能迅速看清AI科技與大型權值股的趨勢脈絡,敢於在市場恐慌時低點布局,精準掌握獲利契機。

.理財提醒:行動宜果斷,但需提防過度過熱,獲利落袋為安最穩妥。

【艾菲爾老師 小檔案】

.專長:星座占星、塔羅牌、東方姓名學、解夢、水晶占卜、貝殼占卜、生命靈數

.經歷:命運好好玩節目專任老師;台灣、香港MSN星座塔羅頻道專欄作家;台灣、中國新浪網星座頻道專欄作家、元大投信星座理財專欄作家、非凡商業週刊專欄作家

.著作:《塔羅占卜101》、《跟艾菲爾學塔羅》、《2012末日。預言》

.命運好好玩官網:看這裡

.塔羅牌老師艾菲爾:看這裡

☆命理說法僅供參考☆

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高雄市長辯論》柯志恩:我當選「這3人」不會到高雄
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國民黨高雄市長候選人柯志恩。(記者李惠洲攝)

首次上稿 10-30 22:00

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2026高雄市長辯論最後結論,柯志恩提及她與陳其邁都是重考,但因為輸過,會珍惜為高雄服務更好的機會,並再次強調,她當選,鄭麗文、傅崐萁、翁曉玲不會到高雄,但賴瑞隆當選,新潮流就會回來高雄。

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柯志恩說,陳其邁市長說她是重考,她說是,她和陳其邁都是重考,但是重考會考出更好的成績,因為輸過會更懂得謙卑,所以會珍惜為高雄服務更好的機會。

柯志恩指出,賴瑞隆說要當高雄最好的第4棒是霸權,不能忘了吳敦義和韓國瑜,韓國瑜提出的愛情摩天輪是產業的景觀意象,強調在愛河前做影像帶動商圈發展,何錯之有?高雄不是民進黨的,政黨輪替最重要的是權力的監督,不要提到韓國瑜就唱衰。

柯志恩也再提財劃法,認為財源是攀升的,她說,統籌分配款增加278億,即使行政院苛刻下也增加了58億元,高雄的營養午餐、敬老卡都是統籌分配款增加的,第二次修法要求636億的一般性補助款,以及計畫性補助款不低於過去10年的平均,但行政院不附屬。

柯志恩說,高雄是夢想的海港,她是南部的孩子,北漂後回來,是想把高雄建設的更好,給大家希望和幸福。她沒有任何派系,做任何事都勇敢面對,反而是賴瑞隆自稱勞工之子,但砍7天假按下贊成,恢復5天假按反對,他才是聽黨意。鄭麗文、傅崐萁、翁曉玲不會到高雄,但新潮流會,不能再讓派系復辟。

柯志恩說,她會以媽媽的心情,不會砍預算,只會精打細算。她非常愛高雄,當初離開的理由,就是今天回到南部的理由,高雄是偉大的城市,賴瑞隆是新潮流派出的二軍,是看不起高雄,高雄應該要大破大立。

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上王偉忠專訪都問A答B!他發現蔣萬安、蔡康永最大差別在這......
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王偉忠接連專訪蔣萬安夫婦和蔡康永,引發討論。(中廣提供)

首次上稿 10-30 23:49

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「綜藝教父」王偉忠近日接連專訪台北市長蔣萬安夫婦,及知名主持人蔡康永,引發熱烈討論。圖文作家蕭瑩燈表示,看完這兩集專訪後,可以看到其實兩位受訪者都有「問A答B」的狀況,差別在於蔣萬安單純聽不懂問題,蔡康永則流露出一種慈悲和視野。

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蕭瑩燈30日在臉書發文,「如果有空,建議大家把這兩集都看了,而且要兩帖一起服用。蔡康永和蔣萬安,是一種很有趣的對比。表面上對於王偉忠的提問,似乎都有問A答B的現象,但其實天差地別。」

「蔡康永的答B,是一種慈悲和視野。他往往不直接回答問題的是或非,而是通過講述一個事件或情境,來間接表示他的態度,或者說,人間有許多紛爭,未必要以人間來論是非,其實可以有更高的維度。蔣萬安的答B,就是答B,就是聽不懂,就是重複、就是掩飾、就是閃躲,就是表演,但演技超爛,沒別的。他這集看點當然就是……他真的沒救了。」

最後蕭瑩燈直言,「如果以這兩個受訪談者論,蔡康永是一個自己處在受害中,還能優雅關照他人利益的俠者。蔣萬安是一個自己處在利益中,還在慌張爭取自己利益的孬者。」

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《德國之聲》藍綠造勢場直擊!中配表態投沈伯洋 笑稱中國最先發現他
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民進黨台北市長候選人沈伯洋。(資料照)

首次上稿 10-30 22:54

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台北市長選戰備受熱議,連外媒都在關注!《德國之聲》(Deutsche Welle)近期特別走進藍綠陣營的造勢場合,街訪兩邊的支持者,影片30日上線,引發討論。

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《德國之聲》中文頻道30日在IG分享影片,特派記者分別前往現任市長蔣萬安和民進黨候選人沈伯洋的造勢活動,並街訪兩邊陣營的支持者,了解站出來表態支持的理由。蔣萬安的部分,有人稱讚他「腳踏實地默默做事情」;有人認為輝達選擇在台灣設立總部、落腳台北都是蔣萬安的功勞;也有人稱許他的「生生喝鮮奶」、「免費營養午餐」等政策辦得很好。

至於沈伯洋,有人說是從異溫層媒體人的專訪節目才真正認識到他,是個非常真誠的人;有人說之前非常支持蔣萬安,可自從聽到松機遷建政策就覺得自己的「智商受到考驗」;還有一位從上海嫁來台灣的中配,大讚沈伯洋是「正確的人選」,這是她第一次投票,決定將珍貴選票投給沈伯洋,她還笑稱:「我跟我所有中國或者國際朋友開玩笑說,第一個發現沈伯洋的是中國!」

《德國之聲》在影片結束時,還邀請網友留言分享自己支持誰,底下一面倒:「沈伯洋高票當選!」、「下架蔣草包」、「安可市長說用選票表達對執政者不滿,我同意了,所以我投沈伯洋」、「沈伯洋加油」、「我只能說在這場智力測驗我是絕對不會輸的」、「空安在重新塑造人設,給再多年台北都一樣爛」、「連我沒票的香港人都緊張起來,如果真的是蔣萬安……對不起,我會看不起台北人」。

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蔡康永昔在中國節目淚喊「我們不是妖怪」 遭中共勒令下架!
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知名主持人蔡康永。(資料照)

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知名主持人蔡康永近日接受「綜藝教父」王偉忠專訪,坦言自己主動出席民進黨台北市長候選人沈伯洋的競選總部成立大會,與10月初西門町同志酒吧被抄有關,訪談中他也分享自己作為公開出櫃公眾人物,理應挺身為同志發聲,發自肺腑的感想看哭不少網友。有人還翻出他過去在中國節目上淚訴同志人士遭受的歧視,結果被中國廣電總局要求下架。

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蔡康永證實早前傳聞他是因為看不下北市府下轄警察局跑去查抄西門町同志酒吧才去參加沈伯洋竟總大會,並分享自己不畏謾罵挺身為同志發聲的心聲,感動大批網友。回顧2001年,蔡康永上已故作家李敖代班主持的《文茜小妹大》接受訪談,李敖相當直白地提問「你是不是喜歡男生?」蔡康永不假思索便回「你要幫我介紹嗎?」公開出櫃後隔天,蔡康永承認自己是同志的新聞出現在各家媒體頭版。

10多年後,蔡康永2015年在中國談話節目《奇葩說》公開分享出櫃後自己和周遭同志圈人士面臨的壓力,透露演藝圈每當有人考慮要不要出櫃前,都會跑去問他這個「前輩」,他總是會擔心這些人無法承受隨之而來的打擊。在講述這些心境時,蔡康永一度淚灑攝影棚,哽咽表示「我們並不是妖怪」。沒想到節目播出才過沒多久,中國廣電總局便以「嘉賓對非正常的性關係持同情態度,挑戰傳統道德觀和價值觀,節目不適合向公眾傳播」為由要求下架,僅保留部分片段。

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高雄市長辯論》柯志恩「送頭」提這件事!慘遭賴瑞隆狠狠扣殺
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國民黨高雄市長候選人柯志恩、民進黨高雄市長候選人賴瑞隆30日在辯論會正面交鋒。(主辦單位提供)

首次上稿 10-30 23:36

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民進黨高雄市長候選人賴瑞隆和國民黨高雄市長候選人柯志恩週五(30日)舉行電視辯論會,其中一段攻防受到網友熱議,柯志恩批評賴瑞隆只會跟著黨意走,她起碼會守住自己的底線,結果被賴瑞隆狠狠扣了一記殺球!

