technology

Big Brother

Big Brother is Watching You…

“Big Brother is watching you.” So says George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, 1984. If you’ve never read it, now seems like the perfect time, with our current reality eerily mirroring Orwell’s tale of surveillance. Yesterday Russia announced turning to facial recognition software to tackle the spread of coronavirus, while authorities worldwide are taking advantage of the Big Brother is Watching You…

Artificial Intelligence

3 Fields That Artificial Intelligence Will Radically Change in the Near Future

While artificial intelligence (AI) is probably one of the technologies that will define the world’s future, there are different fields in which its influence will represent a turning point. Far from being areas of our lives that are not that determining, these fields are related to some of society’s main pillars including hospitals, academic institutions, 3 Fields That Artificial Intelligence Will Radically Change in the Near Future

Man At Computer

Text to Speech: The Promise and the Perils from a Writer’s Perspective

It’s no secret at this point that voice technology is drastically changing the way in which we interact with our electronic devices. Whether it’s using Amazon’s Alexa to order a weighted blanket or pulling up Apple’s Siri to help you find the way to that juice bar you heard about from that one guy, this Text to Speech: The Promise and the Perils from a Writer’s Perspective