今日BBC

1、随身英语

Brain training 如何训练大脑？

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2、地道英语

going forward 从今往后（多用于工作环境）

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3、今日科技新闻

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Microsoft sues US government over secret data requests

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It says keeping access requests secret is against the US constitution, which states that individuals should be made aware if the government searches or seizes their property.

Microsoft said 5,624 requests for data were made in the past 18 months, and almost half came with a court order forcing the company to keep the demand secret.

“People do not give up their rights when they move their private information from physical storage to the cloud,” Microsoft said in the lawsuit, according to the Reuters news agency.

Microsoft added that it felt the government “exploited the transition to cloud computing as a means of expanding its power to conduct secret investigations”.

The US Department of Justice has not yet commented.

“We believe that with rare exceptions, consumers and businesses have a right to know when the government accesses their emails or records,” Mr Smith wrote.

“Yet it’s becoming routine for the US government to issue orders that require email providers to keep these types of legal demands secret. We believe that this goes too far and we are asking the courts to address the situation.”

He went on to stress that Microsoft acknowledged that in some cases investigations needed to remain secret in order to keep people safe or prevent evidence from being destroyed.

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Autonomous sphere drone delivers water and other news

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Stephen Beckett looks at some of the best of the week’s technology news, including Facebook rolling out artificial intelligence-powered chatbots on its Messenger platform and the “FreeMotionHandling” sphere - a helium-filled autonomous drone - which can deliver bottles of water and other objects.

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Cancer surgery broadcast live in virtual reality

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A patient undergoing surgery for colon cancer at the Royal London Hospital has had his operation streamed live online, using 360-degree virtual reality video.

It is believed to be a world first, and doctors believe it could revolutionise medical training around the world.