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Crash Course is an educational YouTube channel (sometimes stylized as Crash Course) started by the Green brothers (Hank Green and John Green), who are arguably most notable for their VlogBrothers channel.[1][2][3] Crash Course was one of the 100 initial channels of YouTube's $100 million original channel initiative. Crash Course launched a preview on December 2, 2011. As of 24 October 2014, the Crash Course YouTube channel has earned over 2.3 million subscribers and over 146 million video views.[4] John and Hank present humanities and science courses to viewers, respectively.[5] Currently there are eight seasons of Crash Course, Hank has hosted four and John has hosted three, the latest, Big History is co-hosted between the two. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Course_%28YouTube%29

John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American writer of young adult fiction and a YouTube vlogger and educator. He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel (Looking For Alaska) and reached number one on a New York Times Best Seller list with his latest (The FaultInOurStars) in January 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Green_(author) (more)

A smart city is an urban area that uses different types of electronic data collection sensors to supply information which is used to manage assets and resources efficiently.[1] This includes data collected from citizens, devices, and assets that is processed and analyzed to monitor and manage traffic and transportation systems, power plants, water supply networks, waste management, law enforcement, information systems, schools, libraries, hospitals, and other community services.[2][3][page needed] The smart city concept integrates information and communication technology (ICT), and various physical devices connected to the network (the Internet of things or IoT) to optimize the efficiency of city operations and services and connect to citizens.[4][5] Smart city technology allows city officials to interact directly with both community and city infrastructure and to monitor what is happening in the city and how the city is evolving. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city (more)

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Tackling the Internet’s Central Villain: The Advertising Business. There’s a lot of dark stuff. In one corner, you have the Russian campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election with digital propaganda. In another, a rash of repugnant videos on YouTube, with children being mock-abused, cartoon characters bizarrely committing suicide on the kids’ channel, and a popular vlogger recording a body hanging from a tree. (more)

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