1) Shopper turnout hit record high over Black Friday weekend, retail trade group says.

據零售商統計,黑色星期五周末購物人數創歷史新高。

A record number of holiday shoppers – 196.7 million – flocked back to stores and hunted for deals from Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation.

根據美國零售聯合會的調查,從感恩節到網購星期一,涌回商店的購物人數創下歷史新高,達1.967億。

2) HSBC (HSBA.L) has agreed to sell its business in Canada to Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) for C$13.5 billion ($10 billion) in cash.

匯豐銀行已同意以100億美元的現金將其在加拿大的業務出售給加拿大皇家銀行。

3) USMNT advances to World Cup knockout stage with hard-fought victory over Iran.

美國戰勝伊朗晉級世界杯淘汰賽。

4) The 10 best books of 2022 By Washington Post Editors and Reviewers.

華盛頓郵報編輯和評論家選出2022年度10部最佳書籍。

《Afterlives》,《Demon Copperhead》,《Mecca》,《Trust》,《Young Mungo》,《Constructing a Nervous System》,《G-Man: J Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century》,《The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change》,《Stay True》,《Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind》。

5) Sony steps into the Metaverse with the 'Mocopi' motion tracking system.

索尼發佈元宇宙產品,一套名為“Mocopi”的運動跟蹤系統。

Sony has launched an interesting product called Mocopi, consisting of six motion-tracking bands worn on your hands, feet, back and head, with a price of 49,500 yen (about $358). The aim is to let you track your body to create videos or operate avatars in real time with metaverse apps like VRChat. It even offers an SDK that lets you import motion data into 3D animation apps.

索尼推出了一款名為Mocopi的產品,由戴在手、腳、背部和頭部的六個運動追蹤帶組成,售價約358美元。這個產品可以讓你跟蹤身體運動來創建視頻或通過元宇宙應用程序實時操作頭像。它還提供了一個開發套件,可以將運動數據導入3D動畫應用程序。

6) The Weeknd has donated a sum of $5m (around £4.1m) to charity after raising money from his US tour.

歌手威肯(The Weeknd)通過在美國的巡迴演出籌集資金,捐了500萬美元給慈善機構。

The singer donated the money to the World Food Programme USA, of which he is a U.N. World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador.

他把這筆錢捐給了美國世界糧食計劃署,他是聯合國世界糧食計劃署的親善大使。