In 2016 and the years that followed, we learned that foreign powers had used social media platforms, fake news, and other methods to influence our elections, and we as a people were largely livid. How dare they? Someone, it seemed to us, needed to DO SOMETHING. So as...
Bluetooth is a type of wireless communication technology that works over short distances. Bluetooth transmits signals over a rarely-used band in the electromagnetic spectrum, helping to reduce noise and interference, allowing devices to talk to each other. Bluetooth...
Trends come and trends go quite quickly and while it’s important to understand that in relation to things like fashion and interiors, not every trend needs to be followed but it’s still nice to see what’s new in a particular niche. Following trends...
Today, Oculus Rift, the company that pioneered VR, will be launching a pilot program that includes providing 100 units to libraries in California. These units include Oculus headsets, hand controls, and the computers needed to run the software. The program includes...
“Does history record any case in which the majority was right?” — Robert Heinlein In 1800, the very idea of traveling across the world at all, let alone in a short period of time, was fraught with risk. From disease to shipwreck to the very unreliability of...
Healthcare is one of the most data-rich industries in the world, and the system has incredibly desirable data. Not only are names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers and every piece of information needed to steal a person’s identity in their records,...
