One of the newest smart device that has been introduced into our society is the Ring Doorbell. The purpose of this device is to be able to see who is at your doorbell, and also to ensure no one is stealing your packages. With privacy concerns regarding other smart devices, you might be wondering, shouldContinue reading “Ring Doorbell: Should You Get It?”
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AI: Radicalizing the People
As we all know too well, we have heard of stories across any media form about artificial intelligence performing some task it should not, or was not, programmed to do. But we are now starting to hear about AI making people think about things they should not, and weren’t intending to look for. This allContinue reading “AI: Radicalizing the People”
Being attacked with sound waves
Hackers finding new ways to steal all your information through ultrasonic waves. The human ear cant hears the frequency, but your phones can. They can hack your phone from over 30 feet away without the user even knowing.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200227143752.htm
Why? What? How?
The three main questions any UX designer must ask themselves are why, what and how. Why am I making this? What are the features and functionality? How should it work and appear? Questions like these are at the core of UX design. Without thinking about these things it is nearly impossible to create a goodContinue reading “Why? What? How?”
Keeping Kids Safe on Social Media
Keeping their children safe on social media is the primary concern for most parents when discussing the internet. And they have every right to be worried, the internet can be quite terrifying. The following article lists 6 helpful tips for parents to keep their child safe. https://mashable.com/2014/09/21/social-media-safety-kids/ Safety Is Important In today’s time, the internetContinue reading “Keeping Kids Safe on Social Media”
LeBron James reminds us that even the rich and famous face racist hatred.
“No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, you know being black in America is tough.”(LeBron James) In 2017 James set in front of cameras to discuss racist graffiti that was spray painted on the front of his gate house and was laterContinue reading “LeBron James reminds us that even the rich and famous face racist hatred.”
China’s Surveillance
China is currently deploying the most complex surveillance systems on earth and is using AI to help monitor all the data it is collecting. Infrared images track people’s temperature as they move through public spaces and those with a fever are automatically marked using facial recognition technology and flagged for quarantine. From there potential carriersContinue reading “China’s Surveillance”
Designing Good Buttons
This article gives 5 tips – some of them I agree with and some I heavily disagree with. I agree with four tips: using action verbs, using precise diction, using the action imperative form, and using sentence-style capitalization. All of the tips and reasonings make a lot of sense. I wholeheartedly agree with them. EspeciallyContinue reading “Designing Good Buttons”
How to Secure Your Email Account
The emails that people receive, whether it contains order receipts, documents, pictures, or other private information, are meant to be kept confidential. Email is something that we use everyday to communicate so knowing the ways to secure your email account could be beneficial. One of the easiest ways to have a more secure account isContinue reading “How to Secure Your Email Account”
Social media’s impact on young people
t’s no secret that social media usage has been increasing quite fast in the past few years. It has transformed the way people communicate and he views the rest of the world and ourselves. Personally, over the years, I have come to the conclusion that social media does more harm than good if you letContinue reading “Social media’s impact on young people”