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When we talk about social networks, we think of Facebook, Twitter, _____________________, etc. When Gerry uses the word social , he is thinking about _____________________ encounters. When Gerry was growing up, he used to _____________________ to meet his friends. The difference between children these days and children 50 years ago is that today’s children spend all their time _____________________. There is much less social _____________________ nowadays. People have fewer social _____________________ than they used to. Dave states that playing _____________________ is not a face-to-face activity. In Dave’s opinion, social networks are just a(n) _____________________. If there is a problem, it is the people who are using them who are _________________ for it, not social networks. According to Dave, social networks can be used in an anti-social way, for example: stalking a(n) ______________________. online ______________________. However, social networking __________...

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent tens of billions of dollars to fund improvements in global public health. Melinda Gates sits down with Jane Pauley to discuss her long-held commitment to science and data, and how it is vital to combating hunger, maternal and infant mortality and malnutrition, and to improving access to education and family planning.

Uber, a ride-sharing company, has expanded into new areas such as self-driving cars and food delivery.  A self-driving car operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona.  It was the first pedestrian death involving a vehicle that was self-driving.  There was a driver in the car in case of an emergency, however, the accident was not avoided.  Listen to hear how this accident might affect new laws related to safety and self-driving cars, as well as the factors involved in this tragic accident and then debate:  Are self-driving cars safe? Listening Comprehension Questions What were the circumstances of this fatal accident? Why was it noted that a human driver was in the self-driving car? Why was this new technology tested on public roads? How might this accident affect new laws about self-driving cars? Discussion Themes Do you think human error can be eliminated if self-driving cars are perfected? Debate: Are self-driving cars safe?...

( May 2, 2012) Following a three minute introduction by Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Jack Copeland discusses Alan Turing's impact on information technology. Turing is often considered to be one of the greatest minds in the 20th century, and Copeland looks at how many of Turing's ideas lie behind some of information technology's most fundamental theories  

In what ways was this attack an international issue? Why were computers in Russia especially vulnerable? Why were the reporters discussing the age of the person who created the kill switch? What was learned from this cyberattack? TRANSCRIPT

Watch this video about smart houses. For statements 1 to 10 complete the gaps with the missing information. Number 0 has been completed as an example. You do not need to use more than five words. 0. The technology displayed in the house will be available in ____ 5 years ___. 1. The kitchen is often considered to be _________________. 2. It is designed to have all the __________ and ____________ in a modern kitchen. 3. Apart from a built-in LED TV and a music player, you can have _____ you need for cooking. 4. If you fancy a romantic evening, you just have to ______________ on the smart board. 5. If you run out of wine, you can add it to your ______________ list on the smart board. 6. The smart board helps you with your everyday ______________. 7. In order to pay your bills, the smart board will _______________ your fingerprints. 8. You can warm your towel in a modern _________________. 9. The electrical appliances are controlled by ________________ 10.  The ...

Is it the end of language teaching and language learning as we know them? Meet the PILOT: Being lost in translation has happened to everyone while traveling, even us, and that's exactly how the idea was born. Waverly Labs is at the convergence of wearable technology + machine translation, developing the world's first smart earpiece language translator. Using the latest technologies in speech recognition, machine translation and the advances of wearable technology, our smart earpiece allows wearers to speak different languages but still clearly understand each other. Simply put, when one person speaks, the other hears it in their language. Science fiction has called it many things, but we call it Pilot.