“This isn’t a new trend—anyone with cochlear implants or pacemakers is aware of the naturalization of technology.”
Blog, TU/TD
Rating the Apps on Macs: TU/TD
“It’s just a backup browser that has a less appealing appearance and a much creepier knowledge of your preferences.”
Column, Opinions
Paying Attention to My Loss of Attention
“Maybe when we were all younger, the world was a different place, and we all functioned a little differently.”
Features
Games for Good: Student Turns Tragedy to Innovation
“[It] was like crazy for me to fathom that this could happen to somebody at a moment’s notice,” Giovanniello said of his grandmother’s sudden stroke which prompted his interest in helping people through technology.
Column, Opinions
(Not So) Smart City
“By redefining society in increasingly technological terms, participation in the smart city system—whether voluntary or not—seems almost inescapable.”
Features, Column
A Letter of Recommendation: Travel Without Headphones
He asked her for her name after telling her not to tell anyone her name, a young girl learned a lot from a single ride on the T.
News, On Campus, Featured Story
Professor Discusses Power of Technology, Social Media in Ensuring Human Rights
Due to the widespread use of social media and smartphones, it has become much easier to protect human rights, said Jay Aronson, the director of the Center for Human Rights Science at Carnegie Mellon University.
Featured Story, On Campus, News
With App Showcase, Gallaugher Shows Students That Anyone Can Code
Many of the students’ apps were designed to solve problems or make life at BC more convenient.
Opinions, Editorials
BC Should Devote Additional Resources to Computer Science
“BC should acknowledge the amassing interest among students in technological fields by adequately supporting pertinent academic programs and student clubs.”
Opinions, Column
The Arrival of Disruptive Technology
“What’s certain is that these changes will bring disruption and displacement. They will test humans’ adaptability, especially since we cannot necessarily envision or conceptualize what they mean at this point in time.”