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週五的高雄市長電視辯論會上,柯志恩質疑賴瑞隆只會跟著黨意走,「從過去你表決的歷史當中,你有哪一次是真的違反你的黨意?沒有。當我們這個所謂的砍勞工假,還有我們的一萬塊普發現金,你完全跟黨意站在一起了。你過去的歷史當中沒有一項是跟黨要求你做的有任何的扞格,你完全沒有,完全一致。你講出一個你跟黨要求不一樣的。所以說呢,這個東西不要來批判。起碼我站在價值、良知,在很多的法案上面,我還是守住我自己的一個底線。」

賴瑞隆回應:「剛剛柯委員也提到了,很多時候因為我們的中央都支持我們,我們選出了最支持我們的蔡英文總統,選出了最支持我們的賴清德總統,還有陳其邁市長『緊緊緊(快快快的台語)』的風格,讓高雄這幾年快速進步發展。黨同時支持著高雄。那我當然是跟黨站在一起。如果黨並不支持高雄,就像國民黨完全不支持高雄的時候,那我當然不能接受這樣的黨啊!」

他接著扣下一記殺球:「我絕對不會像柯志恩委員一樣,明明知道黨不利於高雄,連『台北首都加3%(財劃法修法其中一項條款為分配中央統籌分配稅款時,特別保障首都直接獲得總額3%的財源加成)』這種版本竟然可以在她手上提出來,這個是我完全無法想像的。」

網友看到這段後紛紛表示,「她是不是忘記自己會無奈遵從黨意的說法」、「柯還敢問這種問題喔」、「修財劃法時柯志恩不是說『傅崐萁哪是我可以講的』」、「能把球舉這麼高,除了勝文,沒看過這麼稱職的」、「她這題大翻車欸我的天」、「柯志恩妳其實不需要用臉接球」、「這題柯志恩一定會被打的,結果他還用這題去嘴對方」、「柯志恩的提問如果是幕僚團隊幫她準備的,那她真的要抓臥底了」、「所以刪高雄預算是屬於良知的部分?」

國民黨高雄市長候選人柯志恩與民進黨高雄市長候選人賴瑞隆30日舉行辯論會。(記者李惠洲攝)

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讚沈伯洋是「菩薩」挨批造神 曹興誠開口了
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聯電創辦人曹興誠。(資料照)

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聯電創辦人曹興誠日前在社群分析為何「洋流」能夠感動這麼多人,稱讚民進黨台北市長候選人沈伯洋就像是菩薩,挨批在「造神」。對此,曹興誠30日晚間做出解釋,並稱此次首都選戰就像是「菩薩和邪靈的對決」。

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曹興誠30日晚間在臉書發文,「菩薩是修行者,不是神明。前幾天我在臉書上說沈伯洋是菩薩,有人不懂佛教,罵我在造神。懂佛教的人都知道,菩薩不是神,只是修行者。法鼓山常辦禪修班,你去參加,他們就稱你是菩薩。」

「觀音、文殊、地藏、普賢等四大菩薩,代表的是在悲(慈悲包容)、智(智慧無畏)、願(發願度人)、行(實踐精進)等四個面向上,成就圓滿的人。沈伯洋在悲、智、願、行四方面,都有極高的修養,所以堪稱『大菩薩』。喜歡、支持、效法沈伯洋的人,也可稱為菩薩;所以洋流就是菩薩流。」

他接著說:「菩薩會不會生氣、罵人呢?當然會!其實四大菩薩都有憤怒分身,例如文殊菩薩的分身是『大威德金剛』,相貌兇猛無比,希望嚇退貪、嗔、癡、慢、疑等邪靈。有人攻擊沈伯洋,說他會罵人,所以他『慈悲』的『人設』是假的,這些人也不懂佛法。沈伯洋的聰明、博學、機智、幽默,有目共睹,人人稱讚;這不是人設,是他的本質。有人是不學無術的草包,卻要裝出聰明能幹的樣子,那才是『人設』,才會經不起考驗,才會漏餡穿幫,最後人設全毀。」

最後曹興誠表示,「沈伯洋的菩薩地位,則是長年走在『悲智願行』的『菩薩道』上建立起來的。有人想摧毀他的形象,註定徒勞無功,只是抹黑、誹謗而已。這次台北市長選舉,是菩薩和邪靈的對決。沈伯洋勝了,台灣在各方面都會有極大的提升,敗了,後果不堪設想。希望大家都能利用手中一票,讓台灣擺脫邪靈困擾,邁向菩薩大道。祈求天佑台灣!」

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劉揚偉接受外媒訪問發豪語 鴻海幾年內搶下50%AI伺服器市場
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鴻海董事長劉揚偉。(記者方韋傑攝)

〔編譯魏國金/台北報導〕CNBC 30日報導,台灣鴻海科技集團董事長劉揚偉指出,由於人工智慧(AI)基礎設施的需求並未出現放緩跡象,該公司尋求擴大AI伺服器市占率,同時提高在美國的產能。他說,幾年內鴻海在全球AI伺服器的市占率可能達50%,明年就可能上升至45%。

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他受訪表示,「我認為,我們可成長至50%」,他意指鴻海在全球AI伺服器市場的佔比,目前該公司市占率約40%。

該集團核心企業鴻海精密工業公司以蘋果iPhone組裝大廠聞名,不過近年已逐漸轉向AI基礎設施,成為其關鍵的成長驅力。

劉揚偉預期,未來3至5年,AI基礎設施將佔該集團營收60%至65%,而這不包括邊緣AI設備(edge AI),這些設備可以直接在當地硬體上運作AI與機器學習運算。

他說,至少未來一年半,鴻海的產能已完全被搶訂一空,顯示AI基礎設施的需求持續。

他表示,目前需求主要來自AI模型開發商以及雲端服務供應商,而政府與企業尚未完全擁抱AI技術,他補充,AI需求仍「相當強勁」。

劉揚偉指出,鴻海正尋求擴大美國生產規模,該公司計畫進一步往上游供應鏈布局,以加強服務美國市場。他說,「我們要做的就是往上游供應鏈發展」,他解釋,擴大製造布局將讓鴻海更迅速回應不斷成長的需求。

不過,美國較高的製造成本,意謂該公司初期將聚焦於獲利較高的產品,包括AI伺服器機架以及資料中心設備。他說,擴大美國生產規模最終將有助於降低製造成本。

他補充,鴻海每年在AI領域的支出,可能超過原計畫30億至50億美元,具體取決於垂直整合的擴展程度。

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vivo X500攜手摺疊旗艦X Fold6雙強出擊 具備2億畫素超長焦鏡頭 演唱會C位追拍神器首選
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vivo搶攻高階手機市場,推出X500系列及摺疊旗艦X Fold6。(左起)X500 Pro Max、X500 Pro與X Fold6。(記者陳英傑攝)

手機品牌vivo昨(30)日正式在台推出X500系列與摺疊旗艦X Fold6,X500系列一口氣釋出X500、X500 Pro與X500 Pro Max三款新機,並同步推出摺疊旗艦X Fold6,主打市場首發支援專屬增距鏡,讓大螢幕摺疊機進一步拓展遠距拍攝的應用,同時攜手品牌影像大使周杰倫共同宣傳,與粉絲一起展開行動影像新體驗。

X500系列主要特色在於首度導入全新「藍圖動態影像技術架構」,整合感光元件、影像晶片與演算法,動態、低光拍攝及影像處理表現都能提升,並搭載與Sony聯合定義的旗艦感光元件「Sony LYTIA L910」,提升逆光、高反差及夜間拍攝表現,使用者不需要透過繁複後製,也能呈現超有電影氛圍的影音作品。

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在主鏡頭配置上,X500 Pro Max與X500 Pro搭載5,000萬畫素蔡司LOFIC高動態主鏡頭,採用1/1.28吋感光元件與f/1.57光圈;X500則配備5,000萬畫素蔡司超感光主鏡頭與 f/1.68光圈,皆能完美兼顧日常拍攝與低光環境下的成像。全系列搭載自研影像晶片 V3+,Pro系列另配備 VS1與超效能影像NPU 2.0,透過硬體與影像處理系統協作,提升複雜光線下的處理效率與成像表現,讓使用者在不同光線條件下,都能更輕鬆地捕捉自然細膩的畫面。

(由上至下)X500有夜幕黑、晴天白、星空灰三色可選,搭載72mm蔡司APO長焦鏡頭,已具備相當不錯的望遠拍攝表現。(記者陳英傑攝)

長焦拍攝也是X500系列主打的亮點,X500 Pro Max採用2億畫素蔡司APO超級長焦鏡頭,具備85mm等效焦段、1,536點多區雷射對焦及最高30倍運動抓拍,全系列最高支援100倍變焦;若搭配蔡司外掛增距鏡,X500 Pro Max可延伸至400mm等效焦段,X500 Pro與X500則可延伸至200mm。同時新增「C位鎖定」功能,協助追蹤演唱會或舞台上指定人物,X500 Pro Max更具備大角度雲台級光學防手震,讓拍攝時能更加從容。X500 Pro Max與X500 Pro都支援4K 240fps電影級慢動作,全系列還提供周杰倫專屬「晴天」濾鏡、旋轉運鏡及電影感色彩風格,輕鬆拍出更具氛圍的影像。

X500 Pro Max具備2億畫素蔡司APO超級長焦鏡頭,最高支援100倍變焦,適合拍攝大型及各種舞台表演。(vivo提供)

X500 Pro Max攝影師套裝組,包含vivo X500 Pro Max手機、vivo蔡司增距鏡200mm與400mm、影像手柄等多樣配件。 (記者陳英傑攝)

vivo同步推出的摺疊旗艦X Fold6,主打市場首發支援專屬增距鏡,搭載2億畫素蔡司主鏡頭,以及5,000萬畫素蔡司APO超長焦鏡頭、5,000萬畫素蔡司超廣角鏡頭,搭配專屬的G2增距鏡可延伸至200mm等效焦段,提供更靈活的取景體驗,並配備8.02吋2K內螢幕、天璣9500超能版處理器及6,900mAh電池,深度結合OriginOS 7內建AI生產力工具,在沉浸式大螢幕的優勢下,兼具多工操作與影像創作需求。

vivo X Fold6配備6.51吋外螢幕與8.02吋2K蔡司大師色彩內螢幕,棱光黑款(圖左)摺疊厚度僅9.4mm。(vivo提供)

vivo摺疊旗艦X Fold6,搭載2億畫素蔡司主鏡頭,並且是市場首發支援專屬增距鏡的摺疊手機。(vivo提供)

vivo新機售價。

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沒有最貴只有更貴! 10月DRAM漲至27.5美元再創新高
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DRAM價格持續上漲。(彭博)

〔編譯魏國金/台北報導〕市場研究公司DRAMeXchange 30日公佈數據顯示,10月通用DRAM產品(DDR4 8Gb 1Gx8)的平均合約價27.5美元,創新高紀錄,較前一月的26美元上漲5.77%,並較2016年6月開始進行相關調查時的2.9美元上漲9.5倍。

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DRAMeXchange母公司集邦科技預測,今年第4季的個人電腦(PC)DRAM合約價將較前一季上漲13%至18%。

