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assignments in particular, some students have been known to plagiarize from the information that they find online since there is an abundant amount of websites on the internet, so they think that they won’t get caught.

Even though technology can be used in specific fields and certain businesses, it is also very frequently used in our everyday lives. Weather it’s our mobile phones or our personal computers we all rely on technology daily, especially when it comes to communicating with others. People can know communicate with others who are on other sides of the globe.

Weather its text messaging, international phone calls, or applications like Skype, technology has been able to give us a lot of different alternatives to communicate with other people in our society. Even though this side of technology in our society seems to be mostly positive, it does have some negative sides as well. Many of these different sites and technologies can collect user’s private information and so it limits the privacy of the owners.

Overall, technology has proved to be very beneficial when it comes to solving some of the problems that an individual faces in his/her everyday life. It is also beneficial when it comes to different fields of work since it can help improve efficiency. In addition it can also be used in education to help students access information and be more globally minded on different issues that are happening around the world. However, there are some negative issues that are related to the increase of technology around the world and we should try to take precautions against them.

BY: MARIAM SHASH