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UR Tech: Why tech secrets aren’t really secrets
Last week’s Apple press conference seemed like a guarded trove of secrets. Sessions for the conference were given teasing names like “We Have To Keep This Quiet Still” and “Bet You Can’t Wait To Know,” while normally regular press releases were kept on lockdown. The Hype Machine was primed, whipping Apple’s user base and shareholders […]
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UR Tech: 3D Pizza
3D printers are amazing things. You walk into a lab, plug in a flash drive with a bit of software, and an object that would have taken professional fabricators weeks to build appears in 30 minutes. The process can be mesmerizing to watch, seeing your virtual design woven into reality layer by layer, the tiniest […]
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UR Tech: Heartbleed exploit shocks internet community
On April 9. a massive and unforeseen software lapse took the Internet protocol by storm, gripping every inch of news and social media with a cacophony of wailing and gnashing of teeth. “Heartbleed,” as the bug came to be called, was titled a “catastrophe” and “the security event of the century,” quickly surpassing the shock […]
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UR Tech: All my vices are devices
Can hyperactive, online communication decrease your focus and impact your study productivity? It’s a normal weekday afternoon when your head snaps up from your laptop and you realize you’ve been surfing online for almost two hours straight. You didn’t spend it on anything in particular – you’ve been surfing from site to site, compulsively looking […]
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UR Tech: Evading international internet blockades
While the news that Turkey has banned mainstream websites such as Twitter and Youtube may be a bit shocking, filtering or even wholesale blockage of the internet is fairly common on the world stage. Cuba and North Korea utilize tightly regulated internal networks, with little to zero access to outside influences, and even heavily developed […]
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UR Tech: The future of virtual reality
About a week ago, one of my cohorts in a virtual reality (VR) project called me aside in the lab to show me a special piece of equipment that had just arrived for our project. After a dramatic pause, I opened the door to our workshop area and was greeted by the simple, angular, black […]
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UR Tech: Google’s global domination
The Comcast-TWC merger is fast approaching, and with it comes a collective groan from every cable user in America. The two massive TV and internet conglomerates have regularly been considered among the most hated companies worldwide, perhaps with good reason – their all-inclusive monopoly over cable installment has allowed them to jack up prices and […]
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UR Tech: Sochi drones pave way for new sports filming
If you were one of the 219.4 million viewers of the recently-completed Sochi Winter Olympics, you probably saw your fair share of breathtaking moments captured on video, recall the heart-pounding rush of a skier or snowboarder rocketing down the mountains of the Aibiga Ridge, camera following close behind as they executed their final maneuvers. But […]
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UR Tech: The limits of your unlimited data plan
If you’ve been a mobile phone user over the last couple years, you may have noticed some suspiciously bribe-y advertisements coming from your carrier. Switch from your unlimited plan, they say, and we’ll give you a new upgrade! A new phone! More minutes! More coverage! For the love of god, just drop your plan. You […]
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UR Tech: Bill Gates, Microsoft’s new Technology Advisor
On Feb. 4, Satya Nadella, the long time leader of Microsoft’s cloud and server enterprise divisions, was appointed as CEO of the company following the resignation of Steve Ballmer. There was much discussion of the nature of the choice, and it was debated whether his appointment would usher in a new era for the old […]
