Month: March 2019

Understanding Our Impact

Recently, consumer spending in areas such as retail has been migrating to online stores. While this may not be too shocking in of itself, the move to online shopping affects their shopping experiences, the stores/brands they choose, and when shoppers decide to make purchases.  In the fourth quarter of 2018,…
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Technology and Warfare

The current Prime Minister of Israel is Benjamin Netanyahu, who is involved in corruption cases and will be indicted during his upcoming hearing. However, he will likely be able to keep his position because (Ahren) the attorney general is not expected to finalize his decision before 2020. In Israel, the…
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Technology and Security

  Technology may aid governmental security, but it often does so by sacrificing civilian privacy. While in the past, a spy would have to be in your apartment to hear your conversations, the government can now collect text messages and recordings of phone calls.  As technologies related to data mining…
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Government and Internet

The general population seems to perceive the Internet as magic, and so does the FCC, making the topic of net neutrality difficult to discuss; therefore, as computer scientists, we must spread accurate and easily digestible information to the less tech savvy in order to ensure that society progresses in the…
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