Technology January 2019

Apple To Fix FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug

The FaceTime app has a bug that allows an iPhone user calling another iPhone through Group Facetime to hear the audio from the other handset even if the receiver did not accept their call.

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Robots Deliver Doughnuts To Students

What was once considered science fiction is now reality at George Mason University where robots are delivering doughnuts, coffee and pizza to students.

Technology January 2019

Duke U’s Real-Time TV Fact Checker

Questionable political claims may soon be fact checked on screen in real time thanks to a team at Duke University. The team expects to have their fact checker ready for the election year.

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UCF Launches New Engineering Ph.D.

UCF is launching a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering. Students will explore aerodynamics, propulsion, dynamics and control, structures and materials, and aerospace systems design.

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Out Of Control Social Media Use

Helping Your Child Handle Social Media Responsibly

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Miquela Rivera

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Hispanics Emerging As Future’s Engineers

While the numbers of Hispanics enrolled in engineering programs at colleges and universities in the 50 states (as revealed in our latest Top 25 List) is growing, a significant number of American engineers are coming from Puerto Rico—the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, for example.  And this surge of quality engineering grads from Puerto Rico is not going unnoticed.

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3 Fixes Facebook Could Make—If It Wanted

Ways Social Media Companies Could Clean Up Their Acts Editor’s Note: For Facebook, 2018 was filled with revelations about how the tech giant handles—and mishandles—its users’ data. But are government regulations the only solution for such abuses? Written by Anthony M. Nadler, Ursinus College and Matthew Crain, Miami University

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Legally Human

Could Artificial Intelligence Be Considered A Person Under The Law? Editor’s Note: Could artificial intelligences (AIs) have human rights the way corporations now do? Could “humans vs. machines” fiction become reality especially as AIs become more sophisticated?

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Doctor on Demand

Marrying AI Technology To Personalized Medical Care

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Mary Ann Cooper

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The Rise Of The Machines

How AI Is Changing Higher Education For The Better…Or Worse It’s not a huge leap to get to a place where AI is deciding who should be doctors or lawyers or shouldn’t pursue professional careers. And since AI make suggestions that mirror students’ current circumstances and preferences, it flies in the face of and downplays the importance of the proactive effort institutions routinely make to bring diversity and variety to campus life.

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Mary Ann Cooper

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Latin American And Latino STEM Education

Technology Program Helps Latinos (And All) Learn STEM

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Michelle Adam

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NMSU Receives $350K For VR Lab

La Cruces-based Electronic Caregiver is giving two New Mexico State University professors $350,000 to establish an augmented and virtual reality laboratory.