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The Future of AI: Treat or Threat?

The Dormant Scrutiny Before the Big Surprise

  Halloween is a splendid occasion for candy-lovers, devil-worshippers, and those who need an excuse to go knocking door to door. For those who care enough to open their doors to kids on that night, we get ready for a treat or a trick. Though there is no official holiday for AI, they are an accelerating force engineered by humanity. As the future…

Apple Has Already Released an Update for the Apple Watch

It’s been less than a month since we all got our hands on the Apple Watch, and today Apple has officially introduced it’s first update. Really Apple, already?

Version 1.0.1 of Watch OS simply improved on the bugs and performance within the watch, so we guess it’s a good thing. According to Apple, improvements have been made to Siri, accessibility, and third-party apps.

Those aren’t the only…

13-Year-Old Gives Microsoft a Solution for the Visually Impaired

Visions of a Youth

  In an effort to make office and other paper work much less strenuous for visually impaired people, Microsoft has partnered with the most unlikely hero. Subham Banerjee is not only the creator of Braigo 2.0, he hasn’t even experienced a Freshman Friday yet. At the age of 13, this eighth grader is the father of the device that Microsoft finds worthy in pursuing. The company…

Watch Tim Cook Discuss How He Started at Apple [VIDEO]

If you’ve ever wondered how the current CEO of Apple spent his first days at Apple, you’re in luck. Apple CEO Time Cook gave a commencement speech to the graduating class of George Washington University on Sunday, and of course, provided some insight into his early days at Apple and working with Steve Jobs.

Of Jobs, Cook says, “I met someone who made me question everything.”

Cook started of his…

Lily: The Perfect Companion for the Digital Age

What Blossomed on the Ground Now Revels in the Air

Who ever knew that something flower-inspired can be a man’s best friend? Sure, we sometimes run around the park and play fetch with our dogs, but do our canine counterparts safely follow us down snowy mountain slopes? Moreover, can they levitate above us while capturing breathtaking moments? Introducing Lily, the world’s first flying camera. It…

Apparently Plants (Yes, Plants) Can Now Charge Your Phone

Green meets Blue in an odd encounter

  We’ve all watched the movies where the plant monster, green fiend, Poison Ivy, or whatever you want to call it summons branches and vines to asphyxiate or tear its enemies about. Then there are the movies where a man or entity is capable of harnessing electricity, which he unleashes on his foes. It’d never cross your mind that the two would not just meet, but…

Front-End Development Vs. Back-End Development

There are two different types of web developers: a front-end web developer and a back-end web developer. In the tech industry, the terms front-end and back-end are commonly used. However, if you’re unfamiliar with the terminology, it might be confusing as to exactly what they refer to. The basic difference between front-end and back-end web developers is that front-end developers create the…

LearnVest is an App That Can Actually Make You a Ton of Money

Learning to Invest Better

  LearnVest is an app available for smartphones. It was first introduced as a financial stress reliever for women, but it worked its way into a more gender-neutral and public commodity. It serves the user by accumulating and managing your finances and also by providing financial advice. For those of us that have just turned 18 or have just graduated from college and are…

Left in the [Digital] Stone Age: 2.1 Million People Still Use Dial Up Internet

Digitizing Awkward

My fingernails have rusted in humility and my fingertips are pulsating at the forefront of all this. Your eyes will jive at it too, once you read about this. There are still people using dial up. WAIT. Did I mention it was AOL dial-up? Let it settle into the back of your data banks. But won’t take long, probably just around 11.4 Megabits per second. It is, after all, the…

Commercial For Virtual Reality Entertainment Center “The Void” Looks Epic [VIDEO]

As cool as virtual reality is, at the end of the day, you know you’re still wearing a headset that will take you back to the real world once you take it off. So why not create an entire virtual reality world?

The Void is a brand new company based in London that plans to open the first virtual entertainment center in Utah. Gamers will be launched into a realistic adventure in space or a fantasy…

Look At This Amazing Solar Flare That Happened on Cinco De Mayo!

Look at these amazing pictures of a Cinco De Mayo solar flare taken in different wavelengths. It’s beautiful.

These images came from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on May 5th at 6:11 p.m. EDT, making these bona fide Cinco De Mayo solar flares. It appears the sun was celebrating in style. For all of you that care about the numbers of all of this, from left to right, the wavelength numbers are:…

Updating Your Android via Google May Prove to be a Hassle

The Slouching Giant

  Google releases a major platform once in a while to uphold its image as an ever-evolving trademark and to service the satisfaction of consumers. On the Android timeline, Google has climbed up to version 5.1. Google names every update of the Android after a dessert. The most recent is titled the “Lollipop.” It covers versions 5.0 and the latest 5.1. Google is trying to…

Microsoft Has Named It’s New Browser and It’s Just as Bad as Explorer

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. A browser by any another name is just as shitty. Write that down, that’s a life lesson for you.

During Microsoft’s Build event, they mentioned a lot of cool stuff that may actually hold relevance in our Apple and Samsung encompassed world. Hello, robot that can guess our age!However, they also just revealed the name of their new so-called browser and…

Many people think that programming and coding are the same things however they are completely two different aspects of computer development. People often ask, “Aren’t they the same?” The answer: No, because there is a world of difference between the two.

Coding is more about interpreting code. Coders are able to write code during the production phase of an application. Strong knowledge of the…

Apple Watch: To Buy or Not to Buy?

Watching the Apple Tree Sprout

First the computer, then the music player, then the phone, then the tablet, and now the watch?? Since the 1970’s Apple has revolutionized electronics from the home to the pocket, and is now setting in motion a product that it hopes to…latch onto more than the buyers’ wrists. If you’re still trying to choose whether or not to buy one, here’s some general information…