CBS Sunday Morning aired this segment yesterday about autism in the workplace. While @Microsoft and @SAP have been actively recruiting employees with autism, 50 big-name companies met last April for a summit on how to bring more autistic adults into…
Ethical tech requires a grassroots revolution
Wired published an article that addresses addictive technology and it’s harmful effects. Harris, a former design ethicist at Google, wants to show his audience how they, too, can make their phones as visually unappealing as possible, reducing them to functional…
Robot Babysitting 101
When robots get stuck or in trouble, they can call a human for help. The human takes control of the robot from a remote area and maneuvers it out of tricky situations. Learn more about imperfect robots and their babysitters…
Learn how to speed up your gadgets
Gizmodo posted a helpful article on why your gadgets are slowing down and what you can do to fix it. One of the big culprits of slow smartphones is due to operating system and website updates that require more from…
Meet Meltdown and Spectre
According to Tom’s Hardware, Google’s Project Zero team discovered the Meltdown and Spectre computer vulnerabilities when it found out that it could access data held in the protected kernel memory. Google does not believe these vulnerabilities have ever been exploited,…
Students create program that filters out fake news
College students created a Google Chrome extension called Open Mind that identifies if an article is likely to be fake and suggests alternatives from established news sources from both sides of the political spectrum.leaders on their findings. goo.gl/XRWEN6
Archivist Writes Code to Find Serial-Killers
There’s a great article in The New Yorker about a former journalist who uses an algorithm and the largest collection of murder records in the country to finds patterns in crime. “Thomas Hargrove is a homicide archivist. For the past…
Grinch Bots drive up the online prices of popular toys
NPR reports that online scammers are buying up the popular toys, marking them up, and reselling them on Amazon and eBay. While the demand for the hottest toys is particularly high this time of year, shoppers are competing against a…
Make your own computer!
Are you having a hard time coming up with gift ideas? Hopefully we can help. We’re starting off the holiday gift season this year with the Kano build-your-own computer that costs around $150. The Kano looks like a fun and…
How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online
If you have a teenage boy, he might want to be a professional video game player when he grows up. You might think that’s a ridiculous idea, but some young men and women are actually turning their addictions into high…