afoot, opt-in, opt-out, Opt-Out Day Falls Flat, got an earful, smile from ear to ear

Arvind Krishna taking over from Ginni Rometty at IBM was the first notable tech succession of the decade. More turnover is afoot

Time for an update

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Talk of succession atop Big Tech grows louder

秋惠文庫 Formosa Vintage Museum Cafe


正在曬乾織布用纖維的泰雅族婦女.

1950年2月國家地理雜誌.標題: Poor Little Rich Land-Formosa

中的的報導,相片標題: A Taiyal housewife's marriage mark extend her smile from ear to ear.


grin (or smile) from ear to ear 嘴笑目笑

smile broadly: you’ll come out of the show grinning from ear to ear

The New York Police Department got an earful from Shira Scheindlin, a federal judge, on August 12th. In the case of Floyd v City of New York, America's largest police force was chastised for its "stop and frisk" policy whereby, over the past nine years, 4.4m people were spontaneously stopped and searched on the suspicion "that criminal activity 'may be afoot'"http://econ.st/14J3oVH



It is evident, then, that all three branches of government were involved in the records search afoot at the telecommunications carriers and Internet companies.
很明顯的是，這三個政府分支機構都參與了針對電信運營商和 互聯網公司的記錄搜集行動。
HC按: 此句沒將afoot翻譯出


 Amazon Offers Ad Opt-Out

Following a raft of online criticism, Amazon said it would allow customers to pay to opt out of ads on its new Kindle Fire devices.

Opt-Out Day Falls Flat
There were no major airport delays and few outraged travelers as national "don't touch my junk" day drew little support.



There's a movement afoot to designate November 24—the day before Thanksgiving—
National Opt-Out Day, in an effort to draw attention to what ...


Changes Afoot for Smartphone Batteries

While mobile phones are becoming ever smarter, the batteries that power them aren't. New technologies to be unveiled next week could take some of the stress out of recharging.

Google Books Settlement Rejected

A federal judge said Google's settlement with authors and publishers that would allow make millions of books available online would be acceptable only if copyright owners "opt in."


opt-in-e-mail

To purposefully accept some situation or condition ahead of time. For example, to opt-in to an e-mail campaign means that you want to receive periodic newsletters or information, which may include advertising from the publisher or third parties. An opt-in program implies that you can cancel the service, or "opt-out." A lot of spam is sent out under the guise that, at one point, you did opt-in for the program, which may or may not be true. See spam.



In politics, an opt-out is when one level of government can decline or refuse to be part of a program designed by another level of government.

Usage

The term is used in both Canada and the European Union, where it has roughly the same meaning. In both cases it refers to lower levels of government choosing not to participate in a program implemented by a higher level.

Canada

Main article: Opting out

In Canadian usage opting out refers to a province's right to withdraw from federal programs. Debate often revolves aroung the question of compensation for provinces that choose to opt out.

European Union

Main article: Opt-outs in the European Union

Opt-outs in the European Union refer to areas of EU law that certain member states have not implemented.

Sherry Huang, a retired accountant and grandmother, is not someone you would expect to get worked up over international arms sales, but ask her why Taiwan needs advanced fighter jets from the United States and she will give you an earful.

earful

[名]((略式))

1 （耳にタコができるほどの）長い忠告, 長話；きつい小言, 大目玉

get an earful from him
彼から大目玉を食らう

give a person an earful on ［about］ ...
…のことで人をしかる.

2 びっくりするようなニュース［うわさ］.

earful

Syllabification: (ear·ful)

Pronunciation: /ˈi(ə)rˌfo͝ol/

noun

[in singular] informal

• a loud blast of a noise:an earful of static
• a prolonged amount of talking, typically an angry reprimand:he gave his players an earful at halftime

earful

Pronunciation: /ˈɪəfʊl/

noun

[in singular] informal

• 1a prolonged and angry reprimand:executives got an earful about poor rail connections

• 2a loud blast of sound:an earful of white noise

afoot

Pronunciation: /əˈfʊt/

Definition of afoot

adverb & adjective

• 1 in preparation or progress; happening or beginning to happen: [as predic. adjective]:plans are afoot for a festival

2 chiefly North American on foot: [as adverb]:they were forced to go afoot

a·foot (-ft)
adv. & adj.

1. On foot; walking.

2. In the process of being carried out; astir: plans afoot to resign.