The sports industry is set to grow to $80.3 billion by 2022 in North America alone. Sports franchises have naturally sought to protect their athletes and to grow their revenue in a highly competitive market. Many have looked to technology to optimize the fan viewing experience, train their coveted star athletes, and to insulate themselves […]
A look back at how people used technology to find love before the age of laptops and smartphones There was a time, not terribly long ago, when what people thought of when they heard the word “tinder” was a material suitable for starting a literal fire. Dating in the information age has pushed the etymological […]
Imagine if, every time you wanted to use a GIF or screenshot, you had to ask its copyright owner’s permission to post the content. In the European Union, this may soon be the case. On March 25, the European Parliament approved Article 17 (formerly known as Article 13), which requires online platforms to police copyrighted […]
Remember when solving CAPTCHAs was child’s play? The first CAPTCHAs were puzzles that asked you to identify distorted letters and numbers to prove you were a human being. They were a mere annoyance on the path to websites you wanted to visit or payments you wanted to make. However, today’s CAPTCHAs are more challenging than […]
Gone are the days when a set of Lincoln Logs or Tinkertoys would suffice to delight a child on Christmas morning. In a time when many children have mastered the use of their parents’ iPad by age two, electronic presents are a great way to stimulate and entice your child/grandchild/niece/nephew. Plus, since tech skills are […]
YouTube has faced public pressure to endure the consequences of its mistakes in the past (see: Logan Paul). However, CEO Susan Wojcicki is speaking out against a proposed political directive that threatens to punish the platform for things that are beyond its control — specifically, memes. In her quarterly letter, published on October 22, Wojcicki […]