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                              Ezline about the digital world                                    Autobiography  Im Sophia van der Berg. I am 16 years old and I live in Vancouver Canada. I was born in Toronto and shortly after I moved to Europe. After living in Europe for a few years, me and my family moved to Vancouver and have been living here since. I have been playing tennis since I was 8 years old and it is my greatest passion. I also love travelling the world and particularly airplanes. The best part is doing it with my family.  In this eZine, I will be talking about the Digital world. I choose to talk about this because I think it has a big impact on today's world and it should be talked about more frequently. Thank you for taking the time to read my autobiography and I hope you will enjoy my eZine
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                                                Elon Musk's profile on the digital world  Elon Musk is a well-known person in the digital world. He is well known for his contributions across many high-tech industries. His journey started with Zip2. Zip2 is a company that provides online city guide software to newspapers. Zip2 was sold to Compaq for almost $300 million back in 1999. Shortly after Elon pounded x.com which is an online payment company that is now known as PayPal. These are all of Elon Musk’s early success. On July 1st, 2003 Tesla was founded. Elon Musk is a big part of transforming the car industry through advanced digital technology. Tesla has many advanced technologies incorporated in their cars for example Autopilot, supercharging and battery technology. Elon Musk’s vision was for sustainable transportation and he has definitely shown that t...
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                                                Does technology make us more alone?            The big question circling around people's heads does technology make us more alone? People can have a lot of different opinions about this topic. There are obviously both sides to this topic that I will address. Technology can provide many opportunities for various social interactions but can also take away the in-person aspect. A big reason why people might think that technology makes people more alone is because people might do everything on their phones or laptops including contacting people through Facetime or messages. From that aspect, it might make people more lonely because if you are communicating w...
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       Review of a website that addresses digital world problems  There is an article written and published by Medium. The title is Challenges We Are Facing in the Digital World. The first sentence says "The digital world has brought about numerous benefits and opportunities, but it also comes with its fair share of challenges." This article acknowledges that the digital world has brought lots of benefits and opportunities to people but there are a lot of challenges as well.   The first paragraph quickly talks about cyberbullying threats. In 2024 cyberbullying Is very well known and unfortunately happens all the time. There has definitely been an increase in social media use for the past few years and lots of people post lots of content online. Doing this and making your account public will definitely get you cyberbullied and there is nothing you can do to stop it. There are also cyberbullying threats that happen every day. In the next para...
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        links that will take you to related sites in the digital world https://medium.com/digital-society/the-impact-of-digital-society-on-human-lives-6759825378b https://www.incrementors.com/blog/impact-of-digital-media/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomokoyokoi/2021/03/27/pursuing-happiness-in-a-digital-world/?sh=2258d57f4471
                                                                      Work Cited  Cooban, A. (2024, May 27). Elon Musk’s XAI firm valued at $24 billion as investors pledge more money | CNN business . CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/27/tech/elon-musk-xai-6-billion-funding/index.html Download high resolution blue digital world map wallpaper . Wallpapers.com. (2023, September 1). https://wallpapers.com/wallpapers/high-resolution-blue-digital-world-map-lyta391uhvbhlgs8.html GCFGlobal Learning. (n.d.-a). The now: Is technology making us lonely? . GCFGlobal.org. https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/thenow/is-technology-making-us-lonely/1/  Microsoft Loop: Collaborative app: Microsoft 365 . Collaborative App | Microsoft 365. (n.d.). https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-loop Myth: You swallow spiders in your sleep ...