Basically the tech industry seems to be in an awkward period now.

After revelations by the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden in 2013 that the government both cozied up to certain tech companies and hacked into others to gain access to private data on an enormous scale, tech giants began to recognize the United States government as a hostile actor.

2013年，美国国家安全局前承包商爱德华·J·斯诺登披露了美国政府拉拢某些技术公司，并侵入其他技术公司以获取大规模的私人数据，此后，技术行业巨头开始形成把美国政府视为敌对方的认知。

So scientists say recycling our old tech is the only sustainable solution.

因此，科学家们说，回收我们的旧电子设备是唯一可持续的解决方案。

There are four parties conspiring to keep you connected: the tech, your boss, your friends and you.

造成你这种痴迷状态的原因有四个方面:科技本身、你的老板、你的朋友和你自己。

Any crack in that front could be fatal for tech companies that must operate worldwide.

人们对这种信念哪怕有一丝动摇，对那些必须在全世界开展业务的技术公司来说，都可能是致命一击。

The tech company is launching a standalone fitness app this winter.

在这句话中，形容词“standalone”表示“可独立运行的”。（这家科技公司将于今年冬天推出一款可独立运行的健身类应用程序。）

British designer Jasper Morrison recently launched the telephone in collaboration1 with Swiss tech company Punkt.

英国设计师贾思帕·莫里森最近与瑞士科技公司Punkt合作，推出了一款手机。

In 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0. No game since has been that lopsided.

1916年，佐治亚理工以222比0的比分击败坎伯兰。之后再没有出现过比分如此悬殊的比赛。

The founder of two tech companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is bringing electric vehicles to mass market and enabling humans to live on other planets.

他是两家科技术公司特斯拉电动汽车公司和太空探索技术公司的创始人，他正在将电动汽车引入大众市场，并使人们能在其他行星上生活。

In her words, she wants to go to Virginia Tech for poultry sciences in the future.

用她的话说，她想以后去弗吉尼亚理工大学攻读家禽科学专业。

But frequently my tech use was not so benign.

但是频繁使用这种科技并不是良性的。

The results weren't even close: tech collapsed, and gold soared.

而结果却截然不同：科技类股一落千丈，而黄金则一飞冲天。

You can also use apps like Offtime or Unplugged to create tech free zones by strategically scheduling automatic airplane modes.

也可以使用像Offtime或Unplugged这类应用程序有策略地安排自动飞行模式来设立无科技区。

The reality is taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious.

事实上，在不恰当的时候拿出手机比打嗝还要糟糕，因为与其他小冒犯不同的是，查看手机是会传染的。

The twenty-year-old tech entrepreneur1 has sold his company for a million dollars.

这位20岁的科技企业家以100万美元的价格出售了他的公司。

The Georgia Tech researchers who conducted the survey judged the proportion to be typical.

进行这项研究的佐治亚理工学院研究所（Georgia Tech Research Institute）研究者认为这一比例很具有代表性。

In the long run, the tech companies are destined to emerge victorious.

从长远来看，技术公司必定会取得胜利。

Apple and other tech companies hold another ace: the technical means to keep making their devices more and more inaccessible

苹果及其他科技公司还有另一个优势：拥有使设备越来越难以被入侵的技术手段。

A colleague shared this awful sign-off which is regularly used by a publicist who handles tech clients.

一个同事分享了这个糟糕的结尾，这个结尾被处理技术客户的公关频繁使用。

Sarina Harpet, a 19-year-old student at Virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015 — pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework.

萨日娜·哈珀是弗吉尼亚理工学院的一名19岁的学生，她在2015年刚上大学时面临着进退两难的处境——是付房租还是付钱提交化学作业。

At an interview1 for a tech startup, I was2 asked, "where do you see yourself3 in five years?"

在一个科技创业公司的面试上，我被问到：“你觉得你五年后会在哪里？”