【推荐1】Internet Explorer (IE) is nearing the end of its long and slow death, Microsoft announced this week. In the browser’s (浏览器) death notice, the company said, “The future of IE on Windows is in Microsoft Edge, which is faster and more secure.”

Though it might seem strange to young people who are not familiar with the blue “e” icon, IE was once seen as the most successful browser in the world. When Windows introduced IE in 1995, it killed off the earlier and once-leading Netscape Navigator in less than three years. At its height in the early 2000s, IE controlled 95% of the browser market.

But Microsoft failed to keep pace with the later comers, losing respect among users for its poor security and speed. Disappointed users began turning to Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Google Chrome is now the leading browser, holding a 64% share of the global market, while IE sits at under 4%.

“The brand is so damaged,” wrote Adriana Figueroa who is very familiar with IE. “When you think of IE, the first thing that comes to your mind is its speed. It will be very easy for Microsoft Edge, even though it’s new, to be stuck with the brand, so Microsoft has to work extra hard to prove that Microsoft Edge is really different. It shouldn’t give people the impression that it is just putting lipstick on the pig.”

But another user Kim Song, who runs a small business in China, said, “It’s all I have used and I’m used to it!”

Even though IE will still be available to him for some time, Kim said it will take a little time for him to mourn (哀悼) IE’s death. “I’m thinking that a cup of Shaojiu will be appropriate. I’ll hang on to my old friend, as long as possible,” he said. “I’ll put off upgrading software or buying new devices, if it means I can keep my IE.”

You've probably noticed that new emoji show up on your phone every year.    1    This year is no different. If you have an Android device, you may have used a new emoji such as a melting face. Other devices, such as Apple products, will have these now emoji soon.

The updates come from a California-based nonprofit called Unicode Consortium. Each year. the emoji committee releases (发布) new emoji that will update the existing keyboard.    2    “It's important for people to understand that we're not inventing language and that it's really the people who create it and are inventive,” says Jennifer Daniel, chair of the committee.

    3    He created emoji because the mobile phone company where he worked offered email communications that were limited to 250 characters and emoji are only one character each but can be used to say more. Emoji have since become popular around the world.

Anyone is allowed to make a proposal for a new emoji. Unicode get proposals in lots of different languages from around the world. If the proposal is strong enough, Unicode will accept it    4    

The process does not simply involve coming up with something that doesn't have an emoji representing it. An emoji idea has to meet certain criteria (标准). These criteria include its uniqueness, whether it can be used with existing emoji and whether it can have lots of meanings.    5    You can pair it with many other emoji to express how you are feeling. Additionally, this emoji has adopted many meanings.

【推荐3】“The arrival of ChatGPT will push educators to focus more on teaching subjects that technology is not good at.” Andreas Schleicher said, who is director of education and skills for the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development. He welcomes this development and thinks it gives people the chance to concentrate less on tasks that technology can also do well.

The future is not about technology vs humans. The future is about integrating technology with humans. ChatGPT pushes us to think harder of what makes us human.

“The world no longer rewards you just for what you know. Baidu knows everything. The world rewards you for what you can do with what you know, and ChatGPT pushes us to work harder on this. If students are only as smart as a smartphone, it means educators are not doing enough. People should focus on developing human skills that actually are important, such as imagination and creativity.” Schleicher said in an interview with China Daily on the sidelines of the World Digital Education Conference.

The arrival of artificial intelligence (AI) really pushes people to think hard about what education is and the purpose it serves, as well as what knowledge, skills, attitudes and values humans have that complement (补充) artificial intelligence.

ChatGPT is not connected to the Internet, so it can’t replace search engines. Search engines such as Google or Baidu simply extract (提取) knowledge, while ChatGPT goes a step further and analyzes a search before providing a single answer.

As a device, ChatGPT is going to make learning much more interesting and powerful, but as a purpose and objective, humans need to work very hard to win that race with technology.