Google Dedicates $300 Million to the Battle Against Fake News
“Today, the journalism industry faces many challenges,” Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, recently stated. With fake news and misinformation spreading rampantly, and media outlets such as Facebook struggling […]
The Internet Archive Is A Goldmine Of Retro Games
From the outset, the Internet Archive might not sound like the most interesting place on the web. After all, considering pretty much everything on the internet seems to be permanent […]
Opinion: Does Facebook just suck?
It seems like for over the past year or so, people have been asking this question a lot. The once social media pioneer-turned-titan has taken a beating recently, and the […]
Lily Ji Discusses Her Role In Pacific Rim: Uprising
With a multitude of talents, including acting, singing, presenting, and dancing, there’s a good reason Lily Ji was named one of the 13 Young Actors & Musicians Coming Up In […]
Brian Michael Bendis Talks Jessica Jones and Adaptations
In this new era of superheroes, the world is seeing an influx of the genre moving from the books to the screen. Since Iron Man debuted in 2008, there have […]
Why Netflix Should Seriously Fear Disney
Disney’s exclusive streaming service is coming, and it’s coming soon. That is, it’s coming in 2019. The House of Mouse is clearly not making enough money, so this project could […]
Smart Weapons Could Save Lives if Lawmakers Allow It
The future of gun ownership could look very different if manufacturers are incentivized to produce firearms with built-in smart technology. Advancements already exist which enable gun owners to link their […]
Stephen Hawking: Genius and Pop Culture Phenomenon
It’s rare that geniuses and innovators spend much time in the limelight. Many of the world’s greatest geniuses have been socially aloof, concentrating primarily on their work rather than participating […]
Saving Endangered Species? There’s an App for That!
Do you scroll through your phone and find yourself wishing you could do more to help save the world? Wish no more, because now there’s an app for that. Black […]
Does It Matter If A Show Goes On Too Long?
The Simpsons is known for a few things: their extremely timeless classic seasons, being overly credited for predicting things, and the constant criticism they receive for running so long. Heck, […]
The Scientific Importance Of Calling Your Dog A “Good Boy”
“Who’s a good boy?” has become a pretty popular saying for dog and other pet owners over the years. And, interestingly enough, it’s not just the phrase itself, but how […]
Apple Takes on Netflix with “Quality over Quantity”
“We’re not after quantity; we’re after quality,” claimed Apple SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue at SXSW this past weekend. The comment is seemingly in direct opposition to […]
Characters We Need For Smash Bros. Switch
In case you didn’t see the absolute tidal wave of social media posting yesterday, yes, Super Smash Bros. was finally announced for the Nintendo Switch. It’s almost as if Nintendo […]
Facebook Moving Forward with Music and MLB Streaming
In this fast-paced world, companies are constantly needing to adapt and expand in order to be successful. It’s no different for social media platforms, which often find it necessary to […]
Best Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games
I’ve made it no secret that I’m a huge fan of the Nintendo Switch. The console, which only just celebrated its first birthday, already has a large number of major […]
Words of Wisdom: Inspiring Quotes from Female Innovators
The world of innovation is full of incredibly intelligent and brave women who are constantly not only changing their industries but the world as a whole. Over the past year, […]
The Stages Of Grief After Cracking Your Phone Screen
This weekend, I finally dropped my phone and cracked my screen. This is the first time in over a year and a half that this has happened, a personal record […]
Tech Giants Take on the Ivory Trade
In June last year, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter released a joint statement announcing the formation of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). The Forum was created to […]
I Love Rocket League On Switch (Even Though I’m Bad At It)
Rocket League is one of those games I was very late to the party on. In fact, I don’t think I even saw someone else play it until around a […]
How THC Can Actually Improve Brain Health
Have you ever wished you could give your brain a facelift? Researchers are discovering the antidote for “senior moments” may be as simple as a daily dose of dope. A […]
Opinion: Do Video Games Really Cause Violence?