韓國BusinessKorea報導,DRAM價格漲不停的原因在於記憶體製造商在擴大生產伺服器記憶體同時,減少PC DRAM的供應。集邦科技預測,韓國DRAM製造商明年PC DRAM的產量將較今年減少逾20%。

儘管PC需求疲軟,但隨著供應持續吃緊,預料DRAM價格將繼續走高。事實上在第4季合約價的談判中,漲價15%至20%的提議遭到客戶抵制,致使大規模交易破局。集邦預期,隨著供應短缺持續,11月的合約價標準可能較10月略高。

10月用於記憶卡與硬碟的通用NAND產品平均合約價30.61美元,與上一月持平。為連續第2個月位於歷史高價。集邦科技分析,隨著NAND快閃記憶體製造商將產能轉向先進的3D NAND,成熟製程產品的供應正逐漸縮減。

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中職》親口喊話想續留兄弟! 勝騎士特別致敬百萬象迷:生涯最難忘...
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勝騎士。(資料照)

〔體育中心/綜合報導〕中信兄弟洋投勝騎士在賽季結束後離台,他親口表示明年想續留黃衫軍,並特別感謝象迷的支持。

勝騎士坦言,沒能奪冠有點令人遺憾,但球隊已經付出了所有,盡了百分之百的努力,「我們努力嘗試過了,真的已經拚盡全力,毫無保留的奮戰到了最後。」

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勝騎士也提到,今年感受到球迷非常熱烈的支持,令他相當感動,「那種感覺真的太不可思議了,是我職業生涯中最喜歡、最難忘的時刻之一。」

最後勝騎士感謝和他奮戰一整季的隊友,直呼兄弟有一群很棒的球員,「我打從心底感謝大家,也希望明年還能再見到你們。」

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美股收盤》英特爾崩逾28%!科技股慘跌 台積電ADR重摔近6%
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週五美股下跌。(路透)

〔即時新聞/綜合報導〕亞馬遜和英特爾29日公布第三季財報不如預期,加劇市場對AI相關公司巨額支出的擔憂,週五(30日)美國股市下跌,科技股為主的那斯達克指數下跌2.86%,為自6月5日以來最大單日跌幅,藍籌股道瓊指數下跌572.25點、1.09%,標普500指數下跌1.82%,費城半導體指數重摔7.2%,台積電ADR下跌25.68美元、5.95%,收在406.13美元。

綜合外媒報導,這次科技股暴跌,是由英特爾及亞馬遜令人失望的財報引發,英特爾本季業績展望疲軟,並指出個人電腦市場成長放緩,該公司客戶端運算和實體AI部門的營收年減5%至81億美元,週五股價暴跌28.58%。亞馬遜第三季獲利和營收均低於預期,自由現金流轉負,股價下跌1.4%。

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SanDisk第一財季業績超出預期,宣布將進行股票分割,但股價仍下跌13.47%。晶片股輝達下跌4.22%,AMD下跌10.88%,博通跌5.48%。Alphabet週三盤後發布財報,第三季獲利和營收均不如預期,且自由現金流為負90.7億美元,週四重挫12%,創下有史以來最大單日跌幅,週五續跌1.45%。

週五是10月份最後一個交易日,本月那斯達克指數下跌5.3%,創下自2025年3月以來的最大跌幅,標準普爾500指數下跌0.9%,道瓊指數上漲1.7%。

道瓊工業指數週五下跌572.25點或1.09%,收在51770.31點。

標準普爾500指數下跌140.32點或1.82%,收在7580.07點。

那斯達克指數下跌747.72點或2.86%,收在25437.00點。

費城半導體指數下跌829.398點或7.20%,收在10688.801點。

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The North Face打造最美羽絨衣 第四度聯名Cecilie Bahnsen 經典戶外單品開出立體花朵
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The North Face以機能創新為核心,並融入Cecilie Bahnsen標誌性的浪漫美學,打造全新聯名系列。

戶外運動品牌The North Face以機能創新與專業裝備為核心,丹麥女裝品牌Cecilie Bahnsen則擅長將高級訂製工藝與雕塑感輪廓結合,展現浪漫的現代女性美學,2026秋冬全新聯名系列是雙方第4度合作,將專業戶外機能服飾注入柔美的花卉元素與精緻結構,打造一系列性能與設計兼具的單品。

全新聯名系列以午夜藍和黑色為主色調,透過材質與服裝輪廓的對比,將Cecilie Bahnsen標誌性的立體花卉貼飾和蕾絲刺繡,延伸至經典裝備的五金配件與飾邊中。設計師Cecilie Bahnsen表示:「在與The North Face的第4度合作中,我們將高級訂製工藝推向全新境界,本季設計汲取自然之美、動態詩意與工藝藝術的靈感,為專業機能外套注入柔美與浪漫氣息。」

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其中Lucia Nuptse短版羽絨外套採用俐落的短版寬鬆剪裁,表面點綴精細的立體花卉貼花刺繡,內裡填充可壓縮收納的700蓬鬆度羽絨,並配備可調整腰身的抽繩;同樣強調保暖機能的還有Sofia雙面穿圓領上衣,具備正反兩穿功能,搭載 VENTRIX™保暖科技以協助調節體溫適應氣候;能因應各種天候變化的Symone DotKnit連帽上衣採用羊毛混紡DOTKNIT™材質,在吸濕排汗的同時,荷葉下襬與連帽設計不但增加整體包覆性,在多層次穿搭時也能展現精緻細節。

Lucia Nuptse短版羽絨外套(黑色),花卉圖騰採用精細的立體貼花刺繡工藝,48,800元。

Symone DotKnit連帽上衣(藍色),荷葉下襬與連帽設計,提升服裝包覆性,加強保暖,11,880元。

配件同樣兼顧戶外防護功能與細緻工藝,Amilia多背法腰包和Meghan後背款束口包皆採用耐用尼龍布料與DWR防潑水科技,配備大型拉鍊主袋與多個收納口袋,表面綴有立體花卉圖騰並提供靈活收納;鞋履則讓踩踏的每一步都舒適且時尚,Angela ThermoBall 保暖營地鞋維持輕量、可收納特性,外觀融入專屬的花卉絎縫圖案;另外也推出針對高山健行與崎嶇地形設計的Martina Verto Alpine 中筒登山鞋,搭載GORE-TEX®防水科技和Vibram®全地形抓地大底,提供可靠的防水功能及行走穩定度,同時於細節處展現優雅的花卉元素。

Amilia多背法腰包(黑色),大型拉鍊主隔層及多個收納口袋,為日常出行與戶外探索提供靈活收納,13,380元。

Angela ThermoBall保暖營地鞋(黑色),輕量、可收納的設計,結合優雅花卉絎縫圖案,重新演繹經典風格,11,880元。

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宏碁全新Swift Blade 14筆電輕薄上市 14吋960公克羽量級機身 Copilot AI助理工作高效率
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宏碁Swift Blade系列訴求輕薄路線,14吋OLED螢幕提供出色螢幕空間與鮮豔色彩。Swift Blade 14(SFB14-51M-585Y)售價35,900元。(Acer提供)

台灣筆電大廠宏碁(Acer)擴大輕薄筆電產品布局,推出全新Swift Blade系列,首款機種Swift Blade 14(SFB14-51M-585Y)主打極輕薄設計,鋁合金機身重量僅960公克、厚度13.35mm,搭配14吋OLED螢幕、Intel Core 5系列3處理器及AI生產力功能,鎖定重視行動辦公與攜帶便利性的使用者,售價35,900元。

Swift Blade 14外觀採霜刃銀配色,同時兼具簡約美感與專業辦公氣息,配備WUXGA 1,920×1,200高解析度OLED螢幕,採16:10顯示比例,極窄邊框設計讓螢幕機身比高達88%,並支援100% DCI-P3廣色域,能擁有鮮豔細膩的色彩表現與更寬廣的顯示空間,滿足文件處理、影音娛樂、簡報製作及影像創作等各面向需求。

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新機搭載Intel Core 5系列3處理器,配備16GB LPDDR5記憶體及512GB PCIe NVMe SSD固態硬碟,足可應付日常辦公、多工處理、線上學習及視訊會議。系統採用Windows 11,整合Microsoft Copilot AI智慧助理,可協助搜尋資訊、整理內容及撰寫文件,提升工作效率;並配備背光鍵盤,在光線不足的環境或是夜晚時,依然可以輕鬆操作。

Swift Blade 14支援Wi-Fi 6與Bluetooth 5.2高速無線連線,並配置兩組多功能USB Type-C連接埠,不僅方便連接外接螢幕、儲存裝置及其他周邊設備,在維持不到 1 公斤輕便攜帶之餘,也能兼顧出色擴充表現。

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1年4訪台灣 捷克前議長:無人機廠準備好產線移台
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捷克前眾議院議長艾達莫娃昨出席「二〇二六台灣無人機國際論壇」發表專題演講。透露許多具備烏俄實戰經驗的捷克廠商,已準備好將生產線直接移往台灣。(記者方瑋立攝)

捷克前眾議院議長艾達莫娃昨出席「二〇二六台灣無人機國際論壇」發表專題演講。今年第四度訪台的她感性表示,台灣人民勤奮、熱情且樂於助人,讓她有「回到家」的感覺;面對不惜演練海上封鎖、發動武力威脅與擴張軍備以恐嚇台灣人民的威脅,她毫無疑問地堅信「台灣必須保持自由,並能夠決定自己的未來」。

擁烏俄戰爭實戰經驗

她也透露,捷克目前是台灣無人機最大進口國,許多具備烏俄實戰經驗的捷克廠商,更已準備好將生產線直接移往台灣。

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艾達莫娃卸任國會議長後轉入國防、嚇阻與安全產業,她引用名言「汝欲和平,必先備戰」強調,若無法在安全中生活,繁榮、自由與日常生活都將退居其次,這也是她選擇將新職涯核心建立在與台灣合作的原因。她指出,俄烏戰爭證明傳統作戰方式已不足恃,無人機與反無人機防禦系統扮演關鍵角色,其研發週期甚至已縮短至以「週」計算,除軍事外亦廣泛應用於關鍵基礎設施保護、農業與物流。

