Technology is constantly advancing and becoming more relevant in daily life. School is just one example of this. Elementary-school children are learning how to navigate computers, while college students may carry around all their class textbooks and necessities on a singular iPad. However, as technology begins to become the norm, we see other things begin […]
Category: Personal Tech
Working remotely may be the future
Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, providing people with new ways of engaging with their work and interacting with each other. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies all around the world to see exactly how effective working from home can be, and some companies adapted easily to the change, while others have struggled and […]
Using VR to battle the pandemic
Technology that, a few years ago, was used for little more than to play games and give some people headaches may now save lives. Virtual Reality technology is more important than ever as the United States searches for a cure for COVID-19. ReasearchAndMarkets.com compiled the “Global Virtual Reality Market Report 2020” in early September. They […]
Microsoft in talks to buy social media app TikTok despite security concerns
Many companies have expressed their desire to buy or buy a portion of the popular Chinese-made short video-sharing social media platform TikTok. President Donald J. Trump considered banning the platform in the United States altogether after security issues were brought into question, but he has since given his blessing to Microsoft to buy out the […]
Technology helps students connect
The landscape of home, work and school life drastically changed for students across the state when California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some families started seeing a lot more of each other while quarantined in their homes, while others were kept apart. But technology has helped people to […]
Hackers target major video-conferencing platforms, Zoom
With video-conferencing platform Zoom’s rise to prominence in a world of distancing comes numerous security issues. In the past few weeks, more than 500,000 hacked Zoom accounts have surfaced on the dark web, according to cyber-security organization Cyble. Cyble told news organization Bleeping Computer that they found 530,000 Zoom accounts on the dark web selling […]
Technology enhances learning
At this point in American culture, one cannot seem to go a day without interacting with some form of technology. Whether it be a cellphone, a laptop or a projector in a classroom, students constantly find themselves in the presence of technology. According to the Pew Research Center in February 2019, 81 percent of Americans […]
eSports viewership surpasses the Super Bowl
“League of Legends,” a massive electronic sports (eSports) competition in video gaming, surpassed the Super Bowl’s viewership numbers in 2019, ushering in a new generation of competition. According to numbers released by Riot Games, the company behind the game, the 2019 “League of Legends” World Championship Finals clocked in at more than 100 million unique […]
New foldable phone announced by Samsung
At Samsung’s first official Unpacked event on Feb. 11, consumers waited in anticipation as the company began its new unveiling of technology and gadgets in their keynote. It was, after all, Steve Jobs who carefully refined Apple’s tech keynote in the 2000s, and now it serves as a model for most technology companies for effective […]
DuckDuckGo offers search alternative
Students regularly post personal information on their social media accounts that organizations collect and sell, but new search engines such as DuckDuckGo, launched in 2008, could protect users from data mining. Privacy is becoming a hot topic among students as more internet users are being made aware of how data collectors use their information. The […]