Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane his wife….
Everyone should know about the classic ABC show, The Jetsons, which originally premiered in 1962. (Fun fact: it was the network’s first show to be broadcast in color) The show tanked to begin with but then was revived in the 80’s, quickly becoming a hit with viewers.
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I grew up in Ukraine and got a chance to deal with computers early in my life. As an average 8 year old boy I preferred playing Prince of Persia rather than doing anything meaningful, but a few years later I wondered what is needed to make my own game and started reading about programming using Basic. This was something new, mostly because of the language difference. It’s much easier to understand the meaning of commands GOTO or PRINT when they are your native words. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the only issue. Continue reading
Amazon recently released a new SDK that will make it easier for developers to integrate their virtual assistant, Alexa, into vehicles. In keeping with Amazon’s goal of having Alexa available wherever needed (even outside the house), this latest tool is likely to make their customers happy when they’re able to ask their car to remind them what’s on their grocery list as they’re on the way to the store! Continue reading
Back in May of last year, the FCC’s website went down. At the time, the agency blamed it on DDoS attacks – a claim that was disbelieved by many, especially net neutrality supporters because the timing coincided with a relevant segment John Oliver did on Last Week Tonight that presumably drove large amounts of traffic to the site with an intent of voicing opposition to a net neutrality repeal. Continue reading
“Idiot” – Merriam Webster defines it as a foolish or stupid person, but if you do a Google image search for the word these days, you may (or may not) be surprised to see a page of Donald Trump photos staring back at you. Continue reading
At Google’s annual I/O developer conference a few days ago, Google presented their new AI system – Duplex – which can make phone calls and schedule appointments.
What makes this technology groundbreaking is that Duplex is able to have a very human-like conversation without the person it is speaking to suspect that they are talking to a machine. Continue reading
2017 has been a busy year for Technology. Dominating the news cycle since January have been ongoing stories and discussions about hacking (from elections to ad networks), cryptocurrencies, smart speakers, self-driving cars, and of course net neutrality. Here are some predictions of what the top Technology stories in 2018 might turn out to be… Continue reading
Generally finding bugs is a problem, unless you can get paid for doing it! This week, The Tor Project announced a new bounty program for folks who can find bugs in Tor and Tor Browser. Earn up to $4,000 per bug depending on the severity.
Details are available at HackerOne, so sign up for an account and start trying to break stuff!
Remember when everybody was talking about Google Glass? If you were in a major city a few years ago, you couldn’t help but see early adopters sporting the latest in wearable technology everywhere. Reaction was extremely mixed – generating questions around safety and privacy – and less than a year after its public release, production was stopped with a tentative promise to revisit in 2017.
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GitHub has recently announced a suite of new and improved tools for a developer. This includes a new marketplace, refreshed version of API and apps. GitHub strives to become a platform to fulfill most of modern developer’s needs. Continue reading