據智庫研究統計,捷克是目前台灣無人機的第一大進口國,鄰國波蘭則位居第二。艾達莫娃表示,捷克距離烏克蘭僅約三百公里,許多捷克企業積極在烏克蘭活動,其軟硬體、控制系統與戰術並非僅在實驗室測試,是經過真實戰場驗證。

艾達莫娃也在現場介紹隨行與會的四家捷克廠商,包括具備自主生產攔截與攻擊無人機能力的「AVEC Systems」、將汽車軟體研發經驗轉移至無人機控制系統的「Digitech Automotive」、擁有北約驗證反無人機系統(counter-UAS)技術的「JISER Institute」,以及與GUAVA合作的「Farpoint」。

她特別提及,Farpoint兩個月前已在台完成首期無人機飛手培訓課程,有來自各大學、中科院、工研院、民營企業及各組織的廿四名學員結訓取證;在外交部及無人機外交小組執行長江振瑋支持下,Farpoint正準備進駐嘉義「亞洲無人機AI創新應用研發中心」。

艾達莫娃回顧,她二〇二三年首次以眾議院議長身分率領破紀錄的一五〇人代表團訪台時,團員便包含無人機業者。她強調,台捷雖相隔約九千公里,但建立在自由與民主的共同價值之上,唯有緊密合作,才能共同抵禦更強大的對手。

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保障鳳梨農 外銷推5年契作長約
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芒果鳳梨帶有芒果香。(記者羅欣貞攝)

明年可望輸美 芒果鳳梨品種9成老外說讚 農業部將輔導擴大種植

近年鳳梨成功外銷紐澳,農業部調查紐澳市場,當地對台灣鳳梨的滿意度超過九成,最適合的品種為「芒果鳳梨」,農業部次長胡忠一指出,若台灣鳳梨明年可望外銷美國,品種也以芒果鳳梨為主;為讓契作的農民有保障,農業部推動國外廠商採購台灣鳳梨以五年契作長約為基準。

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中國於二〇二一年三月以不符國際貿易常規的方式禁運台灣鳳梨,我國積極開拓中國以外市場,除日本已成為我國生鮮鳳梨外銷最大市場外,也陸續銷往紐澳等國,銷往紐澳的台灣鳳梨則須符合當地必須去冠芽等檢疫規定,農業部農試所團隊今年赴紐澳市場實地調查,因台灣鳳梨經由海運到當地市場零售端上架至少需要二週,果實品質管理與全程需保持約攝氏十三度的冷鏈,因此較適合品種為更耐儲運的台農廿三號「芒果鳳梨」,考察後也確定,芒果鳳梨經過二週以上的運輸後,整體風味會從熱帶水果的酸味轉為細緻的甜味,農試所團隊在紐澳當地零售市場問卷市調,消費者滿意度超過九成。

隨台灣鳳梨有望在明年首度銷往美國,胡忠一表示,紐澳當地對台灣鳳梨滿意度的調查,也將是觀察美國市場口味與品種的參考指標之一,金鑽鳳梨雖然是國內產量最高的品種,但不耐長程運輸,芒果鳳梨除更耐儲運外,也有較不怕雨水、果肉不易褐化特點,甜度高、鳳梨芯同樣也可食用,將是未來輸美的主力品種。

胡忠一指出,目前國內芒果鳳梨栽種面積約五十公頃,將輔導果農逐步轉種芒果鳳梨,希望可逐年增加到一千公頃。

日最大蔬果採購商已允簽長約

為增加投入鳳梨外銷供果園農民栽種意願,胡忠一表示,過去國外採購商契作鳳梨通常一年一約,只有少數是二年一約,但鳳梨從栽種到收成需時一年半,農民要取得外銷供果園資格則必須要先跟縣市政府登記、施用藥物符合當地市場檢疫規定等,先期投入成本高,該部已和日本貿易商洽談未來鳳梨契作應以五年長約為基準,已獲日本當地最大蔬果採購商Farmind允諾,未來其他國家採購台灣鳳梨,也同樣會希望是五年長約。

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毒駕害命已有判死例 律師:修法不該草率
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女毒蟲陳嘉瑩,毒駛衝撞員警、拖行致死,一審依殺人罪判死刑。(資料照,記者楊心慧攝)

立法院國民黨、民眾黨黨團挾著人數優勢,昨強勢通過刑法修正案,毒駕再犯致死最高可處死刑,但過去毒駕致死就有不少判決是以「殺人罪」論處、重判,如新北市土城警分局清水派出所所長劉宗鑫遭持有毒品的陳嘉瑩開車衝撞、拖行致死,一審依殺人罪判死刑。律師黃帝穎表示,實務上已有毒駕拒檢、拖行員警致死,依殺人罪判死刑案例,顯示現行法律已有重懲空間,更凸顯藍白根本無需草率倉促修法,修法更應完備程序、周延立法,才能回應社會期待。

完備程序、周延立法 才能回應社會期待

法界人士表示,實務上毒駕撞死人並非只能依「毒駕致死」處罰,若駕駛人在過程中具有殺人故意,包括明知自己的行為可能造成他人死亡,仍容任結果發生的「不確定故意」,仍可依殺人罪追究。

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黃帝穎指出,不分朝野都支持嚴懲毒駕,行政院、司法院也已提出加重刑責的修法版本,藍白卻突襲提出修正動議版本,對涉及人民生死的刑法修正,立法草率、罔顧程序正義,在「嚴懲毒駕」的社會期待留下瑕疵,難以符合社會對「嚴懲毒駕」的立法品質要求。

黃帝穎說,毒駕害命案件,實務上也有依據殺人罪判決死刑的案例,新北陳姓女子因毒駕拒檢,衝撞拖行派出所長致死案,經新北地院國民法官審理,最終依殺人罪判處死刑,實務上毒駕害命已有判死的案例,凸顯藍白根本無需草率倉促修法,應完備程序、周延立法,才能確實回應社會「嚴懲毒駕」的期待。

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高雄市長辯論》柯志恩:市政接棒 絕非派系指定
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國民黨高雄市長候選人柯志恩。(記者李惠洲攝)

高雄市長首場辯論今晚登場,國民黨高雄市長候選人柯志恩肯定陳其邁市長替高雄帶來演唱會經濟和引進高科技,但「市政需要一棒接一棒,但絕不是派系指定的接棒者。」

肯定陳其邁政績 「但很多產業沒被照顧」

柯志恩申論時說,「四年前鄉親沒有放棄我,四年後我也絕不放棄高雄」,市政就是一棒接一棒,從吳敦義擔任市長開始,一步一步走到高雄目前的面貌,她肯定陳其邁替高雄帶來演唱會經濟和引進高科技,但很多產業其實都沒有被照顧到;高雄平均薪水低於台北、餘命也比台北少了四.一年。

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柯志恩指出,她當選後,要成立「反霸凌辦公室」,接住孩子,還給老師應有的尊嚴,還有「高高平等辦公室」,幫助原高雄縣區的各項發展,留住人才賺高薪。

柯志恩還強調,「高雄市長不只要會興利,更要敢於揭弊!」近年她舉發美濃大峽谷、燕巢垃圾山及合山光電場等破壞土地的疑案,目的就是為了守護市民權益。

若當選 「鄭麗文、傅崐萁不會到高雄市府」

媒體質疑國民黨主席鄭麗文的親中立場,未來她是聽黨還是挺高雄?柯志恩表示,她的立場就是高雄的立場,並強調「她當選鄭麗文、傅崐萁、翁曉玲不會到高雄市政府」,但賴瑞隆當選,新潮流就會盤踞高雄,賴就是新潮流寶寶,否則面對激烈的黨內初選,如何站上這裡?

被問家人是外國籍,柯志恩說,她的家人、兒子、先生是服完兵役才出國發展,以中華民國國民為榮,先生現也退休回到台灣,完全是愛台灣。

賴問爭取多少預算 柯反諷只會蹭同黨立委

交叉詰問時,賴瑞隆問柯四年來幫高雄爭取多少建設和預算?柯志恩沒有正面回應,反批賴只會蹭同黨高雄七位委員的提案,完全用數字當成自己對高雄的貢獻,是當其他七位委員、陳其邁都在睡覺嗎?

賴瑞隆質疑二〇五兵工廠遷建後,柯主張設置市府與議會,未顧及縣市平衡。柯志恩認為,如果推動市政專區,可比照台北信義區規劃,以人文、教育為主軸,或許還可超越台北信義區、甚至像是曼哈頓。

結論時,柯志恩說,她會以媽媽的心情,不會砍預算,只會精打細算;她非常愛高雄,當初離開的理由,就是今天回到南部的理由,高雄是偉大的城市,並反諷賴瑞隆是新潮流派出的二軍,是看不起高雄,高雄應該要大破大立。

高雄市長首場辯論昨晚登場,國民黨候選人柯志恩(左)與民進黨候選人賴瑞隆(右)辯論後握手致意。(記者李惠洲攝)

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陸軍無人機 竟有中國製晶片 軍方自檢告發 亞拓科技創辦人收押
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亞拓科技長年承接軍方、警、消等政府單位無人機採購標案,彰化縣警局今年六月成立無人機隊,就是採購亞拓無人機。(資料照)

有「遙控直升機之王」稱號的亞拓科技創辦人杜大森,得標軍方無人機採購案後,爆出涉嫌用中國製零件混充,特別是極為關鍵的晶片竟印有「CN」字樣,案經軍方自檢發現後主動告發,台中地檢署追查發現,至少有兩筆總額八百多萬元的標案使用中製晶片,將杜男夫妻聲請羈押禁見獲准。

軍方驗收 至少兩標案用中國零件

陸軍採購亞拓無人機,主要供教學及訓練使用,軍方為確認裝備符合採購規範,驗收期間特別拆機檢查,赫然發現機體內部晶片印有「CN」字樣,與國軍採購契約明訂不得使用中港澳產品不符,向檢方告發。

