Despite this aura of levity that the general population has of the app, this rise has always been closely eyed by U.S. lawmakers. The main issue for officials is the massive amount of data on the U.S. population that the app has stored, and whose hands this data might fall into.
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With the recent uptick in popularity for Artificial Intelligence, people are constantly asking how this new tool can be used to improve people’s lives. One avenue that has been discussed for years is self-driving cars. Almost everyone has heard of this mission for autonomous driving, but few realize just how developed far down the path we currently are. To some readers, it may come as a surprise that autonomous trips are being done at full capacity on public roads in some parts of the country every day. This article will take a deep dive on one of the leading tech companies in this sphere that is making this pipe dream a reality, Waymo.
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As a general rule of thumb, things have been getting increasingly digital. Bluetooth connections are attempting to rid the world of tangled wire messes. Cryptocurrency is attempting to replace physical money with virtual wallets. Cloud storage is attempting to replace physical data warehouses with consolidated web servers. But there is one thing in tech that aims to go the opposite way, Biometrics.
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For about ten years, Agile Project Management, and it’s famous brainchild Scrum Methodology, has dominated the software development industry. Some hail them for their innovative concepts that have jumpstarted teams to new heights. While others argue that it breeds micro-management and inefficiency. Over the course of this article, we will delve into this framework and try to identify strengths and weaknesses.
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We are in a booming age of technology. Five billion people currently use the internet creating about 400 exabytes of data and, by 2030, it is projected that there will be about 500 billion individual devices connected to the internet. Needless to say, there are lots of new technologies on the horizon.
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On Valentine’s Day, the Fed announced that the current Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board, Lael Brainard, would be stepping down from the central bank and heading President Biden’s National Economic Council.
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By the first week of December, Twitter had let go about half of its 7,500-employee workforce… But layoffs in the tech sector have been rampant both before and after the Twitter news. In 2022, 140,000 jobs were slashed from both public and private organizations in the industry.
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The regular cycle of Apple releases is upon us once more. To Apple enthusiasts, it is like Christmas morning. A new gadget to buy with the latest technology the Cupertino-based tech giant can muster. To the more pessimistic customers in the tech market, it signifies yet another superficial dog and pony show that marks another step towards gradual solutionism.
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In the recent years of the exploding tech market, the movement of commodities has been the target of some of the most exciting advancements. From the revolutionary supply chain processes of Amazon to the killing of the taxi business by Uber and Lyft, the logistics of transportation has become a breeding ground for top-of-the-line innovation. The next target subsector of this industry is food delivery.
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One of the staple events that truly signifies the beginning of another semester is the Seton Hall Career Fair. On Thursday, September 15th, the most recent iteration of this event took place.
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