The virtual reality landscape is beginning to settle, transforming from an “emerging” technology into a “settled” one. Even if you or your library haven’t experienced…
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The recent thread on the OPLINTECH list about solid state vs mechanical drives in computers is a reminder that the traditional methods of storing data…
Last week, the president’s top economic adviser said he had no worries about AI or robots coming for American jobs. In fact, Steve Mnuchin claimed…
OPLIN 4cast #534: Indoor location
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Without giving it much thought, most of us have become regular users of location services in the past few years. Everytime we use GPS with…
While Google started out as a search company, it’s no secret that it has branched out into all sorts of other tech, including driverless cars,…
People didn’t seem to pay much attention in days gone by to what the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was doing. Most of the FCC’s business…
Hopefully, last Thursday, you weren’t hiding under a rock, because a major news story broke about a serious internet security threat. Dubbed “Cloudbleed,” experts deem…
OPLIN 4cast #530: Power and broadband
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As far back as 1914, AT&T was looking at ways to use power lines for telecommunications. About ninety years later, there was a flurry of…
There’s always a lot of speculation prior to the release of a new iPhone. However, Apple just did something major that gives weight to one…
OPLIN 4cast #528: Deep learning
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Last week, Facebook announced that its users will be able to search for photos based on a description of the photo, something Google Photos has…