News articles in simplified English for language learners
On April 3, 1973 Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola made the first cell phone in Manhattan. He called one of his rivals, an engineer at AT & T. Both companies were working on the development of a phone that could not only be used in a car and but which people could actually carry … Read more
According to an international environmental forum, about 5 billion mobile phones will be thrown away in 2022. There are about 16 billion mobile phones around the world, but about a third of them are not used any more. The amount of electronic waste (e-waste) keeps growing every year. Millions of washing machines, computers , refrigerators, … Read more