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Would It Upset You to Be Diagnosed by a Robot?

Truth be told, there isn’t any good way to be diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease, or even that you’re nearing the end of your time on earth, but there are definitely ways that can make it better and definitely ways that could make it far worse. A family is very upset after a video robot rolled into the family patriarch’s hospital room to tell them that he couldn’t treat him effectively and didn’t think he would be returning home, leaving them devastated. Would it upset you to be diagnosed by a robot? Our Opinion Looking at this news link, Phil sees it as “a… Read more

The World Wide Web Turns 30. Here’s What It Has Become

On March 12, 1989, a Brit named Tim Berners-Lee proposed “a large hypertext database with typed links.” He had a few names for this new concept such as “Information Mesh” and “Mine of Information” before finally settling on the “World Wide Web.” Below is a screenshot of that original proposal that you can read online. As it often happens with great inventions, Tim’s proposal at that time did not impress too many people. In fact, he was thinking of abandoning the project before Mike Sendall, his supervisor at CERN, came to its rescue. Mike encouraged him to work for the global hypertext using an available… Read more

Do You Trust Logging in to Sites with Your Phone?

Website logins on a browser while using a mobile device have changed very much in the past five years. On many devices you can use biometrics for some sites, so you no longer need a password which continues to be an aid for hackers. Recently, we published the news that Android devices are going to allow logging in to apps and websites with the use of a fingerprint. Is either method trustworthy? Do you trust logging in to sites with your phone? Our Opinion Andrew finds nothing wrong with logging in to the Web with his phone and thinks he’ll probably start to use it… Read more

Are You Waiting to Buy a Foldable Phone?

If you regularly browse the technology news, you’ll see that foldable phones are all over the place. Every phone manufacturer is either working on one or releasing one it seems. But is this really what consumers are looking for? Are they waiting for foldable phones to be released so that they can get one for themselves? Are you waiting to buy a foldable phone? Our Opinion While Alex likes the idea, especially in that “it solves the awkward tablet problem (all the portability of a computer with all the features of a phone),” he doesn’t have a pressing… Read more