What Is Google’s Plan to Cash in on China?
Google wants in on China’s burgeoning tech scene. The world’s largest country is going through a sort of tech renaissance; companies like Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, and Huawei are fostering rapid growth in a variety of areas such as AI development and the Internet of Things. While its strategy has been low-profile, Google has undoubtedly set […]
Would You Trust Facebook With Your Most Intimate Photos?
Once you put something on the Internet, it’s extremely difficult to remove it. Facebook is launching a program to deal with this problem, specifically to tackle the issue of revenge pornography. All you have to do to participate is share the compromising photos of yourself with the social media giant. A Risqué Compromise Sharing revenge […]
Security Problems Are Jeopardizing the Future of IoT
As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows, cybersecurity is a high priority for businesses and consumers alike. The best solution would be a roll-out of a cohesive cybersecurity solution, with each company adding further layers of security that best fit their situation. Shadow IoT, experts fear, is the latest security threat to hit IoT. Security […]
Facebook Removed 583 Million Fake Accounts Since the Start of 2018
Facebook’s recent embroilment with Cambridge Analytica has brought to light the importance of data privacy and transparency from tech giants like Google, Twitter, and Apple. No company is safe from consumer scrutiny, and that has been pushing tech companies to make changes in operations, data storage, privacy policies, and more variables surrounding user data. One […]
The Major Highlights from Google I/O 2018
This year’s Google developer festival, the I/O conference, showed that the shift to ‘AI-first’ for the company was in full swing. Held each year in Mountain View right outside of San Francisco, the event has served as an opportunity for the tech titan to demonstrate why it’s still leading in innovation. 2018’s I/O showcased the recent fruitions […]
Would You Let Google’s AI Make Phone Calls for You?
As tech companies integrate new developments in artificial intelligence (AI) into their products and voice assistants, public backlash is to be expected. Often, these large companies don’t consult with “regular consumers” before proceeding to build out nearly the whole product. This can result in missteps during the release that could have easily been avoided if […]
Everything You Need to Know from Facebook’s F8 Conference
A few days ago, Facebook held their annual developer conference, dubbed “F8” for Facebook’s 8-hour hackathons. This conference was highly-anticipated (for more than one reason, but mostly due to Facebook’s recent data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, a data research firm). The event was held in San Jose, right outside of San Francisco. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced […]
This Wearable Measures Human Movement and Tendon Tension
MedTech wearables have rapidly advanced recently. Consumers are able to improve their health through a variety of available products that didn’t even exist a few years ago. But the innovation isn’t slowing down anytime soon. A new wearable out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison passed trial testing with very promising results. It measures forces on the patellar (knee), […]
Companies like Spotify and Dropbox Are Changing the I.P.O. Landscape
Companies like Dropbox and Spotify are changing what initial public offerings (IPOs) mean for Silicon Valley and the U.S. economy. With Snapchat and Blue Apron hitting IPO status and seeing quickly-dropped share prices, startups who find success with private funding are no longer guaranteed the same results when it comes time for a public investment. […]
A Day in the Life of an AI-Fueled Future Society
Are we really ready for our inevitable future with artificial intelligence (AI)? It’s hard to say, mostly because nobody really knows what our society will actually look like with AI integrated into its every fiber. In a recent post for Smithsonian, journalist and author Stephan Talty dives into a few unique scenarios we could encounter […]