• Should You Fear AI?

    Shelly Palmer Opining about the future of AI at the recent Brilliant Minds event at Symposium Stockholm, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt rejected warnings from Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking about the dangers of AI, saying, “In the case of Stephen Hawking, although a brilliant man, he’s not a...
  • Federal Court Backs FCC’s

    Greg Stotelmyer / California News Service WHITESBURG, Ky. – A federal court has upheld the Federal Communication Commission’s decision to treat the Internet like a utility – a victory for consumers say advocates of net neutrality. The 2-to-1 ruling came Tuesday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C....
  • Nintendo Breathes New Life

    Israel Imru/El Observador Despite Nintendo being the forgotten, fallen player of the big 3 console manufacturers, everybody – and I mean everybody – looks forward to their new AAA games. This time around it’s Nintendo’s most critically-acclaimed, most universally-loved franchise that is garnering attention. Unveiled before a live-internet audience,...
  • 6 Ways to Future-proof Your Job

    Shelly Palmer  About two months ago, a long-standing business acquaintance of mine learned that my company had created a series of data literacy training courses. He called me and asked if we offered them for individuals (we didn’t; at the time we only offered our programs to companies). When...
  • Most anticipated games: E3 2016

    Eduardo Hilario / El Observador With June already here, one of the biggest gaming events is around the corner, E3, the Electronics Entertainment Expo. Gaming companies, big and small, converge in LA to show off their latest games, consoles, and new tech for the future of the gaming experience. Speculation...
  • Tech Buying Tips:

    BPT Cash, new wheels, dream travel, gift cards – what will you be giving the graduates in your life this year? Chances are good, what they really want is a laptop; 51 percent of high school grads and 43 percent of college graduates said a new laptop was the...
  • How Selfies and Self-Produced Videos are Changing the Way We Communicate

    StatePoint The way we communicate and relate to one another is rapidly evolving, and new platforms and applications are constantly feeding that change. At the center of it all is the ability for individuals to create their own video, photo and written content that allows them to express opinions...
  • I’ve Talked To The Future

    Shelly Palmer I love Alexa, the Natural Language Processing (NLP) system in my Amazon Echo. She wakes me up every morning, she knows my schedule, she can control many of my z-wave and Zigbee compatible devices (switches, outlets, etc.), she can tell me the temperature and weather forecast, she...
  • E3 2016 is Coming to an LA Near You

    Arturo Hilario/El Observador As we approach the summer months I am reminded of barbecues, river rafting, hating the sun for brief moments, and the yearly visual stimulation and excitement that can be found at the AC-extravaganza that is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which is operated by Electronic Software Association...
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