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 […]
Remember, back about ten years ago, when parents were terrified to let their children set up their own Myspace and Facebook profiles for fear that something like this would happen? Seems so long ago, doesn’t it? Nowadays, “family vloggers” flood YouTube with hours of footage of their children running amok, and Instagram is full of […]
Video games provide a chance to witness artificial intelligence (AI) craft characters and the dynamic systems that create the worlds within which we play. Much like when a good movie suspends the viewer’s disbelief, effective usage of AI in video games becomes imperceptible as the players immerse in the experience. Bots turn into characters, and […]
I don’t know about you, but as someone obsessed with tech who also loves all things spooky, one of my favorite shows to watch come Halloween time is Black Mirror. Besides being an undeniably brilliant show, the worst-case scenarios of permeative technology it presents are genuinely frightening. Although it may be a fictional show, it […]
It seems like every month we write a post about a new Facebook breach or some other scandal. This month is no exception. In this edition of “Seriously Facebook, Get It Together,” we’ll take a look at the social media platform’s September 29 announcement that a breach had affected at least 50 million and possibly […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for Apple die-hards. For everyone else, this year’s launch event fell a bit flat, with social media responses indicating less excitement for new items than in the past. The announcement elicited a few responses of “Oh, that’s interesting” from me, but admittedly, I wasn’t as psyched as […]