1. leak vi&vt.漏;渗漏;透露n.漏洞;裂缝;透露 ---
2. electrical adj.电的;用电的;有关电的---
3. wire n.电线;金属丝(或线). vt.接通电源;将…连接到---
4. detect vt.发现;查明---
5. relevant adj.有关的;有意义的---
6. fantasy n.幻想;想象---
7. innovation n.创新;创造---
8. available adj.可获得的;可购得的;(人)有空的---
9. structure n.结构;体系 vt.系统安排;精心组织---
10. security n.保护措施;安全工作---
— Sorry. I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still a
A. digest B. survived C. barely D. available E. literate F. unlimited G. thinking H. connectivity I. arguably J. remade K. concentration |
There’s been a warning about the immediate death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to bring disaster for the written world. None did. Reading
The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry about. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has
As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are now
On the other hand, there is the danger of underestimating. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long “
In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be
A. range B. novel C. interest D. unlikely E. benefit F. experiencing G. available H. necessarily I. initiative J. generated K. partnership |
Google gives $1M grant to Press Association to develop robot journalists
New consumers of the future could be reading stories pieced together by advanced data-analyzing robots rather than human journalists, if Google has its way.
On Thursday, the Press Association, the U.K.’s national news agency, announced that it received €706,000 from the tech giant for its Reporters and Data an Robots (RADAR)
A collaboration between the Press Association and data-driven news start-up Urbs Media, RADAR aims to set up an artificial intelligene-fueled, news service that will generate tens of thousands of news stories a month using publicly
Everyone from big-name news organizations to hyper-local outlets and bloggers could
According to the Press Association, RADAR won’t
The envisioned work-flow would begin with human journalists identifying open data sets and “creating detailed story templates across a(n)
Content automation isn’t a totally
Shockingly, not all journalists are sold on the AI infiltration. A study found that journalists from leading news organizations had several reservations when shown an automatically
Nevertheless, it looks like AI in journalism is here to stay. At a time when many media outlets are
A. travelled B. available C. developed D. requested E. factor F. education G. regularly H. provided I. incredibly J. subjects K. decided |
James Watt was born in 1736 in Scotland. Because of his poor health condition, he was unable to attend school
Watt’s work with the steam engine (蒸汽机) began in 1769, when he was