During the last week of the year, I put together a list of books I enjoyed reading. This year, there’s a bit of literary fiction and non-fiction on here, but it is mostly science fiction and fantasy since that’s most of the book-shaped media I consume. There’s a handy dandy…

A quick thought experiment for the coders in the audience. How would you describe open-source software to someone who has never heard the term, and has absolutely no coding experience? …Yeah That was a situation I found myself in, and it’s been very enlightening. After staring at them silently for…

This week in what even is the Internet: GameStop, Reddit, and the Lulz Well, I spent almost all my waking hours following GameStop and Reddit this week. So, here we are. The first story that caught my attention was basically about how a bunch of Redditors took on Wall Street…

We must seek richer and more diverse user input throughout the design process — Smart homes present a beautiful picture of convenience and comfort. The coffee machine turns on as your morning alarm goes off. The lights switch on as you walk down the hallway and direct your favorite voice assistant to play your morning podcast. Cameras and sensors help control the room temperature…

Why do the lies on social media have such a strong hold on us? — Rumors and wrong information has always been prevalent online and been a side effect of the internet. If you’ve grown up with the internet, a sense of healthy skepticism for social media has probably been drilled into you by the amount of time you spend there. If you’re my parents…

An investigation by The New York Times and The Observer revealed last week that Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm got access to Facebook information for over 50 million users without their permission. …

Cornell has thousands of students on campus, most of whom dread figuring out which of the hundreds of classes to take. From our team’s own experiences, we knew that the course enroll process is an extremely subjective and opaque endeavor . The only way to tell if a particular class…