Homework for 2020-08-28

Antje & Thilo


Folder with all pdfs, videos and audio

http://short.pbao.de/200828hw


A Mother Robot

A.1 Alphabet’s Latest Project Is Birth Control for Mosquitoes [article]

https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/10/06/157140/alphabets-latest-project-is-birth-control-for-mosquitoes/

https://files.pbao.de/index.php/s/r2iqE6f2ca4xnsR

A.2 Verily Robot Will Raise 20 Million Sterile Mosquitoes for Release in California [article]

https://www.businessinsider.com/wolbachia-mosquitoes-california-google-alphabet-2017-7?r=DE&IR=T

https://files.pbao.de/index.php/s/5WZK2CysRQ2wpDg


B Spyware Giants

B.1 Inside NSO, Israel’s billion-dollar spyware giant [article]

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/19/1006458/nso-spyware-controversy-pegasus-human-rights/

https://files.pbao.de/index.php/s/nAfdkdGZEeqAQQB

B.2 The man who built a spyware empire says it’s time to come out of the shadows [article]

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/19/1007337/shalev-hulio-nso-group-spyware-interview/

https://files.pbao.de/index.php/s/9oixeiaM5szHwGN


C Skills for 2020

C.1 Intercultural Competence [pdf]

https://files.pbao.de/index.php/s/aLSLYZtqz9kEQMx

C.2 20 for 2020 [pdf]

https://files.pbao.de/index.php/s/MPCfA6jwHP2TxB7


Assignment

  • Before Friday:
    • Pick at least one topic, read or listen, try to understand
    • Write down or remember your questions, unknown words
    • Think about pros & cons; what is your opinion?
  • On Friday:
    • Present a spoken summary
      • feel free to use tools or methods to spicen up your presentation
    • discuss it with your colleagues