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中檢發現,問題產品非單一批次,後續二度拆檢,又在另一批陸軍採購的無人機發現相同情形。檢方本月中旬指揮搜索亞拓科技等處所,傳喚杜大森夫妻等六人訊問,掌握杜涉嫌在至少兩批軍方無人機採購標案中,使用中國廠商製造的晶片,再由亞拓組裝後交付軍方,標案金額合計八百多萬元。

遙控直升機之王 杜大森夫妻都押

檢方認為,杜男等人涉嫌以不實產地冒充履約,違反國家安全法對用於軍事採購的產製品,知悉原產地來自中國卻仍交付,以及違反刑法詐欺等罪嫌重大,有串、滅證之虞,將杜男與黃姓妻子聲押禁見獲准。

亞拓科技(ALIGN)創立於一九八四年,總部位於台中市豐原區,旗下T-REX系列遙控直升機曾創下全球市占率高達七成紀錄,杜大森因此獲封「遙控直升機之王」;亞拓科技長年承接軍方、警、消等政府單位無人機採購標案,彰化縣警局今年六月成立無人機隊,就採購亞拓的M四九〇型兩架、M三型九架。

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提出到表決僅27分鐘 綠批藍白倉促三讀毒駕法
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近年毒駕事件頻傳,警方也頻執行街頭攔檢防範。(資料照)

十年內再犯毒駕致死可判死

近年毒駕事件頻傳,立法院院會昨在藍白優勢下,三讀通過刑法部分條文修正案,毒駕刑期由現行三年以下有期徒刑,加重為六個月以上、五年以下有期徒刑;毒駕累犯致死最高可處死刑、得併科一千萬元以下罰金。質疑倉促修法的民進黨立委退席抗議,民進黨團幹事長莊瑞雄則投下反對票,柯建銘棄權。

故意和過失致死 刑度應有差別

莊瑞雄表示,毒駕零容忍,朝野都有立委提案拉高刑度到判處死刑,但故意和過失致死刑度上應有差別,要科以何種程度的刑度,可以理性討論。藍白共提的再修正動議版本,與週三的朝野協商內容又完全不同,這兩天完全沒有進入細項討論,立法品質嚴重低落。

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莊說,刑度可以增加,但配套在哪裡?按照在野的版本,初犯也要進監獄,等於超過十三萬人要被送入監獄,當前監獄容量根本不足。而為遏止反覆毒駕,行政院版本增訂的沒收交通工具條款,條文也不見了,根本是倉促立法。

沒收交通工具條文不見了

國民黨團首席副書記長洪孟楷表示,毒駕是不定時炸彈,任何人都可能是受害者,盼修法還給人民公平正義,遺憾的是民進黨團全部棄權、棄守。民進黨團回批,國民黨、民眾黨昨日中午十二點三十三分才提出共同再修正動議,十三點就開始表決,中間僅隔廿七分鐘,「涉及人民生死的刑法修正,從提出到開始表決只有廿七分鐘,請問國民黨,這個版本究竟何時逐項討論過?犯罪構成要件、刑度及適用上的爭議,又何時釐清過?」

綠委退席抗議 藍白硬三讀

為嚴懲毒駕,行政院院會今年六月十一日通過刑法第一百八十五條之三條文修正草案,毒駕致死處五年以上、十二年以下有期徒刑;十年內再犯致死,處無期徒刑或七年以上有期徒刑。毒駕致重傷處三年以上、十年以下有期徒刑;十年內再犯致重傷處五年以上、十二年以下有期徒刑。

立法院司法及法制委員會七月廿二日審查時,朝野對量刑意見不一;民眾黨團、國民黨團昨共同提出再修正動議版本,並以人數優勢三讀通過。

三讀條文明定,毒駕刑期由現行三年以下,加重為六月以上、五年以下徒刑;毒駕致死處七年以上徒刑,得併科七百萬元以下罰金;毒駕致重傷處五年以上、十二年以下徒刑,得併科五百萬元以下罰金。十年內毒駕再犯致死處死刑、無期徒刑或十年以上徒刑,得併科一千萬元以下罰金;十年內再犯致重傷處七年以上徒刑,得併科七百萬元以下罰金。

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第3季GDP成長 上修至14.36%
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近2年台灣經濟成長率

連4季雙位數成長 今年前3季GDP為半世紀來同期最強

主計總處概估第3季GDP成長14.36%,上修2.94個百分點。(記者鄭琪芳攝)

〔記者鄭琪芳/台北報導〕主計總處昨公布第三季經濟成長概估十四.三六%、較八月預測上修二.九四個百分點,創下四十八年來同季新高,且已連續四季雙位數成長,主因出口及投資優於預期,民間消費也熱絡;今年前三季經濟成長率十四.二二%,為半世紀來同期最強。主計總處表示,目前景氣「內外皆熱」,國內經濟強勁成長。

AI需求超乎預期,帶動台灣GDP強勁成長,已連續四季雙位數成長。(歐新社資料照)

主計處:景氣內外皆熱

主計總處專門委員江心怡說明,AI需求超乎預期,帶動台灣GDP(國內生產毛額)強勁成長,已連續四季雙位數成長,僅次於一九八六年至一九八七年連六季雙位數成長,當時政府推動自由化,放寬資本移動及外匯管制,推升經濟高速成長。

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主計總處指出,AI、高效能運算等商機持續擴展,加上消費性電子新品備貨需求及價格上漲效應,出口表現超乎預期,第三季出口年增四十四.六三%,較預測多出六十九億美元,且三角貿易表現亦佳;併計商品及服務,第三季輸出實質成長二十一.一二%、上修一.四六個百分點,輸入實質成長二十.一二%、下修一.二六個百分點;輸出與輸入相抵,國外淨需求對經濟成長貢獻四.九四個百分點。

AI基建 企業擴充產能

投資方面,因應AI基礎設施加速布建等,企業積極提升先進製程、技術與擴充產能,民間投資強勁成長,第三季新台幣計價資本設備進口年增五十八.五%,其中半導體設備年增三十五.六六%,機械設備、運輸工具、智慧財產及營建工程投資同步成長,概估第三季資本形成(含政府、公營與民間固定投資及存貨變動)實質成長二十六.三六%、上修四.二六個百分點,創二十季來最大增幅,對經濟成長貢獻六.三二個百分點。

零售、餐飲營業額也成長

另,台股創高帶來財富效果,就業市場持續改善,加上車市買氣回升及手機新品熱銷,第三季零售業及餐飲業營業額續增七.六%及三.九三%,且跨境旅遊熱潮續推升國人國外消費,概估第三季民間消費實質成長五.三七%、上修〇.〇一個百分點。

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由經營群組 轉向大量散布、快速接觸 釣魚連結詐騙 受害暴增202%
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刑事局統計9月份高發詐欺案類前五名。(記者鄭景議翻攝)

刑事警察局昨天公布最新打詐統計,發現詐騙集團犯罪型態,除了傳統「經營群組、長期誘導」假投資手法,轉為更著力於「大量散布、快速接觸」詐騙方式,其中「假網拍」發生件數高居第一,而許多不同的引誘花招,往往接下來會以「釣魚連結」詐騙民眾,此類受害件數也愈來愈多,與前年八月相比,至今增幅達百分之二百零二。

搭選舉熱潮 免費小物詐騙增

此外,選舉投票日漸近,詐團近期頻頻假冒候選人、競選團隊,在社群平台上以「免費贈送競選小物」等手法吸引民眾加LINE,再以實名制認證等理由誘騙民眾個資、卡號或網銀匯款,民眾不可不防。

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據統計,上個月高發詐欺案類前五名依序為:假網拍(占百分之三十二點六)、假投資(百分之八點四七)、色情應召詐財(百分之七點七)、假交友投資詐財(百分之七點五五)、釣魚連結詐騙(百分之七點四六),此五類占總受理件數百分之六十三點八。

假網拍案增4成 高居詐騙王

從前年八月至今年九月的趨勢分析,假投資詐騙受理件數已大幅下降,然而假網拍卻上升百分之四十三,釣魚連結詐騙更暴增百分之二百零二,顯現詐團因應警方打擊,犯罪模式已從「經營群組、長期誘導」轉為「低成本大量散布釣魚連結、假客服快速接觸」。

網路平台LINE與臉書案件數仍高,但呈波動下降,Threads平台涉詐案件則持續增加,顯示詐團會隨民眾社群使用習慣轉移陣地。

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健康網》燒餅比你想的油! 脂肪竟是白饅頭7.6倍 專家揭3陷阱
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營養師曾建銘提醒,燒餅雖然可以當主食,卻藏有容易忽略的油脂與鈉,建議搭配雞蛋、蔬菜與無糖豆漿,主食多樣化,才能吃得營養又均衡。(資料照)

〔健康頻道/綜合報導〕外皮香酥的燒餅,是不少人喜愛的傳統早餐之一。不過,營養師曾建銘提醒,燒餅雖然可以當主食,卻藏有容易忽略的油脂與鈉。根據衛福部食藥署食品營養成分資料,每100公克的燒餅,脂肪含量約是白饅頭的7.6倍。此外,除了熱量,也應留意油脂種類、鈉含量、腸胃負擔等3大陷阱,建議搭配雞蛋、蔬菜與無糖豆漿,早餐主食多樣化,才能吃得營養又均衡

曾建銘於臉書粉專發文表示,傳統酥皮燒餅主要使用麵粉、水、鹽、油脂及芝麻製作,口感酥脆的關鍵,在於製作過程包入由油脂與麵粉混合的油酥,透過反覆擀開、捲摺,層層堆疊出酥鬆口感,最後撒上芝麻高溫烘烤至金黃。因此,烤的食物不代表沒有油,真正要注意的是,製作工法與揉進去的油脂量。