On Thursday, March 8th, President Trump will be meeting with members of the video game industry to discuss violence in gaming and its potential relationship to real-world violence. In attendance […]
Dolce & Gabbana’s Airborne Models
It’s been said time and time again that robots are going to take our jobs one day. In fact, I’ve typed that so many times at this point that I […]
Three Employees Walk into Glass, Injure Themselves at New Apple HQ
In April 2017, nearly 13,000 Apple employees began the six-month process of moving into the all-new Apple campus in California. The massive facility, which originally began planning stages in 2006 […]
The Science of Sleeping In
Alarms, snooze buttons, weak coffee, traffic… there are so many reasons to loathe the morning routine. If you find yourself in a perpetual battle with your alarm clock, you might […]
Where Blockchain and Healthcare Intersect
Most people immediately associate blockchain technology with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Justifiably so, as that is how the blockchain was first introduced. However, since its inception, blockchain has made its way […]
Are You in an Unhealthy Relationship with Your Phone?
In this age of endless information, have we become too reliant on our pocket computers? Shiny, ever-beeping, always engaging, and constantly at our fingertips… are our phones taking up too […]
8-Bit Bites: Video Game Foods I Want to Eat
Admit it. At some point, you’ve been working your way through a video game when, all of the sudden, a delicious virtual meal inexplicably makes your mouth water. We’ve all […]
Altered Carbon’s Byron Mann Talks Upcoming Projects
With over 67 credits to his name, Byron Mann has played a large variety of roles. Best known for his appearances on Hell on Wheels and Arrow, Mann recently starred […]
Disney Uses Black Panther Success to Donate to STEM Education
Of all the incredibly cool things in the recent Black Panther film, one of the coolest is Letitia Wright’s portrayal of T’Challa’s extremely tech-savvy teenage sister Shuri. The film has […]
Need a Break from That Computer Screen? You Better Belize It!
Feeling bogged down by the daily dose of mind-numbing gridlock, pushy salespeople, recurring nightmares of unfinished tasks on your ever-expanding to-do list? Maybe you’ve endured one too many excruciatingly long […]
How to Use Automated Investing to Grow Your Income
Most people have difficulty saving money. Investing part of your income for the future sounds like a good idea in theory, but it’s much harder to execute in practice. Fortunately, the […]
India’s Igloos: Coming Soon to a Moon Near You
The Moon is a pock-marked wasteland with extreme temperature variations and few resources. Rather than blasting rockets full of building materials to its airless atmosphere, researchers in India are discovering […]
Throw Like Callie Bundy: The Internet Fitness Star Talks Sports, Tech, and Trolling
Throwing a football with precision can take years of practice, as even the greatest quarterbacks of all-time spent decades honing their skills. But for internet sensation Callie Bundy, that talent […]
The Dangers of E-Shaming
As a high school counselor, I witness countless student crises each year. Still, every now and then a particular student’s story really stays with me. Recently, one such story involved […]
Interview: Adrian Grenier’s Strawless Ocean Campaign
Entourage star Adrian Grenier has had it with drinking straws. Not because the little paper wrapper is hard to open, or because if they bend and split they become useless, […]
Danni Washington Shows Us What Real Science Communication Looks Like
Fans of science fiction are no doubt familiar with the opening lines of Star Trek: “Space, the final frontier…To boldly go where no one has gone before.” But, in our […]
Barriers to Virtual Reality Adoption for Small Businesses
Based on a recent article in The Guardian, virtual reality’s (VR’s) “tipping point for exponential growth is coming in 2019 to the early 2020s, with 250 to 300 million expected […]
Entrepreneurs Give Boost to Detroit’s Resurgence
Detroit’s North End neighborhood is a community on the rise. New developments, job centers, and an engaged community are all a part of the upswing. But it has something else, […]
Exclusive Interview with Jon Spaihts, the Writer of Prometheus and Passengers
We sat down with Jon Spaihts, the writer of hit films Prometheus, the Marvel movie Dr. Strange, and his new sci-fi epic Passengers, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. He told me about the struggle of getting […]
Are Hybrid Cloud Computing Environments Here to Stay?
Cloud computing has been a thing for a while now and the business world has quickly caught up by not only adapting to cloud environments but by taking advantage of […]