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1、Big tech wants to find the next big opportunity, and our analysis of deals, patents, recruitment and other yardsticks shows that cash is flowing into everything from driverless cars to quantum computing. The shift reflects a fear that the lucrative fiefs of the 2010s are losing relevance, and the fa

2、ct that tech7 s titans are increasingly moving onto each other7 s domains . So they are all looking to swoop into new territory.They also have an eye on the history of technology, which is littered with once-dominant firms that were brought down not by regulators, but by missing the next big thing.I

3、n 1983 IBM was America s most profitable firm but eight years later was loss-making after botching the move from mainframes to PCs. The MAAMAs spent the 2010s fortifying commanding positions, in business tools for Microsoft, e-commerce for Amazon, social media for Metaz and so on. The pandemic has b

4、oosted demand, from bored couch-surfers to startups in need of cloud computing. Yet past performance is not indicative of future results, and now all of them are limbering up for whatever comes next.The problem is that nobody knows what it will be. But it will probably involve new physical devices t

5、hat will supersede the smartphone as the dominant means of connecting people to information and services. Whoever makes such devices will therefore control access to users. This explains why Apple is planning a virtual-reality headset to compete with Meta7 s Oculus range and Microsoft7 sHoIoLens. Al

6、phabet, Apple and Amazon have also all placed expensive bets on autonomous cars.Governments, rivals and billions of customers, who already fear these firms are too powerful, may be alarmed by all this. One view is that the companies7 large customer bases, and control of pools of data with which to t

7、rain artificial intelligence； give them an insurmountable advantage. Won7 t the giants use that to squash rivals? Yet all these new areas look competitive for the time being.Global startups raised $621bn of venture funding in 202lz far more than big tech invested. And new rivals have emerged with un

8、expected speed in some areas, such as TikTok in social media.Investment in tech is linked to rising productivity, and the share of cashflows the tech giants are reinvesting has almost doubled since a decade ago. Trustbusters will struggle to predict the technologies of tomorrow. What they can do is

9、block firms from doing deals that give them a monopoly position in new markets today. That is not yet a danger. If today7 s giants want to spend billions trying to move into new areas, so far there is no reason to stop them.Ql :The sentence “the lucrative fiefs of the 2010s are losing relevance7 sho

10、ws that tech giants areA. Ready to invade rival7 s domainsB. Preparing for a cash-strapped futureC. Worried about a forthcoming recessionD. Upsetting by the innovative technologyQ2 : According to the 2nd paragraph, tech giants may be koncked down byA. The impact of unexpected pandemicB. The stress o

11、n dealing with regulationsC. The neglect of potential technological threatD. The inability to master emerging technologiesQ3: By mentioning Apple7 s planning, the author intends toA. Illsutrate the usefulness of virtual-reality headsetsB. Spotlight the competition among tech titansC. Introduce the c

12、oncept of new physical devicesD. Emphasize the significance of user7 s adhesivenessQ4: The author holds that tech giants will not monoplize the market due toA. The distribution of customer1 s dataB. The competitiveness of their rivalsC. The alarm from governmental authoritiesD. The evolution of artificial intelligenceQ5: What is the author1 s attitude towards tech giant s move at the moment?A. approvedB. contemptuousC. carefreeD. worrisome