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脂肪、鈉含量高過白饅頭

曾建銘進一步提及,依據衛福部食藥署食品營養成分資料,每100公克的燒餅,約含熱量323大卡、脂肪9.1公克、鈉458毫克;白饅頭則約含熱量248大卡、脂肪1.2公克、鈉182毫克。兩者碳水化物含量相近,但燒餅脂肪含量約是白饅頭的7.6倍。不過,他也說明,各店家燒餅尺寸大小、油酥比例與配方不同,實際營養數值仍有所差異。

燒餅隱藏3大陷阱一次看

此外,曾建銘提醒,吃燒餅除了需注意熱量,以下3件事更容易被忽略:

●油脂種類:市售平價燒餅為了追求高溫起酥與常溫酥脆,大多會使用植物性酥油、白油或棕櫚調和油。這些油脂的飽和脂肪比例往往偏高,經常食用容易增加血管負擔。

●隱藏鈉含量:燒餅吃起來不鹹,不代表鈉很低,因為揉麵與調味時就會加鹽,單吃一個80公克的燒餅,就可能吃進400毫克的鈉;若再搭配醬油膏、酸菜或重口味的鹹豆漿,一餐鈉攝取量很容易超標。

●胃腸負擔:酥皮油脂高、質地乾硬,容易延緩胃排空,並降低下食道括約肌張力。若本身容易胃食道逆流或胃脹氣,空腹大口吃燒餅也容易引發胃酸上湧。

燒餅控健康均衡這樣吃

燒餅怎麼吃較健康?曾建銘建議,可選擇燒餅夾蛋,搭配小黃瓜片、番茄或生菜,補足優質蛋白質及膳食纖維,增加飽足感,也能平緩血糖波動。若嘴饞想吃燒餅夾油條,則須留意澱粉與油脂,建議切半與他人分食,當日他餐澱粉攝取量也應減半。此外,平日早餐不妨輪流選擇地瓜、燕麥、全麥饅頭或糙米飯糰,攝取更多元的膳食纖維與微量元素。

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林志玲辭文策院董事掀風波!董事長王時思致歉認「考量不夠周全」
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〔娛樂頻道/綜合報導〕「台灣第一名模」林志玲今年5月獲邀出任文化內容策進院董事,卻因外界質疑聲浪,最終宣布婉拒職務。文策院昨(30)日舉行TCCF創意內容大會展前茶敘,董事長王時思再度談及此事,坦言當初未能充分考量各方因素,對於引發社會高度關注感到抱歉,也透露目前董事人數已足夠,因此並未另外尋找人選遞補。

林志玲今年5月獲邀出任文策院董事,後因外界爭議婉拒職務。(資料照,文策院提供)

林志玲當時受邀擔任文策院董事,消息曝光後引發各界討論,她隨後透過臉書發文說明,原本只是希望為台灣文化產業貢獻心力,沒想到董事頭銜帶來的壓力遠超預期。經過審慎思考,為避免外界持續出現不實揣測及誤解,最終決定不接受這項職務。

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儘管未能正式加入董事會,林志玲仍表達支持台灣文化產業的意願,強調未來將持續投入人文文化、兒童醫療與教育、婦女關懷及兒少心理健康等領域,也不會忘記先前對TCCF及「5年10部電影計劃」的承諾。

對於雙方未來是否仍有合作機會,王時思表示,林志玲投入影視內容製作的想法並未改變,若有合適契機,雙方仍有機會攜手合作,未來也會視實際提案評估可能性。

回顧這起風波,王時思也公開致歉:「那也很抱歉引起社會這麼大關注,這是沒有預期的,因為很專注在作品合作類型,對於其他考量不夠周全是很抱歉。」

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選戰倒數28天大車拚!台中9候選人今成立競總 蕭美琴、柯文哲站台
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台中市藍綠有多達9名市議員候選人今天成立競選總部,副總統蕭美琴將為候選人站台。(資料照)

九合一選舉倒數28天,選戰白熱化,台中市藍綠有多達9名市議員候選人今天成立競選總部,副總統蕭美琴將出席尋求連任的民進黨台中市議員施志昌競總成立,民眾黨主席柯文哲則陪同議員候選人劉芩妤參加萬聖節變裝遊行。

選戰倒數不到一個月,台中市多達9名議員候選人選中今天黃道吉日成立競總,包括民進黨候選人張芬郁、陳俞融、陳淑華、王立任、曾威、蔡耀頡及施志昌成立總部,黨內政治大咖出動,蕭美琴、外交部長林佳龍、民進黨祕書長徐國勇、立委王世堅、王義川等到台中,各自幫候選人站台助攻,民進黨市長候選人何欣純也會全數站台,盼跟台中隊議員均能全壘打。

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除此之外,包括張芬郁、陳俞融及陳淑華、王立任競總成立也各將發放洋流飄帶、欣潮飄帶,贈送民眾,一起拚翻轉市長選戰。

國民黨則有包括陳清崧、陳本添成立競總,台中市長盧秀燕也將與同黨市長候選人江啟臣前往站台;此外,柯文哲則是陪同黨議員候選人劉芩妤參加萬聖節變裝遊行,均全力搶功選民目光。

民進黨台中市議員候選人今有多達7人成立總部,何欣純站台拚台中隊全壘打。(擷自何欣純臉書)

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夜闖教堂談禁忌戀!陳澤耀給滿安全感讓李沐「全都給」
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〔記者許世穎/台北報導〕入圍第63屆金馬獎5項大獎的電影《黑潮》,由陳澤耀與李沐組成「末路CP」,詮釋兩個身陷困境的孤獨靈魂,如何在彼此身上找到愛與救贖。李沐透露,開拍第一天就得與陳澤耀上演親密戲及吻戲,所幸對方給予十足安全感,讓她能毫無保留投入演出,更直言:「我感受到他可以接收百分之百,甚至更多,所以我可以毫無負擔地拋出去。」

李沐(左)和陳澤耀在《黑潮》夜闖教堂,在幽暗空間裡流露出強烈的情感張力。(甲上提供)

《黑潮》由李心潔、王禮霖共同監製,池家慶執導,陳澤耀飾演靠捕蝦維生的更生人阿忠,李沐則化身被家人關在高腳屋中的雪虹,兩人在命運安排下相遇,逐漸發展出一段不被世俗理解的愛情。李沐形容陳澤耀既生猛又穩定,就像能照顧好一切的船長,對周遭人的情緒尤其敏銳。

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陳澤耀(右)與李沐在《黑潮》中詮釋兩個不被世界理解的靈魂,在困境中以生命本能勇敢去愛。(甲上提供)

她回憶,兩人曾一起開車前往馬來西亞黑風洞,途中陳澤耀稍微加快車速,即使自己沒有明顯反應,他仍察覺她的不安,立刻放慢速度。這份細膩也延續到片場,尤其拍攝兩人夜闖教堂的情緒重頭戲時,李沐一度因找不到表演節奏而焦慮,擔心拖累劇組進度,陳澤耀便主動上前安撫,讓她得以重新調整狀態。

相較於李沐在情感戲上的挑戰,陳澤耀則為角色徹底改造外型。他繼《富都青年》增重8公斤後,這次為《黑潮》在短短一個半月內狂瘦近10公斤,體脂更降至10%。為了演活漁夫,他提前一個半月抵達拍攝地,學習開船、捕蝦及撒網,沒想到最讓他頭痛的,竟是戲分極少的撒網動作。

陳澤耀(右)與李沐在《黑潮》組成「末路CP」,在對方身上找到難得的理解與被接住的溫暖。(甲上提供)

陳澤耀透露,撒網戲在劇本中僅占0.1%,自己卻苦練近兩個月,第一副漁網不到一星期就磨破,還主動向劇組索取第二副繼續練習。他坦言:「我真的擔心自己沒辦法撒好,很怕讓人家不相信我是阿忠。」

不只外型與技能,陳澤耀也依照導演要求,在片場刻意減少與其他人的互動,讓自己維持在阿忠沉默、封閉的心理狀態。他表示,反覆閱讀劇本後,愈發感受到這段愛情的獨特,「它是一個困境中依然選擇去愛的愛情故事,如果你相信愛情的話就要來看!」

《黑潮》將於11月13日在台上映。

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不要命!酒後騎機車上國道還逆向 累犯加重判刑
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簡姓男子喝醉機車騎上國道3號,在220.7K處被國道警察攔下。此為國道3號近220.7K示意圖。(圖擷自交通部1968網站)

南投縣簡姓男子今年8月在草屯某麵攤喝酒,喝醉騎機車要回家,卻騎上國道3號且還逆向,國道警察獲報在接近中興系統路段攔下,救了簡男一命,簡男渾身酒味,酒測值每公升高達0.65毫克,因其2年前才酒駕被判刑3月,5年內再犯加重其刑,南投地院判處有期徒刑5個月。

簡姓男子今年8月13日晚間8點多,到草屯鎮某麵攤吃晚餐,還叫了好幾瓶啤酒喝,喝到晚間10點半,騎機車準備回家,但因喝醉了,機車騎上國道3號,且一路逆向騎在路肩,有汽車駕駛被該部機車嚇到趕緊打電話報警。

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國道七隊巡邏車在國道3號220.7公里路段,即靠近中興系統交流道附近,將簡男攔下,並將他載回名間分隊。而渾身酒味的他,酒測值已達每公升0.65毫克,已觸犯公共危險罪。

簡姓男子2024年才因酒駕被判刑3月,同年又因詐騙案觸犯洗錢罪被判刑4個月,合併應執行有期徒刑6月,後易服社會勞動,今年2月才執行完畢,結果8月就又再次酒駕且逆向騎上國道,因5年內再犯而加重其刑,被南投地院法官判刑5個月,若易科罰金折合15萬元。

☆飲酒過量 有害健康 禁止酒駕☆

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世界不太平》金控投資台灣最賺 帳面利益翻逾60倍
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去年上半年金控「投資」曝險台灣帳列評價利益約180.95億,到了今年上半年大增至1兆1735億,翻了逾60倍,主要歸功台灣AI伺服器與半導體產業強勢爆發,台股屢創新高。 (資料照)

