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AI “assistants”: What do they know? Do they know things? Let’s find out!

When Apple first introduced Siri back in 2011 alongside the iPhone 4s, reception ranged from excitement for the prospect of virtualized assistants, to the fear of an Ellison-esque dystopian future where our AI overlords run rampant. Regardless of which camp you fell into, this marked a major shift in the zeitgeist of the average tech… Read more AI “assistants”: What do they know? Do they know things? Let’s find out!

Google and Apple Keynotes May & June 2018

Watching the Google the I/O Keynote and seeing what a huge event with around 7000 people at the amphitheater and many more watching the video shows the significance of keynotes for companies to position themselves as key innovators in the industry. Usually, before Apple announces key events there will be a lot of media chatter… Read more Google and Apple Keynotes May & June 2018

Wearing IT around the World

I recently returned from a trip around Hungary and Holland with a group of elite athletes as we trained and competed in the sport of water polo. Our schedule contains about 5-7 hours of intense training in and out of the water, a norm for the group I travel with. Although we are focused on… Read more Wearing IT around the World

Start-up Environment in China

Carl Eschenbach, this week’s guest speaker, made a rather intriguing comment about the start-up environment in China. While comparing two lists of tech companies with top capitalizations in 1992 and 2017, he mentioned, “The companies from China already have the top capitalizations in the world. My guess would be, if we spent one year [.… Read more Start-up Environment in China

Swipe to unlock - Where UX/UI is heading

First is not always the best. The way that we interact with our devices has changed over a very short period of time. Rather than pushing physical buttons and turning clunky dials, most of our interactions with our devices comes down to a series of taps and swipes on a digital screen. By moving towards… Read more Swipe to unlock - Where UX/UI is heading

Commonalities and differences in Apple's and Google's announcements

A great way to see the upcoming trends in technology is to see what the big players in the business are doing, in this case I’ll compare how Apple and Google see the future of technology by analyzing their announcements at their developer conferences. Developer conferences are a big deal nowadays, some time ago there… Read more Commonalities and differences in Apple's and Google's announcements

Trending in Cybersecurity Approaches

Cyber-attacks and cybersecurity has been a trending issue during the last year, with “WannaCry” ransomware making headlines. This attack caught attention because of its damage perimeter (affecting many people and important companies). However, cyber-attacks aren’t made up of only this ransomware and is starting to carry more and more importance as we and everything around… Read more Trending in Cybersecurity Approaches

Emotion recognition for good or evil?

In the 1970s Paul Ekman pioneered the study of facial expressions by creating a catalog of more than 5,000 muscle movements to show how expressions reveal hidden emotions (1). Today AI and machine learning teach machines to understand and react to our emotions. Vaish and Kumari defines emotion as “a psycho-physiological process triggered by conscious… Read more Emotion recognition for good or evil?

Patent Wars

This week I am bringing to our class of tech enthusiasts and curious minds a topic of patent war and its interesting cases. The patent is not so new term in the tech industry. Patent wars started a long time ago f.e. it was famous Abraham Graham Bell, who was accused of stealing and plagiarized the… Read more Patent Wars

The smart home is dumb… for now

The smart home movement, or lack there-of, has been a source of personal frustration. Luckily a quick internet search gives me mild comfort in knowing that I am not alone. Just read Adam Clarke Estes’ experience. Estes is a blogger for Gizmodo and shared his disappointment after whole-heartedly buying into the concept of the smart… Read more The smart home is dumb… for now