Ever since the invention of the internet (which happened in 1983 btw) tech has seeped into every aspect of our lives. Between backwards compatibility, ethics, near constant connectivity, and seeing just how far tech can go, navigating the ever-evolving terrain has become not only a unique challenge but a fascinating conversation.
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeThe News Efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 are ramping up. Governments worldwide are using mobile phone tracking to enforce quarantines and social distancing against SARS-CoV-2, the novel Coronavirus. China set the...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeWork Has Changed Let’s face it. The way of work has changed. People are increasingly moving from the traditional 9-5 to picking up side gigs or side hustles and working online. And with the current pandemic, people have been...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeLiteracy enabled society to drastically increase the sum of knowledge a single person could consume in their lifespan and pass on vast stores of knowledge to future generations. Today, we live in the digital era, where elements...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeSad News Folks Katherine G. Johnson, an American hero, and legendary mathematician has died. She was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on August 26, 1918, and came from humble beginnings, the daughter of a teacher and...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeThe News On Monday, YouTuber Denis Shiryaev published a remastered cut of one of the world’s most famous films: L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (translation: Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat). Two artificial intelligence...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeWhat’s Going On? We’re barely two weeks into 2020 and the headlines are already insane: Trump Starts World War III! Australia’s on Fire! Baby Yoda Officially Cuter Than Overweight English Bulldogs! Now, thanks to Elon Musk and...
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Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeThe News Last Thursday (Nov. 14, 2019) at Cambridge University, IBM’s “Project Debater” artificial intelligence program facilitated a debate over whether AI will do more harm than good to humanity in the future. It began with a...
Illustration redesigned by Devin Thorpe As our planet warms, climate anxiety rises with the mercury and solutions that might have seemed extreme in the past suddenly see positive light in the media. That’s how geoengineering has become a media darling, seeing positive...
Illustration redesigned by Devin Thorpe “When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole.” -Nikola Tesla, 1926 Legend has it that in the ‘70s and ‘80s,...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeEverybody and their grandmother has heard of bitcoin, but it’s blockchain that makes it, and all other cryptocurrencies, go. Yet, that is just the most basic application of blockchain technology, which promises to usher in the...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeInnovation will save us has been a theme of humanity’s history. No water? We’ll build a better aqueduct. Dead soil? We’ll sail to another island. It’s a strategy that has seen humanity through ice ages, wars, droughts, and...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeBlockchain technology has, for a decade now, been promising to be a force of good in the world by reducing corruption, removing middlemen (and their costs), promoting open governance, and even ushering in a more sustainable...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeThe world’s smallest technology could solve some of the world’s biggest water pollution problems. After astonishing advances, including recent real-world fixes, it seems that nanotech may be the solution for cleaner lakes around...
Illustration redesigned by Devin ThorpeDefining 5G Like its predecessors 3G and 4G, 5G or, more specifically, the 5th Generation of Wireless Network Technology is not, in fact, a single technology. Rather, it is a set of guidelines that define characteristics of the...