〔記者高嘉和/台北報導〕全球投資市場動盪,投資台灣最妥當!根據金控集團最新曝險統計,去年上半年金控「投資」曝險台灣帳列評價利益約180.95億(新台幣;以下同),到了今年上半年大增至1兆1735億,翻了逾60倍,主要歸功台灣AI伺服器與半導體產業強勢爆發,台股屢創新高,帶動國內資產價值水漲船高。

金控曝險主要分為放款、存放及拆放金融同業,以及投資三大類。投資部位資金大多來自於金控旗下壽險子公司的保費收入;為了追求長期穩定的固定收益並控制風險,這類投資絕大多數以高評等的各國政府公債、金融債以及投資等級公司債為主,股票與基金等權益類商品為輔。

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到今年上半年,金控投資帳列評價利益前5大國家依序是台灣(1兆1735億)、南韓(345.4億)、日本(235.6億)、阿拉伯聯合大公國(59.8億)與荷蘭(35億)。

若相較投資總額,帳面報酬率還是以台灣的6.51%居首,其次是南韓的4%與日本2.83%,荷蘭帳列評價利益雖低於阿拉伯聯合大公國,但因投資規模較小,帳面報酬率達1.22%,反而超越阿拉伯聯合大公國的1.07%。

官員分析,台韓日穩居報酬率前3名,反映亞洲科技與半導體供應鏈強勁競爭力與資本市場紅利;荷蘭則是擁有ASML等歐洲頂尖半導體設備巨頭,具備強健的企業債信評與高附加價值產業,成為金控固收與海外股票投資組合中的獲利黑馬。

帳列評價減損(損失)前5大國家,依序是美國(負1388億)、中國(負250億)、俄羅斯(負166億)、德國(負156億)與澳大利亞(負153億)。

美國淪為減損重災區,主因是台灣金控與壽險業對美債的投資曝險部位極大,近年來受到高利率環境與聯準會降息預期反覆的震盪衝擊,導致龐大的債券帳面評價大幅縮水;中國則是深陷房地產泡沫化、內需消費疲軟與地方債務危機泥沼,導致相關投資頻頻面臨減損提列。

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不讓「上古許光漢」獨帥!60歲伊正青澀帥照出土 網暴動:根本言承旭
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〔記者李紹綾/台北報導〕繼「花系列」小生林煒被封為「上古許光漢」掀起考古熱潮後,60歲八點檔男神伊正昨(30日)也在社群分享一系列年輕時期的青澀嫩照,零修圖的老照片中,他留著一頭中長髮、濃眉大眼配上高挺鼻樑,身穿率性牛仔外套,帥氣神顏瞬間引來大批網友暴動,紛紛直喊:「這根本是言承旭吧!」

伊正。(翻攝自臉書)

除了分享令人驚豔的少年顏值,伊正發這篇文更藏著一段感人故事。他透露,自己這幾年雖然都有戲劇作品報名金鐘獎,但可惜都未達入圍門檻,心裡難免有些遺憾;沒想到今年看電視轉播時,竟意外在金鐘獎「看見自己」。原來是在追頒「特別貢獻獎」給已故導播林登義的紀念影片中,出現了兩人當年的合照。

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伊正年輕時身穿白背心、牛仔外套抱著毛孩入鏡,俊朗外型狂吸粉絲朝聖。(翻攝自臉書)

伊正入伍前考取的「電影從業人員登記證明」,記錄了他出道的最初起點。(翻攝自臉書)

伊正感性表示,林登義導播在台視服務數十年,是台灣第一位電視導播,更是影視美學的先驅。回憶當年大學畢業當兵前,他拍了電影《黃袍加身》,為了符合新聞局規定海報掛名得有證照,他還特地去考取「演員證」;直到退伍後重回社會一片徬徨,才因台視培訓新人的「欣欣劇場」與林登義導播結緣。在張玉嬿、焦恩俊、黃建群等同期紅星以及前輩沈孟生、阮虔芷帶領下,獲得許多磨練機會,林導播更不時貼心提點他如何面對鏡頭、進入角色。

伊正分享入行第一張演員證,青澀的畢業照見證影視老將的青春起步。(翻攝自臉書)

伊正分享年輕時的酷帥街拍照,濃眉大眼搭配微捲長髮散發滿滿日系感。(翻攝自臉書)

沒入圍卻登金鐘舞台!伊正(後排中)在電視前看見恩師林登義(中)獲獎影片出現自己,感性發文謝恩。(翻攝自臉書)

當時在藝工隊接觸搖滾樂的伊正,面臨人生交叉路口,他坦言那時一邊在台視受訓、一邊練團駐唱,兩相權衡後最終選擇簽約唱片公司,並將本名「王一正」改為「伊正」。回首來時路,他有感而發說:「不一樣的決定,可能造成不一樣的未來,而選擇了⋯就是堅持自己,努力走下去。」走過數十載演藝路,他強調自己依然兢兢業業在學習,喊話:「明年的金鐘,我依然期待!」

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世界不太平》金控南向警鈴響 印尼、泰國不太妙
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印尼近年來抗議活動頻起,更爆發「股匯債三殺」慘況。(歐新社)

〔記者高嘉和/台北報導〕東協最大經濟體的印尼,近來爆發「股匯債三殺」;根據最新統計,我國金控集團在印尼「投資」曝險破3千億,到今年上半年,投資評價損失惡化至144.56億元,較1年前翻了數倍;泰國則是金控集團放款部位最高的國家,放款曝險部位達3710億,近1年來已提列呆帳也翻了數倍至143億元,高居東協國家首位。

印尼股市受少數大財團壟斷、流通股比例過低、資訊不透明,明晟(MSCI)考慮將印尼從「新興市場」降級甚至剔除,10月中旬以來,印尼爆發股、匯、債「三殺」金融危機,雅加達綜合指數(IHSG)單日暴跌超過11%並觸發熔斷,印尼盾兌美元匯率也逼近1998年亞洲金融風暴時的歷史低點。

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到今年上半年,印尼不僅是金控在東協投資部位最大的國家,累積達3125.98億,也是投資評價損失的重災區,2024年上半年投資減損為26億元,2025年上半年擴大至44.6億,今年上半年更惡化至 144.56億;官員示警,隨著外資加速撤離,預估到今年底,減損金額恐還要再翻倍。

其次是泰國,投資評價減損從2024年上半年的34億,到今年上半年也翻倍到89.6億;相較之下,新加坡與馬來西亞投資部位仍維持評價利益,分別達21.5億與21.6億。

泰國的家庭負債占GDP比重高達85%,高居亞洲國家前列,且中小企業體質脆弱,呆帳率居高不下。根據最新統計,我國金控集團對泰國放款曝險,從2024年上半年的735億元、呆帳提列約17億元,到今年上半年放款大增至3710億、呆帳提列也暴增至142.9億元,是東協十國之冠。

其次是柬埔寨與新加坡,柬埔寨的呆帳提列從16億一路攀升至43.94億;新加坡也從22億擴大至35.04億。官員坦言,隨著東協部分國家經濟放緩與企業違約風險增加,金控的授信資產品質壓力正持續上升中。

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最強亞股!台股挺過亂流 前10個月累計漲56.1%
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台股前10月狂飆56%,勇奪亞洲股市冠軍!AI疑慮拖累全球股市,台股重挫仍穩居「亞股龍頭」。(記者王孟倫攝)

〔記者王孟倫/台北報導〕果然是「最強亞股」,當之無愧。近期國際利空籠罩,包括美股科技股財報不如預期,加上市場對人工智慧(AI)投資回報的疑慮升高等,導致亞洲股市都呈現修正局面,不過,統計顯示,今年以來截至10月底為止,台股仍然以漲幅達56.1%,大幅超越韓國、日本等,漲幅位居「亞洲股市冠軍」或「全球第四」。

全球股市賣壓再起,台股更是受到劇烈亂流衝擊!投信表示,由於Google母公司Alphabet公布的財報令人失望,第三季自由現金流達負90.7億美元,大幅低於市場預估,自由現金流連續2季陷入負值,加深市場對人工智慧(AI)熱潮的疑慮,加上美國期中選舉將於11月3日登場,選前買盤呈現觀望,美股四大指數皆走低,衝擊台股加權指數在10月最後一個交易日終場大跌1156.5點,以45211.83點作收,面臨4萬5000點關卡保衛戰。

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不過,今年前10月亞洲股市表現,台股仍舊保持領先地位、是不折不扣的「亞股一哥」、「亞股龍頭」,根據投信統計,「台灣加權」累計大漲56.10%,堪稱是一枝獨秀;至於其他亞股,依序為「南韓」上漲35.99%、「日經225」上漲25.73%、「泰國」20.55%、「新加坡」漲15.72%、「香港恆生」跌9.11%、「上海綜合」跌9.32%等。

對此,台新臺灣中小主動式ETF基金(00416A)經理人沈建宏表示,近期全球利空雜音增多,/雖然聯準會(Fed)本月維持利率不變,但因能源價格居高不下,通膨壓力仍未消退,市場仍押注12月升息。

沈建宏指出,雖然AI短線面臨科技大廠現金流轉負雜音,但其所帶來的企業獲利榮景持續,從上游晶圓到中游封測及PCB、下游零組件及ODM等,整條供應鏈能見度持續拉長,規格升級推動高階需求亦持續增溫,供應商議價能力提升,企業獲利仍處於上修趨勢。整體而言,總體環境多空因素並存,將持續造成盤面震盪大,但強勁的企業獲利可成為盤勢震盪走高之底氣。

台新投信表示,長線而言,AI趨勢並未改變,市場預估2026~2027台股企業獲利動能持續強勁,甚至皆高達二位數成長,技術面健康的拉回,籌碼進行有效沉澱,更有助於台股長期表現,因此長線毋須悲觀,可以利用急跌分批逢低布局台股ETF。

