Can’t tell the Taiwan Series from the World Series? A guide to baseball rules that will teach you how to understand a game from scratch
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒
This article explains the basics of baseball rules, including the structure of a game, field layout, details of the pitcher-batter matchup, how players reach base and score, ways to record outs, and rule changes in recent years, helping readers understand CPBL, NPB, and MLB games.
Facts
A regulation baseball game lasts 9 innings, each divided into a top and bottom half, with the visiting team batting first and the home team batting second.
The pitcher’s plate is located in the center of the infield, 60 feet 6 inches (about 18.44 meters) from home plate.
The strike zone is as wide as home plate (17 inches, about 43 centimeters); its vertical limits, based on the batter’s stance, run from the bottom of the knees to somewhere between the chest and the belt.
A home run occurs when a ball hit in fair territory flies over the outfield wall; the batter and all runners on base score.
The infield fly rule applies with fewer than 2 outs and runners on first and second or the bases loaded, when the batter hits a fly ball in the infield that can be easily caught.
iPhone Duo “fails” torture test! Dust gets inside despite IP68 rating, and reverse bending disables the inner display
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網
Blogger JerryRigEverything released a torture-test video of the iPhone Duo, showing that its dust resistance and structural strength were inadequate and that it failed standard durability testing.
Facts
Although the iPhone Duo is advertised as IP68 dust-resistant, dust entered through the hinge gaps and caused the magnets to fail.
During a reverse-bend test, the iPhone Duo’s frame deformed, and its inner display developed a permanent green line and stopped working.
The iPhone Duo’s outer display withstands scratches up to Mohs hardness level 7, while the inner display reaches only level 2.
JerryRigEverything said the iPhone Duo was one of the few products in 7 years of foldable phone testing that failed to meet the standard.
The matte nano-texture coating on the iPhone Duo’s inner display makes fine scratches almost invisible.
This week’s trading notes: Fed rate meeting, rate decisions from the European, Canadian, Japanese, New Zealand and Thai central banks, and earnings from 谷歌, 微軟 and Intel
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網
Global financial markets this week are focused on rate decisions by major central banks, including the 聯準會(Fed), 歐洲央行(ECB) and 日本央行(BOJ). Most central banks are expected to hold steady, but markets are closely watching for guidance on future rate hikes and assessments of inflation. Meanwhile, earnings from tech giants including 谷歌, 微軟 and 亞馬遜 will be key indicators of AI investment momentum and market confidence.
Facts
The 聯準會(Fed), 加拿大央行 and 紐西蘭央行(RBNZ) will meet on Wednesday (the 28th); the ECB meeting is the following day, and the BOJ will announce its rate decision on Friday (the 30th).
Markets widely expect the Fed to leave rates unchanged at its policy decision this week．
Markets expect 紐西蘭央行(RBNZ) to raise rates by 1 quarter-point again on Wednesday，bringing the rate to 3%．
The three giants 谷歌，微軟 and 亞馬遜 will release their latest quarterly earnings．
The four-day Fifth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Central Committee will begin Monday (the 26th)．
ING economists estimate there is a 50% chance the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will raise rates further at its November meeting．
Tokyo’s October consumer price index (CPI) will be released Friday．
Spot gold falls below $4,000! 瑞銀：May be seen as an opportunity to add to holdings
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網
The recent drop in international gold prices below $4,000 has affected returns and issuance of 中國黃金 wealth management products．瑞銀 is bullish on gold over the medium to long term and recommends adding to holdings on dips．
Facts
Spot gold briefly fell below $4,000 per ounce，hitting a low of $3,975.49，down more than 28% from its year-to-date high of $5,598.75．
瑞銀 estimates that central banks worldwide will buy 750 to 1,000 metric tons of gold annually，providing structural support for prices．
亞馬遜’s $220 billion investment in AI still isn’t enough! CEO：AI business has an annualized revenue run rate above $25 billion，and 2027 computing capacity is nearly sold out
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網
亞馬遜 CEO Andy Jassy said demand for generative AI is strong，and the company’s computing capacity for 2026 to 2028 is almost sold out．AWS’s AI business has an annualized revenue run rate of more than $25 billion．Jassy stressed that the company currently faces supply constraints and is using in-house chips and organizational transformation to cut costs and improve efficiency．
Facts
亞馬遜 is investing $2,200億 in AI-related projects this year，but still cannot meet a large amount of potential demand．
亞馬遜 has sold out all its computing capacity for 2026，nearly all of it for 2027，and most of its capacity for 2028．
AWS’s AI business had an annualized revenue run rate of more than $25 billion in the first three years of the generative AI boom．
亞馬遜’s in-house Graviton processors offer about a 40% price-performance advantage over other x86 processors．
亞馬遜’s in-house Trainium AI accelerators offer about 30% to 40% better price performance．
亞馬遜’s Bedrock team rebuilt its inference engine with 6 engineers in 76 days，a task that previously took 40 engineers a full year．
Golf courses use about 200 times as much water as 亞馬遜 data centers．