就產業展望分析,台灣的AI伺服器、半導體與資通訊產品市場需求極為強烈,供應鏈的資本支出亦持續維持在高檔;隨著全球生成式 AI 應用持續深化,以及四大美系雲端服務商(CSP)持續擴大資料中心建設,再搭配即將進入的消費性電子新品旺季,預期台廠 AI 供應鏈將持續擴產、訂單能見度極高,包括半導體、AI 伺服器、雲端運算等上下游產業皆將全面受惠,選股重於選市,因此,中小利基股相對有表現空間。

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網球》準球王開慶祝行情 茲維列夫送蛋橫掃安抵維也納4強
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茲維列夫。(法新社)

〔記者梁偉銘/綜合報導〕準世界球王茲維列夫(Alexander Zverev)喜開慶祝行情,6:0、6:2送蛋橫掃身體不適的英國對手費里(Arthur Fery),德國頭號種子3連勝安抵維也納男網賽單打4強,也持續朝著冠軍邁進。

「我感覺非常好,Arthur和昨天對手不太一樣,雖然火力不如我,但戰術運用相當出色…。」這項ATP500等級室內硬地職業賽,本週在奧地利首都進行,茲維列夫昨挺進8強,職業積分就已篤定超越仍因傷休兵的義大利現任球王辛納(Jannik Sinner),即將在下週一職業生涯首度坐上龍頭寶座,並且已經穩居年終球王。如今面對今夏溫布頓錦標賽4強手下敗將,茲維列夫開賽又勢如破竹,跨盤連下8局,僅花58分鐘強勢出線,賽後還不忘安慰後輩費里,「我知道比分懸殊,但他不應該太沮喪,這個賽季他已經表現非常出色。」

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29歲的茲維列夫近況甚佳,今年第65勝順利到手,2021年曾在歐洲音樂之都奪冠的他,期許這個週末乘勝追擊,正式登基球王前夕再度笑捧金盃。

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網球》艾卡拉茲再闖維也納4強 與前俄國球王拚冠軍戰門票
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艾卡拉茲。(法新社)

〔記者梁偉銘/綜合報導〕艾卡拉茲(Carlos Alcaraz)再度搶7得手,6:4、7:6(7:2)力退美國第7種子保羅(Tommy Paul),西班牙第2種子在維也納男網賽連闖3關,將與俄國前世界球王梅德維夫(Daniil Medvedev)爭奪決賽門票。

「我們倆都打出精彩的拉鋸、得分和擊球。」這項ATP500等級室內硬地職業賽,本週在奧地利首都進行,不擅室內硬地作戰的艾卡拉茲,暌違4年再度參賽,臨場狀態調整漸入佳境,耗費1小時50分鐘再度強壓保羅,3連勝1盤未失、且連續第3場都在次盤搶7時關門,「我真的很高興,能夠再次直落2獲勝。說實話,我是Tommy的忠實粉絲,我喜歡他的風格,喜歡看他打球,所以對我來說,和他比賽總是種享受。」

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本季已拿下澳洲公開賽、杜哈和東京共3冠的艾卡拉茲,順利挺進歐洲音樂之都4強,追平2021年首次參賽最佳戰績,23歲的前世界球王在500等級賽事豪取24連勝,包括今年14連勝;至於準決賽對手梅德維夫則挾6:2、6:3輕取會外賽殺入的法國老將馬納里諾(Adrian Mannarino),也再度鎖定杜林年終總決賽8強席次,但艾卡拉茲職業生涯對戰6勝3負領先。

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七六人對決尼克、湖人戰勇士 今日賽事預告與轉播
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詹姆斯。(資料照,美聯社)

大家早安,自由體育為您獻上今日精彩賽事預告與轉播!

NBA盃登場,七六將在主場面對尼克,七六人「四巨頭」組合詹姆斯(LeBron James)、恩比德(Joel Embiid)、J.布朗(Jaylen Brown)、馬克西(Tyrese Maxey),碰上布朗森(Jalen Brunson)、湯斯(Karl-Anthony Towns)領軍的尼克。

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勇士將在主場迎戰湖人,勇士一哥柯瑞(Stephen Curry)、新秀倫德伯格(Yaxel Lendeborg),將再度對決湖人巨星東契奇(Luka Doncic)、凱斯勒(Walker Kessler)的組合。

TPBL賽事,國王碰上雲豹,海神碰上戰神;PLG方面,獵鷹面對領航猿。

另外還有ISU花式滑冰大獎賽、WTT冠軍賽的蒙佩利爾站、英超、黑豹旗等賽事,敬請鎖定轉播。

NBA

07:30 尼克 VS 七六人 NBA盃 轉播:緯來體育、愛爾達體育1台

10:00 湖人 VS 勇士 NBA盃 轉播:緯來體育、愛爾達體育1台

ISU花式滑冰大獎賽 加拿大站

09:00 男子短曲

10:30 開幕典禮

11:15 雙人短曲

轉播:愛爾達體育2台

黑豹旗

09:00 轉播:DAZN 1、DAZN 3

TPBL

14:30 雲豹 VS 國王

17:00 戰神 VS 海神

轉播:緯來體育、YouTube、緯來精采

PLG

17:00 領航猿 VS 獵鷹

轉播:民視第一台、YouTube

WTT冠軍賽 蒙佩利爾站

19:00 單打八強 轉播:愛爾達體育2台

BWF 薩爾步呂肯公開賽

21:00 四強 BWF 轉播:愛爾達體育3台

英超

20:20 切爾西 VS 曼聯 第9輪

22:50 曼城 VS 布萊頓 第9輪

轉播:愛爾達體育1台

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世界不太平》法國動盪1.25兆曝險 金控押注比中國多
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法國近來頻爆發抗議物價與教育政策示威,巴黎街頭爆發嚴重警民衝突。(法新社)

〔記者高嘉和/台北報導〕近期因政治與社會動盪屢上國際頭條的法國,是我國金控集團海外投資曝險的主要國家之一,到2026年上半年,金控對法國投資曝險高達1.25兆(新台幣),僅次於美國,更超越對中國的1.01兆規模。

金控集團投資曝險歐洲前5大國家依序是法國(1.25兆)、英國(1.17兆)、德國(3861億)、荷蘭(2885億)與瑞士(2773億);這些龐大的投資歐洲部位,絕大多數來自於金控旗下壽險的資金去化需求,為尋求長期固定收益,金控在歐洲投資佈局並非以高風險股票,而是重押歐洲各國的政府公債與大型企業債券。

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但到了2026年上半年,僅荷蘭等極少數國家帳面有評價利益,法國評價減損83億、英國減損81億、德國減損156億,瑞士也減損40億。

法國因長年透過舉債來支撐體系龐大卻「砍不掉」的高福利制度,自1974年以來,已連續52年財政赤字,公債占GDP比重飆破119%,高達3.6兆歐元。

相較德國擁有完善勞資談判與議會妥協機制,法國憲政體制缺乏彈性,社會信任度極低,「街頭抗議」成為民眾阻擋政策與爭取利益的最有效手段;只要政府試圖削減福利或平衡預算,就引發大規模的罷工與街頭騷亂。

官員分析,近來法國10年期公債殖利率一度逼近5%,與德國公債利差創下歐債危機以來最大,借貸成本短暫超越了長年被視為重債國的希臘(4.3%)。

官員指出,除了金控投資曝險外,台灣市面上核備的境外歐洲與法國基金,單檔資產規模動輒數億至數十億歐元不等;近年來在歐洲通膨居高不下、德國傳統製造業失速,以及法國政經動盪推升債市違約疑慮的夾擊下,投資歐洲的相關債券基金與多重資產基金,皆面臨淨值修正與匯率波動的雙重壓力。

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高雄市長辯論》評柯志恩「罵到忘我」 張博洋:尖酸刻薄、傲慢囂張不演了
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張博洋認為柯志恩(圖)辯論會從自信變成囂張,最後罵到忘我。(記者李惠洲攝)

高雄市長辯論昨(31)日晚登場,民進黨賴瑞隆與國民黨柯志恩激烈交鋒,無黨籍市議員張博洋評論說,柯志恩之前打出「這柯不一樣」路線,但昨晚所有尖酸刻薄、傲慢囂張的態度,柯志恩全部不演了。

張博洋指出,這場辯論前,許多藍營支持者都信心滿滿:「柯志恩的口才絕對痛宰賴瑞隆」;整場選舉都在強調「賴瑞隆沒有存在感」的柯志恩當然也是這樣想的。但正因太過自信,導致搞錯重點,柯卻忘了向選民證明自己值得託付與否,「妳覺得有修理到對手,但妳卻忘了與中間選民對話」,「罵完了就沒有然後了」。

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張博洋說,「這柯不一樣」、「新市長新視野」這些競選看板標語,都是柯志恩想打出有別於傳統國民黨選戰的象徵,出身名門加上教授身分,柯確實在這次選戰一開始想要更積極走中間路線,包含「罵新潮流但不罵陳其邁、罵民進黨但還是不罵陳其邁」,都是她在保留與中間選民對話的競選策略。

「想走中線路線或許是一個好的競選策略,但是關鍵在於,妳能撐多久不露出馬腳?」張博洋認為,這條路線如果沒有辦法貫徹到最後,人家只會覺得柯志恩前面都是為了選票在演戲,當然現在看起來就是。

張博洋指出,從合體韓國瑜並無腦力挺愛情摩天輪、前鎮造勢痛罵選民,再到昨晚從自信變成囂張,最後罵到忘我,柯志恩無法堅持她一開始「這柯不一樣」的路線,虛假人設露出馬腳,現在回頭擁抱極端支持者,等同放棄中間選民,原本的滿滿自信變成滿滿自大,完全進退失據。

他舉例說,「沈伯洋口才海放蔣萬安十座大巨蛋,但是沈伯洋不會去嘲笑蔣萬安背稿,也不會攻擊他是什麼黨國傀儡」,沈就是很明確人設一致,從頭到尾只告訴你「我想談市政」。但是昨晚,所有尖酸刻薄、傲慢囂張的態度,柯志恩全部不演了。

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